Md. Historical Society Photographs

Roland Stand Pipe
Roland Avenue, near University Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland
1926
Unidentified photographer
City Buildings Photograph Collection
Maryland Historical Society
PP236.1773A

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Fort McHenry
East Fort Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
1900
Unidentified photographer
5x7 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC2221 .A
MC2221 .B (with detail)

Happy National Park Week! Celebrate by visiting Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. It’s peaceful, beautiful, and a great place to learn some history. (And it looks drastically different from these views from 1900.)

[Street scene]
Charles Street and Saratoga Street, Baltimore, Maryland
ca. 1860
Unidentified photographer
3.25x4 inch lantern slide
City Hall Photograph Collection
Maryland Historical Society
PP45.41

The City Hall Collection, not to be confused with the Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, was given to MdHS as a gift of City Hall in 1975.

The Peale/Baltimore City Life Museum Collection (BCLM) was transferred to MdHS in 1998 after BCLM closed its doors. BCLM photographs are featured on this tumblr frequently.  

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popopatrol asked: Any photos from mount airy?

Hi, there are over a million photographs in the collection, so only a very small number are currently digitized. I don’t see any for the general place “Mount Airy”, although some individual roads, houses, and other buildings may be digitized. 

I searched for Mount Airy photographs on the MdHS website (http://www.mdhs.org) using keywords “Mount Airy” and “Mt. Airy” (sometimes it is not consistent) and came up with images that may be in the following collections: 

PP66 Fowler Collection: http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/mary-josephs-fowler-collection-pp66

PP41 Perine Collection: http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/perine-collection-pp41

PP262 Artists’ Excursion Over the B&O Railroad: http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/artists-excursion-over-baltimore-and-ohio-railroad-photograph-collection-pp262

I would also try searching through the Subject Vertical File: http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/subject-vertical-file-svf-index

[School dance?]
Paul Henderson (1899-1988)
1949
4x5 inch acetate negative
Paul Henderson Photograph Collection
Maryland Historical Society
HEN.01.09-023

Probably taken in Baltimore, Maryland.

Embassy Theatre
400 block, East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland
ca. 1935
John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973)
8x10 inch acetate negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC9259 .2

Produce
Baltimore Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland
Not dated
A. Aubrey Bodine (1906-1970)
Bodine Collection
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society

Hopper, McGaw & Co. 
344 North Charles Street, at Mulberry Street, Baltimore, Maryland
1922
Hughes Company
8x10 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC6849 .2
MC6849 .1
MC6849 .3

Hopper, McGaw & Co. were importers and grocers who sold liquor and cigars, and more. Google Maps Street View of building today (still standing!): 

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Bolton, Spencer Morton Mansion
Baltimore, Maryland
1895
L.H. Fowler
5x7 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC2130

Description for this photograph: “…where 5th Regiment Armory stands, possibly just before demolition.” - Baltimore City Life Museum

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Holliday Street Theatre
100 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland
ca. 1917 
Hughes Company

Holliday Street Theatre 
100 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland
April 1917
Unidentified photographer

Holliday Street Theatre
100 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland
ca. 1917 
Unidentified photographer

All photographs are part of the Subject Vertical File [SVF] collection at the Maryland Historical Society. 

Google Maps Street View of area today (which is drastically different): 

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Stone quarry in Gwynns Falls
Near Baltimore Street? Baltimore, Maryland
ca. 1895
Unidentified photographer
5x7 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC2139 .1
MC2139 .2

Google Maps Street View of Gwynns Falls. As you can see, Baltimore Street is not exactly close: 

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D&H Distributing Company, RCA Electronics Store
Russell Street, Baltimore, Maryland
Not dated
Cronhardt & Sons
8x10 inch gelatin print
Triangle Sign Company Collection
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
1982.2.29

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Central Office
2 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland
1906
Hughes Company
Subject Vertical File (Baltimore - Office Buildings)
Maryland Historical Society
[SVF]

I saw this impressive building again this weekend and I couldn’t help but post this photo. See what the building looks like today via Google Maps Street View: 

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company yard
Locust Point, Baltimore, Maryland
1885
Unidentified photographer
Subject Vertical File
Maryland Historical Society
[SVF]

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