Album 1, 1904

The collection consists of 1 box with 1 folder and 3 albums, containing 440 photoprints from ca. 1890-1910 which are primarily snapshots of Ethel Hoen, her family, friends, and pets. Most images show recreational activities such as picnics, swimming, boating, automobiling, and sightseeing. Many photographs of people have been trimmed along the outline of a person's head or figure prior to being pasted into the albums.

Locations include Baltimore city, Towson, Relay, Ellicott City, Cecil County, Maryland's Eastern Shore, Back River, Tolchester, Fort McHenry, and Gwynn Oak Park. There are photographs of the 1904 Baltimore Fire, especially of people viewing the ruins, and one photograph shows a horse-drawn fire-fighting outfit racing to a fire in Waverly, circa 1903.

Other subjects include sports scenes at the Maryland Agricultural College and two schoolroom scenes: a studio at the Maryland Institute, and a classroom at St. John's Episcopal School in Waverly.

The collection includes two pieces of printed ephemera, one of which is Ethel Hoen Hanson's bookplate.