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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:

Patapsco River Valley photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0227
Abstract

This collection contains over 60 images of different views of the Patapsco River Valley across the state of Maryland, circa 1946-1950.

Dates: 1946-1950

Patterson-Bonaparte photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0070
Abstract

This collection includes portraits of Patterson and Bonaparte family members, relatives and descendants of Betsy Patterson Bonaparte and/or Jerome Bonaparte.

Dates: 1800-1870

Paul Henderson photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: BCLM HEN
Abstract Paul Henderson (1899-1988) was a photojournalist for the Afro-American newspapers and as a freelance photographer. The Paul Henderson Photograph Collection (1933-1962) contains photographic negatives and some photographic prints that document the Civil Rights Era in Maryland, with particular focus on activities, people, and groups in the city of Baltimore. Subjects consist mostly of unidentified people, but also include sports, education, Civil Rights activities, politicians, entertainers,...
Dates: 1933-1962

Peale photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0010
Abstract

This collection contains photographic reproductions of artwork which are mostly portraits of and by Charles Willson Peale family members, including paintings, drawings, silhouettes, and photographs. Negatives may originally have been made for a 1923 exhibit of Peale paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Dates: 1920

Philip B. Perlman photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0147
Abstract

This collection consists of individual and group portraits of Philip B. Perlman with noted Maryland legislators and political thinkers. Individuals include H. L. Mencken, Governor Albert C. Ritchie, Senator George L. Radcliffe, and Adjutant General Henry M. Warfield. The dates of the collection span 1917-1952.

Dates: 1917-1952

Philip H. Goodman photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0104
Abstract

This collection includes photographs collected by Philip H. Goodman, documenting his political career as a Baltimore, Maryland Mayor and City Council member and United States Senator.

Dates: 1949-1969

Photographic views of Baltimore

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0174
Abstract

Photographic views of Baltimore contains images of some of the city's historic sites photographed by William Henry Weaver (1825-1913). Many of the sites are located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood.

Dates: 1863-1886

Plimhimmon Hotel photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0038
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of Plimhimmon Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland. Included are views of the lobby, music room, ballroom, dining room, and guest rooms. Photos of hotel guests include an 1884 bathing group and guests playing indoor badminton circa 1940.

Dates: 1884-1940

Potthast Brothers photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0007
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of furniture made by the Potthast Brothers Company, unidentified family portraits, crews of the Bremen Line ships, Baltimore shipping and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Pier, and ships Lynata and Shawmut. Other subjects are the Knights of the Maccabees in regalia and soldiers of the Spanish-American war.

Dates: 1900

Radcliffe photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0039
Abstract

This collection contains 1 box of photographs collected by George Radcliffe that show scenes of the Susquehanna Railroad Bridge under construction. There are also two photographs of the residence of Dr. William L. Larkin of Baltimore.

Dates: 1865-1970s