Cotton scene, Court Square, Montgomery, AL, 1905
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1905 (Early)
About this postcard
Cotton bales by the hundred fill Court Square in Montgomery, Alabama, stacked around mule- and horse-drawn wagons and crowded by drivers and bystanders. The open market space is framed by tall commercial blocks, including a mansard-roofed brick building, with a cast-iron fountain at the left and a telegraph pole rising near the center. Montgomery was one of the South's major inland cotton markets, and Court Square was its commercial heart, where wagonloads from surrounding farms were weighed, graded, and sold. The cast-iron fountain at left, installed in the 1880s, was a familiar local landmark by the time of this view.
Postcard Details
Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Birmingham, AL |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Carter & Gut, N.Y. |
| Series | 126 |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte S. Bassett, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Court Square, Montgomery, AL |
| Place depicted | Montgomery, AL |
| received | Amesbury |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Undivided-back era card with a white margin at right carrying the printed title and publisher line; handwritten sender notation along the right edge of the front. Slight edge and corner wear. Received mark: AMESBURY DEC 9 8-30A. Postmark: BIRMINGHAM, ALA. DEC 8 12 PM '05. Undivided back ('THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS'), white border, glossy litho. Front message dated Dec 6 1905. |
Cite this card
Cotton scene, Court Square, Montgomery, AL, 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cotton-scene-court-square-montgomery-al-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.