The Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, 1954

Subjects: Interiors Restaurants & Taverns
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1954 (Chrome)

Back of The Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, 1954, c. 1954 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

The Cavern Cafe fills a natural rock chamber fitted out as a dining room and nightclub. White-clothed tables and green chairs sit on a polished floor beneath a rough stone ceiling hung with paper lanterns. At the rear, a stage framed by blue drapery and a painted backdrop faces the room, and waiters in white jackets stand at the right. Nogales, Sonora, sits directly across the border from Nogales, Arizona, and the cave setting made the cafe a novelty for travelers and shoppers from the U.S. side. The sender writes of stopping in Nogales and having lunch "in this cavern."

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

1-26-54 Marty and I was doing Nogales Mexico today had lunch in this famous Cavern Cafe. Leaving tomorrow for Miami Best wishes

PostmarkedTucson, AZ

Addressed to

Mr. Maurice Mariz Board

911 Bedford. Ave Altavista, VA

Postcard record

Postmarked	Tucson, AZ
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co.
Series	N 5 63179
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mr. Maurice Mariz Board, 911 Bedford. Ave, Altavista, VA
Place depicted	The Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Place mentioned	The Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Publisher	Curt Teich & Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp	2c John Adams, red, issued 1980
Stamp	2c John Adams, red, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible cross-hatch grain; thin white border; divided back. Production code 6A-H756 printed at lower right of front. Message and address in green ink; writer dated the message 1-26-54. Postmark: TUCSON ARIZ, JAN 26 1954. 2c John Adams stamp.

Cite this card

The Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, 1954, postcard, c. 1954. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-cavern-cafe-nogales-sonora-mexico-1954. Accessed November 2, 2026.