A view north along Lauderdale Street in Selma, Alabama, a broad residential avenue shaded by a dense canopy of mature trees, with frame houses and porches set back behind lawns and fences on either side. The card's own caption names the street and city; the coloring is hand-tinted over a photographic view. Selma, on the Alabama River, was a leading cotton market and river port, and its Lauderdale Street became one of the city's noted residential avenues, lined with 19th-century homes.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
I have several
duplicate cards
Shall I send
them to you.
Please give
me your uncle
Willies Okla,
address. Your
aff. unc. J W McDonald,
White border at bottom carrying the printed caption; halftone dot pattern with hand-tinting. Green handwritten inscription at lower left (appears to read "W. H. Selma Ala"). Crease and wear at the left edge, wear to corners.
Postmark: SELMA NOV 30 A 1909 ALA. Divided-back card with 1¢ green Franklin adhesive stamp; heavy toning/foxing, worn corners, creases at left edge.
Cite this card
Lauderdale St. looking north, Selma, AL, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/lauderdale-st-looking-north-selma-al-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.
