30 Rare Photos From Nebraska That Will Take You Straight To The Past

Nebraska has been great since the beginning of time - we all agree on that, right? These vintage photos take us back to times long gone - from hardscrabble pioneer life to the major changes that took place in the mid-20th century.

A Family in Front of Their Sod House (Complete With a Windmill on the Roof of an Outbuilding), Coburg, 1884 or 85

A Hay Bale House in Lexington, 1938

An Eli Windmill on George Stuckenolz's Farm, Near Nebraska City, Date Unknown

A Group Posing in Front of the Holland and McDonald Hardware Store, Broken Bow, 1886

A War Veteran Selling Pencils in Omaha, 1938

Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Standing at the 100th Meridian, Later to Become Cozad, 1866

St. Benedict's Catholic Church, Nebraska City, 1934

A Storage Cave in Falls City Farmsteads, 1936

"Photographing the Baby in a Sioux Village," Rushville, 1908

A Barber in Front of His Shop, Omaha, 1938

A Home Made of Old Freight Cars, Box Butte County, 1936

Cars Parked on an Omaha Street, 1938

Kids Holding Sugar Beets on a Farm in Hall County, 1940

Chimney Rock in 1904

Homesteaders With Their Covered Wagon During the Great Western Migration, Loup Valley, 1866

Cyclone in Alliance, August 4, 1911

Main Street in Mitchell, 1910

Eagle Fruit Store and Capital Hotel, Lincoln, 1942

Emmanual Lutheran Church, Dakota City, 1934

Workers Breaking Concrete on the North Platte Project, Bayard, 1940

First Street in Hastings, Circa 1944

Frederic Shreyer's Sod House, Custer County, 1880s

Gustav Rohrich's Sod House, Bellwood, 1934

A Lincoln Street in 1942

A Little Girl Carrying Her Father's Lunch Box in South Omaha, 1938

The Destruction After the 1913 Tornado, Omaha

Children Going Into Their One-Room Schoolhouse in Seward County, 1938

"Old Reynor Sod House," Custer County, 1904

A Crowd of People Running to Meet Taft on His Campaign Tour, De Witt, 1908

Scotts Bluff, Circa 1899

These vintage photographs provide a whole new look at life in Nebraska going way back to the early days of photography. Some readers might even recognize some of the more recent scenes. How did you like this glimpse into the past? Let us know in the comments!