Cave of the Winds and Bridal Veil Falls, Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1910

Subject: Rivers & Streams
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Cave of the Winds and Bridal Veil Falls, Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1910, c. 1930 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The card looks up at the American Falls from the base of the gorge, with Bridal Veil Falls plunging on the right and the dark rock overhang of the Cave of the Winds at center; a wooden walkway with railings and a few tiny figures crosses the rocks in the foreground. The Cave of the Winds was a natural cavern behind Bridal Veil Falls that visitors could enter by guided tour from the 1840s until the overhang collapsed in 1954; the name now belongs to the wooden deck tour built beside the falls. The scene was among the most popular views sold at Niagara Falls in the early twentieth century.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Having a grand time and hope you are having fun too. Love Hazel & Fay Crippens

Cave of the Winds & Bridal Veil Falls, Niagara Falls. --- Post Card For Address only ROCK OF AGES and American Falls from below, Niagara Falls. Centre Fall issues from between Luna and Rabbit Island, shown in the photograph. At the shore foot under the fall is a place ed Cave of The Winds, formed by the ty feet or projecting limestone that has resisted the action of the corroding waters while the shady substration directly under the ledge has been eaten away. The so-called cave is one hundred feet in height and sixty feet in depth and can be reached by a perpendicular winding stairway from Goat Island. The cave derives its name from the constant pressure of the atmosphere caused by the reflex of the falling water which resembles a storm of great violence.

PostmarkedOH

Addressed to

Effie Green

739 Wright Ave, Collingswood, NJ

Postcard record

Postmarked	OH
Series	5253
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Effie Green, 739 Wright Ave, Collingswood, NJ
Place depicted	Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls, NY
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border with worn, slightly chipped edges; textured color-litho screen visible; printed number 5253 at lower left; faint, largely illegible handwriting in the white spray area. Postmark: AUG 20 OHIO (year and city not legible). Divided-back linen-era card with 1¢ green Washington stamp; light edge wear, corner creases, and a faint pencil dealer mark at upper left.

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Cave of the Winds and Bridal Veil Falls, Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cave-of-the-winds-and-bridal-veil-falls-niagara-falls-new-yo. Accessed October 25, 2026.