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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 6 Collections and/or Records:

A. Aubrey Bodine photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: B##
Abstract

The collection of A. Aubrey Bodine photographs donated to the Peale Museum by Nancy Bodine in 1973 consists of more than 12,000 images. Of these, more than 4,500 are processed and available to the public. The images document virtually all aspects of life in Baltimore, Maryland and the Chesapeake region. The photographs consist primarily of 5x7, 4x5 and 120 mm film negatives. There are also 4x5 glass negatives and a few color transparencies.

Dates: 1925-1970

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

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

Jonestown community photo documentation project collection

 Collection
Identifier: Jones.##
Abstract This collection consists of 10 boxes of photographs and administration materials related to the Jonestown Community Photo Documentation Project. Photographs are located in Boxes 1- 8. The photographs consist of more than 10,000 images, primarily 35mm black and white negatives. Photographic prints, mostly 8x10, were created from many of the negatives and are identified in the container list. Contact Sheets were created from a majority of the negatives and are housed with the corresponding...
Dates: 1994-1996

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