A small flatboat carrying a boatman and several passengers on the dark water of Echo River inside Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. The cave walls are rough and rocky, and the scene is dimly lit.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
My dear Toberman
I am a
little bit blue to-
day and need to
do some thing to
make me forget
my self I'll write
to you. they tell me
I have rheuma-
tism, but I know
it old, hard work.
I have a catch
in my left
and can't
we will [illegible] about
Color lithographic halftone texture; no white border; printed caption at lower right.
Postmark: none visible. Divided-back 'POST CARD' with 'THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES' / 'THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY'; printed card number A-22355 at left; stamp box 'PLACE STAMP HERE / DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS'. No stamp present. Handwritten message in ink, written sideways along the long edge; no address block.
Cite this card
Boat on Echo River, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/boat-on-echo-river-mammoth-cave-kentucky. Accessed October 5, 2026.
