Joseph W. Zalusky Collection—Lemmon (S.D.)
Content Description
The collection consists of numerous postcards compiled by Joseph W. Zalusky, a former homesteader who lived southeast of Lemmon (S.D.) from roughly 1907 to 1913. Joseph Zalusky was born in 1881 in Minneapolis (MN). In 1900, he attended Knox College in Galesburg (IL) and excelled in sports, particularly football and baseball. He left college in 1903, and coached football in Iowa and North Dakota and later coached baseball teams in Nebraska. Around 1907, he moved to Lemmon (S.D.) and filed for a 160-acre homestead. There he met his future wife Lulu Sampson, who also homesteaded in the area. He worked for six years near Lemmon as a civil engineer with the Milwaukee Railroad. After leaving Lemmon, Zalusky worked as a city planning engineer for the city of Minneapolis. The postcards in the collection provide a detailed glimpse into Zalusky’s time in South Dakota. Many of the images are identified, or additional caption information is provided with the image. The collection centers on various homesteading scenes around the Lemmon area. Also included are a number of baseball related images, North and South Dakota border marker images and other locations throughout South Dakota. A number of postcards also reflect Zalusky’s life, both before and after Lemmon. Postcards also appear from locations in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
- Aberdeen (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Agriculture Machinery Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Badlands -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Baseball -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bison (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bryan, William Jennings
- Cattle Branding -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chance (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Country Farms and Scenes -- South Dakota -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eagle Butte (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Faith (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family Scenes -- Photographs -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Homesteading -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Homesteading Shack -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horse-Drawn Vehicles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horses Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indian Pete
- Lemmon (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lemmon, Ed
- McLaughlin (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mobridge (S.D) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- News Clippings Subject Source: Local sources
- North Dakota/South Dakota Border Markers Subject Source: Local sources
- Parades -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Photo Album Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Local sources
- Ranching -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rodeos -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School Children -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sod houses -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- South Dakota -- Perkins County Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- State Hospital and Asylum (Yankton, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sturgis (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Train Wrecks -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Vale (S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Yankton (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
