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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Swimming pool, Clifton Park
Baltimore, Maryland
ca. 1920
Hughes Company
8 x 10 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC6647 .1 (top); MC6647 .3 (bottom)
Yes, please.
Francis says this was one of the biggest swimming pools in the U.S.
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