Wayburn E. Johnston Collection
Unprocessed Material — Box: 03762 C
Identifier: H2009-067
Content Description
The collection consists of sixteen color slides of images taken in the Black Hills of South Dakota in the late 1940s. The images include Mt. Rushmore, scenes on the Needles Highway, and images of Dinosaur Park in Rapid City. The collection highlights Black Hills tourism and vacationing in the post-WWII era. Wayburn Johnston was born in 1880 in Estherville, IA. He started a manufacturing company in Minneapolis, MN (Johnston Mfg. Co) in 1923. He died on January 14, 1965. The slides were placed in one archival plus, clear file, plastic sleeve.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
- Black Hills -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dinosaur Park (Rapid City, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Needles Highway -- Black Hills -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slides (Color) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tourism -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tourism -- United States -- Post-World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Johnston, Wayburn (Person)
