The World's Only Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, circa 1940s

Subjects: Automobiles Commercial Buildings
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of The World's Only Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota, circa 1940s, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

A large Moorish-revival exhibition building with onion domes and minarets, its facade covered in colored corn and grain mosaics, including a large panel showing a farmer plowing. Several 1940s automobiles are parked along the street in front.

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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 outstanding exhibit of nature's wonderful colors blended into interesting designs and pictures by skilled decorators. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE 9B-H169 DAN GRIGG ENTERPRISE CO., MITCHELL, SO. DAK. PHOTO TAKEN BY J. E. HOLST GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)

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Postcard record

Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD
Place mentioned	Mitchell, SD
Publisher	Dan Grigg Enterprise Co., Mitchell, SD
Notes	Linen-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, South Dakota, circa 1940s, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-worlds-only-corn-palace-mitchell-south-dakota-circa-1940. Accessed October 5, 2026.