Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) with an aerial (birds eye) view of South Omaha, Nebraska. Several trains on a number of railroad tracks occupy the foreground of the image and buildings, homes, and bridges are visible in the background. The title "View of South Omaha, Neb." is in the top left. On the reverse side of the postcard are the typeset words "Omaha - The Convention City of the West".
South Omaha was platted on July 18, 1884, the post office was established September 22, 1884, and the town incorporated on October 18, 1886. It grew in response to the increasing business of the Union Stockyards. The population in 1900 was 26,001. On June 21, 1915, South Omaha was annexed by the City of Omaha. South Omaha had a number of fine public buildings including a post office, library, and high school. Source: Wakeley, Arthur. Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska, Chicago: S. J. Clarke & Company, c1917, p. 421.
