Md. Historical Society Photographs

May 30

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May 29

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May 25

[M.S. Kahn & Co. Drug Store]Lexington Street and Liberty Street, Baltimoreca. 1926Hughes Company8 x 10 inch glass negativeBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC6807 

[M.S. Kahn & Co. Drug Store]
Lexington Street and Liberty Street, Baltimore
ca. 1926
Hughes Company
8 x 10 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC6807 

May 24

[Portrait of baseball player]April 27, 1935Hughes Company8 x 10 inch film negativeBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC7307 .6 This photograph was labeled as “Maryland Country Club. Oriole?” and there were a couple more in the bunch. If anyone has any information about this image, please feel free to comment. 

[Portrait of baseball player]
April 27, 1935
Hughes Company
8 x 10 inch film negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC7307 .6

This photograph was labeled as “Maryland Country Club. Oriole?” and there were a couple more in the bunch. If anyone has any information about this image, please feel free to comment. 

May 23

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May 22

Mount Royal Pumping StationNorth Avenue and McMechen Street, BaltimoreNot datedJohn Dubas (fl. 1904-1973)5 x 7 inch glass negativeArthur U. Hooper Memorial CollectionBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC9060 Henry F. Brauns, architect, completed the designs for the pumping station in 1897. The station was demolished and replaced by I-83. Take a look at this article about the history of the Jones Falls Expressway by Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun. 

Mount Royal Pumping Station
North Avenue and McMechen Street, Baltimore
Not dated
John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973)
5 x 7 inch glass negative
Arthur U. Hooper Memorial Collection
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC9060

Henry F. Brauns, architect, completed the designs for the pumping station in 1897. The station was demolished and replaced by I-83. Take a look at this article about the history of the Jones Falls Expressway by Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun. 

May 21

Baltimore City Jail (view from Fallsway)BaltimoreNot datedHughes CompanyBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC6968 

Baltimore City Jail (view from Fallsway)
Baltimore
Not dated
Hughes Company
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC6968 

May 18

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May 17

Baltimore Police Department athletes on trackAugust 1925Hughes Company5 x 7 inch glass negativeBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC6690

Baltimore Police Department athletes on track
August 1925
Hughes Company
5 x 7 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC6690

May 16

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May 15

Interior of tenement house [children and adult in kitchen]September 1925Hughes Company (for “Community Fund”)8x10 inch acetate negativeBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC6340 .2 A location for this photograph was not provided but considering that it was taken by  Baltimore-based Hughes Company, and the fact that it was collected by the Baltimore City Life Museum and not noted as non-Maryland, it is more than likely Baltimore. 

Interior of tenement house [children and adult in kitchen]
September 1925
Hughes Company (for “Community Fund”)
8x10 inch acetate negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC6340 .2

A location for this photograph was not provided but considering that it was taken by  Baltimore-based Hughes Company, and the fact that it was collected by the Baltimore City Life Museum and not noted as non-Maryland, it is more than likely Baltimore. 

May 14

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North Avenue from inside of gates, Baltimore Cemetery2500 East North Avenue, Baltimoreca. 1915John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973)5 x 7 inch glass negativeArthur U. Hooper Memorial CollectionBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC9081  We’ve hit a John Dubas patch while inventorying the Peale/BCLM 5x7 in. glass negatives. He’s one of my favorite Baltimore photographers so this is just fine by me. 

North Avenue from inside of gates, Baltimore Cemetery
2500 East North Avenue, Baltimore
ca. 1915
John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973)
5 x 7 inch glass negative
Arthur U. Hooper Memorial Collection
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC9081 

We’ve hit a John Dubas patch while inventorying the Peale/BCLM 5x7 in. glass negatives. He’s one of my favorite Baltimore photographers so this is just fine by me. 

May 10

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