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PHOTO/BCLM. Peale/Baltimore City Life Museum Photograph Collections

 Record Group Term
Identifier: PHOTO/BCLM
Photograph collections transferred to the Maryland Historical Society from the Peale/Baltimore City Life Museum in 1998. Includes twenty accessioned collections, one print collection, and two negative collections. Browse by specific collection type by choosing a subgroup from the right of the screen.

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Baltimore City buildings photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0236
Abstract

This photographic survey of Baltimore’s city buildings from 1926-1927 includes views of City Hall, fire and police stations, municipal markets, Enoch Pratt Free Library branches, monuments, parks, public squares, city waterworks and more.

Dates: 1926-1927

Baltimore Heritage Inc. collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1963.1
Abstract

The Baltimore Heritage, Inc. collection consists of 1750 photographs and 900 architectural surveys of parts of Fells Point, Little Italy and Old Town compiled by Robert Kahn for Baltimore Heritage, Inc. in the summer of 1963.

Dates: 1963

Bureau of Recreation photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1966.3
Abstract

The Bureau of Recreation photograph collection comprises four boxes of photographic prints and some film negatives depicting activities sponsored by the Baltimore Bureau of Recreation, the Playground Athletic League, and the Children’s Playground Association from 1911 to 1936.

Dates: 1911-1936

Chamber of Commerce photograph collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1966.6
Abstract

The Chamber of Commerce photograph collection consists of 1 box of 282 photographs from the files of the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce. The photographs date from 1953 to circa 1966. The majority are photographic prints, with a few film negatives, depicting views around Baltimore City including buildings, political events, sporting events, and maritime scenes.

Dates: 1953-circa 1966

Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1984.22
Abstract

This collection consists of nine boxes of more than 2400 photographs taken as part of an architectural survey of Baltimore neighborhoods by the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) in the 1960s. The photographs, almost all 3 ½" x 3 ½" or 3 ½" x 5” black and white photographic prints, are exterior views of buildings identified by street and street number. There are also twelve 35mm negatives.

Dates: circa 1964-1969, 1967

Davenport photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: 1986.98.15
Abstract

The Davenport photograph album contains 92 photographs of the Gray family. The images are primarily unidentified portraits showing the family in backyards, parks, and at the beach. Photographs are mostly undated, but appear to be from the 1920’s and 30’s.

Dates: 1920-1921

E. J. Gallagher Realty Company photograph and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0302
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs and ephemera related to the E.J. Gallagher Realty Company one of the premier builders of rowhomes in Baltimore in the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: 1875-1973

John Dubas photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1977.20
Abstract

The John Dubas Collection consists of 24 boxes of photographs and manuscript materials related to Baltimore photographer John Dubas, including more than 3600 photographic prints, film negatives and glass negatives taken by Dubas between 1900 and 1971, as well as correspondence, ledger books, and log books. There are also newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1900-1977

Julius Anderson photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1994.42; 1995.62
Abstract

The collection consists of 2 boxes containing 229 photographic prints of Baltimore subjects, and one photographic souvenir booklet.

Dates: circa 1920-1930

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