County Court House, City Hall and "Bee" Building, Omaha, Neb.
Description
Color postcard (13 1/2 x 8 1/2 cm) with a view looking to the northwest of the Douglas County Court House between Harney and Farnam Streets west of 17th Street, the Bee Building across Farnam Street on the northeast corner of 17th & Farnam, and the old City Hall to the west.
This postcard shows the center of Omaha government and the press. The Douglas County Courthouse was built in 1882-85, the Old City Hall in 1890 and the Bee Building in 1889. Source: Omaha Public Library Omaha History Clipping File- City Halls, Newspapers and Wakeley, Arthur. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County, Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, c1917, pp. 131-33.
