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PHOTO. Photograph Collections

 Classification
Identifier: PHOTO
MCHC has a variety of different photograph collections. Browse the collections broken down by type from the list on the right of the screen.

Found in 232 Collections and/or Records:

313th Infantry, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Force, World War I photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0062
Abstract

This collection includes photographs as well as non-photographic materials having to do with the 313th Infanty, 79th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, circa 1917-1919.

Dates: 1917-1919

A. Aubrey Bodine photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: B##
Abstract

The collection of A. Aubrey Bodine photographs donated to the Peale Museum by Nancy Bodine in 1973 consists of more than 12,000 images. Of these, more than 4,500 are processed and available to the public. The images document virtually all aspects of life in Baltimore, Maryland and the Chesapeake region. The photographs consist primarily of 5x7, 4x5 and 120 mm film negatives. There are also 4x5 glass negatives and a few color transparencies.

Dates: 1925-1970

Academy of Sciences photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0046
Abstract

This collection includes images of the Academy of the Visitation convent in Baltimore, the Clifton house, and the Elkridge Hunt Club that were gifted by the Maryland Academy of Sciences.

Dates: circa 1900

Adalbert Johann Volck photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0248
Abstract

This collection contains photographic prints, negatives, and prints of the work of Adalbert Johann Volck (1828-1912), a Baltimore dentist, artist, cartoonist, sculptor, and silversmith during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1892

Advertising Club of Baltimore photograph and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0307
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of Advertising Club of Baltimore events collected by various members. This includes the club’s annual Maypole Dance, Man of the Year award ceremony, and other events from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Dates: 1909-1988

Agnes Susan Jay photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0109
Abstract

This collection contains studio portraits by photographers in Baltimore. Subjects are the members of the Jay family, as well as friends.

Dates: 1880-1889

Aileen Dannenburg photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0199
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs of Baltimore taken in the 1970s by the donor, Aileen Dannenberg.

Dates: 1944-1977

Alonzo J. May photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0172
Abstract

This collection contains the photographs related to May’s “Men and Women of the Stage” and “Dramatic Encyclopedia of Baltimore, 1750-1904,” which document the history of theater in the Mid-Atlantic. The collection illustrates the places and people written about in May’s book.

Dates: 1860-1960

American Colonization Society photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0161
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of the towns, people, dignitaries, and officials in Liberia and Sierra Leone, West Africa. Also included are images of the towns of Monrovia and Harper, as well as a map of the township of Harper at Cape Palmas, Liberia. The dates of the collection span 1860-1869.

Dates: 1860-1869

Ancient and Honorable Mechanical Company of Baltimore photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0009
Abstract

This collection includes images from disparate eras circa 1900-1979, all presumably depicting members of the Ancient and Honorable Mechanical Company of Baltimore. There are several group portraits of men in fire-fighting outfits circa 1900, at the Star Spangled Banner Centennial in 1914, and at annual banquets in 1947 and 1958.

Dates: 1900-1979