SD Postcard Collection – Tourism, ca. 1960s-1970s
Content Description
The collection consists of postcards from South Dakota, generally dating from the 1950s to 1970s, most of which concern some aspect of tourism in the state. General topics include tourism, hotels/motels and restaurants/cafes. Postcards include the Ortman Hotel/Clinic (Canistota, S.D.), Wonderland Cave (Sturgis, S.D.), scenes in the Badlands, Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.), Crazy Horse Monument (S.D.), Sylvan Lake, the Needles Highway, Tone Motel (Elk Point, S.D.), River View Luxury Motel (Aberdeen, S.D.), Smith’s Motel (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Melcher’s Motel (Chamberlain, S.D.), Starlite Motel (Sturgis, S.D.), Frontier Museum (Sylvan Lake, S.D.), Town ‘N Country Café (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the 1977 Corn Palace (S.D.), Stewarts School of Hairstyling (Sioux Falls, S.D.), and a copper postcard showing an emaciated wolf with the phrase, “It’s Been A Great Year,” copyrighted to a Lemmon artist whose signature is eligible on the postcard.
Acquisition Type
Transfer
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- ca. 1950s to 1970s
Creator
- Johnston & Bordewyk (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Black Hills Novelty Company (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Grigg, Dan Enterprise Co.--Photo Studio (Mitchell, S.D.) (Organization)
- Rushmore Photo Inc--Photo Studio (Rapid City, S.D.) (Organization)
- Espe Printing Company (Sioux Falls, S.D.) (Organization)
- Goin Company--Photo Studio (Mitchell, S.D.) (Organization)
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet
- Badlands -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Copper Postcard Subject Source: Local sources
- Corn Palace (Mitchell, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crazy Horse Monument (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier Museum (Sylvan Lake, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Hotels & Motels -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Melcher's Motel (Chamberlain, S.D.) 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
- Ortman Hotel/Clinic (Canistota, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Local sources
- Restaurants & Cafes -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- River View Luxury Motel (Aberdeen, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Smith's Hotel (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Starlite Motel (Sturgis, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Stewarts School of Hairstyling (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Sylvan Lake -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tone Motel (Elk Point, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Tourism -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Town 'N Country Cafe (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Wonderland Cave (Sturgis, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
