Skip to main content
Site navigation

SD Agricultural Heritage Museum Blog

Displaying 31 - 40 of 344
dice and checkers game WNWcheckers pieces Whats new wednesday

Roll the DICE For Checkers! (1/10/24)

By Staff January 10, 2024

A fun spin on the classic game of checkers! John Schulz of Brookings came up with this novel Idea to combine Checkers with rolling the dice.

  • What's New Wednesday
2001:118:002. Clock with white background, even numbers printed in black, gold dots for odd numbers, and a 4-H clover logo in the middle. Under the clover reads "HEAD - HEART - HANDS - HEALTH". Below the clock hangs a gold plaque with that reads “Argonne High School Alumni Association dedicates this clock to Camp Lakodia State 4H Camp the meeting place of friends.”

Make Time for 4-H (1/3/24)

By Staff January 3, 2024

This clock from Camp Lakodia reminds campers that there is always Head, Heart, Hands and Health.

  • What's New Wednesday
microscopic snowflakes

Throwback Thursday (12/28/23)

By Staff December 28, 2023

These are images of snowflakes that were photographed at the microscopic level. The images come from the Joseph Hutton collection.

  • Throwback Thursday
A hppy new year from 1880New Years eve party invite

"…We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for Auld Lang Syne" – English version of the song Auld Lang Syne (12/27/23)

By Staff December 27, 2023

In keeping with tradition, this week’s What’s New Wednesday artifact invites you (in 1880) to a dinner and dance. Hopp and Walker, the proprietors of Olds & Fishback Hall in Brookings invited gentlemen and their ladies to supper at the Brookings House followed by dancing at the hall. 

  • What's New Wednesday
A black and white photograph of two women standing in front of a table with Christmas decorations on the table

Decorations (12/21/23)

By Staff December 21, 2023

Today’s photo comes from the Pennington County Extension Office scrapbook. It is from a 1963 Christmas Fair and shows two women with different decorations at the table with a sign that says, “patterns for numbered articles for sale at front table.” What kind of decorations do you like putting up?

  • Throwback Thursday
danish pancake pan

Pancakes, anyone? (12/20/23)

By Staff December 20, 2023

A unique looking pan, this cast iron Æbleskiver (pronounced “ay·bluh·skee·vr”) pan helps to make a delicious pancake like Danish dish. Æbleskiver, means “apple slices” in Danish as the filling the traditional filling of choice was apples or apple sauce.

  • What's New Wednesday
A black and white photo of a group of people dancing at Camp Lakodia in South Dakota in 1952

Camp Party (12/14/23)

By Staff December 14, 2023

Time to put on your party shoes for this week’s throwback Thursday.

  • Throwback Thursday
A horse that stops on a dime 1A horse that stops on a dime 2

Hold on, Cowboy! (12/13/23)

By Staff December 13, 2023

The time-honored tradition of wood-carving dates back thousands of years. This fun example of a cowboy needing to hold on as his horse comes complete stop celebrates this past-time. “A Horse that Stops on a Dime,” by Clear Lake, resident Quentin Rhody, brings a poor cowboy’s plight to life.

  • What's New Wednesday
Black and white photo of three women reupholstering a chair.Black and white photo of two women reupholstering a chair.

Reupholstery School (12/7/23)

By Staff December 7, 2023

For today’s throwback Thursday we are heading to school, reupholstery school. These photos are from a reupholstery school that took place in Flandreau in February 1953.

  • Throwback Thursday
Jennewin Collection

Passin’ the time… (12/6/23)

By Staff December 6, 2023

This beautiful, intricately carved sculpture represents the time and energy put into cowboy art. At 15.5 inches in length from one piece of wood, it has a variety moving pieces. On either side a ball and cage puzzle (one smaller than the other) flank a telescoping center piece.

  • What's New Wednesday