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How to Find Photographs in Person
If
you are at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library, in addition to the suggestions
for How to Find Photographs Using the Internet, here are some ideas:
A.
BCLM Historical Photographs
These
are oversize photographs of Baltimore, organized chronologically,
from the Baltimore City Life Museum's collections. They can
be found in the filing cabinets on the north wall of the Vertical
File Room in the Library.
B.
Three-ring Binders
To
provide easy access, we have made photocopies of some of our most
popular photos and placed them in three-ring binders, which are
atop the filing cabinets on the north wall of the Vertical File
Room in the Library. These images may be photocopied.
Here are the subjects of the binders:
1.
Baltimore, 1752-1899
2.
Baltimore, 1900-1924
3.
Baltimore, 1925-1945
4.
Baltimore, 1946-1980
5.
Baltimore Theaters/Rattling Through Baltimore: A
Streetcar Tour
6. Historical Maryland and Baltimore Prints from the
Hambleton
Collection, Vols. I and II
7.
Maryland African-American History
8.
Maryland Views/Maryland Children/Famous
Marylanders/Maryland Seasonal and Holiday Photographs
9.
Maryland Photographers (Paul Henderson: African
American
Baltimore and A. Aubrey Bodine: Baltimore
and Beyond)
C.
Local History Subject File
This
clippings file features newspaper and magazine articles about a
wide variety of Maryland subjects, including geographical locations,
buildings, institutions, organizations, businesses, events, and
activities. The articles are organized alphabetically by subject
and may be photocopied. Many of the articles include photographs.
The quality of the photos is not very good, but if you are just
looking for information rather than reproductions, this could be
very useful for you. The Subject File is located in the Vertical
File room. There is a binder atop one of the cabinets which contains
a list of the headings used in the Subject File.
D.
Books
You
may find an image you want in a book. The Baldwin Library owns many
books featuring excellent illustrations, many of the originals of
which are in our collections. Among them are Bygone Baltimore,
Maryland Time Exposure, Baltimore When She Was What
She Used to Be, The Face of Maryland, and The
Baltimore Book. You can browse the shelves to find others.
Check the picture credits; they will tell you if the picture that
you want is in the MdHS collection. (Items credited to the Baltimore
City Life Museums or the Peale Museum are now the property of MdHS.)
Books may be photocopied. Books are available in the Rhodes Reading
Room. In
addition to browsing the shelves, if you want to look for books
with illustrations, try adding "ill" as a keyword when
you are doing a search in the Online
Catalog.
E.
Maps and Prints
Don't
forget that the Library also has a large collection of maps and
prints which may have images of interest to you.
F.
Passano Historic Structures Index
Over
the years, Library staff members have created a large card index
to buildings by location. The index often includes references
to illustrations in books. The Passano Index is located in
the Family Chart Room in the Library.
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