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This colorful vintage postcard depicts the striking Art Deco architecture of Arrasmith Field—later known as the Grand Island Municipal Airport—in Grand Island, Nebraska. The top illustration shows the airport’s administration building, characterized by its bold vertical lines, geometric symmetry, and streamlined modern design, hallmarks of 1930s–1940s aviation architecture. Below, a second image presents the airport’s main hangar, marked “Grand Island Alt. 1842.50,” with its broad doors and white concrete façade, exuding both functionality and civic pride. The text panel highlights the airport’s advanced facilities for its time: four paved runways, each 100 feet wide and 4,000 feet long, all equipped with flush lighting—an impressive feature in the early era of municipal aviation. Owned and operated by the City of Grand Island, the airport symbolized progress, connecting a growing Nebraska community to the national air network and reflecting the optimism of midcentury American infrastructure design.

This colorful vintage postcard depicts the striking Art Deco architecture of Arrasmith Field—later known as the Grand Island Municipal Airport—in Grand Island, Nebraska. The top illustration shows the airport’s administration building, characterized by its bold vertical lines, geometric symmetry, and streamlined modern design, hallmarks of 1930s–1940s aviation architecture. Below, a second image presents the airport’s main hangar, marked “Grand Island Alt. 1842.50,” with its broad doors and white concrete façade, exuding both functionality and civic pride. The text panel highlights the airport’s advanced facilities for its time: four paved runways, each 100 feet wide and 4,000 feet long, all equipped with flush lighting—an impressive feature in the early era of municipal aviation. Owned and operated by the City of Grand Island, the airport symbolized progress, connecting a growing Nebraska community to the national air network and reflecting the optimism of midcentury American infrastructure design.

1938 Municipal Airport Grand Island Nebraska Postcard.
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‘World’s largest’ time capsule opened in Nebraska 50 years later
‘World’s largest’ time capsule opened in Nebraska 50 years later YouTube video by B.C. Begley

‘World’s largest’ time capsule opened in Nebraska 50 years later
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In Memory of Pioneer Bohemians Historical Marker In memory of Fannie Kavalec, Mary Macen, Annie Osmera, and six children pioneer Bohemians drowned in this canyon enrout to their homesteads in Dundy County Neb. (A historical marker located near Bart...

#OtD in 1885, several Bohemians in Nebraska downed in a canyon on the way to their homesteads.

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Ak-Sar-Ben Field and the U.S. Air Mail Historical Marker Ak-Sar-Ben Field, whose hangars were located on the southeastern corner of these grounds, was used extensively during the early development of USA Postal Air Mail Service. (A historical marker locate...

#OtD in 1920, Air Mail service began at Ak-Sar-Ben Field in #OmahaNE.

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Dundee Bombed in World War II Historical Marker In the sky over 50th and Underwood, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded on April 18, 1945. (A historical marker located in Omaha in Douglas County, Nebraska.)

#OtD in 1945, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded over #OmahaNE although it caused no damage.

www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=265977

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Nebraska School for the Deaf Historical Marker The Nebraska School for the Deaf was established by the legislature in 1867. (A historical marker located in Omaha in Douglas County, Nebraska.)

#OtD in 1869, the Nebraska School for the Deaf opened in Omaha.

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It is against the law for a bar owner to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup and 10 other surprising facts about Nebraska at weirdestwebsite.com/nebraska (#Nebraska, #NebraskaHistory, #NebraskaLaws, #legal, #Omaha, #OmahaNebraska)

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Japanese Balloon Bombs Historical Marker During World War Two the Japanese built some nine thousand hydrogen-filled, paper balloons to carry small bombs to North America, hoping to set fires and inflict casualties. (A historical marker loca...

#OtD in 1944, a Japanese Balloon Bomb was spotted flying over Nebraska. The military later recovered its debris.

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