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Tunnel on Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, VA, circa 1935

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Forests & TreesMountains & HillsNational & State Parks
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1935 (Linen)
Front of Tunnel on Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, VA, circa 1935, Marken & Biefeld, Inc., MD, USA, c. 1935 linen postcard
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Back of Tunnel on Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, VA, circa 1935, Marken & Biefeld, Inc., MD, USA, c. 1935 linen postcard
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The view looks through a stone-lined tunnel on Skyline Drive, with the road surface running into shadow and a small patch of daylight at the far portal. A rocky, tree-covered cut rises above the masonry entrance. The caption gives the tunnel's length as about six hundred feet and places it near the Lee Highway entrance at the top of the Blue Ridge. Skyline Drive was laid out in the early 1930s as a scenic road along the crest of the Blue Ridge, and its stone-faced tunnels and guard walls were built to fit the mountain terrain. Shenandoah National Park was established in 1935, and the drive became the park's main scenic route.

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PublisherMarken & Bielfeld, Inc.
TUNNEL ON SKYLINE DRIVE, SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, VA. TUNNEL ON SKYLINE DRIVE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, VA. This interesting engineering work, about six hundred feet in length, is near the Lee Highway entrance to the skyline drive and at the very top of the blue ridge mountain over which the drive is built.
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PublisherMarken & Bielfeld, Inc.
Series139
ConditionGood
PublisherMarken & Biefeld, Inc., Frederick, MD
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; card number 139 printed at lower right; light edge discoloration. No postmark — card is unused. Divided-back linen-texture card with printed caption and publisher imprint; front has a white border. Light toning and edge wear, small stain at top edge.

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Tunnel on Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, VA, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1935. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/tunnel-on-skyline-drive-shenandoah-national-park-va-circa-19-1935. Accessed November 2, 2026.