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Roadside Attractions Coloring Book - Big Peanut  (2).tif
If you travel around enough you're sure to encounter some really nutty sites, but none as tasty looking at the giant peanut that sits atop the monument to this noble nut, Georgia's official state crop. It was built in 1975 and dedicated to Nora L.…

Sam Dupree.tif

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

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
13764

Outdoor Tabernacle - Ashburn, GA - black and white postcard front.tif
Sample of a type of postcard that could be purchased.

Outdoor Tabernacle - Ashburn, GA - colorized postcard front.tif
Sample of a type of postcard that could be purchased.

Photo at Community Pool at what is now Tom Whitsett Park.tif
Located at what is now known as Tom Whitsett Park, the pool has since closed and been filled in.

The white building in the back was Britt's Grocery.

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

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…

Murray-Raines Hardware Co., Ashburn, GA envelope 1920.tif
Envelope for Murray-Raines Hardware Co. addressed to J.D. Weed & Co. in Savannah, GA.

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.]
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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…

Georgia Northern Railroad - Feb 9, 1969.tif
GEORGIA NORTHERN
No. 14
Type: FTA
Builder/Date: Electro Motive, 1944
Location/Date: Ashburn, GA Feb 9, 1969

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

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

Greenville Yellow Pine Co. - Jan 29, 1912.tif
Jan. 29 1912.

Messrs. Farrar Lumber Co.
Bainbridge, Ga.

Gentlemen:

Replying to your letter of the 27th, we have no siding, Flooring or Shingles to offer at the immediate moment.

Very truly yours,
George T. Betts
Sec. & Treas.

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

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…

House post card - 1909 - postcard front.tif
Script:
Having a fine time. Come to Hatley, GA
Shall expect you Tuesday sure. Saw [illegible] children at the Depot in C- Rose also missed connections. So am with Rose she was the cause.
Belle

Addressed to:
Mrs. Maude Burk
Warwick,…

Jack Marrell and wife in front of the Turner County Courthouse.tif
Photo taken at the Southwest corner of the Turner County Courthouse of Jack Marrell and his wife.
The wagon is selling Rawleigh Products: Medicines, Extracts, Spices, Soaps, Perfumes, Toilet Articles.

Ashburn First Baptist Church can be see in…
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