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Greetings from Augusta, Georgia
- Date
- c. 1940s
- State
- Georgia
- City
- Augusta
- Format
- Postcard
Augusta is overprinted on a Georgia design. The state capitol and the scenes inside GEORGIA still read as statewide imagery, even as the added label gives the greeting a city.
The Augusta Canal was built in 1845 to provide power, water, and transportation. It drew industrial development to the city, including mills that relied on the canal’s waterpower.
Sources
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards
- Augusta Canal National Heritage Area (U.S. National Park Service)