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The World's Only Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD, circa 1949

Subjects
AutomobilesCommunity Centers
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1949 (Chrome)
Front of The World's Only Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD, circa 1949, c. 1949 linen postcard
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Back of The World's Only Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD, circa 1949, c. 1949 linen postcard
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The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, is a civic exhibition hall with a Moorish Revival facade covered in colored corn and grain mosaics, including a large panel of a farmer plowing. Onion domes and minarets rise above the roofline, and automobiles are parked along the street in front. The building is redecorated each year with natural grains and grasses for the annual festival, held the last week in September, and it stays open free year-round.

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PublisherDan Grigg Enterprise Co.
THE WORLD'S ONLY CORN PALACE, MITCHELL, S. D. Original cost $275,000.00. Redecorated annually at a cost of $10,000.00 in corn, grains and grasses. The most marvelous exhibit of nature's wonderful colors blended into works of classic art by skilled decorators. THE WORLD'S ONLY CORN PALACE MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA This building is redecorated annually at a cost of $10,000 in natural colored grains and grasses. The annual festival is held the last week in September but the building is open FREE the year around. It is the most out- standing exhibit of nature's wonderful colors blended into interesting designs and pictures by skilled decorators.
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PublisherDan Grigg Enterprise Co.
ConditionVery good
Place depictedCorn Palace, Mitchell, SD
Place mentionedMitchell, SD
PublisherDan Grigg Enterprise Co., Mitchell, SD
NotesLinen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; caption printed in the lower cream margin. No white border on sides. No postmark. Divided-back C.T. Art-Colortone (Curteich) card, linen texture, card no. 9B-H169; no handwriting, no stamp, no address.

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The World's Only Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD, circa 1949, postcard, c. 1949. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-worlds-only-corn-palace-mitchell-sd-circa-1949. Accessed November 2, 2026.