South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC, 1905
- Card type
- Printed photo
- Date
- c. 1905 (Early)
About this postcard
Looking down South Elm Street, the view shows a wide unpaved commercial street with trolley tracks curving through the foreground. Horse-drawn wagons and buggies stand at the curbs, and multi-story brick business blocks line the street beneath a line of telegraph and trolley poles. Signs for a drug store and other shops appear along the right-hand block. Greensboro, the seat of Guilford County, was growing as a textile and insurance center in the early 1900s, and South Elm Street served as its main retail thoroughfare. The mix of trolley tracks and horse-drawn traffic reflects a commercial street in transition.
Postcard Details
Highlands Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Amesbury, MA |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Albertype Co. |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte V. Hassett, Highlands, Amesbury, MA |
| Publisher | The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, NY |
| Place sent from | Highlands |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, Scott #300, green, issued 1903 |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Undivided-back era card with a plain white margin at right for the message; black speckling/staining in the sky area; handwritten message on the front. Postmark: AMESBURY MASS. NOV 29 7-30P 1905 (second strike: GREENSBORO, N.C. NOV 29 1905 TR. CLK). Undivided back printed "POST CARD / THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY", 1¢ green Franklin stamp, Albertype collotype, light edge wear and a few foxing spots. |
Cite this card
South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC, 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/south-elm-street-greensboro-nc-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.