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The 1950s to mid-1960s: University of South Dakota’s Building Boom and the Chesterfield Cigarette Salesman
As part of my work in Archives and Special Collections, I reviewed negatives and photographs from the mid-1950’s to mid-1960’s. Many images illustrated athletic events predominately football and basketball, although there were a few images of Dolphins, the women’s synchronized swimming team. Several images were associated with Dakota Day (D-Day) events including parades down Main […]
Evelyn Schlenker
Dec 7, 20224 min read
Newly digitized negatives of Lewis Akeley
Lewis Akeley devoted a considerable amount of his life not only to the University but also, and more importantly, to his students. He was a man of passion, innovation, and inspiration. Such admirable qualities intermixed well with, at the time, premedical sophomore Ernest O. Lawrence. The two together took an important step into the future […]
alirgalbraith
May 30, 20142 min read
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