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100-plus years of history: Photos of Omaha's Union Station
1896
The Union Pacific Railway Station looking north and northwest from South Ninth Street on Forrest Hill circa 1896.
April 6, 1908
President William Taft arrives at Union Station on April 6, 1908.
1909
Union Station as seen in 1909.
1909
Union Station in 1909 showing a Burlington train in the foreground and Union Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern Trains in the background.
Sept. 9, 1909
President William H. Taft in the back seat of a car at Omaha's Union Station on Sept. 9, 1909. Nebraska Governor George Sheldon is on the left.
March 22, 1927
Union Station on March 22, 1927. Officials announced the construction of a new Union Station on March 31, 1929, which replaced the building seen here.
Aug. 1, 1930
Construction of a new Union Station Union Station was announced on March 31, 1929. The progress is seen here on Aug. 1, 1930.
Sept. 1930
Union Station, shown under construction in September 1930.
Jan. 8, 1931
Two unidentified men carry the giant padlock and golden key on Jan. 8, 1931, that Mayor Metcalfe used to open the door at the new Union Station the following week. The lock was designed and constructed by C.K.P. Ronberg, cabinet shop foreman at Union Pacific headquarters, in collaboration with Jack A. Bristol. It was said to be the largest padlock ever used in Omaha for any purpose.
Jan. 15, 1931
Mayor Metcalfe holding the golden key that he unlocked the padlock at the main entrance of the new Union Station on Jan. 15, 1931.
Jan. 16, 1931
Union Station on January 16, 1931.
Nov. 6, 1932
President Herbert Hoover at Union Station, shaking hands with WE McDonnell, a Fairmont Creamery truck driver, on Nov. 6, 1932.
1943
Passenger train service at Union Station in 1943.
July 2, 1943
Union Station on July 2, 1943.
July 29, 1942
A group of soldiers at Union Station Service Men's Center on July 29, 1942.
Jan. 17, 1943
Sixth and seventh grade students from Columbian School made 372 hard-boiled eggs and 1,112 homemade cookies and delivered them to the Union Station's Service Men Center on Jan. 17, 1943, after reading a World-Herald story about drop in food donations to the center. Other Colombian rooms expect to make similar donations as part of the "Schools At War" program.
Dec. 17, 1957
Eleanor Anne Wahl, of Kimball, NE is awed by the 42 1/2 foot Oregon fir she saw at Union Station on Dec. 17, 1957. The tree bears 450 lights and 75 lbs. of tinsel.
Dec. 18, 1953
Looking eastward from the parking plaza of Union Station on Dec. 18, 1953.
Dec. 18, 1953
Looking eastward from the parking plaza of Union Station on Dec. 18, 1953.
Dec. 25, 1953
Christmas at Union Station on Dec. 25, 1953.
Dec. 22, 1977
Families sing Christmas carols around the tree at the lighting ceremony on Dec. 22, 1977. Among those attending the event were the Jim Mitchell family, including Karen, 4, on her father's shoulders, and daughters Marlo, 9, and Joanne, 7, joined by Mrs. Mitchell's brother Danny Coughron, 8.
1985
The Union Station soda fountain in 1985.
Dec. 4, 1986
Mike Longsdorf of Neon Products Co. attaches banners proclaiming the Christmas at Union Station event to a pole near 18th and Mason Streets on Dec. 4, 1986.
Nov. 20, 1995
It's a tight squeeze as Union Pacific worker John Mumm watches the Christmas tree being pulled through the door on Nov. 20, 1995.
2016
In 2016, the U.S. Department of the Interior recognized the Union Station building as a National Historic Landmark.
