The image shows a small log cabin with a shingled gable roof and a rough rail fence, set in tall grass among trees. The printed caption identifies it as the first school house in South Dakota at Vermillion. Vermillion, in the southeastern corner of the state, was an early settlement and became the seat of Clay County and home to the University of South Dakota. The card treats the log school as a relic of the pioneer period, when such simple buildings served the first schools on the Dakota frontier.
Coarse halftone dot pattern; tan/gray border with irregular, roughly trimmed edges; no white border.
No postmark. Divided-back private 'POST CARD' with stamp box 'Domestic and Canada One Cent / Foreign Two Cents'; vertical business imprint 'Hoskins, Optician and Jeweler, Vermillion, S. D.' along the dividing rule. Coarse halftone/line-block print with tan border; light foxing spots; unused.
Cite this card
First School House in South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/first-school-house-in-south-dakota-vermillion-sd-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
