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• Schools -- Barnard Street School, Savannah Ga.

  Schools -- Barnard Street School, Savannah Ga.

  Color postcard with no border and divided back, postmarked January 28, 1915. The Barnard Street School, at 212 West Taylor Street, was designed by Norman using the same floor plan as the Anderson Street School. It was built on the site of the original Barnard Street Elementary School, which had been designed by John Norris and built in 1854. It had been used as a military hospital by Sherman’s army during the Civil War. The new 20,759 square foot school building was $75,000 in 1905. The two story building was designed in a Mediterranean revival style with a battered brick basement level, a terra cotta roof, and a central bell tower. The building was originally covered in rusticated stucco with sandstone detailing around the windows. The school closed in 1956 and served as administrative offices until 1961. It reopened as a school in 1961. It was acquired by SCAD in 1988, renovated, and renamed Pepe Hall.

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• Schools -- Barnard Street School, Savannah Ga.

  Schools -- Barnard Street School, Savannah Ga.

  Color postcard with no border and divided back, postally unused. The Barnard Street School, at 212 West Taylor Street, was designed by Norman using the same floor plan as the Anderson Street School. It was built on the site of the original Barnard Street Elementary School, which had been designed by John Norris and built in 1854. It had been used as a military hospital by Sherman’s army during the Civil War. The new 20,759 square foot school building was $75,000 in 1905. The two story building was designed in a Mediterranean revival style with a battered brick basement level, a terra cotta roof, and a central bell tower. The building was originally covered in rusticated stucco with sandstone detailing around the windows. The school closed in 1956 and served as administrative offices until 1961. It reopened as a school in 1961. It was acquired by SCAD in 1988, renovated, and renamed Pepe Hall.

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• Schools -- Freedman's School

  Schools -- Freedman's School

  Black and white stereograph of the Freedman's School, with double image affixed to yellow paper backing. Title is handwritten in ink on the back of card. Publisher information is printed on a label pasted to the back of the card. Located at 502 East Harris Street' the Freedmen's School was built in 1867 by the Freedmen’s Bureau. The school was established by the American Missionary Association to educate newly freed slaves. New Yorker Alfred S. Beach, editor of the Scientific American, donated funds to purchase the site, and the school was named the Beach Institute. When it opened, the teaching staff were primarily white female teachers from the north. Initially, 600 students enrolled the school. There was a small fee for tuition. In 1875, the Savannah Board of Education took over the operation of the school and it became a free public school for black children. After a fire in 1878, operation of the school was returned to the American Missionary Association. Other schools opened, including a public black high school, and the Beach Institute closed in 1919 due to declining enrollment. Now the building serves as an African-American Cultural Center and offers programs and exhibits featuring arts and crafts with a African-American influence.

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• Schools -- Henry Street School, Savannah Ga.

  Schools -- Henry Street School, Savannah Ga.

  Color postcard with no border and divided back, postally unused. The Henry Street School, located at 115 Henry Street, was designed by Gottfried Norman and built by Andrew J. Aylesworth. The plans for the Queen Anne revival styled building were accepted in 1891, with costs estimated at $30,000. It is constructed of red brick with terra cotta ornamentation by Southern Terra Cotta Works of Atlanta and accented with rusticated granite. A large arched entrance under a gabled center pavilion made an impressive portal. The rounded arches were Richardsonian Romanesque and an iron fence ringed the perimeter. The first floor windows were topped by arched transoms with small multiple square lights. In 1910, additions for each end of the building were designed by Hyman Witcover. He used the same façade treatment and added gables to the side elevations of the building. The building was used as a school until 1975. In 1986, it was purchased by SCAD and renovated to provide classroom space. Most of the original design elements were kept in tact. It was renamed Henry Hall, and later changed to Eckburg Hall.

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• Schools -- Savannah Ga. Public Schools

  Schools -- Savannah Ga. Public Schools

  Color postcard with white border and a divided back, postmarked with two dates, June 5, 1908 and June 8, 1908. Caption from the back of card: Savannah Georgia Public Schools. Savannah recovered rapidly from the effects of the civil war and is now one of the most advanced cities of "The New South." Its educational advantages are superb; nowhere in a city of its size can be found a group of modern school buildings to surpass this. The schools pictured on the card include the Anderson School, the Henry Street School, the Chatham Academy, the Barnard School, and the 38th Street School.

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• Schools -- Thirty-eighth Street School, Savannah, Ga.

  Schools -- Thirty-eighth Street School, Savannah, Ga.

  Color postcard with no border and a divided back. The 38th Street School, opened in 1900 and located at 315 West 38th Street, was one of the first schools in Savannah to have electricity and running water. It now houses the St. Paul Academy for Boys, a private school with a Methodist affiliation.

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• Street Scenes -- Broughton Street at Night, Savannah Georgia

  Street Scenes -- Broughton Street at Night, Savannah Georgia

  Linen textured color postcard with no border and divided back, postmarked, but date is not readable. The view is looking west down Broughton Street from Abercorn Street. Past the Avon Theater, now a restaurant, is the Marshall House. The tall building on the right in the distance was the Liberty Bank and Trust, also known as the National Bank of Savannah, which was demolished in 1975.

