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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.

Tags: 1900s, 1908, Don Dingman Artifact Collection, Early 20th Century, Farming, Kearney, Nebraska, Postcard, S. D. Butcher & Son, Solomon D. Butcher, UNK History Harvest 2015

Platte River Bridge

Postcard of Platte River Bridge, Kearney, Nebraska

Tags: 1908, Don Dingman Artifact Collection, Early 20th Century, Kearney, Nebraska, Platte River, Postard, S. D. Butcher & Son, Solomon D. Butcher, UNK History Harvest 2015

Platte River Bridge, Elm Creek Photograph

Black and white photograph of the Platte River Bridge near Elm Creek, Nebraska.

Tags: Bridge, Crossing, Don Dingman Artifact Collection, Elm Creek, Kearney, Nebraska, Platte River, UNK History Harvest 2015

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,…

Tags: 1914, 1940s, 1993, Don Dingman Artifact Collection, Downtown, Early 20th Century, Empress Theatre, Fort, Fort Dentistry, Fort Theater, Kearney, Nebraska, Theater, Theatre, UNK History Harvest 2015

E.J. Woolworthia Residence-Tornado Damage

Damage from Tornado that occurred in Kearney, 6/4/1908

Tags: 1900s, 1908, cyclone, damage, Don Dingman Artifact Collection, E. J. Woolworthia, Early 20th Century, Kearney, natural disaster, Nebraska, tornado, UNK History Harvest 2015, weather

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.

Tags: 1900s, 1908, cyclone, Don Dingman Artifact Collection, Early 20th Century, H. Swan, Kearney, natural disaster, Nebraska, Postcard, tornado, UNK History Harvest 2015, weather

Highway 30 Looking East, Elm Creek, Postcard

Postcard with photograph of Highway 30 in Elm Creek, Nebraska by Solomon Butcher of S. D. Butcher & Son Photography Studio.

Tags: Don Dingman Artifact Collection, Elm Creek, Highway 30, Nebraska, Postcard, S. D. Butcher & Son, Solomon D. Butcher, UNK History Harvest 2015

Elephant Day Postcard

Black and white postcard of an elephant parade in Kearney, Nebraska. Photograph taken by Solomon D. Butcher of S. D. Butcher & Son Photography Studio.

Tags: 1910, Don Dingman Artifact Collection, Early 20th Century, Elephant, Elephant Day, Kearney, Nebraska, Parade, Postcard, S. D. Butcher & Son, Solomon D. Butcher, UNK History Harvest 2015