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Throwback Thursday: Library and Reading Room, State Industrial School, Kearney

Are you reading this week #ThrowbackThursday? This 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate from around 1916 shows the library and reading room in the State Industrial School located in Kearney, Nebraska...

Throwback Thursday: "When the Frost is on the Corn"

Autumn is finally settling in #ThrowbackThursday! Dated 1908, "When the Frost is on the Corn" is a song written by George Bigger, a barber who lived in David City, Nebraska. The sheet music lists the words as being by Merlin Baker, music by George Bigger, and arrangement by Emery Marshall...

Throwback Thursday: U.P. Depot and Motor Car, Valley, Nebraska

It's another #ThrowbackThursday! This 5-1/4" x 3-1/2" colorized photograph shows the east side of the Valley Union Pacific depot with local passengers boarding the McKeen Motor Car for a trip to Omaha. The luggage car on the end held suitcases, luggage, boxes and mail...

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