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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…

A Busy Day in a Cotton Field Down South - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.jpg
GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA

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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…

A Fine Field of Cotton in Dixieland - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - 4233C postcard front.jpg
GREETING FROM ASHBURN, GA
4233C

Writing inscription on the back:
Left for Florida on our birthday just entered to day, even through the Smoky Mts. today. heading for Miami tomorrow, will be back soon.
Your Friend, I.O.

Addressed to:
Mrs.…

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 -…

Quality Inn - Amboy Exit - postcard front.tif
Quality Inn/Ashburn
AAA
I-75 & aShburn - Amboy Exit
Ashburn, Georgia 31714
(912) 567-3334
Restaurant - Stables - Putting Green - Pool - Fishing Lake - Shuffleboard - Playground - Color TV - Phones
Attractions: Golf Course - Near Plains, GA

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

Holland_s Pecan Shoppe - postcard front.tif
HOLLAND'S PECAN SHOPPE
On Interstate 75
Sycamore, Georgia
Air Conditioned - Snack Bar - Gifts - Souvenirs - Fine Pecan Candies - Standard Oil Products - Sparkling Clean Rest Rooms
Phone 567-2932

Hollands Pecans Snack Bar Candies - postcard front.tif
HOLLAND'S PECAN SHOPPE
On Interstate 75
Sycamore, Georgia
Air Conditioned - Snack Bar - Gifts - Souvenirs - Fine Pecan Candies - Standard Oil Products - Sparkling Clean Rest Rooms
Phone 567-2932

Congress Motel - 64719-C - postcard front.tif

Quality Motel Restaurant - postcard front.tif
42141-C

Quality Motel
I-75 & Ashburn - Amboy Exit
Ashburn, Georgia
Phone (912)- 567-3334
Shuffleboard - Stables - Putting Green - Pool - Fishing Lake - Playground - Taped Music - TV - Phones - Service Station - Restaurant

House by the Road - 34445 - postcard front.tif
34445
AAA
THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD
Ashburn, Ga.
On U.S. 41. 85 miles south of Macon. A private estate open to guests. Spacious grounds with beautiful flowers. Each room with private bath and steam heat. Meals served. Locked garages. Telephone 101 J…

View Flower Garden, Shingler Park - Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif

Addressed to:
Miss Eula Hill
Montezuma, GA

Post Office Stamp:
March 24, 1910
3pm
Ashburn, GA

Shingler Park, Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif

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

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

McKenzie-Building.jpg
NOTICE HOW THIS ~1909 POSTCARD RENDERING HAS THE NAME “SHINGLER BUILDING” AND THE “J.S. SHINGLER” MARQUIS. DUE TO A TIMING ISSUE, THE MARQUIS WAS ORDERED FOR WHAT WE KNOW AS THE MCKENZIE BUILDING BUT IT WAS NOT COMPLETED IN TIME. HOWEVER, IN 1914,…

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…

First Methodist Church Postcard.jpg
Location: 406 N. Main Street in Ashburn, Georgia
Date: 1947

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.

Where we are staying  - The House by the Road, Ashburn, Georgia - postcard front.tif
AAA

THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD
ON U.S. 41 - ASHBURN, GEORGIA

A beautiful private estate open to Guests. Steam Heated - Recommended by Duncan Hines. All Rooms have Twin Beds and Private Baths.
Meals Served - Locked Garages - Porter Service.
We…

US Post Office - Ashburn, GA 2-T-186 - postcard front.tif
2-T-186

Written Script:
July 6, 1953
On our way north & thought this card would be different.
Momma & Daddu

Written to:
Mrs. Paul Marzluf
216 So Harris Ave
Lots 4. Ohio

Mail stamp:
Ashburn, GA
July 7, 1953
11 AM
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