Post by PeterW on Apr 17, 2011 13:24:40 GMT -5
Hi all,
Lovely day here today so I got up a little earlier than usual and John drove me to the local car boot sale. Nothing in the way of cameras, at least none that I wanted, but I did have a find.
In a box of general ephemera, the usual pop magazines, albums of Instamatic snapshos, old sheet music and the like I found a very sad and battered book about 9 inches by 6 ¾ inches (23 x17 cm). The binding had come apart but most of the pages seemed to be there, and it had lots of pictures, so I had a closer look.
It was called The Black Hills Souvenir and seemed to be self-published by the Rev. John I. Sanford in 1902. He also wrote then text and took the photographs, nearly 120 of them, most of which were very nice and clear. It briefly covered the early history of the Black Hills country of Dakota through from the discovery of gold, and later valuable minerals worth mining, up to the time of publishing.
I don’t know how many copies were printed, nor how many survive, but I was unable to find it on the internet. I spent the afternoon scanning, descreening and removing blemishes from some of the pictures which cleaned up very well. I was glad to have rescued just a small part of Dakota’s history. Here’s a few of the pictures:
Buffalo Gap Lumber Company. When Buffalo Gap started to decline the company moved to Hot Springs.
The farrier and blacksmith shop of C. Wilkinson in Custer
Deadwood, South Dakota.
Department store of John C. Haines in Rapid City. The company also had stores in Deadwood and Keystone.
The Jester House hotel in Rapid City. I expected to see Clint Eastwood with narrowed eyes, a chewed cheroot and a poncho thrown over one shoulder.
Keystone, 11 miles from Hill City, connected by daily stage and a tri-weekly train.
PeterW
Lovely day here today so I got up a little earlier than usual and John drove me to the local car boot sale. Nothing in the way of cameras, at least none that I wanted, but I did have a find.
In a box of general ephemera, the usual pop magazines, albums of Instamatic snapshos, old sheet music and the like I found a very sad and battered book about 9 inches by 6 ¾ inches (23 x17 cm). The binding had come apart but most of the pages seemed to be there, and it had lots of pictures, so I had a closer look.
It was called The Black Hills Souvenir and seemed to be self-published by the Rev. John I. Sanford in 1902. He also wrote then text and took the photographs, nearly 120 of them, most of which were very nice and clear. It briefly covered the early history of the Black Hills country of Dakota through from the discovery of gold, and later valuable minerals worth mining, up to the time of publishing.
I don’t know how many copies were printed, nor how many survive, but I was unable to find it on the internet. I spent the afternoon scanning, descreening and removing blemishes from some of the pictures which cleaned up very well. I was glad to have rescued just a small part of Dakota’s history. Here’s a few of the pictures:
Buffalo Gap Lumber Company. When Buffalo Gap started to decline the company moved to Hot Springs.
The farrier and blacksmith shop of C. Wilkinson in Custer
Deadwood, South Dakota.
Department store of John C. Haines in Rapid City. The company also had stores in Deadwood and Keystone.
The Jester House hotel in Rapid City. I expected to see Clint Eastwood with narrowed eyes, a chewed cheroot and a poncho thrown over one shoulder.
Keystone, 11 miles from Hill City, connected by daily stage and a tri-weekly train.
PeterW
