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Same  For more information on the photographs in this calendar, go to the "Calendar Link" at www.BlairHistory.com.   2009 Historic Picture Calendar Same text as last year   Front Cover: Blair Railroad Bridge and Auto Ferry across the Missouri Before the auto bridge was built over the Missouri River at Blair in 1929, vehicles and their passengers were ferried between Iowa and Nebraska. This photo from the Iowa side of the 1883 flat-top Whipple Truss railroad bridge was taken before 1923, when the flat-top bridge was changed to the round-top Parker Truss bridge that remains in use today. Before the 1883 railroad bridge was built, a river ferry transported rail cars across the river. Photo from the Lincoln Highway Archives, Special Collection Library, University of Michigan; Catalog #lhc2166.

Downtown Creamery One of the cream stations in Blair was at 1718 Washington Street, the future address of the Washington County Extension Office. The 1912 era Model-T truck belonged to the David Cole Creamery, which operated the cream station in Blair to supply its Omaha customers with cream and milk. Behind the delivery truck and west of the cream station are a photography studio and a millinery shop that was operated by T.C. Hilton. The location of these three businesses can easily be confirmed on the 1909 Sanborn Insurance Map, Block 38. Original photo from the Kenneth & Virginia Rhoades Collection; BHPA Catalog No. MSC-0005.

George Hall-American Family Same Washington County Bank Same Blair Fitness Club -Single -- NEW

Tax & Business consultants Change Advance Cleaners Same S E Smith Same Country Tire Same  (Moved from Sept)

January S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 30 31

Blair Livestock Sale Barn In the 19___s the Blair Livestock Company, at approximately 14th and Wright Streets, just north of North School, was owned by __________  and managed by _______ Paulsen. This photo from the early 1920s shows the barns, corrals, and sale barn, looking toward the southeast. Original photo from the Mary Ann (Paulsen) Cox Collection; BHPA Catalog No. MSC-0010.

Dennis Carlson Same Main Street Bar New Heartland Family Dentistry Country Gardens Same

Long's OK Tire Moved from January Change Memorial Hospital Change Smitty's Auto Same

February S M T W T F S 1  2  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Thursday,  February 12  (Member's Meeting & Program)

Blair Railroad Depot Blair’s 1880 depot, which now stands in Lions Park, was built at the crossroads of the north-south tracks of the old Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha line (CStPM&O) and the east-west tracks of the Sioux City & Pacific line, at approximately the same location – Front and 14th Streets – as the 1910 brick depot that many residents will remember. Original photo from the Washington County Historical Association; BHPA Catalog No. DPT-0020

Talbot & Truhlsen Same Sid Dillion Same Suverkrubbe & Son NEW Blair Abstract & Title SAME

March S M T W T F S 1  2  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

East Front of the Monroe Block The Monroe Block was built in 1880 on the corner of the former 5th Street (today 15th Street) and Washington. This photo shows its east façade. In the 1880s the post office was in the general store on the south side of the building. (Note the window display of dolls.) The building was razed in 1950; today’s Ace Hardware stands on the footings of the original building. Original photo from the Washington County Historical Museum; BHPA Catalog No. MON-0004.

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April S M T W T F S     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 30

Car Show at Cappis Garage As part of a Fourth of July celebration, members of a car club pose with their 19 _______ cars on Washington Street east of the 16th Street intersection. The garage replaced a pharmacy and bakery at the same location. Today the garage is gone, leaving a space once used by a bank drive-through. The building on the left, the barbershop, and the 1890 red-brick Pilot building still stand. Original photo postcard from the Washington County Historical Association; BHPA Catalog No. DWT-0041.

