Explorer's Path, Great Onyx Cave, Mammoth Cave, KY, circa 1930
- Subject
- National & State Parks
- Card type
- Linen
About this postcard
Color view of the Explorer's Path in Great Onyx Cave, where tall white stalagmites and draperies stand out against dark blue shadow. The printed caption places the cave within the boundary of Mammoth Cave National Park, near Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Great Onyx Cave was a privately owned show cave, and its operators continued guiding tours after the national park was authorized in the 1920s and formally established in 1941. The caption's careful "within the Boundary" wording points to that arrangement: a commercial cave doing business inside federal park land, one of several show caves in the Mammoth Cave area that drew tourists traveling by auto in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Curt Teich |
|---|---|
| Series | 6B-H419 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place depicted | Great Onyx Cave, Mammoth Cave, KY |
| Place mentioned | Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, KY |
| Place mentioned | Mammoth Cave, KY |
| Publisher | Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL |
| Notes | Linen texture visible; no white border; printed caption "Explorer's Path, Great Onyx Cave" and code 6B-H419 at bottom. No postmark, stamp, or handwriting on this scan. Undivided-style back with a vertical C.T. Art-Colortone imprint line acting as the divider; linen-textured stock; Curt Teich 'C.T. Art-Colortone' card, circa 1930s-40s. Light foxing/toning on the card stock. |
Cite this card
Explorer's Path, Great Onyx Cave, Mammoth Cave, KY, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/explorers-path-great-onyx-cave-mammoth-cave-ky-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.