South Dakota Photograph Album, 1905-1906

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The South Dakota photograph album contains approximately 110 photographs showing scenes in and around Chamberlain, South Dakota.

Extent:

approximately 110 photographs in 1 album.

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed by Terese Austin, March 2015 and finding aid created by Jakob Dopp, March 2020

Background

Scope and Content:

The South Dakota photograph album contains approximately 110 photographs showing scenes in and around Chamberlain, South Dakota. The album (26 x 33 cm) has black cloth covers and most images have manuscript captions. Four loose photographs inside the front cover include an image of a storefront of the "Lanphere Land Company"; a man with several girls on a parade float with the sign "The Master-Builder"; a building being constructed; and a view of Chamberlain replete with tipi encampments and grazing horses in the foreground. Subsequent images of interest include street views of Chamberlain, landscape views, shacks representing mining claims, the interior and exterior of a tent restaurant, railroad trains and bridges, picnickers, teams of surveyors and railroad workers, and buildings of the "Chamberlain Indian School."

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from MacManus, September 1998. F-487 .

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Frontier & pioneer life--South Dakota--1900-1910.
Indians of North America--South Dakota.
Mining--South Dakota--1900-1910.
Prairies--South Dakota--1900-1910.
Railroads--South Dakota--1900-1910.
Surveyors--South Dakota--1900-1910.
Tipis--South Dakota--1900-1910.

Formats:

Collodion printing-out paper prints.
Landscape photographs.
Photograph albums.

Places:

Chamberlain (S.D.)
Missouri River.