2nd and Calumet Ave De Smet, South Dakota, 1912 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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: 2nd and Calumet Ave De Smet, South Dakota, 1912, 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: [De Smet, South Dakota, corner of 2nd and Calumet Ave.]
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2nd and Calumet Ave De Smet, South Dakota, 1912
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De Smet, in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, grew up in 1879 when the railroad reached the eastern prairie, and by 1912 it was a farm trading town whose economy rested on wheat, oats, and cattle shipped out by rail. Grain elevators and lumberyards along the tracks gave the town its commercial character, and the courthouse and business blocks reflected its standing as the county seat. The town took its name from Pierre-Jean De Smet, the Jesuit missionary who had traveled the upper Missouri country. Residents of 1912 knew De Smet mainly as a place of church congregations, schools, and seasonal markets, and they still remembered the hard winter of 1880 to 1881, when settlers struggled through deep snow and short supplies.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | mckibben, c. s. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--South Dakota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 697 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [De Smet, South Dakota, corner of 2nd and Calumet Ave.] |
| Reference | SD 1912 2nd and Calumet Ave De Smet |
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