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Two children paint pictures at the Youth Center on

Two children paint pictures at the Youth Center on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 13, 2018. The open recreation program during the summer consists of weekly field trips off base, family bonding events and... More

Cave Restoration Camp 2007 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

Cave Restoration Camp 2007 Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tourist Attraction - Hall of Records 14

A view from the rear of the Hall of Records chamber

Cave Restoration Camp 2007 - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

Cave Restoration Camp 2007 Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tourist Attraction - Hall of Records 8

Red paint instructions for rock removal

Archaic Birdstone - Public domain dedication photo

United States, North Dakota or South Dakota (?) Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photo of Cradleboard Cover Panel - Public domain dedication

United States, Minnesota or North Dakota or South Dakota Public domain photograph of metal museum object , free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

early entrance into Wind Cave - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

early entrance into Wind Cave Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stagecoach in front of Hot Springs Hotel

The Wind Cave stagecoach made regular trips to carry visitors from Hot Springs to the cave.

Alvin McDonald - Wind Cave national park

A portrait of Wind Cave's first major explorer, Alvin McDonald.

Early tour of Wind Cave - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Early tour of Wind Cave Public domain photograph of 19th-century group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Retaining wall extended - National Parks Gallery

Framing and rebar for the retaining wall above the tunnel entrance

American bison in the snow, Wind Cave National Park, 2014.

American bison (Bison bison) are also sometimes called American buffalo. These large animals once roamed North American grasslands in massive herds. Probably not surprisingly, they nearly went extinct due to co... More

Missionary Station, No. 7 [Word list in Dakota and Wasicun] [n.p., n. ...

On verso: 24 n 58 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 174, Folder 43.

Military map of Nebraska and Dakota - Public domain map

Covers North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and portions of Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas. Shows routes of 20 exploration or survey parties. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. At the head of title: "Expl... More

Military map of Nebraska and Dakota - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Leadership Shirt, 19th century - Public domain dedication. Metropolita...

United States, North Dakota or South Dakota, Upper Missouri River Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New and short route to the gold mines of the Black Hills, Montana and ...

Transportation.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 1.

Sioux Falls, Dacota / by C.L. Hamilton, Sioux City, Iowa.

Photograph shows Sioux Falls, South Dakota. No. 1. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg... More

Club (skullcracker), 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

United States, North Dakota or South Dakota Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Uncle Sam is rich enough to give us all a farm. Homes in the West! The...

Public land.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 2a.

Scene on the Oahe - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a rowboat by a stream. The Oahe is in South Dakota. Formerly DRWG/US - Gedney - 104. Gift, Ralph Gedney 1926 (DLC/PP-1926:R47019).

Rice's sectional map of Dakota Territory.

Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, trails, towns, villages, settlements, and boundary lines across the Dakota Territory. "Draughted by Fred Sturnegk." Originally printed 2 maps 43 x 69 cm. on she... More

Map of a reconnaissance of the Black Hills, July and August, 1874, wit...

Shows exploration routes and dates. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S184 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes indicat... More

Military Encampment During the 1874 Expedition in the Organ Pipe Range...

LIBI_00019_01898; A black-and-white photograph (possibly a reprint) of the 1874 expedition camp. The photograph is 4 1/8 x 7 3/4" and was produced circa 1874 by Illingworth. On the verso, a handwritten notati... More

Fort Randall Chapel - National Parks Gallery

Fort Randall surved as a military outpost along the Missouri River from 1863 to 1892. In 1875, soldiers stationed at the fort erected this chapel. Upon abandonment, the fort buildings, except for the chapel, we... More

Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of the northern portion of the Black Hills

Relief shown in hachures. "The survey was made ... by Maj. Geo. Henckel." Includes seven illustrations. Includes index to "gold-bearing quartz lodes" and "silver-bearing lodes"; all are in South Dakota. Availab... More

Enoch W. Raymond, wife, and other family members of wife's in front of...

summary: Note: Enoch W. Raymond married a Lakota Sioux woman in 1852. Their house is at Rose Bud Agency. This photograph is a copy of a page from S. D. Butcher's PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA orig... More

A memorial to the Congress of the United States praying for the ratifi...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 3.

