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The House by the Side of the Road (vintage postcard)

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…

Tags: Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), The House by the Road

Mrs. Robert Shingler's (Lillian Shingler) House by the Road business card

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.

More info about the House by the…

Tags: Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), The House by the Road

Turner County Court House, Ashburn, Ga. (vintage postcard)

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"C.T. American Art" Postcard

Courthouse - Ashburn, GA (vintage postcard)

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TURNER COUNTY COURT HOUSE, ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)

Treasure of Personal Recipes

Compiled by Civic Women's Club

Tags: Armor Mobile Homes Manufacturing, Ashburn Bank, Bessie Irene Bailey Reinhardt (1907-1999), Betty Jo Greene (1931-2020), Blanche Branch, Charles Hardy, Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Clara Weathersby Judy (1929-2015), Coker Gas Company, Daphne Chambliss, Dora Elizabeth Davis Wisham (1924-2014), Doris Merle Bateman Forshee (1926-2000), Doris Wilkerson Hardin (1932-2021), Dorothy A Stover Greene (1931-2008), Edna E. Durham (1910-2006), Ellis Farm Equipment Co., Emily Clyde McKenzie Reyher (1912-1994), Emily Eilene Butler Perry (1913-2007), Eula P. Johnson, Ewing Buick Company, Frances Caryl Bell McKenzie (1922-1996), Frances Latrelle Sumner Elliott (1925-1990), Gold Kist Peanuts, H.C. Williams Peanut Co., Hardy's Foodland, Helen Pauline Woodruff Johnston (1942-2000), Ilene Gilbert Barber (1925-1977), Janice Dryden Adair (1940-2020), Jewel Watson Phillips (1918-2009), Judy's Salon, Julia Raines Tillman (1921-2004), Katie Ruth Holland, Lawson Furniture Company, Lois Rachel Armentrout Johnston (1888-1983), Mara Moree, Margaret Frances Hanbury Johnson, Margaret Lee Young Purswell (1927-2000), Margie Connell, Marjorie Waters (1931-2019), Mary Blackwell Florist, Mary Joe Shealy, Melba Opal McCard Sikes (1919-2004), Mildred Louise Parham Fay (1924-2019), Mrs. A.G. Reinhardt, Mrs. Albert Stubbs, Mrs. Alton Ellis, Mrs. Bubber Stevens, Mrs. Calvin Johnston, Mrs. Cecil Adair, Mrs. Clyde Hobby Jr., Mrs. Ed Corson, Mrs. Ernest Olsen, Mrs. Floyd Wardlow, Mrs. Gene Littleton, Mrs. Greer Monroe, Mrs. H.B. Childs, Mrs. H.C. Barber, Mrs. H.F. Burch, Mrs. H.K. Rigdon, Mrs. Henry Reid, Mrs. J.A. Holloway, Mrs. Jim Reynolds, Mrs. John Jordan, Mrs. Kenneth Cribbs, Mrs. Robert Heiserman, Mrs. S.C. Rouse Jr., Mrs. Travis Morrison, Mrs. W.D. Alexander, Nell's Cafeteria, Nellie Mae Wynn Arthur (1928-1994), North Ford Co., Olive Elliot, One Hour Superior Clearners, One Stop Denham, Patsy Smith Stone (1930-2015), Quality Courts Restaurant, R&M Cash Drugs, Rebecca Thompson Jones (1919-1985), Ruth Beard Youngblood (1922-2020), Sara Ann Denham Moree (~1934-2018), Sara Johnston Poole (1917-1988), South Georgia Egg Co Inc., Tide Products Inc., Turner County Gas Co., Turner County Motor Company, Turner Food Store, Vera Guy Hobby (1925-2018), West Brothers Grocery, Western Auto Associate Store

D-504 Turpentine Industry in the South

Photo by U.S. Forest Service
A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA.
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TURNER COUNTY MOTOR CO., INC. matchbook

Tags: Turner County Motor Company

TURNER COUNTY MOTOR CO. INC. matchbook

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COURT HOUSE, TURNER CO. ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)

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Wayside Inn, Ashburn, Georgia (vintage postcard)

Wayside Inn, Ashburn, Georgia.
ROOMS and Lock Garage. On National Highway - Two Blocks South of Business Center.
Mrs. R. Huckabee.
_______________________
FOR CORRESPONDENCE

Tags: Annie Cox Huckabee (1876-1963), Wayside Inn

Wayside Inn - U.S. 41 - Ashburn, Georgia (vintage postcard)

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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.

