From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age

Postcards provide an easy way to go back in time to the early days of South Dakota, to see what the place looked like, to catch a glimpse of how people saw them

The postcard has always been a popular form of communication, but as we look back, it also serves as a valuable historical document. The views of our past offer

As soon as postcards appeared for sale in the early 1900s, Black Hills residents and visitors began sending them to friends and family across the country. The i

Includes scenes of the Badlands, the Moline Cafe in Jamestown, Northern Pacific Railway and lunchroom in Mandan, and postcards of buildings in downtown Bismarck