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    • The Canteen Spirit (Program Preview)

    • The Canteen Spirit (Program Preview)

    • The Canteen Spirit video television tv preview trailer documentary historical history World War II 2 WWII WW2 North Platte Nebraska NE train trains depot stop station rail railway troop troops soldier soldiers food provisions entertainment...

    • 'The Canteen Spirit' chronicles the story of the World War II North Platte Canteen, which made history when residents of 125 communities from across the state greeted millions of soldiers, over a nearly five-year period, as their trains made a...
    • Nebraska Stories: Episode 206 (Full Program)

    • Nebraska Stories: Episode 206 (Full Program)

    • Nebraska Stories video television tv segment clip special 206 magazine deconstructing ceramic sculpture Lincoln ceramicist ceramics Ryan LeBar abstract art Price of Water summer volunteers experts clean up Missouri River near Omaha river sports...

    • This episode of Nebraska Stories focuses on the art and science of ceramics, a small-town drama team's path to victory, a quilt that tells the collective stories of a group of Sudanese refugees, a preview of Rosenblatt Stadium's final moments, and...
    • October 5, 1848 - 45 miles to Fort Kearney

    • October 5, 1848 - 45 miles to Fort Kearney

    • 1848 diary William Henry Tappan Missouri Mounted Volunteers artist illustrator drawings illustrations trade Native Americans sketches Fort Kearney Missouri River Indians senator Nebraska City Childs Elk Creek elms Monta campsite wagon sleep horse

    • 45 miles to Fort Kearney
    • All Aboard! Soldiers leaving North Platte Canteen

    • All Aboard! Soldiers leaving North Platte Canteen

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific

    • ALL ABOARD! These time-honored words of railroading made for a daily sight at the canteen as service personnel made a quick dash out the canteen doors and for their departing train. There were occasional instances in which hapless servicemen were...
    • Rev. Thomas Aikeman, Custer County, Nebraska

    • Rev. Thomas Aikeman, Custer County, Nebraska

    • sod houses dolls churns

    • Alternatively identified as Thomas Aikens, one mile south of Mason City, Nebraska. See additional information. RG2608-1427 [Transcription of a letter from Ray H. Parrish to Ann Reinert]: Rulo, Nebr., Nov. 24, 1976 Mrs. Ann Reinert, Librarian,...
    • The Platform Girls

    • The Platform Girls

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific food platform girls

    • Among young North Platte women who worked as platform girls after school and on weekends were (from left) Bonnie Paul, Dorothy Loncar and Margaret McEvoy. Source #: ca02015
    • Entertainment inside the canteen

    • Entertainment inside the canteen

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific singing piano

    • Beneath sourpussed caricatures of Adolph Hitler and associates, a sailor demonstrates his canteen keyboard talents to comrades in arms. Sampling coffee or milk as they listen are U.S. Army and Navy servicemen and Navy nurses. Lisa Geiken of the...
    • Students at Stafford school.

    • Students at Stafford school.

    • Japanese American school stop flag teacher safety patrol

    • Flags were presented to the schools by the Minidoka Project volunteers, now of Japanese American Combat unit at camp Shelby. The students print a quarterly that is thier pride and joy. Student's parents wanted to be close to the teachers. So they...
    • North Platte Canteen Organization

    • North Platte Canteen Organization

    • WW2 WWII World War II North Platte Canteen Wilson trains steam locomotive homefront volunteers troops depot entertainment Union Pacific food

    • In a publicity pose, some of the 1943 North Platte Canteen officers display ham sandwiches prepared for those in uniform. From left: Helen Christ, general chairman; Mayme Wyman, kitchen chairman; Jessie Hutchens, secretary; Edna Neid, supplies...
    • November 13, 1847 - Arriving at the Fort

    • November 13, 1847 - Arriving at the Fort

    • Ingraham letter to brother November 1847 Kearney Childs Platte river 1848 Manmade landmark Oregon Trail outpost sod buildings private soldier Missouri Mounted Volunteers Nebraska City brother Peoria Illinois

    • Ingraham to his brother in Peoria, Illinois, provide a word picture of life at both the original Fort Kearny on the Missouri River and new Fort Kearny on the Platte.
    • January 22, 1848 - Description of the Fort

    • January 22, 1848 - Description of the Fort

    • Ingraham letter to brother 1848 Kearney Childs Platte river 1848 Manmade landmark Oregon Trail outpost sod buildings private soldier Missouri Mounted Volunteers Nebraska City brother Peoria Illinois

    • Ingraham to his brother in Peoria, Illinois, provide a word picture of life at both the original Fort Kearny on the Missouri River and new Fort Kearny on the Platte.
    • May 28, 1848 - Morning preparations for travel.

    • May 28, 1848 - Morning preparations for travel.

    • 1848 diary William Henry Tappan Missouri Mounted Volunteers artist illustrator drawings illustrations trade Native Americans sketches Fort Kearney Missouri River Indians senator Nebraska City Childs trumpeter revellie camp tents fires artillery...

    • Morning preparations for travel.

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