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• Street Scenes -- Broughton Street looking West from Bull St. Savannah Ga.

  Street Scenes -- Broughton Street looking West from Bull St. Savannah Ga.

  Black and white postcard with divided back and no white border, postally unused. The view looks west on Broughton Street from Bull Street. The National Bank of Savannah on the right was demolished in 1975. The right side of the street is much changed, but many of the buildings on the left side are still standing, though some have been altered. Visible down the center of the street is the Streetcar Line. Streetcars began operation in Savannah in 1869, at first pulled by mules, but later powered by steam or electricity. They connected people to jobs and recreational activities. Routes included Thunderbolt, Isle of Hope, Montgomery, and White Bluff. By 1903, there were 54 miles of track in and around Savannah and Chatham County. Streetcars survived until after World War II, when the last streetcar trip was in August of 1946.

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• Street Scenes -- Broughton Street looking West Savannah Ga.

  Street Scenes -- Broughton Street looking West Savannah Ga.

  Color postcard with white border and divided back, postmarked February 6, 1911. On the left front of the card is the sign for Adler's. The Leopold Adler department store was established in 1878. Located on the corner of Bull and Broughton, some considered it Savannah's answer to Saks Fifth Avenue. The store was destroyed by a fire on May 20, 1958. After that, the store reopened in one of the outlying shopping centers. The family was also on the board of Trustees of the National Bank of Savannah across the street.

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• Street Scenes -- Bull St., from Monterey Square, Savannah, Ga.

  Street Scenes -- Bull St., from Monterey Square, Savannah, Ga.

  Color postcard with undivided back and white border at bottom of card only, postally unused. While the title indicates that this is Bull Street from Monterey Square, it is actually from the corner of Jones Street and Bull Street looking north with Madison Square in the distance with the statue of Sgt. Jasper. The building on the right with the conical roof is the Guard Armory, now SCAD's administration building, Poetter Hall.

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• Street Scenes -- Bull Street

  Street Scenes -- Bull Street

  Black and white stereograph image of Bull Street, with double image pasted down on a yellow card with title information printed on the front. The back of card is yellow with printed publication information. The view is from Wright Square looking north on Bull Street. Visible across the square to the right is the cigar shop of Molina and Delannoy. In the distance, the obelisk at Johnson Square is visible and behind it can be seen the outline of the old City Exchange building.

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• Street Scenes -- Bull Street

  Street Scenes -- Bull Street

  Black and white photograph affixed to cream card. Back of card, also cream colored, has printed publication information and title handwritten in ink. This may be one half of a stereograph. The view is looking north from possibly Broughton Street towards the Nathaniel Green Monument on Johnson Square and the old City Exchange building in the background.

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• Street Scenes -- Bull Street from Madison Square

  Street Scenes -- Bull Street from Madison Square

  Black and white stereograph of Madison Square with double image affixed to yellow card. Printed publication information is on the back of the card, also yellow, and the title is printed on paper pasted under publication information. Madison Square, named for James Madison, was laid out in 1837. In the center of the square, though not visible in the image, is an 1888 statue by Alexander Doyle memorializing Sgt. William Jasper, who, though mortally wounded in the Siege of Savannah, heroically recovered his company's banner.

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• Street Scenes -- Bull Street North from Masonic Temple, Savannah GA.

  Street Scenes -- Bull Street North from Masonic Temple, Savannah GA.

  Color postcard with divided back and white border, postally unused. Caption from back of card: "Bull Street Savannah GA. Looking toward Savannah Harbor. Every foot of this famous thouroughfare is rich in historic interest. On this street are some of the antebellum mansions." In the foreground of the card is the Hotel DeSoto with the domed roof in tact prior to the fire in 1925. As a result of the fire, the roof on the tower was rebuilt as a flat roof. In the distance is the new City Hall building and a number of Savannah's early skyscrapers.

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• Street Scenes -- Bull Street, Savannah, Ga.

  Street Scenes -- Bull Street, Savannah, Ga.

  Black and white postcard with no white border and undivided back, postally unused. This view is from Bull Street looking towards Johnson Square and the Nathaniel Greene Monument. In the foreground is a sign for Dr. M. Schwab's Sons Optician. In the 1899 City Directory, their address was 47 Bull Street.

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• Street Scenes -- Drayton St. Looking N.E., Savannah Ga. (title taken from captio...

  Street Scenes -- Drayton St. Looking N.E., Savannah Ga. (title taken from caption on back)

  Color postcard with no border and a divided back, postally unused. The trademark on the card is Plastichrome, registered in 1965. The view appears to be looking north on Drayton Street from East Mc Donough Street. The large white building on the left foreground is the Savannah Theater. The Liberty Bank and Trust with the Neal Blun Building are the tall building on the left. Both were demolished in 1975.

