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  • Tags: Steve Rothenberger Artifact Colleciton

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Colored postcard of the Grothan Elmwood Sanitarium established c. 1908 by Dr. Ole and Dr. Georgiana Grothan. In 1911, after the doctor couple divorced, the building was sold to the state of Nebraska and converted into living quarters for the…

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Homemade postcard with hand-drawing and writing. It is addressed to Miss Jessie Kemp of Redington, Nebraska. The artwork on the front is a blue and gold pennant for (presumably) a school in Kearney, Nebraska, possibly Kearney State College, now UNK.

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Colored postcard showing the Midway Hotel and the Soldier's Monument dedicated to those who served in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. The Midway Hotel burned down, but the monument still stands in Kearney. The Midway Hotel was named for…

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Colored postcard of the old City Hall of Kearney, Nebraska. Postcard is blank. On the back it says "Made in Germany."

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Colored postcard of the old Kearney, Nebraska Opera House. It is addressed to Mrs. M.B. Clapsattle of Bagley, Iowa.

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Postcard, with black and white photograph of Kearney's Opera House taken by Solomon D. Butcher. It is addressed to Miss Lillian Hooper of Grand Island, Nebraska.

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Blank postcard with an image of the old Midway Hotel that used be located near downtown Kearney, Nebraska.

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Unused colored postcard of the old Kearney, Nebraska Opera House.
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