Hercules' Pillar, Dixie Onyx Cave, Cave City, KY, circa 1930

Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Hercules' Pillar, Dixie Onyx Cave, Cave City, KY, circa 1930, c. 1930 printed photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

Hercules' Pillar is a thick, fluted column of white dripstone with dark vertical streaks, standing inside Dixie Onyx Cave south of Cave City, Kentucky. Rough cave walls surround the formation. Dixie Onyx Cave lies in the Mammoth Cave region, where commercial show caves gave large formations classical names to draw tourists.

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Publisher	C.T. American Art
Series	108613
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Dixie Onyx Cave, Cave City, KY
Place mentioned	Cave City, KY
Publisher	Chicago, IL
Notes	White border around image; printed caption at bottom reading "HERCULES' PILLAR, DIXIE ONYX CAVE, 4½ MI. SOUTH OF CAVE CITY, KY."; vertical number 108613 at right edge. Early 20th-century printed photo postcard. No postmark. Divided-back C.T. American Art black & white card (C.T. Co., Chicago), c. 1930s-40s; dealer pencil notation 'CZ-9 50¢' at top; light foxing/toning across the back.

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Hercules' Pillar, Dixie Onyx Cave, Cave City, KY, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hercules-pillar-dixie-onyx-cave-cave-city-ky-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.