4th U.S. Cav., Ft. Mead, South Dakota, 1909 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of 4th U.S. Cav., Ft. Mead, South Dakota, 1909. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: 4th U.S. Cav., Ft. Mead [sic], So. Dak., July 17, 09
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4th U.S. Cav., Ft. Mead, South Dakota, 1909
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In 1909 South Dakota had been a state for only about twenty years, having entered the Union in 1889. Fort Meade, in the northern Black Hills, housed the 4th Cavalry, while the Lakota reservations farther south, including Pine Ridge and Rosebud, were run through federal Indian agencies that controlled rations, schools, and land allotments. Horses were central to the post's work, since cavalry units drilled, groomed, and moved on horseback, and stables and corrals were among its largest structures. Bandholtz's panorama lays out the mounted troops and their grounds at a time when the army's horse-based routines were beginning to face competition from motor vehicles.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bandholtz, f. j. (frederick j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--South Dakota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,259 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | 4th U.S. Cav., Ft. Mead [sic], So. Dak., July 17, 09 |
| Reference | SD 1909 a 4th U.S. Cav., Ft. Mead |
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