Mount Rushmore Memorial, Black Hills, SD, 1936
- Card type
- Linen
- Date
- c. 1936 (Linen)
About this postcard
The four granite heads of Mount Rushmore, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, look out from the mountainside against a plain blue sky in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Gutzon Borglum began carving the memorial in 1927, blasting the granite and bringing out one face at a time. Washington was dedicated in 1936 and Roosevelt, the last of the four, in 1939; work ended with Borglum's death in 1941, leaving the figures unfinished below the heads. The monument was intended to mark the birth, growth, preservation and development of the nation. The view was issued by the Black Hills Post Card Co. of Deadwood, the old gold rush town at the edge of the Hills.
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Curteich |
|---|---|
| Series | 6B-H1718 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | Mount Rushmore National Memorial, SD |
| Place depicted | Black Hills, SD |
| Place mentioned | Black Hills Post Card Co., Deadwood, SD |
| Publisher | Curteich, Chicago, IL |
| Notes | Linen-textured stock with a white border; the "6B-H1718" series number at lower right is a Curt Teich dating code (1936). No postmark or handwriting; unused card. Linen-texture era (1930s–40s) with white border; Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" imprint, divided back with one-cent stamp box; distributed by Black Hills Post Card Co., Deadwood, S. D. |
Cite this card
Mount Rushmore Memorial, Black Hills, SD, 1936, postcard, c. 1936. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mount-rushmore-memorial-black-hills-sd-1936. Accessed November 2, 2026.