Historical Photos: Augusta 1900s - 1970s (2024)

John K. Lackman stands on Central Avenue preparing to make a delivery in this family handout photo taken in the 1920's. John was the oldest son of Fred and Gesine Lackman who owned a grocery store on the corner of Troupe and Central Avenues., which opened in the early 1900's and went out of business after the depression in the 1930's.

A copy of a picture of the Immanuel Mission School built in 1890 where the second floor was the first black classroom in Aiken.

Fruitland Nurseries from the 1920's.

Inside Commissary and Store at Campania near Harlem Circa 1930's. Storekeeper Alva Blount behind the counter.

Fury's Ferry Road shown circa. 1920. Photo by O.M. Redd Jr.

Believed to be taken near 1900 this unidentified photograph shows a Masonic Barber Shop in the Basem*nt of of the old Masonic Building at 7th and Broad Street in downtown Augusta.

Ty Cobb, kneeling center, at Warren Park in Augusta during an exhibition circa 1910 which included players from Augusta and other teams.

1913 ARC football team .

Fruitland Nurseries from the 1920's.

Engine Company #1 on Broad St. Augusta GA circa 1890

The Wigfall Building at 919 Gwinnett Street (now Laney-Walker Boulevard,) circa 1920. Clarence S. Wigfall was an African-American grocer who had previously operated a business on upper Broad Street.

The Lamar Building is shown in this circ. 1930 photo.

The Fred Lamback family taken in front of Houghton School about 1930. Lamback was a popular bus driver and his wife ran the cafeteria at Houghton.

Temporary hotal at Belair, Ga. in the early 1900's.

In this photo from the lat 1940's, the Windsor Manor house stands in the background as a woman swims with some children.

Charles and Lina Whitehead, are seen in this photo from the 1950's. Charles started the C.E. and Sons Bar and Grill in the Hyde Park neighborhood in 1954 and ran it until his death in 2008.

Augusta International Motor Speedway 9/7/64

Augusta International Motor Speedway/Jaycee 200 Auto Racing 8/01/66

Masters Week, 1955: Birdie Lee Castleberry of Augusta (left), wife of Castleberry Food Co. Chairman C.S. Castleberry, enjoys a moment with Valerie Hogan, wife of golfer Ben Hogan, in front of the Augusta National Golf Club clubhouse. FILE STAFF

Augusta Arsenal Gate House which later became the Augusta State University Gate House. It was built in the 1940's.

Former Augusta National Golf Pro Ed Dudley stands in front of the Augusta National Clubhouse in this photo taken in the 1940's. SPECIAL

Mr. Williams holding a black bass he caught at Merry Bros. Brickyard Ponds using a Heddon River Runt. Photo was taken around 1950.

Clarks Hill Lake became an early mecca for boaters and anglers in the 1950's, when the Savannah River Sail & Power Squadron was created to promote boating safety. This 1961 photo was taken at Cherokee boat ramp.

Clark Hill Dam construction 1950

Corner of Georgia Ave. and Spring Grove Street in North Augusta in the 1950's.

Augusta National Chairman Clifford Roberts is shown in this undated handout photo at the course. Handout Photo/Special

Dogwood Lodge built circa 1920. Located on Whiskey Road between Boardman and Pine Street.

Fat Man's Forest during the first year of operation in Augusta, GA 1959. PHOTO BY GEORGE SCHAEFFER

Winfield High School was abandoned in the 1940's but is still remembered by older residents.

Circa 1930 photo of the Forest Hills clubhouse.

From The Chronicle Archives, April 6, 1952: Construction of a new 80,000-square-foot building on the grounds of the farmer's market began with Mayor Hugh Hamilton turning the first shovel of earth. Left to right, W.W. Holley, legislator; H.W. Mills, project superintendent; Lester S Moody, secretary of the Augusta Chamber of Commerce; J.H. Ivey, assistant manager of the state market; Mayor Hamilton; Ernest F. Bentley, president of the Augusta Merchants Association; J.W. Chambers, Richmond county agent; Samuel T. Graham, legislator and Paul L. Bowers, chairman of the Richmond Board of Commissioners. FILE STAFF

Ellenton High School as it was around 1950. The group in photo 1 were photographed on the steps of the school, seen in this photo under the brick arches at middle left.

Harold Bateman of Augusta on Langley Pond in 1950's

C.W. Bateman Augusta 1950's on Langley Pond

Van Giesen speaking at Doctors Hospital. 1973 Nelson Harris photo

David Peet, Augusta Jaycee Chairman, left, and Nancy Anderson,of the Downtown Riverfront Park Committee ,right, look at plans for Oglethorpe Park in Augusta in the August 9 1972 Chronicle photograph by Lee Downing.

Boy Scouts plant trees in Oglethorpe Park in this December 29,1972 Chronicle photograph by Jim King

Gov. Carl Sanders speaks at the Trailways terminal dedication ceremony March 18, 1964 in Augusta, GA. FILE/STAFF

Ted Tidwell O-Modified Hydroplane 1950's.

