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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 297 Collections and/or Records:

Gilman-Paul family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0313
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of the Gilman and Paul families and relatives.

Dates: 1866-1967

Gittings photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0077
Abstract

This collection contains photographs by Anna Sellman Gittings, depicting the Gittings home, as well as friends and family members. Also included are rural scenes along the Gunpowder River.

Dates: 1890-1899

Glass plate negatives photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0011
Abstract

This collection contains glass plate negatives that depict various aspects of Maryland social, political, and economic history, including. These aspects include buildings, monuments, cemeteries, schools, businesses, industry, recreation, scenes, streets, transportation, residences, and parks. Maryland locations documented include Baltimore City, Annapolis, Ellicott City, Baltimore County, Harford County, Prince Anne's County, and Somerset County.

Dates: 1890-1930

Gooden family collection of Mount Vernon Motor Company photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0131
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of automobiles connected with the Mount Vernon Motor Company. Also included is an interior view of the Central Tire Store and a photograph of the Gooden family driving automobiles. The dates of the collection span 1907-1930.

Dates: 1907-1930

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

Granofsky collection of United States Customs Service photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0054
Abstract

This collection contains photographs created or collected by Henry G. Granofsky, documenting activities of the United States Customs Service in 1929-1950 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dates: 1929-1972

Great Baltimore Fire photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0179
Abstract

This collection contains photographs from The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. Photographs depict the fire before and after it was contained. Photographs are mostly of ruins.

Dates: 1904

Griffin-Murray-Studds-Douty family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0322
Abstract

This collection contains portraits of the Griffin, Murray, Studds, and Douty family.

Dates: 1839-1987

Grishington Spicer Jones family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: PP 0187
Abstract

This collection consists of 85 photographs relating to Grishington Spicer Jones, Sr. (1802 – circa 1879) and his descendants.

Dates: 1860-1945

Group portrait vertical file

 Collection
Identifier: GPVF
Abstract

This vertical file contains group portrait photographs. “Vertical file” is a term used to describe collections of photographs, clippings, etc. arranged by subject matter and housed in filing cabinets. Unlike the numbered photographs collections, items in the vertical files are not arranged in collections by source, or assigned catalog numbers.

Dates: 1846-1998