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Ruins of Karnak in Mammoth Cave, KY, 1941

Subjects
InteriorsNational & State Parks
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1941 (Linen)
Front of Ruins of Karnak in Mammoth Cave, KY, 1941, Brownsville, KY, USA, c. 1941 linen postcard
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Back of Ruins of Karnak in Mammoth Cave, KY, 1941, Brownsville, KY, USA, c. 1941 linen postcard
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About this postcard

The view shows large stalactite and stalagmite formations inside Mammoth Cave, their shapes resembling columns, with two small figures at lower right for scale. The formation is named Ruins of Karnak, after the temple complex in Egypt. Mammoth Cave, in central Kentucky, had drawn tourists since the 1800s, and it became a national park in 1941.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello- are on our way home. Kentucky "aint from nothing" "ha Lottie, C.B. & Wilma.

PublisherL. A. Ferguson, Mammoth Cave, KY.
Ruins of Karnak in the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky
PostmarkedElizabethtown, KY, September 2, 1941, 12:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr & Mrs. D. Garrison

Farlington, KS

Postcard record

Postmarked, Elizabethtown, KY
PublisherL. A. Ferguson, Mammoth Cave, KY.
Series24495
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMr & Mrs. D. Garrison, Farlington, KS
Place depictedMammoth Cave, Brownsville, KY
Place mentionedL. A. Ferguson, Mammoth Cave, KY
PublisherL. A. Ferguson, Mammoth Cave, KY., Chicago, IL
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; linen texture; printed caption and copyright. Postmark: ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. SEP 2 12-M 1941. Divided-back Curt Teich "C.T. American Art" linen card; white border on front. Stamp torn at right edge; heavy staining/toning and pencil dealer marks ("CZ-9", "199") at top right.

Cite this card

Ruins of Karnak in Mammoth Cave, KY, 1941, postcard, c. 1941. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/ruins-of-karnak-in-mammoth-cave-ky-1941. Accessed November 2, 2026.