"I Am Looking For You"
Sadie Austin
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.
S. D. Butcher & Son
Don Dingman
S. D. Butcher & Son
S. D. Butcher & Son
1904
1907
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.art.008
Postcard
JPEG
English
Kearney, Nebraska
Elm Creek, Nebraska
Nebraska Potatoes Postcard
Dray and Baggage, Nebraska Pototoes
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.
S.D. Butcher & Son
Solomon D. Butcher
Don Dingman
S. D. Butcher & Son
1908
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.art.008
Postcard
JPEG
English
no. 1001
Kearney, Nebraska
Platte River Bridge
Postcard of Platte River Bridge, Kearney, Nebraska
Postcard of Platte River Bridge, Kearney, Nebraska
S.D. Butcher & Son
Solomon D. Butcher
Don Dingman
S. D. Butcher & Son
1907
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
Postcard
JPEG
English
Kearney, Nebraska
Platte River
Platte River Bridge, Elm Creek Photograph
Platte River Bridge, Elm Creek, Nebraska
Black and white photograph of the Platte River Bridge near Elm Creek, Nebraska.
Don Dingman
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://netnebraska.org/article/news/964211/bridging-platte-river
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Photograph
English
Kearney, Nebraska
Elm Creek, Nebraska
Platte River
Empress Theatre
Photo of the Empress Theatre, Kearney, Nebraska
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, Nebraska and the office aims to preserve the theater history by decorating its lobby with the theater's original movie seats, ticket machine, and other original artifacts and memorabilia.
Don Dingman
06/20/2015
1993
1914
1940s
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://jabberclarks.blogspot.com/2011/09/theater-fort-kearney-nebraska.html
http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/empress-theatre-gets-new-electric-sign/article_019f92ae-a0b6-11e3-9ae8-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/buffalo.htm
Placard
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English
Kearney, Nebraska
E.J. Woolworthia Residence-Tornado Damage
Picture of E.J. Woolworth home and Tornado damage
Damage from Tornado that occurred in Kearney, 6/4/1908
H. Swan
Don Dingman
H. Swan
June 4, 1908
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/nebraska/8447/kearney-nebraska-tornado-june-1908
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English
Kearney, Nebraska
Morning after Kearney's First Cyclone
Photograph Postcard of Kearney Tornado of 6/4/1908
Postcard with black and white photograph of the damage left by a tornado that went through Kearney, Nebraska on June 6, 1908.
H. Swan
Don Dingman
H. Swan
June 4, 1909
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/nebraska/8447/kearney-nebraska-tornado-june-1908
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Postcard
English
Kearney, Nebraska
Doan College and Kearney State Normal Thanksgiving Football, 1907
Picture of Thanksgiving Day Game between Doane College and Kearney State Normal, Thanksgiving 1907. At Kearney.
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.
S. D. Butcher & Son
Don Dingman
S. D. Butcher & Son
S. D. Butcher & Son
1907
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www.doane.edu/distinguished-history
http://www.unk.edu/about/history.php
http://www.lopers.com/sports/2009/9/23/FB_All_Time_History.aspx?path=football
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.art.008
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Postcard
English
Kearney, Nebraska.
Doane College
Highway 30 Looking East, Elm Creek, Postcard
Historic Nebraska Postcards, Photographs by Solomon D. Butcher
Postcard with photograph of Highway 30 in Elm Creek, Nebraska by Solomon Butcher of S. D. Butcher & Son Photography Studio.
S. D. Butcher & Son
Don Dingman
S. D. Butcher & Son
S. D. Butcher & Son
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
Laminated Postard
JPEG
English
Elm Creek, Nebraska
Elephant Day Postcard
Elephant Day Parade, Kearney, Nebraska.
Black and white postcard of an elephant parade in Kearney, Nebraska. Photograph taken by Solomon D. Butcher of S. D. Butcher & Son Photography Studio.
S.D. Butcher & Son
Don Dingman
S. D. Butcher & Son
S. D. Butcher & Son
February 2, 1910
06/20/2015
April White
Rob Foresman
Dr. Jinny Turman (scans)
Don Dingman
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.art.008
JPEG
Postcard
English
Kearney, Nebraska