A paved road sweeps through a tight S-curve, edged by a white guard rail, amid the deeply eroded buttes and gullies of the South Dakota Badlands; the printed caption names the view as an "S" Curve on Highway through the Bad Lands. The Badlands' banded clay and ash formations were carved by erosion and became a national monument in 1939, drawing motor tourists along the newly built highways of the 1920s and 1930s. The card's coloring exaggerates the pink, yellow and green striping of the rock.
Linen-textured stock with a white border; production code "4A-H1869" printed at lower right (Curt Teich, 1934).
No postmark or handwriting. Undivided back with printed 'POST CARD' heading and stamp box; linen-texture C.T. Art-Colortone stock, white border on front. Light age toning, otherwise clean.
Cite this card
S curve on the highway through the Badlands, South Dakota, circa 1934, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/s-curve-on-the-highway-through-the-badlands-south-dakota-cir. Accessed October 25, 2026.
