Introduction I just moved this site from another server in 2014. I'm glad you found the site!    Please let me know if you find any broken links. I have  launched a new online store to offer high quality high resolution images of some of my vintage postcards.  With few exceptions, these are 600 dpi.  The images are "cleaned" and color corrected, and most will be ideal for enlarged framed prints or print media.  VINTAGE IMAGES Most of the postcards shown here are in my collection.  Thanks to Sarah Cogan for contributing scanned images of some of her vintage Columbus postcards!

GREETINGS FROM COLUMBUS, GEORGIA   The first cards in this vintage postcard collection are from a postcard folder, not postally used but copyright 1914 by J. L. White.   The interior cover gives quite a recommendation:          "Because of climatic and other reasons, the United States Government located its great Infantry School, Fort Benning, within eight miles of Columbus.          "The U.S. Weather Bureau says, 'The annual mean temperature of Columbus is 65.4 degrees.  The winter mean is 48.8 degrees.  This is so mild that Columbus should be one of the finest winter resorts in the South.'          "Columbus is situated on a navigable waterway (The Chattahoochee- Apalachicola system) which traverses the rich Chattahoochee Valley and empties into the Gulf through the ports of Apalachicola and Panama City, Florida.          "The falls of the Chattahoochee above Columbus have been utilized for the development of approximately one hundred thousand horse power.          "Seven rail lines of three great systems converge at Columbus, furnishing dependable transportation.          "Good roads penetrate nearby fields of raw material production.  Within a radius of three miles of the center of Columbus, Georgia (including Phenix and Girard, Alabama, immediately across the Chattahoochee river which divides the States of Georgia and Alabama) there is a population of 65,000.          "The third largest textile center of the South, with approximately one half million active spindles, Columbus has a background of three quarters of a century of success in the manufacture of cotton goods.          "Five strong banks provide favorable financial connections.          "Taxes are just and reasonable:  five year exemption to new industries.          "A friendly and hospitable people will welcome you.          "Come to Columbus."   Enjoy!

VINTAGE POSTCARDS
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Twelfth Street - 1914

Thirteenth Street - c1910

Fourteenth Street Bridge - 1914

Dimon Court Apartments - 1914

Wynnton Drive - 1914

Columbus High School - 1914

Trintity Episcopal Church and Parish House - 1914

Lower Broad Street - 1914

Dillingham Street Bridge - 1914

Muscogee County Courthouse and Square - 1914

City Hospital - 1914

Goat Rock Dam and Power House - 1914

First Baptist Church - 1914

Eagle & Phenix Mills and Dam - 1914

St. Luke Methodist Church -1914

Y. M. C. A.  - 1914

The Country Club - 1914

"St. Elmo" - 1914

First Presbyterian Church

Third Avenue and 13th Street

Post Office - 1914

Racine Hotel - 1912

Columbus Bird's Eye View - 1912

Street Scene - Post Office, Trinity Episcopal & Presbyterian Churches - 1909

14th Street Bridge - 1909

Transfer Station - 1907

First Avenue - 1910

Wildwood Park - c. 1910

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Links to other Columbus & Muscogee County Georgia history and genealogy web sites Historic Chattahoochee Commission The Gates House, c1880 (B&B) Columbus, Georgia Home Page Muscogee County GAGenWeb E-Mail   patricia.sabin AT comcast.net

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