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• Street Scenes -- South Broad Street

  Street Scenes -- South Broad Street

  Black and white stereograph image of the median of South Broad Street with the double image affixed to orange paper. The back of the card is pink with publication information printed and title information on a paper label pasted on. According to an 1855 map, South Broad Street was the previous name of Oglethorpe Street.

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• Street Scenes -- Union Station and West Broad Street, Savannah Ga.

  Street Scenes -- Union Station and West Broad Street, Savannah Ga.

  Color postcard with no border and divided back, postmarked May 9, 1911. The view shows Union Station on West Broad Street. The station, built between 1899 and 1901, was designed by Frank P. Milburn who designed a number of rail terminals, courthouses, and churches throughout the South. In 1902, Milburn became the architect for the Southern Railway. The Union Station building was in a Spanish Renaissance style and featured an octagonal rotunda measuring 80 feet in diameter which served as the general waiting room. The station was demolished in 1963 to provide room for the Interstate Highway 16 Interchange.

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• Theaters -- New Theatre, Savannah Ga.

  Theaters -- New Theatre, Savannah Ga.

  Color postcard with no border and divided back, postmarked in 1908. This is actually the Savannah Theater, which opened in 1818 on Chippewa Square. It was designed by William Jay and constructed by mason Amos Scudder. Due to a number of fires, it was remodeled several times. The image here is the 1906 remodel which resulted in a new brick facade, with cast terra cotta panels. Many of the windows were filled in. Another remodeling after a fire in 1948 resulted in the Art Deco style it has today. The Savannah is the oldest theater active in use in the United States.

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• Theaters -- Savannah Theatre, Savannah Georgia

  Theaters -- Savannah Theatre, Savannah Georgia

  Color postcard with divided back and white border, postally unused. The Savannah Theater opened in 1818 on Chippewa Square. It was designed by William Jay and constructed by mason Amos Scudder. Due to a number of fires, it was remodeled several times. The image here is the 1906 remodel which resulted in a new brick facade, with cast terra cotta panels. Many of the windows were filled in. Another remodeling after a fire in 1948 resulted in the Art Deco style it has today. Caption from back: This theatre is the oldest active in use in the United States, opened December 4, 1818. Within these walls have played the greatest dramatic and operatic stars of the world. Now in continuous moving picture policy.

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• Theaters -- The Lucas Theatre, Savannah Ga.

  Theaters -- The Lucas Theatre, Savannah Ga.

  Color postcard with white border and divided back, addressed, but not stamped or postmarked. Arthur Lucas built the Lucas Theatre in 1921 with architect C.K. Howell. Howell was the architect for a number of theaters all over the country. According to a 1920’s era postcard of the theater it was built on the site of the home of Sir John Houston, the first Governor of Georgia. At the time, it was state of the art and sumptuous. It was an eclectic mix of many styles, including Adamesque, Italianate, and Art Deco. The Lucas was built primarily as a movie palace, but also included a stage for live performances. Arthur Lucas owned more than 20 theaters throughout the South, including the Fox Theater in Atlanta, but the Lucas Theatre in Savannah is the only one named after him. In 1976, the Lucas Theatre closed. Several unsuccessful attempts were made to convert the theater into an alternate use, but the building was eventually slated for demolition.

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