Don Dingman
Title
Don Dingman
Subject
Don Dingman Artifact Collection
Description
Collection of artifacts belonging to Don Dingman, Kearney, Nebraska. Many items were incorporated from the previous collection of Buffalo County resident, Merwyn Henderson. Additionally, many of the artifacts in the collection are representative of early Nebraska frontier forts (i.e. Fort Kearny, Fort McPherson). Ephemera, photographs and historical objects primarily that relate to Nebraska are included.
Creator
Robert Roy Foresman
UNK History Harvest
Director: Dr. Jinny A. Turman
Source
Don Dingman
Publisher
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Date
6/20/2015
Contributor
University of Nebraska at Kearney-History Harvest
Robert Roy Foresman (Curator)
Dr. Tom Kiffmeyer (Digital Photographic Archivist)
Dr. Jinny A. Turman (Project Director)
Rights
History Department-University of Nebraska at Kearney
Relation
History Harvest
Format
JPEG Collection of Artifacts, Print Publications, Photographs, Ephemera
Language
English
Type
Collection
Identifier
Dingman_UNK_History_Harvest_2015
Coverage
Nebraska
Fort McPherson, Fort Kearny, Fort Laramie, Doby town, Solomon Butcher, Buffalo County,
Collection Items
Glenwood Park Resort
Photography by S.D. Butcher of people row boating and enjoying the "Glenwood Park Resort" and that a "Mr. C. Nelson" [Charles Nelson] owns the Prop. [Property]
Chautauqua Tent in Minden, Nebraska
Photograph of "Chautauqua System" tent taken in Minden, NE. by L.E. Partridge with spectators. Man is paying admission with small dog at receipt gate. Dates hand-written on photo indicate Aug. 22-30, unspecified year.
"I Am Looking For You"
!["I Am Looking For You"](https://historyharvest.unl.edu/files/square_thumbnails/82ddecf826fed23397c78f7588cf5a6f.jpg ""I Am Looking For You"")
Black and white postcard photograph of Sadie Austin and horse, a.k.a. Cherry County Cowgirl. Photo was taken by Solomon D. Butcher of S. D. Butcher & Son Photography Studio. It is addressed to Miss Martin of Elm Creek, Nebraska.
Nebraska Potatoes Postcard
Humorous postcard meant to illustrate how fertile Nebraska's farmland was. Photograph has been altered by Solomon D. Butcher in order to make the potatoes in the cart look gigantic.
Platte River Bridge, Elm Creek Photograph
Black and white photograph of the Platte River Bridge near Elm Creek, Nebraska.
Empress Theatre
Colored photograph of the Empress Theatre in Kearney, Nebraska. The theater opened on September 21, 1914. The named changed to Fort Theater during the 1940s and officially closed in 1993. Today, the building still stands as Fort Dentistry in Kearney,…
Morning after Kearney's First Cyclone
Postcard with black and white photograph of the damage left by a tornado that went through Kearney, Nebraska on June 6, 1908.
Doan College and Kearney State Normal Thanksgiving Football, 1907
Black and white postcard of a football game between Doan Colage (sic) (probably Doane College of Nebraska) and Kearney State Normal School during Thanksgiving of 1907. Photograph taken by Solomon D. Butcher of S. D. Butcher & Son Photography Studio.