4,783 South dakota Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Horses in snowstorm. Lyman County, South Dakota

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission, South Dakota - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman holding a cake, Great Depression. F...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a store. Great D...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman making a pot FSA/OWI - Farm securit...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Scandinavian tractor combine driver drinking water out of a jug in the...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; United States... More

Scandinavian tractor combine driver drinking water out of a jug in the...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Corson County, South Dakota. Grazing country

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Badlands National Park in South Dakota

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The Bullock Hotel, built in 1886 by Seth Bullock, the Wild West town's...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Shoe hole, Mini-Golf at Splashdown Amusement Park, Rapid City, South D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Storybook Land Park, Aberdeen, South Dakota

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Petrified Rock Park, overall, column at left, Lemmon, South Dakota

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Folk Art; roadside attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). Credit line: John Margolies Roa... More

Badlands, South Dakota - Drawing. Public domain image.

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United Stat... More

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires. Bison, bighorn sheep, endangered black-footed ferrets, and swift fox roam one of the largest, protected mixed- grass prairies in the United States.... More

Full-sized reproduction of the statue of "David" by Michelangelo, Siou...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota

The original Corn Palace, called "The Corn Belt Exposition" was established in 1892. Early settlers displayed the fruits of their harvest on the building exterior in order to prove the fertility of South Dakota... More

Dinosaur Park, Rapid City, South Dakota

Dinosaur Park, a 1930 WPA project, is a tourist attraction in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Dedicated on May 22, 1936, it contains seven dinosaur sculptures on a hill overlooking the city, created to... More

Aerial view of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941), located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 1... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanita...

See HABS No. SD-24-S for photographs. See overview historical context HABS No. SD-24 for additional information on the Battle Mountain Sanitarium and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Significa... More

Sioux Falls Veterans Administration Medical & Regional Office Center, ...

Significance: The Sioux Falls Veterans Administration Medical and Regional Office Center is significant for its architecture. Buildings 1 and 5 are locally significant examples of Jacobethan and Gothic archite... More

Main Street District, 614-632 Main Street, Rapid City, Pennington Coun...

Significance: The Main Street District borders the Rapid City Historic Commercial District which was a commercial center for transient miners in the 1870s and soon became the whole-sale center for western South... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Airmen's Dormitory, 1472 Luke Street, Blackh...

Significance: The Airmen's Dormitory possesses a documented historical association with base activities during the early Cold War era, a period of substantial military activity and growth. During this period, E... More

Austin-Whittemore House, 15 Austin Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Significance: Built five years prior to South Dakota statehood, this house is one of the few surviving 19th century structures in the vicinity of Vermillion. It is a rare permanent frontier structure with a fe... More

Skinning Beef - Public domain portrait print

Small group of Lakota skinning cattle--probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

University of South Dakota, University Hall, Clark Street, Vermillion,...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Black Hills & Fort Pierre Railroad Roundhouse, Terraville Avenue & Sun...

Significance: Begun in 1881 as the first railroad in the Black Hills, the Black Hills & Ft. Pierre has played an important role in the growth of the Homestake Mining Company, the region's largest mining concern... More

Black Hills National Cemetery, 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, Sturgis, M...

Survey number: HALS SD-2 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 16000258

Black Hills National Cemetery, 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, Sturgis, M...

Survey number: HALS SD-2 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 16000258

Black Hills National Cemetery, 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, Sturgis, M...

Survey number: HALS SD-2 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 16000258

Black Hills National Cemetery, 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, Sturgis, M...

Survey number: HALS SD-2 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 16000258

Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More

Wind Cave Roads & Bridges, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

Significance: The Wind Cave National Park road system reflects the combined efforts of the National Park Service, the South Dakota State Highway Commission, and the Bureau of Public Roads to provide vehicular a... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Steam Plant Buil...

This structure was demolished in 1996. Significance: The Rushmore Air Force Station Steam Plant Building is significant for its association with American Military policy during the Cold War years of the early 1... More

Hot Springs National Cemetery, Virginia Medical Center 500 North Fifth...