Tags: Annie Cox Huckabee (1876-1963), Wayside Inn

Waffle Recipe from The House by the Road

Recipe card for the House by the Road.

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/

Tags: The House by the Road

View Flower Garden, Shingler Park, Ashburn, Ga. (Vintage postcard)

Addressed to:
Miss Eula Hill
Montezuma, GA

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

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U. S. Post Office, Ashburn, Ga. (vintage postcard)

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Written Script:
Tuesday, Aug. 28
Dear Folks, We are on our way home. Our trip has been very nice. To-night we are staying in a motel in Ft. Valley Ga. Today we traveled through cotton plantations. They are picking the cotton. Hope you…

Tags: Post Office

U.S. Post Office - Ashburn, GA (vintage postcard)

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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

Tags: Post Office

WHERE WE ARE STAYING. THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD. ASHBURN, GEORGIA (vintage postcard)

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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…

Tags: Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), The House by the Road

WHERE WE ARE STAYING. THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD, ASHBURN, GEORGIA (vintage postcard)

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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…

Tags: Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), The House by the Road

WHERE WE ARE STAYING, THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD, U.S. 41, ASHBURN, GEORGIA (vintage postcard)

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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…

Tags: Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), The House by the Road

West Methodist Tabernacle (vintage postcard)

This appears to be a sample postcard to purchase.

Tags: Tabernacle

Street Scene - Ashburn, Ga. (vintage postcard)

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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,…

Tags: Ashburn Theatre, Main Street

D508:- A FINE FIELD OF COTTON IN DIXIELAND (vintage postcard)

GREETING FROM ASHBURN, GA
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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.…

AC23 - A BUSY DAY IN THE COTTON FIELD (vintage postcard)

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 Busy Day in a Cotton Field in the Sunny South (vintage postcard)

A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA
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D507: -A BUSY DAY IN A COTTON FIELD DOWN SOUTH (vintage postcard)

GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA

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History of Turner County (Book) - Page 128 & 129 images (back)

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 128 & 129 (back picture placard)

1. H.G. Wheeler, pastor of Ashburn Baptist Church
2. M.P. Webb, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Ashburn, Ga.
3. Samuel D. Fuller,…

Tags: First Baptist Church, H.G. Wheeler, John Jackson Williams (1847-1935), M.P. Webb, Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Benjamin Franklin Rainey (1868-1958), Samuel D. Fuller, T.B. Fuller

History of Turner County (Book) - Page 128 & 129 images (front)

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 128 & 129 (front picture placard)

1 and 2: Pictures of the Knox Conway Chapter D.A.R.

First Row: Annie Lou Thrasher, Mrs. G.C. McKenzie, Mamie Vinson, and Mrs. K.P.…

History of Turner County (Book) - Page 96 & 97 images (back)

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 96 & 97 (back picture placard)

1. D.H. Davis, president Citizens Bank and large landowner
2. Rev. Joe J. Davis, pioneer preacher
3. Samuel Young, an early pioneer
4. G.A.…

Tags: Board of Education, Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Daniel Henderson Davis (1861-1942), G.A. Owens, Mary Frances “Mollie” Williams Cox (1857-1937), Rev. Joe J. Davis, Samuel Young

History of Turner County (Book) - Page 96 & 97 images (front)

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 96 & 97 (front picture placard)

1. Stephen N. Mitchell, pioneer farmer and lumberman
2. Mrs. S.N. Mitchell,
3. Ben Cravey - former Commissioner of Roads and Revenue
4.…

Tags: Benjamin "Ben" Cravey (1856-1940), Clarence Emmett "C.E." Thrasher (1875-1946), Dr. Frank W. Rodgers, Dr. William Joseph Turner (1868-1946), Martha Emma Fuller Mitchell (1857-1936), Stephen N. Mitchell (1853-1906)

History of Turner County (Book) - Page 64 & 65 images (back)

History of Turner County by John Ben Pate, reprint 1979 - between pages 64 & 65 (back picture placard)

1. Joe Lawrence, editor, farmer and stock-raiser
2. F.H. Wardlaw [Wardlow], farmer and landowner
3. H.S. Story, farmer and naval stores…

Tags: Alvah Pinkney "Pink" Haman (1853-1922), Bryant E. Smith (1866-1936), Dr. Theophilus William Tison (1832-1911), Floyd Wardlow, Guy N. Maddox (1875-1952), Hardy Samuel Story (1860-1950), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John A. Ewing (1862-1939)

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