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.
jferretti@mdhs.org
Curated by Jennifer A. Ferretti (former Curator of Photographs, MdHS). I am not an MdHS employee and in no way represent the institution. All views are my own.
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[Street scene showing vacant lot for sale]
Pratt Street near Fremont Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
ca. 1900
Unidentified photographer
8 x 10 inch glass negative
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) Collection
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC4757 C
MC4757 B
This Google Maps Street View below is probably not the exact spot the photograph was taken, but it’s in the neighborhood:
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