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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 21 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Shaffer photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0021
Abstract

This collection contains photographs taken by Alan Shaffer depicting scenes of My Lady's Manor in Harford County, Maryland and the vicinity, and of the annual point-to-point horse race.

Dates: 1979-1980

Baltimore Chronicle newspaper collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0291
Abstract

The Baltimore Chronicle Photograph Collection contains more than 7600 photographs from the archives of the Baltimore Chronicle Newspaper, a free alternative newspaper published in print form from 1973 to 2003.

Dates: 1969-1999

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

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

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

Donald Reichle photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0290
Abstract This collection consists of photographs of historic structures in Maryland taken by Donald Reichle, a resident of Columbia, Maryland. Counties represented include: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Saint Mary’s, Talbot, and Washington. Images from Baltimore City, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, can also be found in the collection. There are also some materials related to Reichle’s career as an engineer and...
Dates: 1969-2012

Gaddess photograph and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0068
Abstract

This collection contains a photograph of the front of the Gaddess Brothers Steam Marble Works building in Baltimore, Maryland along with three pieces of printed ephemera.

Dates: 1884

Gover family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0132
Abstract

This collection contains studio portraits of the Gover family and friends, as well as one photograph of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad station in Belair, 1907.

Dates: 1860-1907