Description
An aerial architectural rendering shows a large modern abbey complex with a tall central tower and long low wings. The buildings sit amid landscaped grounds with curved driveways, shrubs, and scattered small figures in the foreground. The surrounding area stretches into open countryside under a blue sky. The card is dated 1952.
Back Text (verbatim):
BLUE CLOUD ABBEY, Maryin, South Dakota (Architect's
Drawing), where forty Monks from St. Meinrad's Benedic-
tine Abbey in southern Indiana, are inaugurating a new
Benedictine Community to foster Indian Mission work in
the Dakotas. Founding day of Blue Cloud Abbey is
August 5, 1952.
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
POST CARD
Address
Pub. by Acorn Photo Service, Louisville, Ky.
61238
Dextone Made Direct from Kodachrome and Inco Color by Texti Press, Pearl River, N. Y.
