Tag Archives: Georgia

Baker’s Motel, Griffin, Georgia

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This image shows the entrance and main building of Baker’s Motel located north of the small town of Griffin, Georgia.

Colorama, P. O. Box 1461, Columbus, Georgia


BAKER’S MOTEL
U. S. Highway 41 & 19
One mile north of Griffin, Georgia
New, Modern, Furnished with Simmons Motel furniture, all private baths, Safe air heat, TV and Air-Conditioned.
25 Units       Phone 3783
–The motel appears to have been in operation until fairly recently, but is now reported closed.
This card was used and is dated 27 June 1961.

Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia

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This image is of the historic location in Warm Springs, Georgia that came to be known as the Little White House from it construction and use by Franklin Roosevelt as a Presidential retreat.

CURTEICHROM REPRODUCTION BY CURTEICH


The description states:
The Little White House at Warm Springs was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Georgia home. The Paul’s Scarlet Climber roses were in bloom when he died in this house on April 12, 1945.
–Roosevelt was instrumental in establishing a polio treatment center at Warm Springs, and built this residence there to facilitate his frequent visits. While it was not widely known at the time, Roosevelt used this retreat as a way of spending time with his mistress, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd.
This card likely dates from the 1950s.

Old Man of the Falls, Cumberland Falls State Park, Kentucky

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This image is another of the images typically found in parks and mountains where, at a certain angle of view, the rocky formations can be interpreted as a human profile. This one is in the Cumberland Falls State Park in Kentucky.

A Photograph Card by W.M. Cline Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.


There is no description on the back of this card. Some searching did not turn up any additional images or references to this formation.
This card was used and is dated 9 August 1951.

Juicing Sorghum Grass, Georgia

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This image shows a now antique form of sugar extraction, where a horse is harnessed to a post, then led in circles to turn the grinder while a person feeds the sorghum grass stalks into the grinder to extract the juice.

Colorama, P.O. Box 1461, Columbus, Georgia


The description states:
SQUEEZING JUICE FROM SORGHUM GRASS
This juice is boiled in an evaporator until it becomes Heavy SORGUM SYRUP.
–This sorghum syrup is distinct from molasses, which is made from cane or beet sugar. More recently, sorghum is being used for the production of ethanol biofuel.
This card likely dates from the 1950s.

Farmworkers Picking Cotton, Georgia

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This image shows a group of African-Americans in a large cotton field during the harvest.

Colorama, P.O. Box 1461, Columbus, Georgia


The description states simply:
COTTON PICKIN’ TIME IN THE DEEP SOUTH
–The Cotton Belt stretched across the southeastern United States, and thus cotton one of the dominant crops of the early nation. For a time it was the main cash crop for nearly every state south of the Mason-Dixon line, with production declining only in the 20th Century.
This card likely dates from the 1950s.

Congregational Church, Midway, Georgia

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This postcard depicts the antebellum church of Midway, GA. It is a Congregational Church building reconstructed in 1792 after the original structure was destroyed by British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War.

By Robert Thomas, P.O. Box 405, Thomasville, GA


The description states:
MIDWAY
One of the oldest settlements in Georgia, famous for its old church of simple architecture containing a large slave gallery, high pulpit and plain pews. Across the highway is the graveyard shadowed by magnificent oaks.
— The postcard most likely dates from the late 1950’s, since this was the only time my family was living or visiting in Georgia. My father was stationed as a soldier at Fort Stewart near Savannah, and Midway is a few miles SSW of the city.