Summary: | Color photographic view of Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, AL. Busy paved street with businesses lining both sides of street. Street leads to steps of Alabama State Capitol building. Multiple automobiles driving up and down street or parked along sides. Court Square Fountain located in center of street. Divided back postcard.Printed on back: 'Dexter Avenue, looking East showing State Capitol Montgomery, Ala. Dexter Avenue is the main business street of the city. The fountain in the center of the square was erected in 1886. It was on exhibition at the Atlanta Exposition and the purchase price was seven thousand dollars. The State Capitol shown in the distance was the first Capitol of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis being inaugurated President on the steps of this building. Montgomery News Co., Montgomery, Ala., Curteichcolor Reproduction from Kodachrome or Ektachrome Original.'
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