Modern Federal · Hotels

Wearing a Santa Claus hat over his western one during the December holiday season, Mitch McLain enjoys the ambience of the historic Hotel Alex Johnson in Rapid City, the principal metropolis in far-western South Dakota, within that state's portion of the Black Hills range

Rapid City, South Dakota · 1850–1939

Wearing a Santa Claus hat over his western one during the December holiday season, Mitch McLain enjoys the ambience of the historic Hotel Alex Johnson in Rapid City, the principal metropolis in far-western South Dakota, within that state's portion of the Black Hills range, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1850–1939
Wearing a Santa Claus hat over his western one during the December holiday season, Mitch McLain enjoys the ambience of the historic Hotel Alex Johnson in Rapid City, the principal metropolis in far-western South Dakota, within that state's portion of the Black Hills range, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1850–1939. Hotels — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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