For a little more than a quarter, Augusta visitors can take home or share a memory of the Garden City in the form of a postcard. For a little more than a quarter, Augusta visitors can take home or share a memory of the Garden City in the form of a postcard. At just 25 to 30 cents each, postcards are popular items at the Cotton Exchange Museum and Visitor Center on the Riverwalk and at the Augusta-Richmond County Museum on Fifth Street. Marilyn Dunbar, interim director of the Cotton Exchange, said the museum has a hard time keeping them in stock.
Augusta postcards depict just about every historical site and point of interest in the city.
The most popular card at the Cotton Exchange is one of the building itself, Ms. Dunbar said. Visitors also can choose cards with pictures of the Augusta National Golf Club, Sacred Heart Cultural Center, Riverwalk Augusta and other scenes. Rachal David of Lafayette, La., who was in town visiting her sister, bought four postcards at the Cotton Exchange. She picked two postcards of the Old Medical College to mail to friends in medical school and two of the Augusta National for her golf-crazy father. From what she has seen, Ms. Dunbar said, the majority of visitors mail the postcards they buy.