River View, 360 ft. below ground level, Great Onyx Cave, KY, circa 1930
- Card type
- Linen
About this postcard
A group of visitors, including a uniformed guide, descend a wooden stairway and bridge inside Great Onyx Cave. The route passes through a large chamber of rock formations, the kind of guided underground tour that drew tourists to Kentucky's cave country in the early twentieth century. Great Onyx was a privately operated show cave on Flint Ridge near Mammoth Cave, promoted as a rival to the better-known cavern. In the 1920s and 1930s, competing cave owners around Mammoth Cave relied on guided tours and printed views to attract motor tourists. The cave is now within Mammoth Cave National Park.
Postcard Details
No address detected
Postcard record
| Publisher | Curt Teich & Co. |
|---|---|
| Series | 1B-H2656 |
| Condition | Very good |
| Place mentioned | Great Onyx Cave, KY |
| Place mentioned | Mammoth Cave, KY |
| Publisher | Chicago, IL |
| Notes | Linen texture visible; printed caption "RIVER VIEW, 360 FT. BELOW GROUND LEVEL, GREAT ONYX CAVE, KY." present; no border visible on scan. No postmark; unused card. Divided-back 'POST CARD' layout with one-cent stamp box (1B-H2656), linen-textured stock, Curt Teich 'C. T. Art-Colortone' imprint — ca. 1930s-40s. Publisher line: Mrs. W. P. Cox, Mgr., Great Onyx Cave Hotel, Mammoth Cave, KY. No handwriting anywhere on the back. |
Cite this card
River View, 360 ft. below ground level, Great Onyx Cave, KY, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/river-view-360-ft-below-ground-level-great-onyx-cave-ky-circ. Accessed November 2, 2026.