- Collection:
- Picturing Augusta: Historic Postcards from the Collection of the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- The Country Club, Augusta, Ga.
- Publisher:
- New York : The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Date of Original:
- 1902/1910
- Subject:
- Country clubs--Georgia--Augusta--Pictorial works
Golf courses--Georgia--Augusta--Pictorial works
Golfers--Augusta--Georgia--Pictorial works
Putting (Golf)
Short game (Golf) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- picture postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Early-twentieth century postcard image of golfers and spectators standing on and around an unidentified sand green at Augusta Country Club in Augusta, Georgia. The clubhouse appears in the background of the image. The original course, the Lake course, was built in 1899 and contained nine holes that featured sand greens. In 1902, the Lake course was expanded to include a full eighteen holes. By 1905, the Augusta Country Club's popularity demanded that plans be drawn for an additional eighteen-hole course; the Hill course was completed in 1906. Both courses gained national recognition and were frequented by United States presidents Warren G. Harding and William Taft, in addition to John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and Georgia favorite, golf champion Bobby Jones.
Front of postcard: "206,530. [J.V. in a circle (publisher's mark)]."
Inscribed on verso: "Augusta, Ga., June 19, 1910, Received the cards you kindly sent. I know you are happy among your friends. Do you remember the picture? E.H.O."
Addressed to Miss E.C. Mayo, Orange, Mass.
Original postcard scanned and described by the Digital Library of Georgia as a part of Georgia HomePLACE: an initiative of the Georgia Public Library Service and GALILEO. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gaec_hagp_aep015
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gaec_hagp_aep015#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gaec_hagp_aep015/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of postcard], Augusta and Environs Picture Post Cards in Color, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