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Washington County Real Estate Same Crowell Home Change Ace Hardware Same

May S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 30 31             Annual Meeting       Thursday, May 14

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Grant Street c. 1908 Many of Blair’s prominent business owners lived on Grant Street; to other townspeople, the area was known as “Silk Stocking Row.”  On the left is a Victorian gem with its mansard roof and large curved porch that was built by Abraham Castetter, a pioneer in Blair banking. On the right is the home of F.W. Kenny, another local banker who was twice mayor, president of the local electric light company, and an investor in Blair’s local Keeley Institute. The Kenny house later became the home of the well-known Dr. Morris Nielsen. These houses still stand at the corner of present-day 18th and Grant Streets. Real Photo postcard, Nathan Kramer Collection; BHPA Catalog No. RES-0008.

JCM Investments, Inc./ Deerfield Blair Change Central Court Change

Jim & Connie's Blair Bakery Same Fernando's Same Blair Area Chamber Same

June S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 30         Gateway to the West  June 12 -14, 2009 Historic Homes Week  June 7-14               Sunday, June 14  Historic Homeowners Picnic

Separable Horse Collar Manufacturing Company In 1888 stock totaling $30,000 had been subscribed to and articles of incorporation drawn up for the new Blair Separable Horse Collar Factory. This first building stood next to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad line just west of the former Walker Avenue (now 16th Street) on Park Street. After the building burned in the early 1890s, the company moved to a warehouse between West (23rd) and French (24th) Streets on the south side of Nebraska Street. In 1906 the company moved to a new brick building on Washington Street that today houses the offices of Kirk Hutton, Edward Jones Investments. Original photo from the Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska; W 371 2.26.

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Edward Jones Same Ortmeier's tv Same Carnes Paint Change Schmidt Monument Same

July S M T W T F S    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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J.M. McDonald Company Store One of several retail chain stores in Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado in the 1950s and 1960s, the J.M. McDonald store at 1659 Washington Street (the Pierce Building) in Blair sold women’s clothing and linens. The Blair store was managed for many years by the late Russell Musick of Blair. Photo from the Danish American Archive and Library at Dana College; BHPA Catalog No. STO-0002.

Blair Community Schools change Farm Bureau NEW needs PROOF moved from March

Blair Book Store Same NoFrills Same Kindermusic Same

August  S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 30 31           Thursday,  August 13     (Member's Meeting & Program)

Alumni Memorial Auditorium, Dana College At a cost of $30,000, Alumni Memorial Auditorium (AMA), a multipurpose gymnasium-auditorium, was built in 1928 down the hill and southeast of Old Main on the Dana College campus. This photo from the 1940s was taken by then-Dana student Oscar Johnson; it shows the northwest corner of the building. In addition to hosting campus athletic events, commencement exercises, and plays, it was a recital venue for well-known performers, among them opera great Lauritz Melchior. In the 1960s and 1970s, AMA also served as the campus chapel. It was razed in 1982 to make way for the new Madsen Performing Arts Center. Photo from the Danish American Archive and Library at Dana College; BHPA Catalog #DAN-0014.

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September S M T W T F S     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 30

Railroad Work Crew   Workers repair a siding off of the main line of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad that ran from Omaha north through Blair and Tekamah to Sioux City. This photo was taken at the corner of Lincoln and 12th Streets, looking north down 12th Street. The smokestack on the left belongs to the city water pump and electrical power plant. The white building behind the workers was just south of the area that would later become the Martin Canning Company. The men are identified as (left to right) Bob Wagner, Unknown, Mr. Buchanan, and Ossie Burton. Original photo from the Kenneth & Virginia Rhoades Collection; BHPA Catalog No. SEN-0017.

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WCHA Same Hansen Agency Same Blair Dental Client Moved from February

October S M T W T F S   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 30 31

Cowboys in Downtown Blair This photo of a horse show parade looks east from Washington Street between 16th and 17th Streets. The two-story Monroe and I.O.O.F. buildings are on the left. Photo from the Pat Tripp Collection.

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November  S M T W T F S  1  2  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30           Thursday,  November 12   (Member's Meeting & Program)