Busy Morning on Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia, circa 1905

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A busy morning on Broad Street in Augusta, Georgia, with a dense jam of horse-drawn wagons, drays and buggies filling the wide commercial street; barrels and cotton bales are stacked on the wagons, and a vendor's umbrella in the foreground advertises "Bargains in Boots, Shoes and Hats." Broad Street was Augusta's principal commercial artery, and the scene reflects the city's role as a major inland cotton market in the early 20th century, with mule teams hauling the crop to the warehouses and factors along the street. Pedestrians in period dress, bare winter trees, and a line of utility poles recede toward the horizon.