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The Totem Poles, Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns, NM, circa 1936

Subject
National & State Parks
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of The Totem Poles, Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns, NM, circa 1936, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of The Totem Poles, Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns, NM, circa 1936, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Slender stalagmites rise from the floor of the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns, their stacked, tapering forms resembling totem poles. Small figures at the lower right give a sense of the chamber's scale. The cave stays at 56 degrees year-round, a detail that impressed early visitors. Carlsbad Caverns became a national park in 1930, and its vast limestone chambers were already a well-known southwestern tourist destination.

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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
79—THE TOTEM POLES, BIG ROOM, CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NEW MEXICO The Titanic proportions, the equable temperature defying the seasons changes — 56 degrees at all times — are some of the things which fill the imaginative visitor with awe. A group of slender, graceful stalagmites resemble Indian Totem Poles in the Big Room.
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PublisherCurt Teich & Co.
Series79—
ConditionGood
Place mentionedCarlsbad Caverns, NM
Place mentionedAlbuquerque, NM
PublisherChicago, IL
NotesNo printed text on front; blue-tinted image with visible paper texture. No postmark, stamp, or handwriting — unused card. Divided back; C.T. Art-Colortone (Curt Teich) linen-era stock, ca. 1930s–40s. Printed caption and Santa Fe System copyright on back, with distributor line for Southwest Post Card Co., Box 685, Albuquerque, N.M.; card number 6A-H2789 in stamp box.

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The Totem Poles, Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns, NM, circa 1936, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-totem-poles-big-room-carlsbad-caverns-nm-circa-1936. Accessed November 2, 2026.