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Bad Land Butte

Subject
Mountains & Hills
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Bad Land Butte, Badlands of South Dakota, SD, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Bad Land Butte, Badlands of South Dakota, SD, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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A large eroded butte with a jagged, layered summit rises above dark evergreen trees and grassy, rocky foreground slopes. Blue sky with streaky white clouds fills the upper portion of the view.

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PublisherRushmore Photo
R-346 BAD LAND BUTTE --- R-346 Bad Land Butte. Amid the Badlands of South Dakota may be seen many fantastic sites like this. With, as Robert Carr writes, "Bluffs of ochre and brown and red, in varied glory, aflare, for here is the land of mystery, Where God played solitaire." This is a 30 million year old land of mystery. 10,111 Published by Rushmore Photo, 520 6th St., Rapid City, S. D. Post Card PLACE STAMP HERE
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SeriesR-346
ConditionVery good
Place mentionedBadlands of South Dakota, SD
Publisher520 6th St., Rapid City, SD
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible cross-hatch grain; narrow white border on all sides; printed card number R-346 at top. No postmark. Divided-back linen card with white border; dealer pencil marks "112" and "2.00" on back; no stamp present.

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Bad Land Butte, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bad-land-butte. Accessed October 5, 2026.