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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John Dubas with Speedgun Speedgraphic large format camera
March 9, 1943
Unidentified photographer
8 x 10 inch film negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC9519 .1
This is probably a self-portrait in Baltimore, as this is where Dubas lived and worked as a photographer (more specifically, he lived in East Baltimore). He is one of the best photographers this city has seen, but for whatever reason, not many people have heard of him today.
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