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PHOTO. Photograph Collections

 Classification
Identifier: PHOTO
MCHC has a variety of different photograph collections. Browse the collections broken down by type from the list on the right of the screen.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Sythe Cummings photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0240
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of Harry Sythe Cummings, the first Black Baltimore City Councilman. Also included are portraits of his family members.

Dates: 1890-1910

N. Louise Young photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0283
Abstract

Collection of 75 photographs related to Dr. N. Louise Young (1907-1997), Maryland’s first practicing African American female physician, and her family. Includes photographs of Dr. Young spanning from childhood to adulthood.

Dates: 1890-1981

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