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Top of Pinnacle Mountain, Middlesboro, Kentucky, circa 1940

Card type
Linen

About this subject

View from the summit of Pinnacle Mountain looking down through tall pine trunks and foliage onto a cluster of buildings, parked cars and a pale open area below. A blue body of water or haze fills the lower portion of the scene.

Postcard Details

Message ยท English, in pen

Dear Charlie: Altho- I know, if you will get this or not, perhaps you have left your last address, ought to have waited anyway, am on a motor trip thru the south. Ky.-Tenn.-N.C.-Ga.-Fla. & hope, I am well and getting along alright.

PostmarkedKnoxville, TN, August 11, 1931, 20:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charles Rummel

766 San Julian St., Los Angeles, California

Postcard record

Postmarked, Knoxville, TN
Series7
ConditionVery good
Place addressedCharles Rummel, 766 San Julian St., Los Angeles, CA
Place depictedPinnacle Mountain, Middlesboro, KY
Place depictedMiddlesboro, KY
PublisherE. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesWhite border; visible linen/canvas texture typical of mid-century linen cards; printed number 7 at end of caption. Postmark: KNOXVILLE TENN. AUG 11 8 PM 1931. Divided-back linen-era card (E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee imprint); white border; light edge wear and slight soiling; pencil forwarding address added later.

Cite this card

Top of Pinnacle Mountain, Middlesboro, Kentucky, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/top-of-pinnacle-mountain-middlesboro-kentucky-circa-1940. Accessed October 5, 2026.