Dakota Territory / Historic map, Library of Congress

Preparing a seed bed with modern machinery, S. Dak.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape - Picryl description

A barber's shop at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory--an Indian chief ha...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1879 March 15, p. 205 (bottom). Public domain photograph of North Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph ... More

Preparing a seed bed with modern machinery, S. Dak.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape - Picryl description

Plowing prairie soil with tractor, S. Dak.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape - Picryl description

Plowing prairie soil with tractor, S. Dak.

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card - Picryl description

Plowing prairie soil with tractor, S. Dak.

reverse side of stereoscopic card

Evans Hotel, Hot Springs, South Dakota

Negatives are close variants. Duplicate film negative of version (B) was not made because of similarity to version (A). Title devised. Each negative forms right section of a two-part panorama, left section not ... More

Taking the census at Standing Rock Agency - South Dakota

Men seated at two tables with large crowd of people. On mount: D.F. Barry, West Superior, Wis.

Report on the geology and resources of the Black Hills of Dakota : wit...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A Harvest field, Brookings, S.D.], mammoth plate negative

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pair of Parfleches - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of ...

United States, South Dakota Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Harvest field, Brookings, S.D., mammoth plate negative

Horse carriage in wheat field. Right section of a two-part panorama, left section not in collection. Title devised. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "10201" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. panorama no... More

Tracey [sic], Minn., engine of the South Dakota division

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Evans Hotel, Hot Springs, South Dakota]

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

New Ulm, Minn., Valley of the Minnesota

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "61" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04533. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New Ulm, Minn., Valley of the Minnesota

Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Native American man and woman]

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Post route map of the territory of Dakota with adjacent parts of Monta...

Dated 1879. "The service on this diagram brought up to date of March 1st, 1881." Originally printed 2 maps 73 x 51 cm. on sheets 76 x 54 cm., sheets joined vertically to form 1 map. Prime meridian: Washington, ... More

Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, Dakota /

Bird's-eye-view. Relief shown pictorially. "Population Jan. 1st, 1878 - 400 -- Population Jan. 1st, 1881 - 2800." Includes index to points of interest and 2 color illustrations of local buildings. Available als... More

Panoramic View of Fort Meade, South Dakota

LIBI_00015_00604; An albumen photograph, mounted on card, of panoramic view (acute) of Fort Meade, sepia-toned, original, full view; produced by J. C. H. Grabill, circa 1882; stain or discoloration on lower lef... More

Pioneer life in 1882. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows pioneer family standing outside of sod house. No. 1832. Additional title on item: South Dakota. Aberdeen. Pioneer life in 1882.

Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surv...

"The large lines on the above map show the location of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and its branches, the small lines its connections." Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships, c... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota

Dec 1883. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

1883 bird's eye view of Madison, county seat of Lake Co. Dakota

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north west." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 890 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and 2 v... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota

Dec 1883. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Bird's eye view of Watertown, Dak. county-seat of Codington Co. 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 892 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and directory. AACR2

Bird's eye view of Frederick, Dak. 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 889 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and text. AACR2: 651

1883 bird's eye view of Redfield, Dak.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Birds eye view of Aberdeen, Dak. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 885 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2: 100; ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Elk Point, Union County, South Dakota

Dec 1883. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Bird's eye view of Flandreau, county seat of Moody Co., Dakota 1883.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brookings, Brookings County, South Dak...

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dako...

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Groton, Brown County, South Dakota

Jul 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Plankinton, Aurora County, South Dakot...

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s). Includes Titled Plankington. North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of a... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chamberlain, Brule County, South Dakot...

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota

Jul 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Parker, Turner County, South Dakota

Aug 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Webster, Day County, South Dakota

Jul 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Educating the Indians--a female pupil of the government school at Carl...

Cover illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, 1884 March 15, p. 49.

Gen. U. S. Grant memorial, Saturday, August 8, 1885. Programme. [Woons...

U.S. Grant memorial. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 7.

Success assured! ! -- Bear in mind -- Remember that the Brown County A...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 8.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota

Oct 1885. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota

Aug 1886. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Columbia, Brown County, South Dakota

Aug 1886. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Howard, Miner County, South Dakota

Aug 1886. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Map of the Black Hills of Dakota - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Black Hills showing names of explorers, date and tracks of their routes. "Copyright secured by G.E. Bailey 1886." "Crosscup & West. Engraving Co. 907 Filbert St. Philadelphia. D... More

Official map of the territory of Dakota, showing the two general divis...

