Hundreds of cotton bales are stacked in long rows along Poplar Street in Macon, Georgia, filling the roadway between brick commercial blocks while a few figures and horse-drawn wagons stand among them. Macon was a major cotton market and railroad junction in central Georgia, and such street-side bale yards were a common sight at the height of the cotton trade in the early 20th century. The card's own caption identifies the view as Poplar Street looking south.
White border; chromolithograph printed in Germany; handwritten greeting on the front lower right; light surface spotting and edge wear.
Postmark: MACON GA NOV 23 11-AM 1906. Undivided back ("THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE"); Tuck series No. 2074; light edge wear.
Cite this card
Cotton bales stacked on Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cotton-bales-stacked-on-poplar-street-macon-georgia-circa-19. Accessed October 24, 2026.
