Few previous studies have compared microbial communities in subterranean and surface environments. Chemical analyses used to characterize the surface and cave microbial environments indicated limited exchange between surface and subsurface waters....
Large rock walls with a gap between. Title: Annetta's Dome at Mammoth Cave. Text on bottom: Views of Mammoth Cave and Vicinity. Text on top: 'These are pronounced the very best specimens of subterranean photography yet produced.' - Scientific...
A large sandstone rock sits in the yard of the Mammoth Cave Hotel in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. The hotel, which sits within the boundaries of the Mammoth Cave National Park, was built by John Croghan in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1916. The rock...
Aboveground view of a narrow opening leading down into Mammoth Cave. A ladder extends up through the opening which is surrounded by rocky ground and bare trees. Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world and located within Mammoth Cave...
Cave Park Cliffs leading to cave entrance, Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky. Frozen waterfall over rock cliffs. Thin, bare trees grow from the cliffs, above, and below. Caption on back: "Scene on path leading to new entrance of Mammoth Cave."
Entrance to Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky. A man climbs out of Mammoth Cave up a long, railed stairway. The cave entrance is rock growing with grass and leaves.
Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky. Caption on back: "Remains of saltpeter leading vats in Mammoth Cave where nitrates were obtained for the American army and navy gunpowder in the War of 1812. Note crude wooden water pipe in foreground." A man...
Hotels; Mammoth Cave Hotel (Ky.); Buildings; Swings; Trees
On the grounds of Mammoth Cave Hotel at Mammoth Cave National Park. Possible view of the back of the hotel, built by John Croghan in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1916. A long white building with individual porches and doors sits among trees and a...
Hotels; Mammoth Cave Hotel (Ky.); Buildings; Trees
Mammoth Cave Hotel at Mammoth Cave National Park, built by John Croghan in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1916. Hotel was 200 feet long with piazzas extending the whole length of the building and two buildings adjacent to each end which held a...
Mammoth Cave Hotel at Mammoth Cave National Park, built by John Croghan in 1841 and destroyed by fire in 1916. Hotel was 200 feet long with piazzas extending the whole length of the building and two buildings adjacent to each end which held a...
Entrance to Mammoth Cave: a large hole with foliage on its far side and a rocky dirt path which curves around it at the front of the photograph. Along the rim of the cave there is an interesting tree which grows horizontally and is curved in the...
Green River near cave in Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky. A young man in a sleeveless shirt and overalls sits in a row boat on a placid river edge; trees cover the far bank. The photograph has been touched up with paint.
National parks & reserves; Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887; Rock formations
Rock formation shaped like a chair. Named "Jenny Lind's Armchair" in honor of the opera singer Jenny Lind, known as the Swedish Nightingale. Lind once sat in this chair at Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky. A woman wearing a sweater, skirt, and...
Cave Hill Cemetery (Louisville, Ky.); Cemeteries; Clock towers; Buildings
The entryway to Cave Hill Cemetery is located at Baxter Avenue and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. The larger part of the gate includes a house and a clock tower topped with a statue of an angel in the Victorian Romanticism style. The gate allows...
