Category: Organizations

A History of the Webster Telephone Exchange Building

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date June 5, 2020
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The Webster Telephone Exchange Building at 2213 Lake Street was the home of the Urban North Side YMCA from 1945 to 1951, later becoming the Great Plains Black History Museum.

Some buildings are constructed, serve a purpose and then are demolished. Others seem to live several lifetimes by acting as a base for several enterprises and a hub for the community during different crises. Despite looking like its falling apart right now, one Lake Street building is such an institution, serving as an icon of change, sustainability and transformation in the community. This is is a history of the Webster Telephone Exchange Building.

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A Timeline of the History of Saratoga

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date May 16, 2020
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In the 1910s, the Suburban Theatre was located on North 24th Street just south of Ames Avenue.

This is a timeline of the history of the Saratoga neighborhood in North Omaha, including the intersection of 24th and Ames. Included here are events, places and people central to the neighborhood’s existence as a pioneer town, leafy suburb, and a seemingly abandoned urban neighborhood.

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A History of the Omaha Crèche

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date March 29, 2020
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This is a picture of the new Omaha Crèche building at 3713 North 52nd Street in 1949.

This is a history of the Omaha Crèche, which was located on North 52nd and Pratt Streets for a half century.

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A Biography of Anna R. Woodbey

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date February 23, 2020
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This is Rev. Anna R. Woodbey (1855-1901) of Ebenezer Baptist Church.

One woman from North Omaha made it her life’s work to ban the demon’s spirit, juice, sauce, hooch, vino, and liquid courage from everywhere, all the time. This is a biography of Anna R. Woodbey.

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A History of the Oak View Home for Negro Boys

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date February 8, 2020
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This is a history of the only foster home for African American youth Omaha history, open from the 1940s into the 1950s.

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A Biography of Jessie Hale-Moss

Post author By Adam Fletcher Sasse
Post date December 23, 2019
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This is a biography of Jessie Hale-Moss, a strong Black female leader in North Omaha who served as one of the first leaders of Omaha’s NAACP.