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Throwback Thursday: Syndicate Park, South Omaha, Neb.
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a color postcard of Syndicate Park, South Omaha, Nebraska. Originally laid out by the South Omaha land Company in 1884, the park...
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Throwback Thursday: Flood Scene, March 30. 1912
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! 110 years ago, water from the Platte and Elkhorn Rivers flooded into Valley, Nebraska. Flood waters covered the streets and extended to houses....
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Throwback Thursday: Studying in the Library
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! We’re celebrating #SchoolLibraryMonth by featuring some of the school libraries you can find on the Nebraska Memories archive! This week, we...
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Throwback Thursday: Omaha High School Library
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! The month of April is #SchoolLibraryMonth and we’re celebrating by highlighting some school libraries featured on the Nebraska Memories archive! This...
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Throwback Thursday: General Library
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! We’re celebrating #SchoolLibraryMonth by featuring some of the school libraries you can find on the Nebraska Memories archive! This week, we...
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Throwback Thursday: David City Memorial Park Entrance
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5″ x 7″ nitrate negative of Memorial Park in David City, Nebraska. The entrance of this park is met with concrete markers...
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Throwback Thursday: Bluffs of Niobrara River
It’s Thursday and that means it’s time for a #Throwback! For this week’s #ThrowbackThursday, we’re featuring a color postcard of an artist’s rendering entitled “Bluff of Niobrara River, Valentine,...
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Throwback Thursday: Court House Rock
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5 1/2″ x 3 3/8″ black and white photographic postcard featuring two rock formations: Courthouse Rock on the right and Jail Rock on...
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Throwback Thursday: 1921 Freight Train Wreck – Benkelman, NE
It’s another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This 3 x 5 black and white photograph shows destroyed freight cars from a derailed freight train at the train station in Benkelman, Nebraska....
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Throwback Thursday: Crib of Sunbeams
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is too cute! This week, we have a 6 1/2″ x 4″ black and white plate. Featured in this image are 11 infants in an iron-frame crib at the Nebraska Industrial School in...
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Throwback Thursday: Athletic Field and Grandstand
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is a home run! This week, we have a 5 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ black and white photograph of the athletic field and grandstand at the Nebraska State Normal School in Kearney. The...
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Throwback Thursday: Road in Elmwood Park
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a black and white photograph of a dirt road in Elmwood Park, located in Omaha. Elmwood Park was established in 1890 with land...
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Throwback Thursday: Preparing to Hunt Cows
The hunt is on in this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! This week, we have an 1890s image from the Rosebud Reservation. The Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation is located nine miles north of Valentine,...
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Throwback Thursday: Grand Island
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ colorized postcard providing an overview of Grand Island, Nebraska. This postcard is published and owned by the...
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Throwback Thursday: Burlington Northern Freedom Train
All aboard for this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! This week, we have a 4″ x 4″ color photograph of the Freedom Train stopped in McCook, Nebraska in 1975. This photograph is owned by the High Plains...
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Throwback Thursday: Aftermath of Fire in Rising City
It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s 5″ x 3 1/2″ black and white photo shows the aftermath of the first major fire in Rising City, which happened on July 8,...
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Throwback Thursday: Robin Hood Beer Truck
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s #throwback was taken on October 29, 1937. It features a refrigerated Robin Hood Beer truck. Robin Hood Beer was brewed by Fontenelle...
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Throwback Thursday: Elementary Students
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is going back to school! Union College and College View Elementary School was started by the College View Seventh-Day Adventist Church in 1900. The elementary school was...
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Throwback Thursday: Group of Old Time Sidney Residents
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 3″ x 4″ black and white photograph featuring a group of men in a park east of the Union Pacific Depot. Pictured left to right are:...
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Throwback Thursday: Girls Gymnastics Class
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a black and white photograph of a girls gymnastics class at Omaha Central High School. This is one of series of photographs taken of...
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