State House Pierre, South Dakota, 1913 – 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 State House Pierre, South Dakota, 1913. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: South Dakota State House, grounds etc.
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State House Pierre, South Dakota, 1913
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Pierre, South Dakota, in 1913 was a modest river town on the east bank of the Missouri, and it had been the state capital since 1889, when South Dakota entered the Union. The capitol building was the center of civic life, where legislators gathered in biennial sessions to debate the railroads, taxes, and farm policy that mattered to a largely agricultural state. Wheat, corn, and cattle operations filled the land opened to homesteaders in the decade after 1900, and Pierre's merchants depended on the trade those farms brought by wagon and rail. Residents knew their town chiefly as the seat of state government and as a supply point for the country west of the river. The view captures a community whose growth still hinged on the railroad and the river crossing that tied it to the rest of the state.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | mcneil, dana |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--South Dakota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,348 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | South Dakota State House, grounds etc. |
| Reference | SD 1913 State House Pierre |
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