Survey number: HALS SD-1 Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hot Springs National Cemetery, Virginia Medical Center 500 North Fifth...

Survey number: HALS SD-1 Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Grand Canyon." Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft. P. R.R

Section of train track next to the side of a mountain. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Cedar Pass Visitor Center, P.O. Box 6, Highway 240, Interior, Jackson ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1006 Survey number: HABS SD-23 Building/structure dates: 1958 Initial Construction

Cedar Pass Visitor Center, P.O. Box 6, Highway 240, Interior, Jackson ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1006 Survey number: HABS SD-23 Building/structure dates: 1958 Initial Construction

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Security Central...

This structure was demolished in 1996. Significance: Constructed in 1952, the RAFS Security Central Control Building is significant for its association with American military policy during the Cold War years of... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Security Central...

This structure was demolished in 1996. Significance: Constructed in 1952, the RAFS Security Central Control Building is significant for its association with American military policy during the Cold War years of... More

The Deadwood Reduction Works. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Industry buildings, man with horse in front. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Inman House, 415 East Main Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Significance: The town of Vermillion owes its existence in part to Darwin M. Inman, a New Yorker who arrived in the Dakota Territory in 1874. He was a pioneer businessman, politician and educator. He opened a... More

St. John's Episcopal Mission, Chapel & Rectory, Fort Bennett Vicinity,...

Survey number: HABS SD-5 Building/structure dates: 1885-1886 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1892-1893 Subsequent Work

St. John's Episcopal Mission, Chapel & Rectory, Fort Bennett Vicinity,...

Survey number: HABS SD-5 Building/structure dates: 1885-1886 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1892-1893 Subsequent Work

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Recreation Building, 1312 LeMay Boulevard, B...

Significance: The Recreation Building (Youth Center) was constructed in 1954-55 to serve as a center for supervised youth activities. The building was donated by the General Richard E. Ellsworth family to serve... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Recreation Building, 1312 LeMay Boulevard, B...

Significance: The Recreation Building (Youth Center) was constructed in 1954-55 to serve as a center for supervised youth activities. The building was donated by the General Richard E. Ellsworth family to serve... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, PX Service Station, 860 Ellsworth Street, Bl...

Significance: The P.X. Service Station (Building No. 2801) is located on a main entrance road to the base. It served as the P.X. Service Station until replaced by newer facilities located closer to the military... More

Wind Cave National Park, Administration & Operator's Building, Approxi...

Survey number: HABS SD-9 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work

Wind Cave National Park, Administration & Operator's Building, Approxi...

Survey number: HABS SD-9 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work

Wind Cave National Park, Administration & Operator's Building, Approxi...

Survey number: HABS SD-9 Building/structure dates: 1935-1936 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, Count...

Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight Launch Control Facility served as the security control center for the entire Delta Flight, and as the command post for the ten dispersed missiles of the ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127...

Significance: Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight (Minuteman II ICBM) is an important icon of the American participation in the arms race and the Cold War. When the Soviet Union began to expand its boundarie... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127...

Significance: Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight (Minuteman II ICBM) is an important icon of the American participation in the arms race and the Cold War. When the Soviet Union began to expand its boundarie... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127...

Significance: Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight (Minuteman II ICBM) is an important icon of the American participation in the arms race and the Cold War. When the Soviet Union began to expand its boundarie... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127...

Significance: Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight (Minuteman II ICBM) is an important icon of the American participation in the arms race and the Cold War. When the Soviet Union began to expand its boundarie... More

"Chinese service." Burial service of High Lee

Chinese mourners; spectators in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Roa...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Roa...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility, On County Roa...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the...

Seven military men on horseback viewing a Lakota camp from a distant hillside.

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Mess & Administration Building, 2279 Risner ...

Significance: The Mess and Aministration Building (Building No. 1101) is one of at least four enlisted men's halls constructed at the base during the early 1950s; all are of a similar configuration, and are pro... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Mess & Administration Building, 2279 Risner ...

