SD Postcard Collection
Content Description
The collection consists of numerous postcards depicting various South Dakota scenes dating from the 1960s to 1970s. The images related to both South Dakota and Black Hills tourism. Topics include the Corn Palace (Mitchell, S.D.), Story Book Island (Rapid City, S.D.), Crazy Horse Monument (S.D.), Korczak Ziolkowski, Wall Drug (Wall, S.D.), Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.), Dinosaur Park (Rapid City, S.D.), Badlands National Park (S.D.), Custer State Park (S.D.), American Buffalo/Bison, Rushmore Cave (Keystone, S.D.), Needles Highway, Roughlock Falls, Sylvan Lake, Town ‘N Country Café (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Deadwood (S.D.), Westport (S.D.), Prairie Dogs, South Dakota State Capitol (Pierre, S.D.), Davison County Courthouse (Mitchell, S.D.) and the Harney Peak Hotel (Hill City, S.D.) Two postcards stored in box 5052B include one red postcard for the “Trial of Jack McCall for the Killing of Wild Bill Hickok” at Deadwood (S.D.) and a Corn Palace image transposed onto an ear of corn. Photographers and publishers included with the postcards are Espe Printing Co. (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Rushmore Photos (Rapid City, S.D.), Dakota News, Inc (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Dan Grigg Enterprises (Mitchell, S.D.), Burgess Company Inc (Keystone, S.D.), Rise Studio (Rapid City, S.D.), The Goin Company (Mitchell, S.D.) and Black Hills Postcard Co (Deadwood, S.D.).
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- ca. 1960s to 1970s
Creator
- Espe Printing Company (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Rushmore Photo Inc--Photo Studio (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Dakota News Agency (Sioux Falls, S.D.) (Organization)
- Grigg, Dan Enterprise Co.--Photo Studio (Mitchell, S.D.) (Organization)
- Burgess Company (Keystone/Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Rise Studio--Photo Studio (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Goin Company--Photo Studio (Mitchell, S.D.) (Organization)
- Black Hills Postcard Company (Deadwood, S.D.) (Organization)
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet
- American Bison/Buffalo -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Badlands National Park (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Hills -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Corn Palace (Mitchell, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crazy Horse Monument (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Custer State Park (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Davison County Courthouse (Mitchell, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Deadwood (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dinosaur Park (Rapid City, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Harney Peak Hotel (Hill City, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Hickok, James "Wild Bill"
- McCall, Jack
- 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
- Postcards Subject Source: Local sources
- Prairie Dogs -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roughlock Falls (S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Rushmore Cave (Keystone, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- South Dakota State Capitol (Pierre, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Story Book Island (Rapid City, S.D.) 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
- Town 'N Country Cafe (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Wall Drug Store (Wall, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Westport (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ziolkowski, Korczak
- Ziolkowski, Ruth
