Alice (Brooks) and Rudolph Ruehl Collection
Content Description
The collection consists of postcards and souvenir views of South Dakota from the late 1940s. The items were purchased by Alice and Rudolph Ruehl, of Milwaukee (WI), while traveling through South Dakota. Also included, is a photocopied journal kept by Alice of their trip through South Dakota in 1948. The postcard booklet is titled, “Black Hills, South Dakota The Mountain Vacation Land” and feature images of Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway, Harney Peak, Black Hills, State Game Lodge Hotel, Dinosaur Park, and Sylvan Lake. The other item is titled, “Souvenir Views, Scenic South Dakota” and includes twenty 3 ½” x 2 ½” postcards of the Corn Palace, Mount Rushmore, Badlands, Spearfish Canyon, Needles Highway, Sylvan Lake, Pigtail Bridges, and Rough Lock Falls (S.D.).
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
- Badlands -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Corn Palace (Mitchell, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Custer State Park (S.D.) -- Game Lodge Subject Source: Local sources
- Dinosaur Park (Rapid City, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Harney Peak -- Black Hills -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Needles Highway -- Black Hills -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pigtail Bridge -- Black Hills -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Local sources
- Sylvan Lake -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tourism -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tourism -- United States -- 1930-1940 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Ruehl, Alice (Brooks) (Person)
