Brown photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains photographs probably made by a Mr. Brown of Baltimore, Maryland, depicting the Brown Machine Shop and Brown family, homes and neighborhoods. Other subjects include Baltimore harbor boats, fruit sellers, oyster schooners and other water craft, fire stations and policemen, childhood activities, horses and cars, bicycles, ping pong, phonographs, lacrosse, Bay Shore Park and Druid Hill Park, fishing, beach and snow scenes, domestic servants, Sunday School groups, girls' gym class, and the 1925 solar eclipse. Non-Maryland views include, Boston and Salem, Massachusetts, Norfolk, Virginia, Niagara Falls, New York, and the Meikle family and their property in Warren, Massachusetts.
Dates
- 1896-1925
Creator
- Baltimore Camera Club (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The nitrate negatives are restricted to the public. The remainer of the collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
The reproduction of materials in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine and satisfy copyright clearances or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information visit the MCHC’s Rights and Permissions page.
Biographical / Historical
The collection originated with the Baltimore Camera Club. The photographs are probably the work of a Mr. Brown connected with the F.S. and G.L. Brown Machine Shop located at 20-26 East Fort Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The principals of this firm were Francis S. Brown (1851-1934) and his brother George Lorin Brown (1855-1928), who were engineers and machinists. The work of the firm included assisting inventors in working out ideas and building machines, including the television and the disc gramaphone.
These Browns were the sons of Harriet Eveline Knowles (1823-1895) and Loring Brown (1817-1874) of Warren, Massachusetts. Francis S. Brown married Martha Haen (b. 1854) in 1877 and they lived at 2917 Windsor Avenue in Baltimore; in 1879 George L. Brown married Sadie E. Billings. Another brother, Frederic R. Brown (1864-1921) married Margaret L. Bump (b. 1865) in 1889 and they had a son named F[rancis]. Lorin Brown (1894-1935).
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 half Hollinger box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The photoprints are arranged according to PP catalog number. Negatives are stored according to negative catalog numbers, which scheme incorporates the size and material of the negative. Nitrate negatives are stored in the nitrate storage area. Duplicate/copy negatives are stored in the Photographic Services department of the Maryland Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Ethan A. Andrews, 1970.
Existence and Location of Copies
Related negatives may be owned by the Pratt Library and Peale Museum.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of circa 1000 glass and film negatives made 1896-1925, with 91 modern prints made from vintage negatives in the 1980s at the Maryland Historical Society. Duplicate/copy negatives exist for the 91 printed negatives.
Identification information comes from the notations that were written on the envelopes containing the negatives.
In addition to pictures of the Brown Machine Shop, the Brown family, homes and neighborhoods, subjects include Baltimore harbor boats, fruit sellers, oyster schooners and other water craft, fire stations and policemen, childhood activities, horses and carts, bicycles, sailboats, ping pong, phonographs, lacrosse, Bay Shore Park and Druid Hill Park, fishing, beach and snow scenes, domestic servants, Sunday School, girls gym class, and the 1925 solar eclipse.
Creator
- Baltimore Camera Club (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Brown photograph collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Katherine Cowan
- Date
- 1999-07
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020-01-15: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org