Significance: The Mess and Aministration Building (Building No. 1101) is one of at least four enlisted men's halls constructed at the base during the early 1950s; all are of a similar configuration, and are pro... More

Fort Bennett, Old Blacksmith Shop & Barracks, Pierre, Hughes County, S...

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Bennett, Old Blacksmith Shop & Barracks, Pierre, Hughes County, S...

Public domain photograph of a village, town, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Harney Range." Horseshoe Curve on the B[urlington] and M[issouri Rive...

Full view of train in a valley with mountains in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Mess Hall & Administration Building, 1301 El...

Significance: The Mess Hall and Administration Building (Building No. 1211) is one of at least four men's mess halls constructed at the base during the early 1950s; all are of a similar configuration, and are p... More

Deadwood. From Mt. Moriah. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Bird's-eye view of a section of Deadwood, South Dakota; trees and hills in background. Title transcribed from item. Copyright deposit. Forms part of: John C. H. Grabill Collection (Library of Congress).

"Giant Bluff." Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft. P. R.R.

A two-car train in front of a steep cliff; several passengers are posing in front of the train. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

"Our picnic party at Sunday Gulch." Photographed between the walls of ...

Group of men and women posed on boulders between two huge rock formations. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection. DCRM(G) example 1E1, statement of resp... More

Pigtail Bridge, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freighting in "The Black Hills". Photographed between Sturgis and Dead...

Full view of ox trains, between Sturgis and Deadwood, S.D. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Beef issue to Indians. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Long row of Lakota men on horseback preparing to rope cattle; a few on horseback are galloping toward cattle--probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms pa... More

Roundup scenes on Belle Fouche [sic] in 1887

Cowboys seated around chuckwagon at campsite. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Hawthorne Ditch, North side of Rapid Creek, Rapid City, Pennington Cou...

Significance: The Hawthorne Ditch is significant for its association with the development of irrigated agriculture in South Dakota. The ditch is a representative example of irrigation systems constructed, main... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Building, 810 Kenny Road, Blackhaw...

This structure was demolished in 1996. Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base Dormitory is significant for its association with American military policy during the Cold War years of the early 1950s. During ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Building, 810 Kenny Road, Blackhaw...

This structure was demolished in 1996. Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base Dormitory is significant for its association with American military policy during the Cold War years of the early 1950s. During ... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Building, 810 Kenny Road, Blackhaw...

This structure was demolished in 1996. Significance: The Ellsworth Air Force Base Dormitory is significant for its association with American military policy during the Cold War years of the early 1950s. During ... More

What's left of Big Foot's band - Public domain portrait print

Group of twelve Miniconjou (children and adults)--many are looking away from camera--in a tepee camp, probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from text provided by the p... More

Beaver Creek Bridge, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

Significance: Beaver Creek Bridge was an important link in a scenic road system developed by the South Dakota State Highway Commission to facilitate motor tourism in the Black Hills. Although typical of concre... More

"Branding calves on roundup". 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Cowboys branding a calf in fenced area. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

Worthington & Sioux Falls Freight Depot, 106 East Fletcher Street, Luv...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Anderson Dairy Ranch, Dairy Barn, Centennial Valley, Rural Route 2, Sp...

Significance: The barn, along with the springhouse and house, shows a continuity in the use of native cut stone and is an excellent example of rural architecture. Survey number: HABS SD-22-A Building/structur... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Facility D-6, 4 miles n...

Survey number: HAER SD-50-E Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sign in beer parlor window, Sisseton, South Dakota

Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Branding cattle". 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Six cowboys branding cattle in front of a house. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

"Branding cattle". 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Six cowboys branding cattle in front of a house. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Building, 200 yards east of Coun...

Significance: The Transmitter Building (Building No. 11000) was constructed in 1953 as a Communications Transmitter Building to house radio-based aircraft navigation and communication equipment, reflecting the ... More