Georgia Historical Society postcards collection

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Georgia Historical Society postcards collection

1900s

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This is an artificial collection created by the Georgia Historical Society by compiling postcards, some from other manuscript collections, into a single collection. It is unknown when this collection was created, but most of the materials were processed during the 1980s. The postcards were compiled from various sources and cover a broad time span with emphasis on the 20th century. They are arranged by geographic location, and then subdivided by subject. Locations include: Georgia; Adel; Albany; Americus; Amicalola Falls; Andersonville; Athens; Atlanta; Augusta; Bainbridge; Barnesville; Baxley; Blackshear; Blakely; Boston; Brunswick; Butler Island; Cairo; Carrollton; Cartersville; Cave Spring; Cedartown; Chickamauga; Chipley; Clarkesville; Claxton; Clayton; Cloudland Park; Columbus; Cordele; Covington; Cumberland Island; Dahlonega; Darien; Dawson; Decatur; Demorest; Dillard; Douglas; Dublin; Eatonton; Ebenezer; Ellijay; Estatoah Falls; Etowah Mounds; Fayetteville; Fitzgerald; Forsyth; Fort Benning; Fort Oglethorpe; Fort Valley; Frederica; Gainesville; Greensboro; Griffin; Hahira; Hapeville; Hazlehurst; Helen; Indian Springs; Isle of Hope; Jackson; Jekyll Island; Kingsland; LaGrange; Lexington; Louisville; Lumpkin; Lyons; McDonough; McRae; Macon; Madison; Manchester. Marietta; Midway; Milledgeville; Monticello; Moultrie; Mount Berry; Mountain City; Nacoochee Burial Ground; Newnan; Norwood; Oxford; Okefenokee Swamp; Palmetto; Parrot; Pearson; Pelham; Perry; Pine Mountain; Plains; Pleasant Hill; Quitman; Reidsville; Rome; Rossville; Roswell; Rutledge; St. Mary's; St. Simons Island; Sapelo Island; Sautee; Savannah; Soperton; Sparta; Statesboro; Stone Mountain; Swainsboro; Tallulah Falls; Tate; Thomaston; Thomson; Thomasville; Thunderbolt; Tifton; Toccoa; Tybee Island; Unadilla; Valdosta; Warm Springs; Washington; Waycross; Waynesboro; cotton; greeting cards; people; and World War I, including French, American, and Russian. The Savannah postcards include C and S Bank; Cotton Exchange; Customs House; Germania Bank Building; National Bank of Savannah; Savannah Bank and Trust; Bonaventure Cemetery; Catholic Cemetery; Colonial Cemetery; Greenwich Cemetery; Hillcrest Cemetery; Laurel Grove Cemetery; B'nai Brith Jacob Temple; Christ church; First Baptist; First Presbyterian; Independent Presbyterian; Mickve Israel Temple; Sacred Heart; St. John's Cathedral; St. John's Episcopal; St. Patrick's; St. Paul's Lutheran; Wesley Monumental Methodist; Andrew Low House; Davenport House; Green-Meldrim House; Greenwich plantation; Hermitage; Juliette Gordon Low birthplace; Owens-Thomas House; Scarborough House; Waving Girl at home; Wormsloe; Fort McAllister, Fort Pulaski; Fort Screven; Fort Wymberly; Green-Meldrim House; Mulberry Grove; Peter Gordon map of Savannah; Tomo-chi-chi's burial place; Central of Georgia Railway Hospital; Charity Hospital; City Hospital; Oglethorpe Sanitarium; Park View Sanitarium; St. Joseph's Hospital; Telfair Hospital; U.S. Marine Hospital; DeSoto Hotel; Hicks'; Oglethorpe Hotel; Pulaski Hotel; Savannah Hotel; cotton; Fresh's Pharmacy; Old Cotton Press; rice plantation; riverdocks and terminals; Old City Market; Camp Stewart; Chatham Artillery; Hunter; Savannah Air Base; Savannah Volunteer Guards; Confederate Monument; Count Pulaski; Fountain in Forsyth Park; Gordon; James Oglethorpe; Jasper; Nathanael Greene; Telfair Art Museum; Youth Museum; Bethesda; Episcopal Orphan's Home; Chatham Crescent; Chippewa Square; Colonial Park; Daffin Park; Forsyth Park; Johnson Square; Madison Square; Monterey Square; Oglethorpe Square; Palmetto Park; Telfair Square; Wright Square; Chatham County Courthouse; City Hall; Civic Center; Confederate Memorial Hall; Customs House; Municipal Auditorium; Post Office; Public Library; Old Pink House; Pirate's House; aerial views; floral; ironwork; trees; Armstrong Atlantic University; Cathedral School; Chatham Academy; Jewish Educational Alliance; Savannah high School; St. Vincent's Academy; chamber of Commerce; Elks Home; German Club; Girl Scouts; Golf Club; Hussars Club; Knights of Pythias; Masonic Temple; Seaman's House; United Daughter's of the Confederacy; YMCA; Ardsley Park; Bay Street; Broughton Street; Bull Street; Estill Avenue; Gaston Street; Liberty Street; Oglethorpe Avenue; President Street; Victory Drive; Washington Avenue; White Bluff Road; Lucas Theater; Savannah Theater; boats; bridges; Union Station; Victory Drive; and the auto race course, spectators, finish line, and drivers. People included in the collection are Winnie Davis; Clement Anselm Evans; Countess Selina Huntingdon; Guy Johnson; Marquis de Lafayette; Robert Edward Lee; Juliette Gordon Low; Francis Marion; Francis Mason; Ralph Methren; Feliz Miklaszewicz; Admiral Horatio Nelson; Casimir Pulaski; George Washington; Washington family; John Wesley; and Susannah Wesley. This collection includes a folder of negatives; they are restricted from patron use.

9 boxes, 1 envelope, 1 folder

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