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Brantz Mayer/Hayden Collection - PP52
Collection finding aids of Photograph Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library
BRANTZ MAYER/HAYDEN COLLECTION
1871
PP52
Prints and Photographs Division, Maryland Historical Society
201 W. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Finding aid created by Katherine Cowan with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, May 2000
History
These portraits were assembled to illustrate the book Baltimore: Past and Present with Biographical Sketches of its Representative Men (Baltimore, Md.: Richardson and Bennett, 1871). Brantz Mayer (1809-1879), at one time the President of the Maryland Historical Society, wrote a historical sketch of the city of Baltimore as introduction to the volume, of which the balance was biographies contributed by various writers.
Collection Origin
Source unknown (76140?).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 1 box with 60 items, of which 52 are unmounted albumen photoprints from ca. 1871, printed by the Bendann Brothers to illustrate the book Baltimore Past and Present. The remaining items are copy negatives or prints, and 1 vintage carte-de-visite photoprint. Each image is a portrait of a person featured in the book, with the subjects autograph in the bottom margin; there are 49 people represented in the collection. Some images are copied from paintings or prints.
Note: The book Baltimore Past and Present is available in the Maryland Historical Society Library, MF206.B22.
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged alphabetically by last name of portrait subject.
Container List
1 Box
Folder level list
1. Abbott, Horace
2. Albert, William Julian
3. Baker, Charles J. 2 items.
4. Bartol, James Laurence. 2 items (1 carte-de-visite photoprint).
5. Berry, John Aummerfield (NOT FOUND)
6. Brown, Alexander
7. Brown, George William (NOT FOUND)
8. Buchanan, James M.
9. Coates, John
10. Cooper, Hugh A.
11. Davis, Henry Winter
12. Defors, Benjamin (NOT FOUND)
13. Fuller, Richard
14. Gambrill, Horatio N. 2 items.
15. Garrett, John W. (NOT FOUND)
16. George, Philip T. 2 items (1 copy negative).
17. Giles, William Fell
18. Hopkins, Johns
19. Hunt, Jesse. 2 items (1 copy negative).
20. Jenkins, William
21. Johnson, Reverdy
22. Kennedy, William
23. Kensett, Thomas
24. Kirkland, Alexander (NOT FOUND)
25. Knabe, William
26. McKim, William
27. McLane, Robert Milligan. 2 items (1 copy negative).
28. Meredith, Jonathan. 2 items.
29. Miller, Daniel
30. Miltenberger, George W.
31. Morris, John B.
32. ODonnell, Columbus
33. Patterson, George. 2 items (1 copy negative).
34. Randolph, John W.
35. Reeder, Charles
36. Richardson, Beale Howard
37. Schley, William. 2 items (1 copy negative).
38. Schumacher, Albert
39. Shoemaker, Samuel M. (NOT FOUND)
40. Slicer, Henry
41. Smith, Nathan Ryne
42. Steele, Isaac Nevett
43. Swann, Thomas. 3 items (1 copy negative, 1 copy print).
44. Taney, Roger Brooke
45. Thomas, George P.
46. White, Miles
47. Whyte, William Pinkney
48. Wilson, Thomas
49. Woodward, William © 2001 Maryland Historical Society - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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