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Augusta Photographs: RL00042

This is a pilot digital archive project, containing photographs from the Special Collections Department of Reese Library, Augusta University. The collection includes photographic images from the 19th and 20th century covering a host of subjects.

RL00042

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Thumbnail: Old Market (Augusta, GA)
Larger Size: rL00042.jpg (4.29MB)
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Title: Old Market (Augusta, GA)
Creator: Unknown
Subject: Augusta (GA) Buildings
History Augusta, GA
Broad St Buildings 
Description: Old Market at 5th and Broad Streets. This was the primary slave market for Augusta before the Civil War, but other items were sold here as well. It was destroyed by a rare tornado in 1878. The date of this image is likely sometime between 1865 and 1878.
11.5 X 14 cm
B&W Copy  
Publisher: Unknown
Contributor: Augusta University, Reese Library
Date: CA 1865-1878 
Type: Image; Still Image 
Format: Black and White Copy.
Tiff document size is 9.7 MB
Identifier: rL00042
Source: Augusta Richmond County Historical Society Collection 
Language: English
Relation is Based On: Not Applicable 
Coverage: Geographical: North and South America, United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta
Temporal: CA 1865-1878 
Rights: Augusta University Contact Reese Library Special Collections (archives@augusta.edu) for rights information