This interesting piece not only keeps an animal in shape, it also gets work done. The animal, in this case, a dog or sheep, walks on the treadmill and powers a machine such as a separator, a churn or washing machine.
While it has grown from simple instruments to synthesizers, music has crossed language, culture and time. This week’s What’s New Wednesday celebrates music in the form of a violinzither, from the 1920’s.
This week’s What’s New Wednesday hails from the early days of ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ, when the school was known as the South Dakota Agricultural College. The black cast iron mortar and pestle dates to the late 1800’s, likely used by Pharmacy Department students.
An idyllic scene, a gentleman in a suit fish on beautiful Slate Creek near Mystic, SD in 1927. If one looks closely, the man in the suit is a recognizable face of the time. Why…it’s US President Calvin Coolidge!
Today’s Throwback Thursday shows one of the ways waters have been diverted. This is the spillway for the Rose Hill Dam, of Rose Hill Township in Hand County.
Shake to dry. From quills and nibs to clean erasing ink, pens have changed significantly over the years. This week’s What’s New Wednesday celebrates a forgotten piece of the writing process, the pounce box.
