Quad County Museum

Quad County Museum Duaine Stalder, Curator
Open 2nd Sunday of the Month. 1-4p.m.

08/31/2026

Memory Monday...
It's almost September and that seems a good time to start looking at some Fair pictures. This picture, from 1938, features Emajoe Newby, Miss Nebraska 1938 (on the Miss Nebraska site her first name is given as Emmajane, but local records have Emajoe). That was the same year she graduated from Humboldt High School.

08/24/2026

Memory Monday...
Local chapters of the home guard formed across Nebraska towns and cities when regular military personnel and young men deployed overseas. The Federal government recognized them with the Federal Home Guard Act in 1917. Richardson County had four units--Falls City, Humboldt, Shubert and Salem. This picture shows the Humboldt Home Guard, 1917-1918. The numbers are a little hard to see but following are the names to match the numbers: 1 Sgt. L.W. Stalder, 2 Pvt. Fred Davis, 3 Pvt. C.E. Cope, 4 Pvt. Alvin Gingerich, 5 Corp'l. J.G. Herwig, 6 Corp'l. Alfred Rist, 7 Pvt. Chris Hecht, 8 Corp. Geo. Marshall, 9 Pvt. Milo Hynek, 10 Pvt. John Leatherman, 11 Pvt. E.A. Litchfield, 12 Pvt F.W. Porak, 13 Pvt. C. Hendricks, 14 Pvt. Leo Wedner, 15 Pvt. O. O'dell, 16 Pvt. W.J. Boss, 17 Pvt. T.H. Gillan, 18 Pvt. E.H. Rist, 19 Pvt. Arnold Schuetz, 20 Pvt. John W. Klossner, 21 Pvt. Chas C. Hecht, 22 Pvt. W. Schmelzel, 23 Pvt. N.C. Campbell, 24 Pvt. Frank Tupa, 25 Pvt. Chas. Sherman, 26 Pvt. Norman Bullis, 27 Pvt. Joy M. Nims, 28 Pvt. B. Ninger, 29 1st Sgt. Geo. Sanford, 30 Sgt. J.J. Haydon, 31 Sgt. A. Sherman, 32 Pvt. Frank Hynek, 33 Pvt. Fay Thompson, 34 Pvt. R.H. Hummel, 35 Pvt. O.E. Zook, 36 Pvt. Robt. Draper, 37 Sgt. G.D. Jenkins, 38 Sgt. J.C. Fail, 39 Corpl. J.A. Harris, 40 Pvt H.V. Albright, 41 Pvt. Milton Kotouc, 42 Pvt. F.A. Hummel, 43 Corpl. H.H. Kirchner, 44 Pvt. Edgar Todd, 45 Pvt. Harry Bowers, 46 Pvt. Otto Kotouc, 47 Pvt. L.H. Howe, 48 Pvt. Wade Dorland, 49 Pvt. Floyd Uffner, 50 Pvt. Chas. Hynek, 51 Pvt. H.W. Howe, 52 Corpl. F.M. Boss, 53 Pvt. Chas. Mann, 54 Corpl. E.W. Clift, 55 Pvt. J. Hartzel, 56 1st Lt. Guy L. Cooper, 57 Capt. P.A. Epley, 58 2nd Lt. Roy Patchen

Memory Monday...from the Bruun Memorial Library, Humboldt, NEThis picture is dated 1909, and shows the south side of the...
08/17/2026

Memory Monday...from the Bruun Memorial Library, Humboldt, NE

This picture is dated 1909, and shows the south side of the square (looking west). It's obviously before the streets were bricked, and transportation was one or two horse power. We like this picture because it has the library sign on the left side. The bank sign refers to the Humboldt Bank (built by Frank Samuelson), also referred to as the First National Bank (there were multiple banks in Humboldt at that time). Other businesses on the south side of the square at that time included a grocery store, a merchantile (sic) store, the opera house block, a harness shop, and a shoe store.

Memory Monday...from the Bruun Memorial Library, Humboldt, NEThis picture shows a wet race on the south side of the squa...
08/10/2026

Memory Monday...from the Bruun Memorial Library, Humboldt, NE

This picture shows a wet race on the south side of the square. No year is given, and no explanation about what a wet race is. But it appears that it might be a type of firemen's race. It's almost as interesting to note the background. There's the hitching post around the square (a small section of this can be seen at Quad County Museum) and the Klossner harness shop (that's the big building on the right). Sorry about the quality...sometimes we have to work with what we've got.

08/03/2026

Memory Monday...
Though no date is given, this picture is obviously later than many posted previously. It shows the North side of square, looking east, and features the Humboldt Theater, City Hall, Hummel's Cream Station, Park Hotel (all buildings that are no longer there).

07/27/2026

Memory Monday...
Baseball was a big deal in early small-town Nebraska. This picture shows the Humboldt Baseball Club in 1884 & 1885: 1 O.A. Campbell 2 Dr A.R. Scott, 3 Charles Smith, 4 Wm Comstock, 5 Bunk Fleming, 6 Rice McNulty, 7 L.H. Howe, 8 Oscar Beard, 9 Lon McKeon, 10 W.H. Ungles

07/20/2026

Memory Monday...
The Sandfort men harvesting 1907--from left: John Henry (father), & Sons, Edward Elmer, Robert Walter, Carl Henry Nicholas, Albert Arthur (sorry about the picture quality)

Richardson County Fair Coming Soon! Sept. 16-19! Thanks to The Falls City Journal for finding some great old photos! Old...
07/16/2026

Richardson County Fair Coming Soon! Sept. 16-19! Thanks to The Falls City Journal for finding some great old photos! Old Fair items and photos can be found at our Museum in Humboldt! Items like the Humboldt City Band instruments, old flyers, and many others! Stop by to check them out! 2nd Sunday of the Month from 1-4pm, or During the Fair from 1-4pm Thurs., Fri., Sat.!

Fair Time Fun:
Let us know in the comments if you recognize any of the people in these pictures!

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Humboldt, NE
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