| Summary: | Color print view of the "Cradle Of The Confederacy", Greetings from Montgomery, AL. Multi-story white building with windows lining each floor. Dome, with clock, on top of capital building. Wide steps lead from street to front entrance of capital. Tall white columns across covered front entrance. Landscaped with flowers and trees. Confederate flag in background.Printed on front: 'm-43 Greetings From Montgomery Alabama "Cradle Of The Confederacy". Printed on back: 'Montgomery, the Capital of Alabama, and the cradle of the Confederacy was founded in 1819. It became the state capital in 1847, and was the first capital of the Confederacy. Here on Jan. 7,1861, Alabama voted to secede from the Union. On Feb. 4, the Confederate States of America was organized, and on the steps of the Capitol, Jefferson Davis took the oath of office. Montgomery News Co., Montgomery, Al. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C. T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.), 2C-H228'
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