| Summary: | Color print view of Dexter Avenue in downtown Montgomery, AL. Busy street with multiple automobiles parked along street. Automobiles and buses in street. Pedestrians on sidewalk and in the street. Circular water feature with fountain in center of street, surrounded by flowers and small shrubs. State Capitol seen in the background. Postmarked March 12, 1952. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'M-27 - Dexter Avenue Looking East, Showing State Capitol, Montgomery, Ala.' Printed on back: '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 on the steps of this building. Montgomery News Co., Montgomery, Ala. Genuine Curteich-Chicago " C. T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)'Written on back: 'Dear Mother, I just got into town and I hve to be back by 11:00. I just want to see what some of these towns are like. Don, Mrs. John J. Kehler 472 Center St. Millersburg, Penna.'
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