Views from Federal Hill, circa 1867-1880, undated

The collection consists of 3 boxes containing approx. 523 stereoview photoprints mounted on cards. Ranging in date from ca. 1860-1912, included subjects are Baltimore and Maryland buildings, churches, parks, monuments, streets, and events including celebrations and disasters; the Maryland National Guard 5th Regiment at camps in Maryland and New Jersey; views along the routes of various railroads in the region; the Civil War, including battle fields, cemeteries, monuments, and ruins at sites in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia; and the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876. There is also a set of comical and theatrical subjects, and a group of sites in Warren, Mass.

Publishers and photographers represented in the collection include the following: From Baltimore: Richard Walzl; W.M. Chase; Chase and Bachrach; G.W. Robinson; E.V. Daily; XLNT Views; Van Wagner and Dyer; and C. Garwood. From elsewhere in Maryland: C.H. Hopkins (Annapolis, Md.); Markens and Bielfeld (Frederick, Md.); E.M. Recher (Hagerstown, Md.); and Bishop Brothers (Cumberland, Md.). From outside Maryland or unspecified locations: J.W. and J.S. Moulton (Salem, Mass.); E. and H.T. Anthony and Co. (New York, N.Y.); H.C. White (N. Bennington, Vt.); Keystone View Co. (Meadville, Pa. and other locations); Underwood and Underwood (New York, N.Y. and other locations); Kilburn Brothers (Littleton, N.H.); Geo. W. Kirk (Huntington, W. Va.); Mumper and Co. (Gettysburg, Pa.); W.H. Tipton and Co. (Gettysburg, Pa.); H. Ball (Walpole, N.H.); George Barker (Niagara Falls, N.Y.); W. Long (Cape May, N.J.); J.A. Williams (Newport, R.I.); Anderson’s (Richmond, Va.); James Cremer (Philadelphia, Pa.); Centennial Photographic Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.); C.H. Lanphear (Warren, Mass.); T.B. Boothroyd (Auburn, N.Y.); Philp and Solomons (Washington, D.C.); Alex. Gardner; James F. Gibson; and T.H. O’Sullivan.