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Lady with Horse [1983-0100-001-042] This tintype shows an unidentified woman leading a horse, which is saddled up with a side-saddle and ready to ride. |
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M. Allen in Wooly Chaps [1962-1234-004] Woman, wearing wooly chaps and a large hat is pictured astride a horse. The woman is identified on the back of the ca. 1910-1915 postcard photo as M. Allen of Merriman, Nebraska.
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Women in a Buggy [1989-0010-329] This 1909 photograph shows two unidentified women out for a buggy ride. Note the lantern at the side of the buggy and the fly-net on the horse.
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Koehler Hotel Stage [P1989-0001-007] This 1896 photograph is of an omnibus, owned and operated by Grand Island's Koehler Hotel. The horse-drawn vehicle is loaded with a group of unidentified young people, holding toy horns, and is parked on the side of the 1890 City Hall. |
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Unidentified Group on Nine Bridges Road [1962-1066-002-010] Multi-passenger wagon and team, are stopped on a bridge on Nine Bridge Road in southern Hall County, between Grand Island and Doniphan, Nebraska. The passengers are unidentified in this undated photograph. |
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Pony Cart on Grand Island's Third Street [1964-0269-012] Photograph, ca. 1889, taken by the M. Murphy studio, shows two warmly-dressed men in a mule-drawn road cart. One man is holding a small umbrella, both are wearing top-hats. The men are unidentified, but written in pencil on the back of the photograph are the words, "When shall we after meet again." |
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Hunting Party [1974-0080-001] Two mules, adorned with fly-nets, pull a buckboard on what appears to be a hunting expedition. The gentleman with the reins is unidentified, however the two with the guns are identified as (left to right) Albert Vieregg and Lee Etting. |
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Union Pacific Engine No. 1916 [1977-0009-005] Union Pacific Railroad, Engine No.1916 and unidentified railroad workers, ca. 1910-1915. |
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Union Pacific Engine No. 1157 [1962-1222-029] An 060 switch steam engine built in February 1887 for the Union Pacific. This photograph was likely taken about 1890 in Nebraska. |
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Eva and Oscar Vieregg [2002-0040-001-072] Snapshot of Eva and Oscar Vieregg standing on the back of a rail car. An unidentified woman in a large hat stands to their left. Eva wears a large hat and a striped skirt with buttons on the front. Oscar wears a hat and dark suit. |
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James Noble on Bicycle [P1989-0026-001-080] James Noble's necktie is flying in this photograph of him taken riding a bicycle in 1915. |
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Young Women with Bicycles [P1989-0010-094] Bicycling was a popular sport in 1897, and this Max Egge photograph shows seven young women posed with five bicycles. The women are identified on the back of the photograph as Lillie Weckbach, Helen Veit, Olga Bernstein, Tillie Spethmann, Marie Egge, Alma Bernstein, and Edith Spethmann. |
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Unidentified Couple with Bicycles [bicycle.Egge01] An unidentified woman and man rest with their bicycles around the turn of the 20th Century. Cycling was an extremely popular pastime during this period in central Nebraska. This photograph is a part of the Max Egge Collection. |
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Unidentified Group with Indian Motorcycles [motorcycle01] Indian Motorcycles are lined up in front of a booth with a sign touting the machines. Some of the cycles have sidecars with passengers. All of the people in this undated photograph are unidentified. |
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Motorcyles in Front of Grand Island's Independent Building [1962-1209-059] Three Harley-Davidson motorcycles and unidentified riders are lined up on the street in front of the Grand Island Independent Building. This photograph was taken by the Henry W. Locke Studio. |
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First Airplane to Land in Grand Island [Airplane.Dixon] This postcard photograph gives us a good view of Cromwell Dixon's Curtiss biplane in 1911. This was the first airplane to land and take off in Grand Island, Nebraska. |
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created:October
30, 2003 by Karen Keehr
up-dated: October 31, 2003 |
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