This is the Art Needle Work Store of Sadie Smith, of Mitchell South Dakota. It was located on 307 1/2 Main Street. A Google Map streetview image may or may not show the building, depending on which side of the street it was located.

Sadie (Speicher) Smith (1865-1938) was the second wife of Jacob K. Smith (1851-1934), who was a local real estate dealer and my great-grandfather. They married in December of 1890, he a widower, her first marriage.

The earliest listing for the store appears in 1917 and it may have been operated into the 1930s. The "1917 Mitchell Merchants Association Directory" lists Sadie and her husband at their two addresses.

Last First Spouse Place of Business / Employment
Smith J K , Mrs Art Needle Work Store, 307 1/2 Main
Smith Jacob K Sadie E real est, 205 N Main

We also see in that directory that Mrs. J.K. Smith (Sadie) was doing well enough to sustain two employees. Two residents of Mitchell list her "Art Needle Work Store" or Mrs. JK Smith as their place of employment or employer.

Judge, George W, Mrs -- art needle work store
Nelson, Anna; -- needle work Mrs J K Smith

Based on the relatively elderly appearance of Sadie (b. 1865 and 55 years old in 1920, 60 years old in 1925) I am guessing that this photograph dates from 1920 at the earliest.

Based on the short hair styles and dress styles I'm going to guess that this is not a post-1929 Depression era image. My understanding is that short bobs and dresses went out of style with the coming of the Depression. Indeed there is no evidence of the existence of the store in the 1930s, although Sadie did later operate a store she called the O.T.O. Art and Baby Shop and also operated a Tea Room in the 1930s.

In addition, Wikipedia indicates that the Cortecelli Silk company (see sign below Sadie) went out of business in 1930. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence,_Massachusetts )

For all of those reasons I choose to label it as "circa 1920s." View full size.