Aerial View -- Aerial View of Main Business Section, Savannah Georgia

Genuine Curteich Chicago "C.T. Art Colortone" Distributed by Dixie News Company, Savannah GA

1950s

Savannah (Ga.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Savannah (Ga.) -- Aerial Views.

Savannah (Ga.) -- History -- Pictorial works.

Historic buildings -- Georgia -- Savannah -- Pictorial works.

Color postcard of downtown Savannah with no border. Back is divided and postally unused. Caption on back: "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. In Christ Church, on the side of John Wesley's Chapel, was held the first Protestant Sunday School in America. Wormsloe Gardens. On the south end of the the Isle of Hope are the most beautiful in the South." The view is of the downtown and the dome of City Hall is visible towards the top right. Bull Street diagonally traverses the the center of the card and ends with Wright Square at the center bottom.

This postcard was produced by the Curt Teich & Company. They utilized a variety of processes, but the most common was a halftone lithographic process. They had elaborate numbering systems for their postcards. The numbers also often designated production processes. After 1930, card numbers began with a number corresponding to the last digit of the year it was published in. This was followed by a letter series for the decade. The beginning number for this card is 0 and the series code for the 1950s was C-H. That indicates this card was produced in 1950 and used the Colortone process.

7 appears at head of title on front of postcard, OC-H1429 appears in stamp box.

Scholars wishing to cite this item should include item title, Savannah Postcard Collection, MS 016, Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and the item's url.

Image

Postcard

3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Color Lithograph

MS 016 Savannah Postcard Collection, Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, the Savannah College of Art and Design.

No copyright statement appears on postcard. Copyright is retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.