Creator
Belz, Ella C. Mayo

Date of Original
1909/1914

Subject
Augusta Country Club (Augusta, Ga.)
Augusta (Ga.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Canals--Georgia--Augusta
Cotton textile industry--Georgia--Augusta
Historic buildings--Georgia--Augusta
Hotels--Georgia--Augusta
Hotels--South Carolina--North Augusta
Medical College of Georgia
Olmstead, Lake (Augusta, Ga.)
Partridge Inn (Summerville, Richmond County, Ga.)
Recreation--Georgia--Augusta
Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.)

Location
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Summerville, 33.4743, -82.01845
United States, South Carolina, Aiken County, North Augusta, 33.5018, -81.96512

Medium
picture postcards
postcards
visual works

Type
Still Image

Description
The online consists of forty turn-of-the-twentieth century Augusta-related picture postcards selected from the collection Augusta and Environs: Picture Post Cards in Color held at the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System. The postcards in this collection depict the commercial development, economic prosperity, and social customs of Augusta and its inhabitants during the opening years of the twentieth century. Furthermore, the picture postcards document the interplay between Augusta, Georgia, North Augusta, South Carolina, and Summerville, Georgia before and immediately following Summerville's incorporation into the city of Augusta in 1912. The postcards, as collected by Augusta resident Ella C. Mayo Belz at the turn of the twentieth century through 1914, include images of notable Augusta landmarks such as the Augusta Canal, Augusta Country Club, Bon Air Hotel, Lake Olmstead, Meadow Garden, Medical College of Georgia, and the Partridge Inn. Several postcards in the online collection relate specifically to Augusta's position as the second largest inland cotton market in the United States. These postcards show cotton fields, harvested bales, mills, and other scenes of production associated with the cotton industry in Augusta. There are also many scenic postcards that depict views along the Savannah River and the commercial and residential streetscapes along both Broad and Greene Streets.

Metadata URL
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/picturingaugusta/

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Augusta-Richmond County Public Library

Rights

• Introduction to Historic Picture Postcards of Augusta
• Related Links
• Suggested Readings
• Related Archival Materials