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This card is typical of generic cards with different views in the letters from the state of Georgia at large, not LaGrange.

 


LaGrange "Butterfly" Lady postcard
This card is a great example of a style of postcard popular around 1908 where the image of a butterfly included scenes from that town.  In this "Butterfly" postcard, it shows scenes from Ferrell Gardens.




LaGrange "Pansy" Lady postcard
This card is a great example of a style of postcard popular around 1910 where images of the town are shown in the petals of a Pansy flower.  Featured in these scenes are the Troup County Courthouse, East Court Square, a Bird's Eye view of LaGrange, the Confederate Monument and LaGrange Banking Company.




This postcard was a multi-view of scenes from LaGrange and the large flap in the middle opened to a view of Bellevue.  It was postmarked in 1909.  Scenes shown are the First Baptist Church, the First Presbyterian Church, the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Broad St., LaGrange High School, the Troup County Courthouse, LaGrange Female College and Ferrell Gardens.




This postcard was a multi-view of scenes from LaGrange.    It was postmarked in 1914.  It shows Unity Mill, the Parsonage of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, the Troup County Courthouse, LaGrange High School,  the LaGrange Sanitarium, (LaGrange's only hospital at that time) and  In the middle is the First Methodist Episcopal church.




Aeroplane view of LaGrange (pre-1936)
This is an early view of LaGrange from the 1930's before the Courthouse burned in 1936.




Bird's Eye View of LaGrange from LaGrange Female College from "College Hill".
This view shows Broad St. and the Courthouse in the distance.




Bird's Eye View of LaGrange from Southern Female College on Church St.
This view shows Church St. residences, the Courthouse and LaGrange Banking Company on the Square.




Greetings from LaGrange, GA
Postcard courtesy of the Troup County Archives




Miscellaneous views of LaGrange from 1900-1930.
Shown are:  1-LaGrange High School on N. Greenwood St, 2-Smith Hall at LaGrange College, 3-the Troup County Courthouse, 4-LaGrange Sanitarium, 5-LaGrange Post Office, 6-First Methodist Episcopal Church, 7-A & WP Railroad station, 8-LaGrange National Bank.




Miscellaneous views of LaGrange in 1910
Shown are:  1-Troup County Jail, 2-Truitt Opera House, 3-Bellevue, 4-LaGrange Banking Company, 5-Confederate Monument on the Square and 6- First Baptist Church.




Miscellaneous views of LaGrange in 1940's.
Shown are:  1-Fountain in the main square, 2- Highland Country Club, 3- Main St., 4-City Pool, 5- LaGrange High School and 6- City-County Hospital.




LaGrange Police Dept. in 1890 with bicycles.




LaGrange Police Dept. in 1938.




City of LaGrange streetsweeper, 1940




Bailing hay in Troup County, 1939




Main Street parade in LaGrange, GA, 1940




LaGrange's first motorcycle cop, 1940

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