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Greetings from Atlanta, Georgia

Date
c. 1940s
State
Georgia
City
Atlanta
Format
Postcard

Atlanta is spelled across a bright ground in letters filled with city buildings. The oversized type turns the skyline into a series of close views.

Atlanta grew around the terminus of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, established in 1837. The site was known as Terminus before it became Atlanta. That rail origin helps explain the rise of the city whose buildings fill the lettering.

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