Kingston Pike near Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1908

Subjects: Bridges & Dams Horses Street Scenes
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1908 (Golden Age)

Back of Kingston Pike near Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1908, Charlotte Bauer, MA, USA, c. 1908 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A tinted view along Kingston Pike outside Knoxville, where a broad macadamized road carries a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians. A fenced rail line and tall telephone poles run beside the road, and a red steel truss bridge appears at left. Knox County was known for its good roads; the card notes more than 200 miles of fine macadamized pikes reaching every important point in and beyond the county. Kingston Pike was one of Knoxville's oldest routes west, and by the early 1900s it carried carriage traffic and the rail lines serving the city's western outskirts.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Nov 19-08 from Othea

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons

Kingston Pike, near KNOXVILLE, Tenn. --- TUCK'S POST CARD CARTE POSTALE. POSTKARTE. (FOR ADDRESS ONLY) KINGSTON PIKE. One of the features for which Knox County is noted is the abundance of good roads. In extreme length and breadth the county measures about 40 by 25 miles, and in it over 200 miles of fine macadamized pikes have been completed, reaching every important point within and beyond the county limits. The Kingston Pike, as here seen, is a handsome type of these roads. Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No 2434, "Knoxville, Tenn." ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. Photochromed in Saxony. By Appointment.

Addressed to

Charlotte Bauer

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Publisher	Raphael Tuck & Sons
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Charlotte Bauer, Amesbury, MA
Place mentioned	Knoxville, TN
Place mentioned	Saxony, Germany
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border along the bottom carrying the printed caption; small red printer's monogram in the lower-left corner; light edge and corner wear with minor soiling at the bottom margin. No readable postmark; 1¢ Franklin stamp remains uncancelled. Divided back, Tuck's Series No. 2434, "Photochromed in Saxony." Handwritten date "Nov 19-08" in the message panel; heavy ink smudge at lower center, light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Kingston Pike near Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/kingston-pike-near-knoxville-tennessee-circa-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.