Second Street is lined with stacks of cotton bales waiting for shipment, with a horse-drawn wagon and a loaded cart in the roadway. Behind the bales are the Willingham cotton warehouses, marked E.J. & P.D. Willingham, and a row of brick commercial blocks with domes, towers, and a distant clock tower. By 1908, Macon was one of the largest inland cotton markets in the South, and Second Street was a familiar place to grade, weigh, and store bales before they moved by rail.
Thin white border; dark smudge/stain at top center; printed card number 20180 in the caption.
Postmark: MACON GA. 19 08 (month/day partly obscured by the printed 'Post Card'). Divided-back 'Post Card' with 'This space may be used for Correspondence'; imprint 'SOUVENIR POST CARD CO. NEW YORK. PRINTED IN GERMANY'; 1¢ Franklin stamp; sender dated it Nov 25-08. Light corner/edge wear.
Cite this card
Cotton bales on Second Street, Macon, GA, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cotton-bales-on-second-street-macon-ga-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.
