| Summary: | Color print view of Smith and Gaston Funeral Home located in Birmingham, AL. White two-story white house with green roof. Chimneys extending from rooftop. Windows line each floor. Covered two-story portico over front entrance and side entrance. On corner lot with street in front and side of property. Yard landscaped with flowers. Postmarked April 7, 1945. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Smith And Gaston - Alabama's Leading Colored Funeral Directors. Cor. 16th St. and 5th Avenue, in Down-town Birmingham, Alabama - Phone 4-3581, 9A-H1321.' Printed on back: 'We are pleased to present this New, Completely Air-Conditioned Home of Booker T. Washington Burial Insurance Company, Smith & Gaston, Funeral Directors "A 100 Per Cent Negro Organization" The finest in the United States owned by Negroes, employing over two hundred Negro youth. "The Finest Service at Lowest Cost". A. G. Gaston, Pres. and Gen. Mgr., A. L. Smith, Sec. Treas. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C. T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)'Written on back: '4605-9th Ave N, Birmingham 6 Ala. My dear Eva. I recived your letter it was nice hearing from you all. I don't feel good. Will write again soon. Love to all. [illegible] Mrs. R. Jordan 4349 Chainplain, Chicago, Ill.'
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