Starting in circa 1850, the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS) photographic collection contains well over one million items including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, albumen prints, salted paper prints, acetate negatives, and more. Photographs are part of MdHS's Special Collections Department, H. Furlong Baldwin Library.
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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.
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