Obelisk at Howard and Lombard Sts.; Obelisk and view looking up Howard St., 1880

The collection consists of one box with 11 folders containing circa 40 photoprints of the Sesquicentennial celebration made in 1880. Views are primarily Baltimore city streets, with monuments, hotels, stores, and business establishments decorated for the event. There are some group portraits and views of parades including floats. Many of the photographs are mounted onto board, and are captioned and dated on the margin, identifying stree locations and landmarks. Unmounted photographs are not captioned or dated.