From Abbeville to Zebulon: Early Post Card Views of Georgia [Paperback]

GARY L. DOSTER is a resident of Oconee County, Georgia. His postcard collection, which currently includes more than seven thousand images, is one of the most extensive of the state during the period from 1900 to 1920.

From Depot Street, looking North in Abbeville to a Street Scene in Zebulon, this delightful gathering of more than six hundred vintage post-card images presents the panorama of daily life in early-twentieth-century Georgia.

Family outings, veterans’ reunions, harvests, baptisms, and market days are just a few of the occasions depicted here, with many of the cards representing the only surviving visual record of schools, homes, churches, businesses, and public buildings long lost to progress or disasters.

Bursting with civic pride, boasting of a newfangled product, or simply conveying Greetings from. . . , these post cards are an unexpected and invaluable resource for historians, collectors, and nostalgia buffs.

An evocative portrait of a time when postcards were such a hot novelty that farmers mailed them to themselves when they went to town on Saturdays.

Many fascinating glimpses into the way we lived.

Highly recommended . . . A book to be treasured by all Georgians.

From Depot Street, looking North in Abbeville to a Street Scene in Zebulon, this collection of more than six hundred vintage postcard images presents the panorama of daily life in early-twentieth-century Georgia. They are an invaluable resource for both historians and nostalgia buffs.