BACK IN TIME
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BACK IN TIME: Westborn Court Apartments
This photo, taken circa 1920s, is the Westborn Court Apartments, located at 400 – 408 W. Fifth Ave. (corner of Fifth and Sanborn streets). These apartments are still in use today, known now as Krohmer Properties. (Photo courtesy of Bob Brown and the Mitchell Area Historical Society)
May 20, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Spears Motor Co.
This photo taken in 1931 shows Spears Service Station (823 N. Main) and Spears Motor Company (821 N. Main), owned by Isaac and Harry Spears. Spears Motor Company sold and serviced Hubmobile, Chrysler and Plymouth automobiles.
May 06, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Mitchell fire station
This photo of the Mitchell Fire Station was taken shortly after it was erected in 1921. The fire station located at the corner of Rowley and West First Avenue was built at a cost of $30,000.
April 29, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: James Allen Livery and Feed Barn
This photo taken Sept. 27, 1906, shows James Levi Allen holding the reins of a mule (on right) in front of his livery and feed barn, located south of First Avenue on Rowley Street.
April 22, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Scheurenbrand sidewalk crew
Shown is the crew of Adolph Scheurenbrand (man kneeling with mustache) pouring concrete sidewalks in Mitchell, circa 1910. Scheurenbrand poured sidewalks from 1904 to the early 1940s throughout Mitchell and the surrounding area. He would put his stamp on the walks with his name and the year they were laid. There are still many sidewalks with his stamps on them. He learned his craft in Germany, from where he emigrated in 1891 at the age of 19. (Photo courtesy of Karen Baier, Corsica, and Dorthea Tesch, Armour)
April 15, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Boy Scouts march
This circa 1947 photo shows a troop of Boy Scouts participating in a parade on Mitchell’s Main Street. (Click on the image for more information.)
April 08, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: KORN station
This circa 1960 photo shows the KORN-TV and Radio Station that was located on South Highway 37. KORN Television signed on the air for the first time on June 12, 1960, and operated on channel 5, broadcasting NBC-TV programs in color. KORN Radio moved from its studios in the Mitchell National Bank Building, at 217 N. Main St. to the south Highway 37 location in 1959. KORN relocated the radio station to 319 N. Main St. in 1979. The television station was sold and moved to Sioux Falls. (Photo courtesy of Philip Blum, Armour)
March 17, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Mitchell seeks state capital
The ribbon pictured recently was donated to the Mitchell Area Historical Society by the Gilbert and Dorothy Smith family. The mint condition ribbon was part of the 1904 campaign for Mitchell to become the capital of South Dakota.
March 04, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Mitchell Main Street 1934
This photo was taken at the first Merit Badge Exposition Parade on Mitchell’s Main Street in 1934.
February 25, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Corsica area farm, early century
This photo was taken at the Schlegel farm located two miles south of Corsica. Circa 1910-1920, it shows how loose hay was put up in the hay loft using a winch. (To read more, click on the photo.)
February 18, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Moving a church
Frank Rowley is shown here moving a church in Mitchell. Rowley was listed in the city directory as being a foreman for Isaac Spears Moving Company.
February 10, 2013
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BACK IN TIME: Three Stooges and Kernel Korn
While in town to perform for the 1961 Corn Palace Festival, the Three Stooges recorded a commercial at the KORN TV Station with Kernel Korn (George Blum) for Karmal Korn, which was made and sold at the World’s Only Corn Palace in Mitchell.
December 17, 2012
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BACK IN TIME: DWU's Prather Hall
On Dec. 12, 1937, Dakota Wesleyan University held an open house to formally open the new School of Music.
December 10, 2012
BACK IN TIME: Downtown Mitchell a century ago
This photo shows the 400 and 500 blocks of North Main Street as they appeared in 1911. In the left-hand corner is 401 N. Main St., which was a large boarding house.
March 26, 2012
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