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Castle Turner - Postcard front.tif
December 29, 1913

[unknown] was here for a Happy New Year to you all
T A [unknown]

Addressed to:
Mrs. James Edgar
71 Cedar St.
Chicago

Post Office stamp:
Ashburn, GA
Dec. 29, 1913
1 P

Castle Turner - Postcard front.tif
December 29, 1913

[unknown] was here for a Happy New Year to you all
T A [unknown]

Addressed to:
Mrs. James Edgar
71 Cedar St.
Chicago

Post Office stamp:
Ashburn, GA
Dec. 29, 1913
1 P

Only A Turpentine Still Down South - A Scene at Clark_s Plantation, Ashburn, GA - Postcard front.tif
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The House by the Side of the Road - DT-107653 - postcard front.tif
DR-107653

STOP IN ASHBURN, GEORGIA At "The House by the Side of the Road." A Modern Tourist Home. Extreme north end of town. Spacious bungalow, shower baths, hot water heat in every room. All conveniences. LOCKED garages. A real southern home.…

Only A Turpentine Still Down South -Greetings from Ashburn, GA - Postcard front.tif
C.T. American Art Colored
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An Old Colonial Southern Home - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
OA3052

Script:
Ashburn, Ga. - April 14, 1940

Isn't this a beautiful old home! Just a few house from where we are this [unknown]. We have had and are having a very pleasant trip. Down the Atlantic Coast to Miami - [unknown] to St. Petersburg &…

Getting ready for Hot Cakes - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
6A-H694
C.T. ART-COLORTONE

Moonlight Scene in a Southern Garden - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
7A-H2581
C.T. Art Colortone

A Busy Day in a Cotton Field in the Sunny South - A Scene at Clark_s Plantation, Ashburn, GA - postcard front.jpg
A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA
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A busy day in the cotton field - Greetings from Ashburn, GA AC23 - postcard front.jpg
Greetings from Ashburn, GA.

Back writing:
Dear Friend, I didn't get a chance to see you before I left- but may be when I come again you won't be so busy how is the new baby? We got back safe and I was glad to get to work. T.W.

Addressed…

Akin Service Station Garage 1940.jpg
From the Macon Telegraph, December 8, 1943 (page 3):

Ashburn, Ga., Dec. 7- “Henry Grady Smith, age 33, died Saturday at the Tifton hospital from burns he received in a fire which occurred at Akins Filling Station and Garage early Saturday morning…

Ashburn Motor Inn Restaurant - 79374-C - postcard front.tif
Ashburn
Motor Inn
Honeybear Restaurant
t Interstate Hwy. 75 Ashburn Rebecca Exit
Room Phones - TV - Cribs - Family Rooms - Year
Round Air Conditioned - Heated Baths, Tub &
Shower - Swimming Pool - Kiddie Pool - Playground
- Pony Rides -…

Georgia Big Peanut - postcard front.tif
Monument to Georgia's number 1 cash crop, located on I-75 in Ashburn, Ga., center of the Peanut Belt. Also, visit the world's largest peanut processing plant located in Ashburn, Ga. For more information contact Turner County Chamber of Commerce, PO…

Bird's Eye View - from Courthouse - 1924.jpg
Buildings of note:

The building in the bottom right corner is the Shingler Building, built in 1914.

The bottom left building was the second post office but in 1926, became the new location of the Ashburn Bank.

The water tower and smokestack…

Bird's Eye view of J.S. Betts Lumber Plant c. 1910.png
Bird's-eye view J.S. Betts' Lumber Plant, Ashburn, Ga.

Small "W" insignia in the lower left hand corner.

Bird_s Eyes View, looking South - Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
Buildings of note:

The bottom left building was the second post office but in 1926, became the new location of the Ashburn Bank.

The smokestack is no longer standing but was part of the Betts Lumber Co.

Location: 219 E. College Avenue in…

City Light and Water Plant - Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
Script:
How are you enjoying life In New York town
I am now stationed at Rebecca, GA about 14 miles from Ashburn Ga
Very Respectfully
John B Cason
6/19/14

Addressed To:
Mrs. Jennie Reddall
277-W-11 Street
New York City, USA

Post…

Congress Inn - 40850-C - postcard front.tif
40850-C

Congress Motel - 64719-C - postcard front.tif

Turner County Courthouse 2-T-187 postcard front.tif
2-T-187

Crystal Lake - 78563-D - postcard front.tif

Crystal Lake - ICS-74705-3 - postcard front.tif
CRYSTAL LAKE
World's Finest Natural Fresh Water Beach, Near Ashburn, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, and Tifton, Georgia.

Crystal Lake - S-74704 - postcard front.tif

Turpentine Industry - A Scene at Clark_s Plantation, Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
Photo by U.S. Forest Service
A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA.
7A-H2991

Negro Heben - A Watermelon Feast in Dixie - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
[editor's note: This postcard uses the language and depictions of the period to refer to African Americans.]
E-5419

Script:
Hi, Gal!
We sho are having a good time and surly wish you could be with us.
We haven't had on a coat since we got here…

Cotton Pickers at work in Dixieland - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
[editor's note: This postcard uses the language and depictions of the period to refer to African Americans.]
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