Photography progressed in the late 19th century so that the first years of the 20th century saw more pictures of the church. Kodak provided many of the innovations which allowed consumers to be their own photographers
- 1888: First Kodak camera, containing a 20-foot roll of paper, enough for 100 2.5-inch diameter circular pictures.
- 1889: Improved Kodak camera with roll of film instead of paper
- 1900: Kodak Brownie box roll-film camera introduced.
The following pictures are the exterior only. You can click on the images for a larger view.
Note that several are postcards. Patch Magazine has an article about the evolution of postcards. Begun in France in the 1890’s, the ability to produce your own cards was limited in the US until 1898. Then, until 1907, the back was reserved only for the addressed but this changed in that year to provide your own space for a message as well as the address. At that point the market for cards dramatically expanded.
St. George's Turn of the Century by Robert -Kishpaugh - Robert Kishpaugh, who started his fledgling printing business in 1894 at the age of 15, operated that enterprise and a popular stationery store in town for nearly seventy years. Besides postcards, he produced a large array of tourism oriented souvenir booklets and maps. He died at his home on April 20, 1965 at the age of 86. (Fredericksburg Patch)
St. George's Turn of the Century - Willis collection
Undated. No paving in this picture. It began 1902 and still in process in 1904
Willis Collection. dated 1906
Quinn's History of Fredericksburg was published in 1908. Quality of picture not good but earlier picture on the south side
From Mr. Robert McCormick of Ardmore, PA - unique in that it shows a close up of the George Street side of the church in the early 20th century.
Closeup of the Ardmore picture - latter four windows on the south side
Windows #1 , #2 obscured by tree. and then Window #3, #3 is Three women at the Tomb is still diamond paned. It was placed here in 1908 according to our records but a newspaper confirmation has never been located. Ardmore dated the photo as 1910 but it is probably earlier
Colorized - 1915
Not colorized, 1915
Town anniversary in front of St. George's, 1921
Princess Anne in the 1920's - colorized
Princess Anne in the 1920's - noncolorized
Unusual view from corner of Caroline and George streets -1920's
Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1927 from the Presbyterian Church