- Collection:
- Picturing Augusta: Historic Postcards from the Collection of the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- The boat house, Lake View Park, Augusta, Ga.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta ; New York : Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Date of Original:
- 1900/1914
- Subject:
- Augusta (Ga.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Boathouses--Georgia--Augusta
Boats and boating--Georgia--Augusta
Canoes and canoeing--Georgia--Augusta
Boating for women--Georgia--Augusta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- picture postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Turn-of-the-twentieth century postcard image depicting men, women, and children boating on Lake Olmstead in Augusta, Georgia. The sign on the boathouse reads "Boat to let." Lake Olmstead was created during the expansion of the Augusta Canal in 1873, when engineer Charles A. Olmstead constructed a dam across Rae's Creek. By the turn of the twentieth century, Lake Olmstead had become a popular recreation area for Augustans. Large parks, such as Lake View Park, were built around the lake and offered Augustans opportunities to fish and boat both recreationally and competitively.
Front of postcard: "206,525. [J.V. in a circle (publisher's mark)]."
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_aep024
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gaec_hagp_aep024#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gaec_hagp_aep024/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:
-
