Images of the Past

Box Elder, South Dakota is home to Ellsworth Airforce Base which was the base to the 44th Missile Wing until 1994.

Box Elder, South Dakota, is home to Ellsworth Air Force Base, which underwent many changes between 1942 and 1957.

Amateur film of a family vacation circa 1940s showing the Badlands, Black Hills, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Gary Enright of the 1881 Courthouse Museum shares with us the story of Sarah "Aunt Sally" Campbell who was born a slave but became a property owner and a successful entrepreneur during the Black Hills gold rush.

With Mount Rushmore as a backdrop, President Dwight Eisenhower addressed the South Dakota Young Republicans League on June 11, 1953.

From the late 1940s until the mid-1950s, WNAX radio in Yankton brought the experience of a South Dakota barn dance to listeners all over the upper Midwest.

The Big Bend dam on the Missouri River near Fort Thompson, South Dakota, was the last-built of the six great Missouri River dams. This film, likely shown on tours at the dam, describes the dam's construction and purpose.

A ski jump near Canton, South Dakota was used for national ski jumping events, including the 1932 Olympic trials.

From the archives, he was the first Lakota to serve in the House of Representatives, Ben Reifel sits down with South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

In this SDPB archive video, we take to Lake Kampeska with some intrepid ice sailors. It comes from our South Dakota Outdoor Guide show with host Pete Egart, aired in 1989.