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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…

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Only A Turpentine Still Down South -Greetings from Ashburn, GA - Postcard front.tif
C.T. American Art Colored
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Only A Turpentine Still Down South - A Scene at Clark_s Plantation, Ashburn, GA - Postcard front.tif
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Section of Main St. - Ashburn, GA - Postcard front.tif

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
01233

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
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

Smith_s Restaurant - Main Street Ashburn, GA - 2-T-395 - postcard front.tif
2-T-3958

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…
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