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Category: Postcards from the South

  • Postcards from the South: Terminal Hotel – Atlanta

    Postcard view of Terminal Hotel (1907), Atlanta

    This postcard depicts the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, designed by Morgan & Dillon, completed in 1907, destroyed by fire in 1908, and rebuilt in 1909.

    Published by the Imperial Post Card Co. of Atlanta, the card was postmarked in Barnesville, Georgia, on March 3, 1927, and addressed to Mr. Steve Sullivan in Sullivan, Missouri. Think he owned the town?

    Written on the back is the following note:

    ‘Hello Steve —

    We’re having a northern tour thru the South. It’s cold but wait til we get to Cuba. I was on the air at W.S.B. last night – Hello to everbody – “Lovely”‘

    Bet “Lovely” was a musician. Just a hunch.

  • Postcards from the South: First Baptist Church – Atlanta (again)

    Postcard view of First Baptist Church (1905), Atlanta

    This postcard depicts the First Baptist Church in Atlanta, designed by G.L. Norrman and completed in 1906.

    Published by I.F. Co. of Atlanta, the card was postmarked in Boston, of all places, on February 20, 1917, and addressed to Mrs. Caroline W. Latham of 92 Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine.

    Katherine wrote on the back:

    “Arlington

    Thank you so much for sending Dorothy the cute valentine which she has enjoyed very much. We are all well and send love. Feb 19th”

  • Postcards from the South: First Baptist Church – Atlanta

    Postcard view of First Baptist Church (1906), Atlanta

    This postcard depicts the First Baptist Church in Atlanta, designed by G.L. Norrman and completed in 1906.

    Published by Witt Bros. of Atlanta and printed in Berlin, Germany, the postcard was postmarked in Atlanta on May 18, 1908, and addressed to Miss Mammie Homburg of 701 15th Street in Detroit.

    The back of the postcard includes the following note:

    “Mary: Got your postals ok. They were fine Tell Ida I got her also that I will look for a good one to send to her. They have more churches in Atlanta than any thing else. Say went Mary your name. I thought so that was why I wrote it like that Earl“

    The church thing certainly isn’t true anymore.

  • Postcards from the South: Candler Building – Atlanta

    Postcard view of the Candler Building (1905), Atlanta

    This postcard depicts the epitome of Atlanta piss elegance: the atrocious Candler Building, designed by George E. Murphy and completed in 1905. Also in the foreground is a portion of the Peck Building, completed in 1893 and designed by G.L. Norrman.

    Published by the Sugarman-Hirsch Co. of Atlanta, the card was printed by the Fort Wayne Printing Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, postmarked in Atlanta on August 25, 1937, and addressed to Miss Edith McKinney of Route 4, Lexington, Kentucky.

    The following note is written on the back:

    “Came down on train with Dr. Powell – on his way to Gainesville Ga. to perform a wedding member Bap. Sunday School Board. Tell Jane will write a regular Pierce Epistle tomorrow. Love, Ruth“

  • Postcards from the South: Germania Savings Bank – Savannah, Georgia

    Postcard view of Germania Bank (1904), Savannah, Georgia

    This postcard depicts the Germania Bank in Savannah, Georgia, designed by Bruce & Morgan and completed in 1904.

    On the front is the following note:

    “Friend Charles

    (Guy?) and myself have just landed had a quick trip on the boat”

    Published by J. Murray Jordan of Philadelphia, the card was postmarked in Savannah on January 3, 1908, and addressed to Mr. Charles A. Markley in Gettysburg, Pa.

  • Postcards from the South: Troy Graded School – Troy, Alabama

    Postcard view of Graded School (1904), Troy, Alabama

    This postcard depicts the Graded School in Troy, Alabama, designed by G.L. Norrman and completed in 1904.

    Published by the Adolph Selige Publishing Company of St. Louis, the card was postmarked in Troy on November 29, 1912, and addressed to Mrs. P.H. Tatum of West Point, Georgia.

    “On the back of the card is the following note:

    “Mrs. Tatum

    I will express you and the boys a small box tomorrow Saturday.

    Charley L.”

    Hope the boys enjoyed the small box.

  • Postcards from the South: Candler Hall – Athens, Georgia (yet again)

    Postcard view of Candler Hall, (1902), Athens, Georgia

    This postcard depicts Candler Hall at the University of Georgia in Athens, designed by G.L. Norrman and completed in 1902.

    Published by the E.C. Kropp Company of Milwaukee, the card was postmarked in Anderson, South Carolina, on January 1, 1927, and addressed to John Sherman of Saginaw, Michigan.

    The following note is written on the back:

    “Dec 31 – 1926!

    Dear Sister + Brother!

    We got here at 12.O clock this noon – the Roads here are the worst We ever had – the Mud is up to the axle but We got through O.K. We did not leave Atlanta untill Friday Morning because Lulu – done some collecting and did not get through before the Weather – was cold – last Thursday night – it froze Ice – With Love Your:

    Carl M. + Lulu C. Pohl“

    Sure, Carl, blame Lulu.

  • Postcards from the South: Eureka Hotel – Abbeville, South Carolina

    Postcard view of Eureka Hotel (1903), Abbeville, South Carolina

    This postcard depicts the Eureka Hotel in Abbeville, South Carolina, designed by G.L. Norrman and completed in 1903.

    Published by C.A. Milford & Co. of Abbeville and printed in Germany, the card was postmarked in Abbeville on May 5, year unknown, and addressed to Mrs. Hugh Beacham in Havelock, North Carolina.

    The following note is written on the back:

    “Hope every body O.K. in Havelock am having very nice time to be on sticks but do not have to walk any Leave for Atla to day guy”

  • Postcards from the South: Candler Hall – Athens, Georgia (again)

    Postcard view of Candler Hall (1902), Athens, Georgia

    This postcard depicts Candler Hall at the University of Georgia in Athens, designed by G.L. Norrman and completed in 1902.

    M.R. helpfully marks “My room” with an “X” on the front, and writes perfunctorily on the back:

    “Wed. Morning
    Sep. 1 – 7 A.M.

    Mailed my letter this morning on the train, just a few minutes after writing it. Am leaving hotel new for depot. Address me Collins, Ga.”

    Published by the McGregor Company of Athens, the card was postmarked in Athens at 11 a .m. on September 1, 1909, and addressed to Miss Bessie Rogers of 118 N. Wilmington Street in Raleigh, North Carolina.

  • Postcards from the South: Denmark Hall – Athens, Georgia

    Postcard view of main dining room in Denmark Hall (1902), Athens, Georgia

    This postcard depicts the main dining room of Denmark Hall at the University of Georgia in Athens, designed by G.L. Norrman and completed in 1902.

    Copyrighted by Salter, the card was postmarked in Carlton, Georgia, on August 25, 1907, and addressed to Mr. H.P. Heath in Talbotton, Georgia.

    Written on the back is the following note:

    “Hope to see you in Athens by the 14th at the latest. I think I’ll go up on the 12th. Yours Jo”

    A woman with a plan—I like.