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Entering ice cave, Paradise Glacier, Rainier National Park, 1938

Subjects
Camping & HikingMountains & HillsNational & State Parks
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1938 (Linen)
Front of Entering ice cave, Paradise Glacier, Rainier National Park, 1938, Mount Rainier, WA, USA, c. 1938 linen postcard
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Back of Entering ice cave, Paradise Glacier, Rainier National Park, 1938, Mount Rainier, WA, USA, c. 1938 linen postcard
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A guided party, several on horseback, files across the snowfield and into the mouth of an ice cave in Paradise Glacier. The caption describes walls of crystal clear ice, with daylight filtering through in blue and green. 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. The glacier has retreated substantially since, 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 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.
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Postcard record

PublisherCurteich
Series27-1467 8A-H788
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 ice cave, Paradise Glacier, Rainier National Park, 1938, postcard, c. 1938. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/entering-ice-cave-paradise-glacier-rainier-national-park-193. Accessed November 2, 2026.