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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1967.11
Abstract

The Brown Collection consists of 483 glass and film negatives. The images are primarily unidentified views of Baltimore and vicinity taken by members of the Baltimore Camera Club.There are also informal and posed portraits, rural scenes (landscape and nature shots), parades (including Baltimore’s homecoming parade of 1907), the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, beach and boardwalk views, and maritime views.

Dates: 1900-1918

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

Photo Baltimore ’77 photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PC##
Abstract

The Photo Baltimore ’77 Collection consists of more than 16,000 black and white photographs in 11 boxes. The images consist of views of architecture, cultural events, street scenes, portraits, sporting events, religious organizations and more in Baltimore and the vicinity.

Dates: 1977-1978