SD Postcard Collection
Content Description
The collection consists of various postcards transferred from the State Archives of Florida. The images were connected to the Harold and Geraldine Haskins Postcard Collection at the Florida State Archives. Topics include Mount Rushmore, the Corn Palace, South Dakota State Capitol, Black Hills Passion Play, Homestake Mine, the Badlands, Spearfish Canyon, Wind Cave, Needles Highway, as well as churches and motels. The postcards include images from the South Dakota towns of Yankton, Huron, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Brookings, Hot Springs, Hill City and Lead. The collection also includes a “Souvenir Album Set” of sixteen Black Hills photographs from the Rise Studio in Rapid City; four postcard booklets, two of the Black Hills and two of the Badlands, as well as two oversized postcard images of the Gold Rush Motel between Sturgis and Deadwood and the Corn Palace Motel and Chef Louie Steak House in Mitchell. The original letter to the South Dakota State Archives in August of 2017 noted that the letter was to be considered as a deed of gift.
Acquisition Type
Transfer
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- ca. 1930s to 1960s
Creator
- Rise Studio--Photo Studio (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Rushmore Photo Inc--Photo Studio (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Grigg, Dan Enterprise Co.--Photo Studio (Mitchell, S.D.) (Organization)
- Hollister, L. B.--Importer/Jobber (Lead, S.D.) (Organization)
- Black Hills Postcard Company (Deadwood, S.D.) (Organization)
- Dakota News Agency (Sioux Falls, S.D.) (Organization)
- Black Hills Novelty Company (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Louis Canedy (Custer, S.D.) (Organization)
- Johnston & Bordewyk (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Natural Color Photo, Al Chaney (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet
- American Bison/Buffalo -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Badlands -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Battle Mountain Sanitarium (Hot Springs, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Hills Passion Play Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brookings (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Campbell Park Bandshell (Huron, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Canyon Lake Summer Resort (Rapid City, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Chef Louie Steak House (Mitchell, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Church Buildings -- South Dakota -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Corn Palace (Mitchell, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Corn Palace Motel (Mitchell, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Dakota Lake/Lake of the Pines--Black Hills--South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Gold Rush Motel (Deadwood/Spearfish, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Halley Park Historical Museum (Rapid City, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Homestake Mine (Lead, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hotels & Motels -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Huron (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Huron High School (Huron, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Indians of North America -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Leather Postcard Subject Source: Local sources
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- National Bank of South Dakota Building (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Needles Highway -- Black Hills -- South Dakota 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
- Postcards Subject Source: Local sources
- Silver Star Motel (Mitchell, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Sioux Falls (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South Dakota State Capitol (Pierre, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South Dakota State Penitentiary (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Spearfish Canyon -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- St. Joseph's Cathedral (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- St. Martin's Church (Huron, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Sylvan Lake Hotel (S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- The 1880 Train (Hill City, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Tourism -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wind Cave National Park -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodworth Field (Hot Springs, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Yankton County Courthouse (Yankton, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
