The picture shows the Needles Eye, a narrow granite spire in the Black Hills with a small window-like opening near its top, framed by pine trees and a tinted sky. The formation is one of the best-known features along the Needles Highway in Custer State Park, a 71,000-acre state park established in 1919 and named for General George Armstrong Custer. The highway and its granite tunnels were built in the 1920s, opening the Needles area to automobile tourists.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; no white border; printed card number 112 at upper left.
No postmark or handwriting. Linen-texture divided-back card with printed caption and publisher imprint; light soiling, no damage.
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Needles Eye rock formation, Custer State Park, Black Hills, South Dakota, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/needles-eye-rock-formation-custer-state-park-black-hills-sou. Accessed October 25, 2026.
