The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Nebraska resources available for free on the Library's Web site.
The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.

Bird's eye view of the city of Omaha, Nebraska 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger
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Southwest Custer County, Nebraska, 1892
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1938 Interview about Folklore with man from Lincoln, Nebraska
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Farewell Song 1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska
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Panorama of Lincoln, Neb, c1915 |

Nebraska, The Garden of the West. 50 Million Acres Of Grain & Grazing Land, 1869 |

The Nebraska polka / by S. V. Morris, 1855
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Dancers Leave Arena for Supper, 1983 |

Homstead Act commemorative stamp, 1962 |

President Roosevelt speaking at Grand Island, Nebraska, 1903 |

William Jennings Bryan House, 1625 D Street, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE |

Thanksgiving proclamation By the governor ... do hereby designate Thursday, November 24, 1904, as a day of general thanksgiving ... Done at Lincoln this 12 th day of November A. D. 1904. John H. Mickey |
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