Knowles-Douglas Building. Mingling Area – Peace Rally. Randy Krawec holds a sign reading “ I’d rather ride my bike than have someone die in the gulf for oil!”
According to Russ Gourluck (Silver Screens on the Prairie, Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2012, 26), the Orpheum Theatre was in operation from 1917 to 1920 when it then became the Willis Theatre.
Scope and Content
Postcard shows the 100 block of 10th Street facing north. The CPR train station can be seen at the end of 10th Street. The sign for the Rex Cafe is visible on the west side of 10th Street. On the east side of 10th Street, billboards for Campbell & Campbell furniture are visible as well as signs for Pianos and the Orpheum Theatre. Motorists and cyclists share the road. Street car tracks run the length of 10th Street.
Notes
Postcard was manufactured by T.B. [Tichnor Brothers, Inc., 1908-1987] Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Rapid City. Special events: bicycle race - 75th Anniversary. L-R: Mayor Hyndman, Rapid City; Dr. A.L. Dulmage; Chancellor S. Knowles; Hon. T.C. Douglas
Rapid City - Brandon University. Special events: bicycle rally - 75th Anniversary. l-r: Chancellor S. Knowles; Mayor Hyndman, Rapid City; The Hon. J.C. Douglas
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