Shot Tower, Baltimore, (photograph by Blakeslee-Lane, Inc.), circa 1960s - 1980s
Dates
- circa 1960s - 1980s
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 22.50 Linear Feet (32 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
1 print
Scope and Contents
The Richard Childress Photograph Collection consists of 32 boxes of more than 20,600 photographs. The collection includes prints and film negatives dating from late 1950s before Childress joined the Baltimore Sun, to 1984, the year he died. Childress covered virtually everything newsworthy for the Sun: protests, sports, social and cultural events, politics, automobile accidents, house fires, fairs, festivals, and parades, military events, and more.
The collection is broken down into 18 series. Series I – IX contain photographic prints. Series X – XVIII contain negatives.
Creator
- From the Collection: Childress, Richard, 1939-1984 (Person)
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