Interior view of a cave chamber showing a large columnar limestone formation known as the Bridal Altar, lit from below against dark rock walls and a rough cave ceiling. The formation's pale, fluted stalagmite masses stand on a rocky, uneven cave floor.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Butter 45 cents per lb this
I can't get it at that
milk 32 cts per gallon
but feed is awful
high here now bran
is $1.70 cents per 100 lbs
clover hay 10r per 100
every thing is high.
but of course you are
used of me. We are
building the new
monument to [illegible]
here now it is about
completed this year
but I hardly think
They will furnish [illegible]
it is very pretty
of cloth & [illegible]
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch grain; narrow white border along one edge; caption printed in white block letters at top of image.
No postmark, stamp, or address block. Divided-back card with printed 'Souvenir POST CARD' heading and 'THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES' / 'THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY' imprints; English pen message about farm prices (butter, milk, bran, clover hay).
Cite this card
The Bridal Altar, Mammoth Cave, KY, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-bridal-altar-mammoth-cave-ky-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.
