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   Place holder for the Williams Collection

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2. "HERE FELL CUSTER JUNE 25, 1876" wooden cross and grave markers of Custer Battlefield, Harding, Montana - unknown

   (1) cabinet card. Image records grave markers of US 7th Calvary soldiers who died during the Battle of the Little Big Horn. In foreground is a wood cross painted white. Stenciled in the center of the cross is inscription "HERE FELL CUSTER JUNE 25, 1876" in black lettering. In background cluster of four white marble markers of graves from the fallen US 7th Calvary soldiers. Grave markers memorializes the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry and the Sioux a...

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3. "No. 1561 Statue and grave of A.F. McDonald (explorer and guide) at entrance of Wind Cave, Hot Springs, S.D. Copyrighted by S. Butcher & Son" - post 1893

   (1) 4 x 6" photographic postcard titled "No. 1561 Statue and grave of A.F. McDonald (explorer and guide) at entrance of Wind Cave, Hot Springs, S.D. Copyrighted by S. Butcher & Son". Image captures fifteen (15) adult men and women posing beside the life sized sculpture of Alvin F. MacDonald. The statue was carved by New York artist James H. Riordan. Riordan also carved the James Butler Hickok and Henry Weston Smith cemetery monuments in Mount ...

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4. "Taft Day Deadwood, S.D." by Richard, Lead. - 10/21/1911

   (1) 5.5 x 3.5" photographic postcard titled, "Taft Day Deadwood, S.D." by Richard, Lead. The focal point of the image is the Lawrence County Courthouse and Pine Street. A large group of people are gathered around the side of the building. On a makeshift platform is U.S. President Howard Taft. Image also captured the Hattenbach Building (79 Sherman Street) in the background.

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5. "White Rocks", one mile high Deadwood, S.D. 737 Feet above Deadwood - 1924

   (1) 4.0 x 6.0" photographic postcard titled "White Rocks", one mile high Deadwood, S.D. 737 Feet above Deadwood". Image captures rock formation known as White Rocks within the Deadwood city limits. Image most likely taken on the backside of the rock outcropping. Pine trees in the foreground.

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6. 01-1985 Starting of Open Cut Lead, South Dakota - 07/04/1985

   (1) 3.5 x 5.0" color print, titled with paper label, "1-1985 Stating of Open Cut". Image captures terraced area and cliff face. On the reverse written in blue ink, "Mining of Open Cut July 4, 1985. This is what the open cut looked like. 1 OF 56 COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS DONATED BY UNKNOWN SOURCE.

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7. 10. Gateway to the Black Hills, Whitewood Tunnel, at Night, 800feet Long, Black Hills, S.D. - circa 1909

   (1) 3.25 x 5.25" color photograph postcard titled "10. Gateway to the Black Hills, Whitewood Tunnel, at Night, 800 feet long, Black Hills, S.D. (South Dakota)." This hand tinted image captures a train passing through Whitewood Tunnel, also known as the Jone-Loomis Tunnel created in 1889-1890. There is a full moon in back and the hill is covered in trees. Published by W. B. Porter, Photographer, Importer, Jobber, Lead, S. Dak. Made in U.S.A.

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8. 144 (44) Washington Street - 1920s

   (1) 2.5 x 4.0" black and white print capturing 44 Washington Street in the Presidential neighborhood. Image captures a 2.5 story wood residential home on the corner of Washington and Madison Streets. Image is glued down to black acidic photo book page. Written in white pen "144 Washington Street Deadwood S.D. 1920's?" On the reverse stamped in purple ink, "Finished by the Photo Shop Theater Building Deadwood, S.D."

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9. 144. Deadwood Auditorium and Grounds, Deadwood, Black Hills, S.D. (South Dakota) - post 1913

   (1) 3.25 x 5.25" color photograph postcard titled "144. Deadwood Auditorium and Grounds, Deadwood, Black Hills, S.D. (South Dakota)." This hand tinted image captures the Deadwood Auditorium (today's Deadwood Recreational Center - 105 Sherman Street). There is an American flag on top of the Auditorium. In the foreground is Deadwood's first municipal park (Gordon Memorial Park). This image captures the flower beds, and cottonwood trees in the p...

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10. 153. High School Buildings, Deadwood, Black Hills, S. Dak.

    (1) color postcard of the Deadwood High School Buildings, located at 716 Main Street. From left to right one can see: First Baptist Church and steeple; New Deadwood High School, Deadwood Grammar School and Old Deadwood High School. The bronze cannon from the Cavite, Philippine Islands is right of the stairs. This cannon was captured during the Spanish-American War and placed in front of the school in 1900. On the reverse of postcard in green i...

