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Bad Land Butte, Badlands, SD, circa 1930

Subject
Mountains & Hills
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Bad Land Butte, Badlands, SD, circa 1930, Badlands of South Dakota, SD, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Bad Land Butte, Badlands, SD, circa 1930, Badlands of South Dakota, SD, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Bad Land Butte rises in eroded tiers above dark evergreens and rocky, grass-covered slopes, with streaked clouds across a blue sky. The view is in the South Dakota Badlands, a landscape of soft, layered rock cut by wind and water into buttes and gullies. The card calls it a 30 million year old land of mystery and quotes Robert Carr on "Bluffs of ochre and brown and red, in varied glory, aflare, for here is the land of mystery, Where God played solitaire."

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PublisherRushmore Photo
BAD LAND BUTTE 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.
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PublisherRushmore Photo
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, Badlands, SD, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bad-land-butte-badlands-sd-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.