Thomas R. Draper: Bath's Early-Twentieth-Century Photographer
In 1890 photographer Thomas R. Draper set up shop in Bath, and lived there until his death in 1940. From a small souvenir shop on Main Street he sold postcards made from his photographs, which offer a view of Bath in the early twentieth century.
Draper's topics ranged from boats and commercial life to street scenes and people.
Samples of Draper's Images of Bath:
Historic Bath Information
The Site Today
- Virtual Tour
- Archaeology Projects
- A Walk Through Time
- Palmer-Marsh House
- Bonner House
- St. Thomas Church
- Van Der Veer House
- Glebe House
- Buzzard Hotel
- Bonner House
The Site History
- North Carolina's first town
- Explorer and Bath Co-Founder
- Cary's Rebellion — 1711
- The Tuscarora War — 1711-1715
- Blackbeard, otherwise known as "Edward Teach"
- Bath Town Legends
- The Inspiration for the novel "Show Boat"
- 1769 Bath map
- Thomas Draper Photos, Early 20th-century Bath