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4185 - Macon, Georgia, United States

The information on the back of the card reads: It (Luther Williams Field) is the second oldest minor league (baseball) stadium in the country (United States). This gem has been around since 1932, and hosted players including Pete Rose, Tony Perez, and Chipper Jones, Famous movies such as 42  and Trouble With the Curve  were filmed here. Luther Williams Field was built in 1929 on an earlier baseball field site. Today it is home to the Macon Bacon, a wood-bat collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League. The original grandstand is still in place, though a tin roof has replaced the former wooden one.  The Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic Association, the South Atlantic League, and the Southern League, played here on and off from 1929 to the 1980s. Another team of the same name played in the Southeastern League in 2003. There have also been the Macon Dodgers of the South Atlantic League from 1956-1960; the Macon Redbirds in 1983; the Macon Pirates from 1984-...

3661 - Macon, Georgia, United States of America

I think I 've only every received 3 lawn bowls cards so I was totally surprised when I received this homemade card from Macon!

2317 - Vonnas, Ain, France

Vonnas is a small town of 3100 and has a Michelin 3 star restaurant.  Jacques sent me a tourist card from Macon, which is located near Vonnas. Macon is a grape growing region for wine and grows chardonnay.