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Sam Dupree.tif

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.…

Railroad Street South, Ashburn, GA. - 01233 - postcard front.tif
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R.L. Jones Letter October 5, 1908 envelope.tif
Script:
Mr. A.C. Hawkins (Lancaster, Mass)

Dear Sir,
Please write me your best price on one Barred Plymouth cockerel about one year old. I want a nice bird something that will do to show. Also write me best price on two 2 year old hens nice…

Quality Motel Restaurant - postcard front.tif
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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

Smith_s Restaurant - Main Street Ashburn, GA - 2-T-395 - postcard front.tif
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Smith_s Restaurant - Fried Chicken yellow matchbook.tif
"We serve the best coffee on the Highway"

Smith_s Restaurant - Fried Chicken orange matchbook.tif
"We serve the best coffee on the Highway"

Smith_s Restaurant - best coffee in town matchbook.tif

Smith Restaurant - Main Street, Ashburn, GA - 2-T-491 - postcard front.tif
2-T-491

Script:
Rested here last night feel fine this morning eating ham & eggs for breakfast at this restaurant on the front of the card.
See you later
Vernell

Address to:
Mrs. William Kirkman
626 Hall St
Owensboro, KY

Post Office…

Shur-Gain matchbook.tif

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Shingler Park, Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif

Shingler Park, Ashburn, GA - 1915 - postcard front.tif
Script:
Dearest Summers how are you feeling this [missing] in? I have just had a [illegible], it was fine.
Say Burman is going to have a turkey dinner Sunday and she told me to write you and Mr. Summers to come down in the car and bring Johnston…

Shingler Park, Ashburn, GA - 1911 - postcard front.tif
Script:
I was not at all surprised to get your card. Had been expecting one sometime. F. told me you would send me a card.
So warm here we have no fires. Just lovely Spring weather.
F.L.B.

Address to:
Miss Tillie Simpkins
Princess Ann,…

Sunrise in early spring showing peach trees in blossom - Greetings from Ashburn, GA - postcard front.tif
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Southern Cotton - 1-K-30 postcard front.tif
Cline photo I-K-30

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

Script:
Dear Mom & Pop,
We ran into good weather this side of Atlanta. Lots of mules and darkies. Stopped here for lunch.
Yours…

The Ashburn Bank Calendar - 1929 (1).tif

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.…

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…

The House by the Road business card front.tif
The House by the Road was a popular tourist home located on U.S. Hwy 41 N in Ashburn, Ga. Mrs. Robert Shingler [Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980)] was the manager of the home.

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

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

Turner County Courthouse - Eagle Post Card - front.tif

Treasure of Personal Recipes_Ashburn_GA_Civic womans club.pdf
Compiled by Civic Women's Club

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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.
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