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December 29, 1913

[unknown] was here for a Happy New Year to you all
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Addressed to:
Mrs. James Edgar
71 Cedar St.
Chicago

Post Office stamp:
Ashburn, GA
Dec. 29, 1913
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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.…

C.T. American Art Colored
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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 &…

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C.T. ART-COLORTONE

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C.T. Art Colortone

A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA
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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…

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
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 -…

This is before the school fire in the 1950s.

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…

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 J.S. Betts' Lumber Plant, Ashburn, Ga.

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

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…

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…

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CRYSTAL LAKE
World's Finest Natural Fresh Water Beach, Near Ashburn, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, and Tifton, Georgia.

Photo by U.S. Forest Service
A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA.
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[editor's note: This postcard uses the language and depictions of the period to refer to African Americans.]
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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…

[editor's note: This postcard uses the language and depictions of the period to refer to African Americans.]
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