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[marolinesdad]

Do you have much from the Lynch sisters time?

[rubedugans]

I have 2 or 3 items from their time period at the cave, a brochure, and a few post cards....But I am always looking for more!

[rubedugans]

Wayback machine set for early 1960's
Hand painting souvenir tray still in box.

[marolinesdad]

Love the tray...   

[rubedugans]

Wayback machine set for the Lynch sister Days...

[Junior]

Here is a world of glamour and romance?  Ah, Ok. Pretty cool piece, though. Ya got me again, never seen this one! You're gonna have to tell us how much each piece cost you on Ebay. My guess is, since most people don't know what something like this is, your getting it fairly cheap...probably under $15 to $20 bucks. Ah, come on, give us a hint...

[rubedugans]

Mine was less that $10. One online went to someone (probably someone on here!) for around $20 recently

[pintrader]

This is my first post of a picture.  I hope it turns out ok!
This is a group cave photo circa 1964-1965.  I am the little guy in the front row staring at my brother and not looking at the camera.  Fact is I am the only person in the photo not looking at the camera (Imagine that).  My parents are on the top row 4th and 5th from the right.  Sad thing is I remember nothing of this day.     

[Coaster]

^I love the old cave group pictures!!! I really wish they still did that.

What does America's 3rd largest mean? 3rd largest cave?

[History Buff]

More likely 3rd largest show cave.  Let's see, there's Mammoth, Carlsbad...

[Coaster]

^Yeah, that's why I'm confused. I know Marvel isn't close to being the third largest.

[Junior]

SDC billed Marvel Cave as America's Third Largest for years. During the period I worked there (78-84) I remember we got a weekly company newsletter that said they were dropping the claim...and said it was just too detailed to get into as to why. My guess is, somebody in the know called them on it, so they just dropped it rather than get into a big hassle over it. It was pretty common for roadside attractions (Which Marvel Cave and SDC was in the early days) in the 50s and 60s to claim to be the largest, and so on, and perhaps time had passed on this issue, and they dropped it.

[betamike]

I could see that.  The cave business in the Ozarks during that time was sort of like the lawless old west with people staking claims all the time.  Of course, they probably were backing the fact that much of Marvel Cave is technically still undiscovered and therefore is purportedly still a very large cave.

[rubedugans]

I cleared this up on another thread, but Marvel Cave boasts it has the 3rd largest entrance room in North America, 5th in the world. It is the deepest cave in Missouri at 505 ft.

Kinda like when I would tell my girlfriend in high school I was going by the library...I did go by the library... but I was only driving by it on my way to the movie theater with my buddies!!! It wasn't necessarily a lie, but it was only a half truth in that it didn't specify what part was large about it.

[betamike]

This was a great eBay find a few years ago and I had it stashed away so it wouldn't become threadbare.  I wish they had more retro shirts like this at the City now-a-days