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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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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Wells and McComas Monument
East Monument Street and North Aisquith Street (Old Town), Baltimore, Maryland
1900-1901
Frank W. Youse
4 x 5 inch glass negative
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
MC2706 .3
Read about who Daniel Wells and Henry McComas were and what they did during the War of 1812 on the Monument City blog (one of my favorite blogs about Baltimore history).
The area today looks dramatically different than the photo from 1900-1901:
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My great-great grandfather, Louis Kornmann was the volunteer caretaker of this monument. His cigar shop, Ashland Cigar...
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