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Entering an ice cave in Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, circa 1940

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Camping & HikingMountains & HillsNational & State Parks
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Front of Entering an ice cave in Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, circa 1940, linen postcard
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A line of visitors, several on horseback, files across the snowfield and into the mouth of an ice cave in Paradise Glacier, with the blue-white ice walls arching overhead. Paradise Glacier on the south slope of Mount Rainier was a popular guided excursion from Paradise Inn in the early twentieth century, when ice caves formed at the glacier's terminus and parties went in on foot and horseback. The glacier has since retreated substantially, and the caves shown here no longer exist in this form.

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PublisherCurteich
Rainier National Park Entering an Ice Cave in Paradise Glacier 27-1467 8A-H788 --- A party under the direction of guides enter- ing an ice cave in Paradise Glacier, Rainier National Park. The walls of these caves are of crystal clear ice and in places the light of day filters through in beautiful blue and green colors. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
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PublisherCurteich
Series27-1467
ConditionVery good
Place depictedMount Rainier, WA
NotesLinen-textured stock with a cream border; printed card numbers 27-1467 and 8A-H788 in the lower margin. No postmark; card is unused. Linen-texture Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" postcard with white border and undivided back; light age soiling on the cream stock.

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Entering an ice cave in Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, circa 1940, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/entering-an-ice-cave-in-paradise-glacier-mount-rainier-natio. Accessed October 24, 2026.