The original Great Sioux Reservation was established as part of the Fort Laramie Treaty of April 29, 1868, and initially comprised all of South Dakota west of the Missouri River. The map displayed here illustra... More

Official railroad map of Dakota issued by the railroad commissioners, ...

Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, Indians, and the railroads with lines named. Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. From Second Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commi... More

Map of the Department of Dakota including Minnesota, Dakota and Montan...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ox team in front of S.D. Butcher's gallery, Broken Bow, Custer County,...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Carbonate, Lawrence County, South Dako...

Aug 1887. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Deadwood, Dakota. A part of the city from Forest Hill

Bird's-eye view of Deadwood, S.D.; trees and mountains in foreground and background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

[Plans for exteriors and interiors], engraving, Library of Congress

City Hall, Watertown, [South] Dakota. Reproduction of drawing. Copyrighted by Palliser, Palliser, & Co. Illus. in: Palliser's Court Houses, City Halls, Jails, Etc., p. 67. This record contains unverified data f... More

A pretty view at picnic grounds on Homestake Road

Mountain and railroad train in South Dakota. Photo copyrighted by J.C.H. Grabill. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: RR S.D. 1890; SD ... More

4th Artillery ca. 1890 (Wounded Knee?)

Saphus Wettergren Parelius (left) of the 4th Artillery, ca. 1890, [at Wounded Knee, South Dakota?]. This copy photoprint was made in May 1962 from an original print loaned by Signe O. Parelius. Barn detail i... More

Boxwork in the Elk's Room - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

The boxwork on the ceiling of the Elk's Room is a popular photography subject and has been featured on many postcards and other souvenirs.

No. 1973. Deadwood Dakota. A part of the city from Forest Hill Grabill...

Photograph shows an aerial view of Deadwood, South Dakota with buildings including one marked "Grabill photo." 36479 U.S. Copyright Office. On photograph: "Photo and copyright by Grabill, '90". On back of phot... More

Two Strikes and Crow Dog's Camp, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota

LIBI_00030_00724; An albumen photograph (mounted on card), depicting a view of Sioux camp. Notation on lower right of image reads: "No. 30 Two Strikes and Crow Dog's Camp, Pine Ridge Agcy, S. D.". Lower left re... More

A Line of Soldiers from Company A of the 8th Infantry in Pine Ridge, S...

LIBI_00161_06845; A photo pasted to heavy cardboard; 5" x 8". This image depicts a line of soldiers in front of a few tents. A handwritten note in blue ink on the verso reads: “Co A, 8 US Infantry Sioux Camp No... More

Bird's Eye View of Sioux Camp at Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Photographs of American Military Activities Public domain photograph related to 1930s farming, farms, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds-eye view of canyon at Wounded Knee, S.D.

Dead horses and Indians. Photo copyrighted by Northwestern Photo Co. Not found in LOT 6/2005. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. South Dakota.

Big Foot, chief of the Bules [sic] taken at the Battle of Wounded Knee...

Body of Spotted Elk, chief of the Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux, lying in snow, after the Massacre at Wounded Knee, S.D., Dec. 29, 1890. Copyright by Northwestern Photo Co., Chadron, Nebraska. Title transcribed from... More

Plenty Horses / L.T. Butterfield, Sioux Falls, Dak.

Plenty Horses, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two Strike['s] band [Brulé Lakota] Pine Ridge 1891 / photo made by S.D...

Photograph shows a group of Sioux men, full-length, standing, facing front, in a half-circle behind a group of five Sioux sitting on the ground, three wrapped in blankets and with their backs to the viewer. H11... More

Rifle guns, Pine Ridge Agency, Jan. 18th, 1891

Soldiers with cannon at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. 10051W U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: W.R. Cross, portrait and view photographer, Hot Springs, S. Dak. No. 757.

Bishop Fowler Loop - National Parks Gallery

The name "Bishop Fowler" is written into the soft limestone above the passage that goes into this route through the cave. Bishop Fowler was a prominent figure in the Methodist Church. He helped establish the Bl... More

Home of Chief Red Cloud at Pine Ridge Agency

Three Native Americans standing in front of house, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Custer, Custer County, South Dakota

Aug 1891. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Central City, Lawrence County, South D...

Jul 1891. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More