South Dakota State University Archives & Special Collections

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol in 1966

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1966 July

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

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1964 February

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol. Back row Ben Reifel, Sister Esther, Karl Mundt, Elsie Nelson, Mrs. Glen Hilland. Second row: Mrs. Niels Weber and daughter, Mrs. McGovern, Mrs. Mundt, Alice Reifel, Mrs. Pat Harvey. Front row: Niels Weber, Sister Elizabeth Ann

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents in Washington, D.C.

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents in Washington, D.C.

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Bob Barker and his family in Washington, D.C.

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Bob Barker and his family in Washington, D.C. Barker's mother, Mathilda Valandra has her arm around Alice's shoulders, Barker's wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon, is on the far right

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Bob and Jayne Shaffer on the steps of the US Capitol in 1968

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1968 Spring

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Bob and Jayne Shaffer on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with a young girl in Washington, D.C.

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with a young girl in Washington, D.C., the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with a family from Watertown, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with a family from Watertown, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with 1964 Science Talent Search scholarship winner Lee Snyder

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1964 March 2

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with 1964 Science Talent Search scholarship winner Lee Snyder, from Huron, South Dakota. Snyder was awarded a $5000 scholarship

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel on the GOP Victory Special train in Lake Preston, South Dakota in 1968

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1968

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel on the GOP Victory Special train in Lake Preston, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in the audience at the Mackinac demonstration in 1965

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1965

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in the audience at the Mackinac demonstration

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in Thailand in 1964

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1964 December

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice tour a field during a trip to Thailand

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in 1965

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1965 June

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in 1963

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1963

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel holding up a Hobo Day promotional sign in Washington, D.C., the US Capitol is visible in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in 1962

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1962 June 27

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, at a dinner for the Prime Minister of Jamaica

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel boarding Air Force One in 1962

MA009-0888
1962 May

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, are boarding the presidential jet, Air Force One, in New York for a flight to Los Angeles as part of the Mexican-American Delegation

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel at the Mackinac Demonstration

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1965

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel at the Mackinac Demonstration

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Kundert in 1963

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1963 July 9

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel discusses a book with Alice Kundert of Mound City, South Dakota in his Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel and Aldean Farrell on the US Capitol steps in 1965

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1965 April 28

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Aldean Farrell, National 4-H delegate from Bullhead, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Al Gustafson in 1962

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1962

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel is with his wife, Alice Reifel, and Al Gustafson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Al Gustafson in 1962

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1962

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel is with his wife, Alice Reifel, and Al Gustafson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and A.E. Crook in 1961

Representative Ben Reifel and A.E. Crooks in 1961

MA009-0365
1961

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel talks with A.E. Crooks of Frankfort, South Dakota. Reifel is holding a bowl of sugar cubes

Representative Ben Reifel and A.E. Crook on the US Capitol steps in 1962

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1962 May 17

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and A.E. Crook of Frankfort, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and a young cadet

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and a young cadet

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and a young cadet

Representative Ben Reifel and a constituent on the US Capitol steps in 1963

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1963 June

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and a constituent on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and 1968 summer intern D'Ann Kyrk

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1968

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and summer intern D'Ann Kyrk, an Augustana College student from Milbank, South Dakota, working in Reifel's office

Representative Ben Reifel and 1967 intern, Donna Bluehorse, on the US Capitol steps

MA009-0475
1967

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and 1967 intern, Donna Bluehorse, who was also Miss Rosebud, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and 1965 summer intern Mike Pieplow on the US Capitol steps

MA009-0487
1965 June

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and 1965 summer intern Mike Pieplow from Aberdeen, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and 1961 South Dakota Cherry Blossom Princess Patricia Lay

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1961

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and 1961 South Dakota Cherry Blossom Princess Patricia Lay from Aberdeen, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel addresses South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers in 1965

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1965 February 3

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel addresses South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers in the Veterans Affairs Committee Room in Washington, DC

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0655
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0660
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0661
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0651
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with an officer aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0656
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0659
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel eating with the crewmen aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0664
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0666
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0663
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel inspects an aircraft gun aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0665
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0669
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0650
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0652
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel talks with officers aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0653
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0654
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0657
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel in the mess line aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0658
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel eating with the crewmen aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0662
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel sits in a rescue helicopter aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

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1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

MA009-0668
1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel visits the main ship's store aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 in 1962

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1962 May 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS John Marshall in 1962

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1962 August 13

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and John Roy Lucas, electronics technician first class, from Madison, South Dakota, talking aboard the USS John Marshall, an Ethan Allen-class submarine

Representative Ben Reifel aboard a replica of Christopher Columbus' ship the Santa Maria

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with a man in front of Christopher Columbus' cabin aboard a replica of the ship the Santa Maria

Representative Ben Reifel

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel pointing with his right hand

