Kingston Pike with river bridge, Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1907

Subjects: Bridges & Dams Horses Street Scenes
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Kingston Pike with river bridge, Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1907, Charlotte Bauer, MA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A tinted view along Kingston Pike outside Knoxville, showing the broad unpaved road with a horse-drawn carriage and strolling pedestrians, a fenced railroad line, tall telephone poles, and a red steel truss bridge crossing the river at left. Kingston Pike is one of Knoxville's oldest routes, laid out along the road toward Kingston and Nashville, and by the early 20th century it carried both carriage traffic and the trolley and rail lines that served the city's western suburbs. The bridge in the distance is typical of the truss spans built over the Tennessee River in this period.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Nov 19-05 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
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, 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 with river bridge, Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/kingston-pike-with-river-bridge-knoxville-tennessee-circa-19. Accessed October 25, 2026.