Md. Historical Society Photographs

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.

Digital reproductions of originals are property of MdHS. For image reproduction and permission info: MdHS Imaging Services. Feel free to share these images with proper citation.

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The Lyric TheatreWest Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimoreca. 1909Unidentified photographerBaltimore and Ohio Railroad Company CollectionBaltimore City Life Museum CollectionMaryland Historical SocietyMC4712 According to The Lyric’s History page on their website, the theater opened on October 31, 1894 as The Music Hall. In 1909, Otto Kahn, representing the Metropolitan Opera, purchased the building and renamed it The Lyric Theatre.  This building looks dramatically different today and was renamed the Patricia & Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric. This photo also shows the Maryland Line Monument. 

The Lyric Theatre
West Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore
ca. 1909
Unidentified photographer
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Collection
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC4712

According to The Lyric’s History page on their website, the theater opened on October 31, 1894 as The Music Hall. In 1909, Otto Kahn, representing the Metropolitan Opera, purchased the building and renamed it The Lyric Theatre. 

This building looks dramatically different today and was renamed the Patricia & Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric. This photo also shows the Maryland Line Monument. 

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