South Carolina; Georgetown County; Individual Houses and Buildings
This photo was a real puzzle to researchers of the Morgan and Trenholm Collection. Number 723 Front Street is the only three-story building still remaining, but it now has four windows across the front, whereas this picture shows only three. ...
South Carolina, Georgetown County; Beach scenes; Individuals;
The employees of the Telephone Company enjoy an annual outing at the beach. The lady standing is Marguerite Law Trenholm, Mr. Trenholm's second wife. The others are not identified.
South Carolina, Georgetown County; Individual Houses and Buildings
The Kaminski House (now the Moose Lodge) is seen in this photo of the corner of Prince and Broad Streets looking west. Power lines date the photo after 1896 when Georgetown became "electrified'.
An amazing aerial view of Georgetown was presented in this oil painting of the city by Harper Bond in 1901 for display in the Georgetown booth at the Charleston Exposition of 1902. This large painting today hangs in the City Hall. The painting...
An amazing aerial view of Georgetown was presented in this oil painting of the city by Harper Bond in 1901 for display in the Georgetown booth at the Charleston Exposition of 1902. This large painting today hangs in the City Hall. The painting...
South Carolina; Georgetown County; Georgetown Street Scenes, (not Front Street)
Trees were the source of great pride and civic debate in Georgetown when the Morgan Collection of Photographs was prepared in the late 1800's and early 1900's. One prominent Georgetonian, who moved to Savannah to enter business there, Sol...
Three steamers and two schooners are docked at Atlantic Coast Lumber's vast loading shed that jutted into the Sampit River in Georgetown. Across the river from the ACL Company are rafts of logs and a walkway of Gardner and Lacey Lumber Company in...
A handsome handwriting inscribed this photograph from the Morgan Collection to note the loading of a Clyde steamship at the Clyde Lines dock in Georgetown. This steam freighter is docked immediately "behind the Front Street business district and...
Lumber lines the Sampit River waterfront in this view of the heart of Georgetown. It was at this time that lumber was in its prime as an industrial product. The loading shed of Atlantic Coast Lumber Company with a three-masted schooner is seen to...
South Carolina; Georgetown County; Sampit River Waterfront
Rock for the Georgetown jetties, which were started in 1892 and completed in 1902, were unloaded in Georgetown in the bend in the Sampit River near Atlantic Coast Lumber Company. The huge stones then were placed on barges and towed down Winyah Bay...
South Carolina; Georgetown County; Sampit River Waterfront
The industrial and commercial complex that dominated the Sampit River waterfront when this photograph was taken, c.1900, is graphically portrayed here. The extensive lumber operation of Gardner and Lacey is seen across the Sampit, from the wharfs...
South Carolina, Georgetown County; Hunting and Fishing
This caption was added much later to this photo. It seems reasonable to speculate that since this picture was a part of Mayor W.D. Morgan's collection, this may have been Mr. Morgan's dog. It was certainly someone's esteemed pet.
This is quite an imposing group. The pose is typical of the period. The wicker furniture, the fluffy rug and the "Sunday best" clothes all date the photo. One wishes they could have been identified for posterity.
