Deadwood, South Dakota, 1909 – Vintage Photo Print
(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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A window into the past: Deadwood, South Dakota, 1909, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Deadwood, So. Dak.
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Deadwood, South Dakota, 1909
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Deadwood, in the narrow gulch of Whitewood Creek in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota, was still living off the gold rush of the 1870s in 1909. Its fortunes depended on the mining camps and mills up the hills, above all the Homestake operation in nearby Lead, which kept the valley's stores, saloons, and rail traffic busy. Deadwood had burned badly in 1879 and again in 1894, and brick and stone buildings had gone up on the steep slopes after each fire. Its reputation as the town where Wild Bill Hickok was shot in 1876 drew visitors who wanted to see the old frontier streets. Residents in 1909 would have known the place as a mining supply town of a few thousand people, still working to outlast the boom years.
| 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 × 1,149 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Deadwood, So. Dak. |
| Reference | SD 1909 Deadwood |
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