Loch Raven dam construction, 1912

The collection consists of 897 glass plate and film negatives made circa 1899-1930, with modern prints for the entire collection. The modern prints are housed in 6 boxes; the glass negatives are stored by size in the glass negative storage section, according to negative catalog numbers; the film negatives are nitrate negatives stored in the nitrate storage area.

Subjects are Baltimore scenes, including architectural details, businesses (banks, offices, hotels, restaurants, theaters, and amusement parks), churches and cemeteries, government and public buildings (meeting halls, markets), historic houses, monuments, museums, warehouses, and waterways.

Documented events include an Advertising Men's Convention (1913), the Democratic National Convention (1912), Homecoming (1906), the Star-Spangled Banner Centennial (1914), and an unidentified air show.

Documented locations include numerous Baltimore streets and buildings, neighborhoods including Fells Point and Dickeyville, and counties including Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, and Prince George's. There are images of towns, woodlands, farms, lighthouses. Several photographs depict slave quarters in Granite, Maryland.