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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 297 Collections and/or Records:

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

Ann Margaretta Tilghman Marye photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0182
Abstract

This collection consists of 40 photographs of the Tilghman, Shreve, and Harrison families, circa 1890 – 1910.

Dates: 1890-1910

Arthur J. Olmstead photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0133
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of early 20th century food industries in Baltimore City, including scenes of workers processing and canning oysters, spinach, and olive oil, among others. The dates of the collection span 1914-1915.

Dates: 1914-1915

Artists' Excursion Over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0262
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad trains in Cumberland, Elysville, Frederick, Relay, Harpers Ferry, and West Virginia. Also included are group portraits of passengers aboard the train.

Dates: 1857-1859

Atkinson family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0076
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of the Atkinson family, friends and home in Garrison (Baltimore County, Maryland) and scenes of recreational activities in the Green Spring Valley.

Dates: 1868-1906

Augusta Adele Smith photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0058
Abstract

This collection contains portraits of Augusta Adele Smith Jones and her family members and friends, dated 1865-1902.

Dates: 1865-1902

Baden photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0126
Abstract

This collection contains portraits of Richard T. Baden and his wife Elinor Baden, as well as group portraits including Richard Baden in business settings, circa 1870-1955.

Dates: 1870-1955

Baird Montgomery County photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0094
Abstract

This collection contains photographs taken of and by Baird family members in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Dates: 1907-1912