Onyx Points in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Subject: National & State Parks
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1915 (White Border)

Back of Onyx Points in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, c. 1915 printed photo postcard — Back

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Black-and-white view of large hanging stalactites and a forest of slender stalagmites rising from the cave floor, lit against a dark background in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

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Onyx Points in Mammoth Cave of Kentucky --- ONYX PILLARS The ONYX PILLARS stand as sentinels guarding the passageway into the region known as the ONYX COLONNADE. As glimpsed in the picture this region abounds in unnumbered Stalagmites and Stalactites ranging in size from the size of a quill to massive pillars, in one instance to a single pillar 12 feet in diameter. L. A. FERGUSON, CAVE CITY, KY. GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. PHOTO-FINISH" POST CARD—(REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.) POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE

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Series	N-669001
Place depicted	Mammoth Cave, KY
Place mentioned	L. A. Ferguson, Cave City, KY
Publisher	Chicago, IL
Notes	White border around image; black-and-white halftone print; printed number N-669001 in the margin. No postmark, stamp, or handwriting. Divided-back 'C.T. Photo-Finish' Curteich card; publisher imprint L. A. Ferguson, Cave City, KY. Light age toning and minor soiling; no damage.

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Onyx Points in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/onyx-points-in-mammoth-cave-kentucky. Accessed October 5, 2026.