Grandpa's Old GPS Unit

 

I saw this on Facebook and it brought back memories... kind of excruciating memories, but at the same time very happy ones.  Grandpa Bill Knutz had one of these mounted on the dash of his car for as long as I can remember.  For just an instant after seeing this picture, I was transported back in time, riding in the car with him, going a torturous 15 miles an hour down Ninth Street.  The speed limit was 20 mph but hey, you can't be too careful, right?  That said, Grandpa was never in an accident that he caused, and to the best of my knowledge, he never, ever got any kind of a traffic ticket!

Glass Slides of Huron

  Miss Louise French, a teacher of Latin and Fine Art at Huron College (Huron, South Dakota) for 25 years was also a photographer and specialized in making Lantern slides.  These slides are positive photographic images put onto a piece of glass and covered by a second piece of glass, bound on all sides with black paper tape. 

In past blogposts I have featured her photography from her many travels.  The following posts will be dedicated solely to her slides from Huron, which I have been able to date from 1928 to 1930.  

"Triangle Green, YM/YWCA Service"

Band Shell in Campbell Park

City Band

City Band

Illinois Avenue in Snow

Snow in March

Glass Slides of Huron College

 Miss Louise French, a teacher of Latin and Fine Art at Huron College (Huron, South Dakota) for 25 years was also a photographer and specialized in making Lantern slides.  These slides are positive photographic images put onto a piece of glass and covered by a second piece of glass, bound on all sides with black paper tape. 

In past blogposts I have featured her photography from her many travels.  The following posts will be dedicated solely to her slides from Huron College, which I have been able to date from 1928 to 1930.  

Huron College campus with the lilacs in bloom

Graduation Day, sometime between 1928 and 1930.

Huron College Campus, Voorhees Hall

Huron College, Ralph Voorhees Hall

Freshmen at Halftime

Auditorium Stage

Chapel Platform

Gymnasium at Night

Huron College A Capella Choir

Main Entrance at Night

A dramatic performance of "Lost Prince."

Dormitory Parlor

Dining Hall

Dining Hall

An early Huron College Rubiyat Yearbook explained May Fete:  "The May Fete is an annual tradition at Huron College.  Held in the spring of the year, it is an expression of beautify and art combined.  At this festival the May Queen is crowned and a pageant presented for the entertainment."  The following slides depict early May Fetes.

Mary Davis is crowned May Queen, 1928.  She was the second May Queen, with this tradition first started in 1927.

One of the early Fetes, likely 1928.

Elsie Titt and Camilla Curtis at the Fete.  Elsie's father was Herbert G. Titt, a faculty member of Huron College.

Glass Slides of Huron College - Athletics

 Miss Louise French, a teacher of Latin and Fine Art at Huron College (Huron, South Dakota) for 25 years was also a photographer and specialized in making Lantern slides.  These slides are positive photographic images put onto a piece of glass and covered by a second piece of glass, bound on all sides with black paper tape. 

In past blogposts I have featured her photography from her many travels.  The following posts will be dedicated solely to her slides from Huron College and a few from Huron, which I have been able to date from 1928 to 1930.  

Three Huron College athletes were identified - Wayne Nelson, Class of  1930, from Onida, South Dakota; James Charr, Class of 1930, from Yenha, Sineju, Korea; and Eddie Han, Class of 1931, from Wahiawa, Hawaii.

Above: Wayne Nelson on Pole Vault

Unknown Athlete, throwing discus

Eddie Han, High Jump

James Charr

Wayne Nelson goes over

Free Throw

The Photography of Louise French - Album 6 - Pompeii

  In an earlier blog post I told the story of the glass lantern slides that Huron College Latin professor Louise French had made.  These lantern slides are the blending of her loves of both travel and photography.

House in Pompeii

Pompeii wine shop

Pompeii - Altar

Basilica in Pompeii

Pompeii

The Photography of Louise French - Album 7 - West Colorado

  In an earlier blog post I told the story of the glass lantern slides that Huron College Latin professor Louise French had made.  These lantern slides are the blending of her loves of both travel and photography.

Timber Line, Colorado

South St. Vrain Canyon, Colorado

Central City?  Abandoned gold town

Arapaho Glacier, Colorado

"I did not take road"

Big Thompson Canyon, Colorado

Central City? Abandoned gold town

The Photography of Louise French - Album 5 - European Views

  In an earlier blog post I told the story of the glass lantern slides that Huron College Latin professor Louise French had made.  These lantern slides are the blending of her loves of both travel and photography.

Bed in Munich, Germany - 1922

Jungfrau glacier

Interlaken showing the Jungfrau

At the top of the Jungfrau, Switz.