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• Street Scenes -- Greetings From Savannah Ga.

  Street Scenes -- Greetings From Savannah Ga.

  Color postcard, with no border and divided back, postally unused. The postcard dates from the mid 1950's and contains views of Broughton Street and of the old Talmadge Bridge. Just visible on the right side of Broughton Street is the marquee for the State Theater, which operated in the old Odeon Theater building from 1950-1958. On the left side of Broughton just under the banner, is Levy's Department store. The facade was put on the newly remodeled block long store in 1950. Caption from back of card: "Historic and Beautiful Savannah, 'Birthplace of Georgia' is situated on a deep Landlocked harbor at the head of ocean navigation on the Savannah River. More cotton is shipped from here than from any other Atlantic port, and it is the leading export city of the world for naval stores."

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• Street Scenes -- Historic and Beautiful Savannah, "Birthplace of Georgia"

  Street Scenes -- Historic and Beautiful Savannah, "Birthplace of Georgia"

  Color postcard with white border and divided back, postally unused. The view is looking west down Broughton Street from the corner of Abercorn and Broughton Streets. The date appears to be early 1960s. Visible in the foreground is the First Federal Savings & Loan building, completed in 1961 on the site that had housed the Odeon Theater from 1913 to 1948 and then the State Theater from 1950-1959. The new building, designed by Levy and Kiley Architects, operated as a bank until 1989. After that, it was purchased by the city of Savannah and functions as a Municipal building. The tall building further down Broughton Street was the Liberty Bank and Trust, which was demolished in 1975.

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• Street Scenes -- Liberty Street

  Street Scenes -- Liberty Street

  Black and white stereograph image of Bull Street, with double image pasted down on a yellow card with title and publication information printed on the front. The back of card is blank. Savannah is handwritten on the card before title information. It is not known exactly where this view is taken from, but the street is quite wide.

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• Street Scenes -- McDonough St.

  Street Scenes -- McDonough St.

  Black and white stereograph image of McDonough Street, with double image pasted down on an orange card. Back of card is pink with printed publisher information and title information hand written in ink. Also handwritten in ink in a different hand is a note: "View from my room windows." This may also be a view from Chippewa Square. The Square was laid out in 1815, and dedicated to those who died in the Battle of Chippawa in the War of 1812. The statue in the square today was not installed until 1910. In this view, the steeple is visible on the First Baptist Church. In 1922, the church was renovated by Henrik Wallin and the steeple was not replaced.

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• Street Scenes -- McDonough Street

  Street Scenes -- McDonough Street

  Black and white stereograph image of McDonough Street, with double image pasted down on an orange card. Back of card is pink with printed publisher information and title information hand written in ink. View appears to be taken from Chippewa Square looking west down McDonough Street. Just visible on the right side of the image is the corner of the First Baptist Church, completed in 1833. This Greek Revival church is one of the oldest standing church in Savannah. Across the street from the church is the side portico of the Philbrick-Eastman House, best known for the iron fence with medallions of prominent people.

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• Street Scenes -- Pulaski Monument

  Street Scenes -- Pulaski Monument

  Black and white stereograph card of the Pulaski Monument with double image affixed to orange paper. The back of the card is pink paper with publication information printed and title information handwritten in ink. The Pulaski Monument is located in Monterey Square, which was laid out in 1847 and commemorates the Battle of Monterrey in the Mexican American War. Pulaski, was born in Lithuania. He began his military career by rebelling against the King of Poland. After being condemned to death, he escaped to Paris, where he was recruited by Benjamin Franklin to join the American Revolution. He died in the Siege of Savannah in 1779. The 55 foot monument, designed by Robert Launitz, was constructed of Italian marble and was completed in 1853.

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• Street Scenes -- Savannah Georgia (title from back caption)

  Street Scenes -- Savannah Georgia (title from back caption)

  Color postcard with no border and a divided back, postmarked 1968. Caption from back: "Savannah Georgia Downtown Savannah, looking east on Broughton Street toward the World-Famous Pirate House Restaurant." However, this appears to be looking west on Broughton Street from the corner of Broughton and Abercorn Streets. The First Federal Savings building is on the north side of the street and the Liberty Bank and Trust is the tall building in the background. Designed by Hyman W. Witcover and built around 1906, the building also housed the Savannah National Bank. It was torn down in 1975.

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• Street Scenes -- Sleet Storm Sav. GA.

  Street Scenes -- Sleet Storm Sav. GA.

  Black and white stereograph card of a Sleet Storm with double image affixed to cream paper. Publication information is printed on the front of the card, with title appearing to be hand printed on the lower right image. The back of the card is also cream paper with stamped information. The image is believed to depict a storm that covered Savannah with ice on January 1, 1880. The image is Bull Street near Bryan Street. It looks out from Johnson Square, the first square laid out in 1773. It was named for Robert Johnson, South Carolina governor at the time of the founding of the Georgia colony. Visible is the Nathaniel Green Monument. Today, Johnson Square is considered the banking square, with many of the city's banks located around the perimeter.

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