Description
A large lodge-style hotel sits among trees and landscaped grounds, with a wooden sign in the foreground reading Game Lodge Hotel and Visitors Welcome. The building has multiple gables, chimneys, and a broad porch, giving it the look of a rustic resort. The card presents a scenic view of the State Game Lodge in the Black Hills area. 1920s.
Front Text (verbatim):
R-354 STATE GAME LODGE
GAME LODGE HOTEL
MEALS
TENTS
CABINS
VISITORS WELCOME
Back Text (verbatim):
R-354 STATE GAME LODGE. In Custer State Park a resort
in the Black Hills of South Dakota and known as
the SUMMER WHITE HOUSE. Here President Calvin
Coolidge and party spent the summer of 1927 and
near this vicinity he uttered the famous words, “I
do not choose to run.” Wild game and good
fishing may be experienced from this point.
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Published by Rushmore Photo, 520 6th St., Rapid City, S. D.
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
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