Representative Ben Reifel

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel talking with two men

Representative Ben Reifel

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Former Representative Ben Reifel talking with a man in a classroom

Representative Ben Reifel

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel is seated in an audience, the audience is applauding

Representative Ben Reifel

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel is talking to a constituent

Representative Ben Reifel

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1965 June 16

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and an unknown man in Washington, D.C.; there is illegible writing in the bottom right hand corner of the image

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Web Hill in Washington, D.C. in 1961

MA009-0328
1961

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Web Hill looking at a beaded American Indian shirt in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel with a traveling classroom group from Nova Scotia on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

MA009-0607
1964

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel with a traveling classroom group from Nova Scotia on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Reporters and supporters listening to Ronald Reagan in Brookings, South Dakota campaigning for Nixon-Agnew in 1968

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1968

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Reporters and supporters listening to Ronald Reagan in Brookings, South Dakota campaigning for Nixon-Agnew in 1968

Rajmohan Gandhi addressing over 800 delegates to the Mackinac demonstration in 1965

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1965

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma, and Editor-in-Chief of the Indian weekly ""Himmat,"" addressing over 800 delegates to the Mackinac demonstration in 1965

President Richard Nixon delivering his budget address to Congress in 1970

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1970

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Richard Nixon delivering his budget address to Congress

President Richard Nixon addressing Congress

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undated

Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers

President Richard Nixon is giving his State of the Union address to Congress

President Lyndon B. Johnson walks out of a room

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson walks out of a room in front of three other men

President Lyndon B. Johnson greeting people

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson greets other men at an event

President Lyndon B. Johnson greeting people

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson greets other men at an event

President Lyndon B. Johnson greeting people

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson greets other men at an event

President Lyndon B. Johnson greeting people

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson greets other men at an event

President Lyndon B. Johnson at an event

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson and two other men stand behind a table at an event

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson bow their heads solemnly

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson bow their heads solemnly

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson at an event

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson at an event

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson at an event

President Eisenhower speaking at an event

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1963

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Dwight Eisenhower is speaking at an event, there are men holding microphones in front of him

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower with a group of people

Portrait of Senator Karl Mundt in 1961

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1961 January 16

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Signed portrait from Senator Karl Mundt to Representative Ben Reifel: To Ben Reifel, A great campaigner with a bright congressional future. You are a real credit to our native state of South Dakota. Karl E. Mundt, U.S. Senate Jan. 16, 1961

Portrait of Major General Eugene F. Cardwell, Commanding General, Southern European Task Force, 1961

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1961 December 6

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Portrait of Major General Eugene F. Cardwell, Commanding General, Southern European Task Force

Portrait of E.Y. Berry

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Signed portrait from Representative E.Y. Berry to Representative Ben Reifel: Best wishes to by colleague - a good Congressman Ben Reifel, E.Y. Berry

Portrait of Ben Reifel

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1960

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Portrait of Ben Reifel during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Policeman on the airstrip at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1964

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1964

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Policeman on the airstrip at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Eastern Airlines plane on which Republican vice presidential candidate William Miller arrived on for a campaign rally is in the background

Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico in 1957

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1957 Augusr 21 to 27

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Large group of people in front of the building at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico

Phillip Ritterbush, Congressman Robert T. Ashmore, and Alice Reifel at the Smithsonian Institution in 1966

MA009-0808
1966 January 13

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Phillip Ritterbush, Special Assistant for Scientific Matters, Congressman Robert T. Ashmore, and Alice Reifel talking during an Evening at the Smithsonian

People looking at maps

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Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Group of five people looking at maps

Paul Bear Save Life allotment, 1930

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1930 June 11

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Paul Bear Save Life on an heirship land of 80 acres

Orran Hofstetter (left) of Basic Incorporated in Orrville, Ohio greets Congressman Frank Denholm and his wife Millie Denholm at the National Limestone Institute Convention in Washington, D.C.

Orran Hofstetter and Congressman Frank Denholm in 1974

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Part of Frank E. Denholm Papers

Orran Hofstetter (left) of Basic Incorporated in Orrville, Ohio greets Congressman Frank Denholm and his wife Millie Denholm at the National Limestone Institute Convention in Washington, D.C.

New members of the Campanile Society at South Dakota State University in 1985

MA009-0212
1985 April 26

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Burdette Solum, president of Norwest Bank in Watertown, South Dakota, Fritzie, Class of 1933, and Ben Reifel, Class of 1932 were all welcomed as members of the Campanile Society by South Dakota State University president Robert Wagner

National Retail Merchants Association dinner in Washington, D.C. in 1962

MA009-0260
1962 April 5

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, and Representative Ben Reifel are the guests of Harold Levinger of Yankton, South Dakota at the National Retail Merchants Association dinner in Washington, D.C.

National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children in 1980

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1980

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Ben Reifel is on the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, the group is on the lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.