Savannah archives: Celebrate free museum access Sunday; remembering Bishop Henry McNeal Turner City of Savannah Municipal Archives staff
City Archives celebrates Savannah’s Super Museums © Courtesy of City of Savannah Municipal Archives Postcard of Girl Scouts First Headquarters, undated. City of Savannah Municipal Archives, V. & J. Duncan Postcard Collection, Item 1121-057 0198.
Looking for something fun, engaging, and free for the whole family this weekend? Don’t forget today is the Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday on May 2!
As part of the annual state-wide event, that allows visitors the opportunity to become acquainted with historic sites around Georgia, the City of Savannah Municipal Archives is helping you brush up on your Savannah museum history with a special virtual program available online at: savannahga.gov/3140/Super.
City of Savannah archives: Cars expanded shoppers choices to malls
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How azaleas became the state wildflower of Georgia
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Ardsley Park, Chatham Crescent developed because of cars
In this first installment of Autos in the Archives, we are looking at images that show how automobiles ushered in the age of the suburb in Savannah and changed urban planning and domestic architecture forever.
Developed in the 1910s, Ardsley Park and Chatham Crescent are considered some of Savannah’s earliest suburbs. These suburbs resembled urban centers with their grid patterns, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and parks, but their simultaneous development with automobiles allowed their residents to spread out and locate farther from the city center.
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National Library Week
To kick off National Library Week this week, the City of Savannah Municipal Archives shares this information of Savannah’s historic libraries.
The Carnegie Library on East Henry Street was both the first public library constructed for Savannah’s African-American community, as well as the first freestanding public library built in Savannah. The Carnegie Library was established by the Colored Library Association of Savannah who had started a “Library for Colored Citizens” in 1906, relying on donations for a book-lending facility they operated out of a doctor’s office.