Fall Festival, Humboldt, Nebraska (1929)

ID: 674 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society ~ Date: 1929
This file appears in: Humboldt Commercial Historic District
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This home movie footage of Richardson County (Nebraska)'s Fall Festival was shot by resident Jesse Avery in 1929. An avid amateur moviemaker, Avery captured many scenes of Nebraska life in the 1920s and '30s.

This file appears in: Humboldt Commercial Historic District

By The Explore Nebraska History team
Humboldt was platted in 1868 and the first business on the city square was established in 1869. Town founder O.J. Tinker deeded two acres for a public square in 1871 and Humboldt was incorporated in 1873. The bandstand in the center of the City…