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Ace Hardware
251 E. Washington Avenue, Ashburn, Georgia
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…
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…
Abandoned Farm House
If you zoom in on this old farm house, you can see the tree growing out of it.
Nesmith Road in Ashburn, Georgia
Nesmith Road in Ashburn, Georgia
A.P. Haman and Wife, Mary Rooks Haman
ALVAH PINKNEY “A.P.” AND MARY ROOKS HAMAN, DATE UNKNOWN. PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA GARRETT BONNELL.
A Sad Death in Ashburn
Death of J.S. Betts, Jr. from appendicitis.
A Busy Day in a Cotton Field in the Sunny South (vintage postcard)
A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA
E-5468
E-5468
897 Moonlight Scene in a Southern Garden - GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)
7A-H2581
C.T. Art Colortone
C.T. Art Colortone
892 GETTING READ FOR "HOT-CAKES". OLD FASHIONED METHOD OF SYRUP MAKING IN THE SOUTH - GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)
6A-H694
C.T. ART-COLORTONE
C.T. ART-COLORTONE
765 N Main St. in Ashburn, Georgia
Location: 765 N Main St. in Ashburn, Georgia
Date: February 20, 2021
ASHBURN’S HISTORIC DRIVING TOUR STOP #6
This home, sometimes known as the McKenzie Home or one of the Shingler homes, was built for Clyde Shingler McKenzie by her father J.S.…
Date: February 20, 2021
ASHBURN’S HISTORIC DRIVING TOUR STOP #6
This home, sometimes known as the McKenzie Home or one of the Shingler homes, was built for Clyde Shingler McKenzie by her father J.S.…
75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin for Turner County
Coins honoring the 75th anniversary of the creation of Turner County (August 1905).
432 Raney St., Ashburn, GA
Location: 432 Raney St., Ashburn, GA
Date: May 13, 2026
Built in 1915 by local dairyman and farmer John A. Ewing, this home holds the distinction of being the city’s first masonry residence. At a time when most homes in the area were still…
Date: May 13, 2026
Built in 1915 by local dairyman and farmer John A. Ewing, this home holds the distinction of being the city’s first masonry residence. At a time when most homes in the area were still…
432 Raney St. in Ashburn, Ga
The first brick house in Ashburn, Ga. It was built by the Ewing family.
430 N. Main St. in Ashburn, Ga
Thomas John Shingler House. Shingler Heights Historic District’s only example of board-and-batten construction. The house has exposed rafters and rusticated concrete block porch posts as decorative features.
417 An old Colonial Southern Home - GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)
OA3052
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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 &…
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 &…
411 N Main St. in Ashburn, Georgia
Built around 1890, was once known as the Betts House because this three-story Queen Anne-style home was built by Ashburn entrepreneur John Samuel Betts (July 29, 1848 – April 25, 1918). The home boasts of pine hardwood flooring, 12-foot ceilings, 6…
405 Raney St., Ashburn, GA
The house was originally built in 1909. Former Turner County resident and historian David Baldwin recalls that the house once looked quite different: “At one time, that house was two stories,” Baldwin said. “My great-grandmama, Ola Jackson…
405 Gilmore Street
405 Gilmore Street, stop #27 on the Ashburn Historical Tour, according to the tax records, was built in 1900. Previous information has said this home was built for the Gilmore family whom the street it sits on was named after. There are also rumors…
4 generations of Shinglers
"The above picture was taken after the christening at the Ashburn Methodist church of Herbert Ives Shingler III, son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. H.I. Shingler Jr. In the picture are four generations, all named Shingler, including H.I. Shingler Sr., Mrs.…
37-Mile Interstate Road Stretch Dedicated by Vanidiver at Ashburn
Nora Lawrence Smith:
"I love good roads and I'm glad ot fight for them... Good roads are helpful things... they make the nation just a neighborhood."
"I love good roads and I'm glad ot fight for them... Good roads are helpful things... they make the nation just a neighborhood."
32 Systems' Funds in Peril
"Districts which have been notified that they do not comply with the guidelines and have been cut off of new federal grants are: .... Turner County, ....
315 E. College Avenue in Ashburn, Ga
Here is an example of a Dennis & Dennis designed home in Ashburn. It was built in 1916 at the request of pioneer J.S. Shingler for his sister-in-law, Mrs. Josie Baldwin. The house has a beautiful larger than the normal front door!
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