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Street Scene - Turner Theatre - 2-T-183 postcard front.jpg
2-T-183

Photo depicting Main Street facing North with a full shot of the Ashburn Theatre. Featuring the movie, "The Teenagers in 'Vacation Days'"

Back writing:

"All luncheon here,
AT
ASHBURN,
GEORGIA"

DOWN TRIP
October 23,…

West Methodist Tabernacle - Postcard front.tif
This appears to be a sample postcard to purchase.

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Where we are staying  - The House by the Road postcard front.tif
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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…

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

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

Moss Covered Oak Trees - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
E-4832

Script:
Tues. Feb. 15,, 1944
Hi there- we spent the night in Sylvester, Ga. last night and drove over here this morning. It rained all day yesterday but the sun is out bright today- it is cool tho. We will spend the night in Sylvester…

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…

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

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.]
E-5469

Only A Turpentine Still Down South - A Scene at Clark_s Plantation, Ashburn, GA - Postcard front.tif
E-5413

Only A Turpentine Still Down South -Greetings from Ashburn, GA - Postcard front.tif
C.T. American Art Colored
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Sunrise in early spring showing peach trees in blossom - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
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Wayside Inn, Ashburn, GA - Auburn - postcard front.tif
Wayside Inn, Ashburn, Georgia.
ROOMS and Lock Garage. On National Highway - Two Blocks South of Business Center.
Mrs. R. Huckabee.
_______________________
FOR CORRESPONDENCE

Railroad Street South, Ashburn, GA. - 01233 - postcard front.tif
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Dillon_s Station _ Restaurant R-80 - postcard front.tif
Hello from SYCAMORE, GEORGIA
RT. 1 BOX 24A-1
Dillon's Station & Restaurant
R-80

The House by the Side of the Road - A tourist home - postcard 3442-29 front.tif
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. Rest here a few…

Wayside Inn - 13863 - postcard front.tif
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STOP IN ASHBURN, GEORGIA
AT WAYSIDE INN. A MODERN TOURIST HOME
ALL CONVENIENCES, BEAUTYREST BEDS, HEAT, BATHS LOCKED GARAGES, SOUTH OF BUSINESS BLOCK.
DIRECTLY ON U.S. 41
TEL. 201
MRS. R. HUCKABEE, OWNER, MGR.

Section of Main St. - Ashburn, GA - Postcard front.tif

Turner County Courthouse - Eagle Post Card - front.tif

Turner County Courthouse 7B110-N postcard front.tif
7B110-N
"C.T. American Art" Postcard

Georgialand - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
9A-H104
C.T. Art Colortone

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 &…

Where we are staying  - The House by the Road - 2X-122 postcard front.tif
2X-122

Back info:
STOP IN ASHBURN, GEORGIA
AT THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD

A beautiful Private Estate open to Guests. Extreme North end of Town. Every room has a Private Bath - Electric Fan - Steam Heat with Automatic Stoker Control - Beautyrest…

TCP gardener joe postcard.jpg
GC-1C Photo by Bayard Wootten
"Old Black Joe"
The Gardener at the House by the Road
Ashburn, Georgia

More info about the House by the Road:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2025/06/13/house-by-the-road-751-n-main-st-in-ashburn-ga-c-1919/

House by the Road front postcard.jpg
Vintage postcard of the House by the Road, home and business of Robert Royal Shingler (February 7, 1897 – January 31, 1966) and his wife, Lillian Hughes Shingler (August 22, 1887 – April 15, 1980).

Location: 721 N. Main St. in Ashburn,…

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
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