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Picture postcards (some in color) depicting cities and towns through the South at various times.

Greenville, S.C., Huguenot Mill. ("Lewis & Hartzog. Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 0183, "Greenville, S.C." Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen. Phototyped in Berlin.")	Governor's Mansion, Baton Rouge, La., ("Copyright 1905 by the Rotograph Co.")	Carnegie Library, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., [prior to Sep. 1915]. ("Publ. by White Drug Co. Druggist, Davidson, N.C.")	Corner Main Street. Looking West. Norwood, N.C..
News Building, Greenville, S.C.. ("Published by Southern Post Card Co., Asheville, N. C. Made in U. S. A.")		Main Dam under Construction (50,000 H. P.) Whitney, N.C.. ("Buerbaum's Bookstore, Salisbury, N.C. Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 2377. 'Whitney, N.C.' Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King and Queen. Printed in Germany.")	Looking West down Main Street, North Wilkesboro, N.C.. ("Photo by Maynard, North Wilkesboro, N.C.")
Ruins of Washington Duke Building, Trinity College, N [sic], [prior to Jan. 1911]	A Group of Trinity College Views, Durham, N.C.: Library Building, Trinity College Washington Duke Building, Trinity College Entrance, Trinity College New Dormitory, Trinity College Graven Memorial Hall, Trinity College, [prior to Nov. 1910] ("The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, Me., U.S.A. 6702. [sic] Made in Germany.")	St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Lincolnton, N.C., [prior to Aug 1925?] ("37272—Pub. by Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, N.C.")	Hoffman Hall, Sewane, Tenn., [University of the South].
Greenville, S.C., Carnegie Library, [prior to Mar. 1908] ("7486. W. H. Houston & Bro., Stationers, Greenville, S.C. Made in Germany.")	Lumberton Graded School Bldg..	No. 1 Steamer & No. 7 Wagon. U–C.V. Parade, Birmingham, Ala., ("Copyrighted. Post Card Exchange, Birmingham, Ala.")	Louisiana State Capitol at Baton Rouge [La.]. The Louisiana State Capitol, conceived and built by the late U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, is the tallest building in the South, 34 floors, height to top of beacon light 450 feet, located on the site of the old State University Campus on University Lake. "New Orleans—America's Most Interesting City." ("Pub. by New Orleans News Co., New Orleans, La. Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.")
Female College, Greenville, S.C. "A Baptist College"	Library, Sewane, Tenn., [University of the South].	Chick Springs Hotel, Chick Springs, near Greenville, S.C., [prior to Nov. 1918?] ("Published by Southern Post Card Co., Asheville, N. C. Made in U. S. A.")	Campus View, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. Shearer Hall, Carnegie Library, [prior to Aug. 1915]. ("Publ. by White Drug Co. Drugist [sic], Davidson, N.C.")
Mayor's Residence, High Point, N.C., [prior to Oct. 1910]	Second Presbyterian Church, Greenville, S.C..	Graded School, Lincolnton, N.C.. n.d.	Capitol Park showing Confederate and Dr. Davis Monuments, Birmingham, Ala., [prior to Sep. 1912] "215628" ("The Leighton & Valerton [?] Co., N.Y. City. Printed in United States.")
Nash St., Wilson, N.C.. ("Photo by Foust. Pub. by O. V. Foust, Wilson, N.C. Made in Germany.")	"Fifth" Avenue, Warrenton, N.C.. ("Ess an [sic] Ess Photo Co., Inc. 11 E. 17th St., New York, N.Y.")	Elks Home, High Point, N.C.. ("Pub. by S. H. Kress & Co.")	St. David's Episcopal Church, used as hospital during the Revolutionary War, Cheraw, S.C. [prior to Feb. 1943]
Greenville, S.C. Cotton Mill of F. W. Poe Mfg. Co., [prior to May 1909] "Cotton Mill of F. W. Poe Mfg. Co. This is one of the largest and finest cotton mills in the South. [It?] is equipped throughout with all the latest improved machinery [?] for making fine cotton fabrics. The main building is an eighth [?] of a mile long by more than a hundreed feet wide, with four stories and basement. The mill was started in operation Jan. 1897 with 10,000 spindles and 304 looms, and contains now about 60,000 spindles and 1500 looms. The plant cost about $;1,000,000." ("Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 2461, "Greenville, S.C." Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen. Phototyped in Berlin.")	Louisiana's two greatest monuments, conceived and built by the late U.S. Senator Huey P. Long. State Capitol, Baton Rouge [La.]; New Huey P. Long Bridge, New Orleans [La.]. The new Louisiana State Capitol is the tallest building in the South, 34 floors, height to top of beacon light 450 feet. The new Huey P. Long Bridge is 4.4 miles long including approaches, the finest span across the Mississippi; central pier, 400 feet high, equal to a 30story office building; 135 feet vertical clearance for steamers; 790 feet horizontal clearance; cost $13,000,000. ("Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.")	Greenville, S.C. Looking up Reedy River, [prior to Mar. 1909] ("Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 0183, "GREENVILLE, S.C." Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen. Phototyped in Berlin.")	North Main Street, High Point, N.C., [prior to Aug. 1914]

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