#yankton

The Sioux Nation is made up of three main divisions: Dakota (Santee, Yankton, Yanktonai), Nakota (Assiniboine, Stoney), and Lakota (Oglala, Minneconjou, Brulé, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Two Kettle, Sans Arc)

Mulberry Street, Yankton, South Dakota.

This hanger shows great ingenuity. The design might be simple and the forging rather basic, but there's not a hint of wasted movement anywhere. After suffering a tragedy, the folks involved got to work making the best of their situation, and that attitude shows in the ironwork they produced. I can see me lighting the forge to make a few of these Yankton hangers to hang my Feuerhand lanterns in the shop. It'll be real nice to spend an evening in the warm glow of those trusty lanterns adding to the ambiance. "This handy holder was made in the 1900's in Yankton, South Dakota ~ after one of the Lumber Yards had a fire, which destroyed a large part of the inventory. The lumber yard tried to salvage merchandise & started making these lantern holders from the iron strapping that had formerly been used for strapping the old wooden wagons."

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A Milwaukee Road freight kicks up a dusting of snow as it crosses a pin-connected Pratt through-truss bridge over the James River in Yankton, S.D. The Pratt design was the dominant truss bridge style on railroads between the 1890s and 1920s.

I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone posting about it yet but today's Google header is Yankton writer/activist Zitkala-sa!!

Medium: Gelatin silver prints