The Pinnacles rise as a cluster of eroded spires and banded buttes from the dry floor of the South Dakota Bad Lands, with the plains stretching flat to the horizon. The formations are part of the soft sedimentary layers of volcanic ash, sandstone, and clay that water and wind have cut into sharp ridges across the region between the White and Cheyenne Rivers. The view predates the area's 1939 designation as a national monument; it later became Badlands National Park.
Linen-textured stock with a white border; Curt Teich production code "4A-H1873" printed at lower right.
No postmark, address, or message — unused card. Undivided back with "PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE" box; linen-texture C.T. Art-Colortone stock, white border on front. Light soiling/toning on cream stock.
Cite this card
The Pinnacles in the Bad Lands, South Dakota, 1934, postcard, c. 1934. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-pinnacles-in-the-bad-lands-south-dakota-1934. Accessed November 2, 2026.
