Greetings from Atlanta: A Postcard Retrospective, Thursday, October 25, 2012 to Sunday, January 27, 2013 - Summer Guide - Atlanta Magazine
 
 

Greetings from Atlanta: A Postcard Retrospective

WHERE
Atlanta History Center
WHEN
Thursday, October 25, 2012 to Sunday, January 27, 2013
TIME
see event site for times

Drawing from its extensive collection of more than 3,000 postcards from Atlanta and Georgia, the Atlanta History Center presents Greetings from Atlanta: A Postcard Retrospective, featuring 200 pieces from 1893 to the present. With cards depicting Asa Candler’s two-mile racetrack south of the city to beloved Zoo Atlanta gorilla Willie B., the exhibit provides a veritable time-traveling trip. Event Site

Courtesy of the Atlanta History Center
 
     
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