Glass Negatives

The collection consists of one box with six folders containing six photoprints, one album containing 12 photoprints, two larger format photoprints housed in the "medium photograph" area, and 13 glass negatives, some of which match photoprints. The dates are 1905-1923; subjects are Wicomico County views, incuding steamboat wharves, a schoolhouse and a church, and portraits of John Edwin Taylor, family, and friends circa 1905-1912. There are also two images of the Maryland General Assembly, 1912.

The collection also contains 61 pieces of printed ephemera, including invitations and other memorabilia from contemporary places and events: Talbot County Fair, Maryland colleges and universities, student report cards and commencement materials, an almanac (1884-1885) by Chesapeake Guano Company, an 1886 schooner cargo order, and Maryland government pamphlets and stationery.