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11. 1986 Fall, Open Cut expansion from the top of Mill Street - 1986

    (1) 4.0 x 6.0" color print capturing the Homestake Mining Company open cut project from the top of Mill Street in Lead, South Dakota. Image captures the tops of the houses. 1 OF 56 COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS DONATED BY UNKNOWN SOURCE. A

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12. 2 men (surveyors?) overlooking rock face & meadow - 1877 - 1892

    (1) steroview mounted on heavy pink cardstock. Images capture men possibly surveyors, overlooking a large meadow in the background. The man on the left is holding a rolling block rifle. The man on the right is sitting in folding chair writing in a book. A team of mules/horses attached to a wagon is stopped in the meadow. In distant background mountain ridge, possibly Harney Peak. On the reverse side in center of card is an advertisement f...

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13. 2. Sitting Bull, Head Chief at the Custer Massacre - 01.17.1891

    (1) cabinet card. Focal point of the image is the head and shoulders of a Native American man, Chief Sitting Bull who was from Hunkpapa division of the Teton Sioux. Sitting Bull is wearing brimmed hat with monarch butterfly attached to center of hat. His hair is tied in braids with a ribbon and he is wearing fur lined jacket/collar with floral design. Under his jacket, he is wearing a buttoned pin striped collared shirt. On reverse side, ad...

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14. 2. WHERE TERRAVILLE WAS-OPEN CUT LEAD, SD - 07/1985

    (1) 3.5 x 5.0" color print with paper label that reads "2-Where Terraville was". Image captures series of gravel piles with heavy equipment parked in the flat areas. On the reverse, written in blue ink, "Where Terraville use to be Homestake Mining this". 1 OF 56 COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS DONATED BY UNKNOWN SOURCE.

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15. 20 Lincoln Street (Avenue)

    (1) Black and white print of 1 story wood residential home, more specifically, 20 Lincoln Avenue. Image captures woman and man posing at the front door of the house. Wood shake roof with two brick chimneys. In background, portion of the hillslope surrounding the Ingleside or Presidential Neighborhood. On reverse in pencil "20 Lincoln Street - Rear of Original - Alton L. Dickerson and Virgil H. Hewes, Civil and Mining Engineers, Deadwood, Dakot...

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16. 221 Drifting for Gold. Placer digging under Deadwood.

    (1) stereoview. Image records prospectors excavating for placer gold deposits in Deadwood Gulch. Image focuses on man with shovel in a trench/prospect hole shoveling ground into wheelbarrow. Behind him stands a man posing with a pick ax. Behind him are several other men posing for the photograph. A sluice box runs parallel to the open trench/cut. Also in the image appears to be a placer mine shaft collar with a wooden hoist (right side of image)...

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17. 35 Harney (Black Elk) Peak Lookout from the Trail. Harney National Forest Black Hills S.D. - 1924

    (1) 4.0 x 6.0" photographic postcard titled, "35 Harney (Black Elk) Peak Lookout from the Trail. Harney National Forest Black Hills S.D.". Image captures granite cliffs that make up Harney Peak / Black Elk Peak. Pine tree forest surrounds the mountain.

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18. 35 Harney (Black Elk) Peak Lookout from the Trail. Harney National Forest Black Hills S.D. - unknown

    (1) 4.0 x 6.0" photographic postcard titled, "33 We all climbed this ladder on our way to Harney Peak, S.D. (Black Elk Peak). Image captures wood sign that reads, "Harney Peak Elevation 7240 feet above sea level. Please register. we like to know the names of our guests. The observatory is reached by ladders. Safe if you take your time. This point is visited by thousands. Sanitary regulations must be observed. Toilets are provided. You are reques...

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19. 37. Flumes on Whitewood (Creek) - unknown

    (1) Stereoview. Location unknown. Image records series of wooden flumes running along creek (center of image). In background 2nd flume hugs the hillside. Moderate vegetation growing around flumes. Written in black ink "Flumes on Whitewood" in lower left corner. Image is part of a series entitled "Views in the Black Hills and Sioux Indian Country" by L.M. Melander & Bro. Publishers 88N. Clark Street, Chicago Ills. On the reverse side, is a...

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20. 4. Placer Mining Claim, No. 1 above discovery, Deadwood - 1877

    (1) Stereoview. Image records a group of men (center) working placer deposits. In center is water sluice box. Area around the men consists of overburden piles. Centered is the water system. In background are five log cabins partially built into the hillside. In background mountain stripped of all vegetation. Image is part of a series entitled "Views in the Black Hills and Sioux Indian Country" by L.M. Melander & Bro. Publishers 88N. Clark St...

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