James Robinson of Barton Building Supply secures chains to steel girders supporting a house soon to be wheeled away from the 1200 block of Monte Sano Avenue.Stripped of it's brick facade the house will be moved to make way for a new condeominium development. KEITH CLAUSSEN

Robert Huckabee (from left), Noel Axton, David Justice and David McGahee build a snowman along Yates Drive in Augusta in Feb. 1978. PHILLIP POWEL FILE/STAFF

Snow in Augusta in Feb. 1979. RICKEY PITTMAN FILE/STAFF

Marty Owen sleds down a hill on Berckmans Road in Augusta in Feb. 1978. JIM MIDDLETON FILE/STAFF

A view of Broad Street in Augusta after a snowstorm in Feb. 1979. GEORGE CARTLEDGE FILE/STAFF

A vew of Broad Street in Augusta after a snowstorm in Feb., 1979. JIM MIDDLETON FILE/STAFF

A view of Broad Street in Augusta during a snowstorm in february, 1973. JOHN DRUMMOND FILE/STAFF

Mattie Lou Hadden, Mrs. Sammie Lackey, Jean Cochran, Elizabeth Tyson, Mary Groover at the Augusta Library.

Mary Frances Gruber, Lois Gunby, Frances Blackman, Clarice Fowler and Eldorah Baker at Augusta Library.

Helen Stager, Leland Malchow at the library

Malinda Wood (from left) Stuart Feldman, Mrs. Majors Hamby and Ashley Benning

Edna Ann Cunningham (from left) Mrs. Patrica Smith and Carlyle H. Shurtleff

Derek Franklin and Teri Pulice go over books

Mrs. Mary Brow and Robert F. Boerner

Miss Dorothy Crews points out income tax information

Unidentifed woman and the library's bookmobile

Children are dressed like book characters. LINDA HICKS, WILLA LILLY AND SCOTT NORTH are shown

Gwendolyn Cummings (left) and Janet Tanner prepare for a film festival during the library's Black History Month events in Feburary 1972.

Keith Smith, 13, listens to a musical recording at the library.

Elaine Langley

Brad Sanders (from left) Phyllis Easley, Charles Miles and Joann Brown at the Augusta library

Mrs. Sammy Lacky reads to Hunter Sanders (left) and Kim Burbage

Janet Lam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Lam, of Augusta, reads at the library

Ronnie Burgess (from left) Melinda Cawthorne, Chris Jones, the Perrin Elementary School reading champs at the Augusta Public Library

Ronnie Chambers (left) and Kirk Martin with Jean Cochran

Mrs. Ira Beaufort (left) and Mrs. Henry O. Fowler at the library

Marie Petrea, 7, carries books

MORE TIME FOR HOBBIES - After 19 years with the Augusta Richmond County Public Library, Mrs. Mattie Lou Hadden (L) has decided to retire so she can spend more time on her many hobbies which include her grandchildren. With Mrs. Hadden is her successor as business manager, Mrs. Jane King.

Donnie Howard and Mary Elizabeth Johnson at the library

Dorrie Bell reads

Dr. Morris Philip Wolf, of Augusta, reads

Allen Smith and Betty Timmerman examine Allen's work at the Augusta Library

Dorothy Hudgens at the Augusta Public Library

Philip Dow is recorded by Virginia de Treville

Robert Duttweiller and Mrs. G.W. Counts, of North Augusta, look at a book

John Carr and Marcia Bennett are dressed as characters in the summer reading program

Dorthy Hudgens at the display counter of the Augusta Library

In 1972, Club Car began to mass produce an electric powered car called the Vanguard FILE STAFF

FROM THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE ARCHIVES, Dec. 6, 1973: W.P. Stevens Jr. (right), a former president of Club Car, sits with Dick Goodwin, a former chief executive with Johns Manville, during a luncheon announcement that Johns Manville purchased Club Car from the Stevens family. FILE STAFF

From The Chronicle Archives, March 3, 1972: George H. Boyd (right), an assistant vice president for Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust, was honored at the Augusta Chapter of Credit Women International's boss' banquet as Boss of the Year. With him are (from left) Raymond Hill, a guest speaker at the event; Sybil Harrell, Augusta chapter president; and Charlene Beck of Macon, Ga., the state chapter president. LEE DOWNING/STAFF

Richmond Academy's Ken Whisenhunt, #12, scrambles to elude Butler defenders October 26, 1979. LEE DOWNING/STAFF

Carrie Adamson (L) and Marjorie Braswell prepare for the first meeting of the Augusta Genealogical Society August 31, 1979. JIM KING/STAFF

Dolly Parton May 24, 1978 in Augusta, GA JIM MIDDLETON/STAFF

Miss Augusta Pageant contestant Marie Bruce, 18, checks her makeup before Friday's competition August 3, 1979. RICKEY PITTMAN/STAFF

Former Gov. Ronald Reagan gets the key to the city of Augusta, GA from Mayor Lewis A. "Pop" Newman during his visit April 21, 1976. LEE DOWNING/STAFF

Jamie Spears 2 years old skies while his mother Mrs. Spears holds the tow-rope and grandparents Chester Spears, Mrs Mildred Zeller watch as Mr. Spears pilot the boat Rickey Pittman

First place finisher Larry Mize, left, and runner up David Henderson look at the results of the pee wee golf tournament at Augusta Country Club in Augusta, GA August 21, 1973. JIM KING/STAFF

Jamie Spears 2 years old skies Ricky Pittman