Worthington photograph collection
Abstract
This collection contains photographs made or collected by Thomas Chew Worthington, III. Subjects are Baltimore scenes, including architectural details, businesses, dhurches and cemeteries, government and public buildings, historic houses, monuments, museums, warehouses, and waterways. Documented events include a 1913 Advertising Men's Convention and the 1912 Democratic National Convention. Documented locations include numerous Baltimore city streets and neighborhoods, and Maryland counties including Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, and Prince George's. There are images of towns, woodlands, farms, lighthouses, and several photos of slave quarters.
Dates
- 1899-1930
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This 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 creator of this collection was Thomas Chew Worthington, III (1879-1953), the son of Dr. Thomas Chew Worthington, Jr. and Mary Kate Worthington and brother of Richard W. Worthington. He married Clara McDonald, and the couple had one daughter; they lived at 2113 Poplar Grove St. Thomas Worthington was a graduate of the Maryland Institute, and a friend of many faculty and students over the years.
By profession, Worthington was a salesman for many years with the firm of John T. Willis, Co., distributors of X-ray and photographic equipment. By inclination, he was a magician, photographer, and collector. A friend of many eminent practitioners of the prestidigital art, Worthington's own collection of magic equipment was accepted by the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida; he made the donation as a memorial to his friend, magician Howard Thurston (1869-1936). Other collections included antiques, stamps, autographs, and natural history specimens (which last he left to Loyola College at his death), as well as photographs. Many of the photographs in his collection are now at the Enoch Pratt Free Library; the balance were acquired - just how is not clear - by the Maryland Historical Society.
Extent
2.50 Linear Feet (6 full Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The modern photoprints are arranged according to PP catalog number. The negatives are stored according to size and negative catalog numbers, which are often in the same sequence as the PP catalog numbers.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 897 glass plate and film negatives made circa 1899-1930, with modern prints for the entire collection. The modern prints are housed in 6 boxes; the glass negatives are stored by size in the glass negative storage section, according to negative catalog numbers; the film negatives are nitrate negatives stored in the nitrate storage area.
Subjects are Baltimore scenes, including architectural details, businesses (banks, offices, hotels, restaurants, theaters, and amusement parks), churches and cemeteries, government and public buildings (meeting halls, markets), historic houses, monuments, museums, warehouses, and waterways.
Documented events include an Advertising Men's Convention (1913), the Democratic National Convention (1912), Homecoming (1906), the Star-Spangled Banner Centennial (1914), and an unidentified air show.
Documented locations include numerous Baltimore streets and buildings, neighborhoods including Fells Point and Dickeyville, and counties including Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, and Prince George's. There are images of towns, woodlands, farms, lighthouses. Several photographs depict slave quarters in Granite, Maryland.
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Worthington photograph collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Katherine Cowan
- Date
- 1999-08
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
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