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Hughes Studio Photograph Collection - PP30
Maryland Historical Society
Photograph Collection Inventory List
Special Collections Department
201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
410-685-3750 x359; special_collections@mdhs.org
HUGHES STUDIO PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
CA. 1940-1956
PP30
INVENTORY LISTS
Collection processed and finding aid created by Sarah Schmidt and LuAnn Sleeper. Cataloging and Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications & Records Commission, 1997-1999
History
The Hughes Company was a commercial photography studio in Baltimore, Maryland which made photographs for corporations, the government, and private individuals. The company was founded by James F. Hughes (d. ca. 1903), who was first listed as a photographer in the Baltimore directory in 1877. In 1889, Hughes advertised his services as a "practical photographer" in the Daily News and operated from quarters at 1414 Patterson Avenue. Many of the company's photographs were made with an 8 x 10 inch view camera.
James Hughes owned the company until the time of his death ca. 1903, when company employee James W. Scott (1878-1953) bought the business from Hughes widow. The business eventually passed to Scott's son, Gaither Scott. The Hughes Company existed until the late 1970s, when Gaither Scott retired. The company operated at numerous addresses over the years, including 1106 Riggs Avenue (mid 1890s-1902), 17-19 East Baltimore Street (ca. 1904, hence all negatives prior to that date were destroyed in the Baltimore Fire), 108 North Liberty Street (1906-1907), 205 West Fayette Street (1908-1929), 213 West Monument Street (1930-1963), and 115 East 25th Street (after 1963).
Collection Origin
Gift of Gaither Scott, 1981 (75752).
Scope and Contents
Note: There are two sections of the Hughes Collection. The first section, known as PP8, covers dates ca. 1910-1946. This portion of the collection consists of vintage glass plate negatives for which modern prints were made during the 1980s at the Maryland Historical Society, with some vintage prints and film negatives. The second section of the Hughes Collection, called the Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, is known as PP30, and covers dates ca. 1940-1956.
Go to PP8 Hughes Collection page.
The Hughes Studio Photograph Collection (PP30) consists of 61 boxes containing approximately 36,000 negatives, with dates spanning 1940 to 1956. The majority of these photos are black and white negatives.
Large portions of the photographs were taken in the Baltimore area, however locations span the state and include Delaware and Washington, D.C. The collection provides an extensive professional documentation of many aspects of life in Baltimore city and county, St. Mary's County and Annapolis, including street scenes, buildings, shipping, industry, businesses, recreational and sports facilities, public buildings, residences, churches, schools, monuments, and transportation.
The subject matter varies widely with buildings, war rallies, machinery, employee identification photos, weddings and other special events making up a large portion of the collection.
Other topics identified include: advertising, display windows, posters, women’s history, African American history, slavery, railroads, buses, automobiles, ships, airplanes, aerial views, funerals, fires and firefighting, grocers, architectural elements, furniture, fashions, hospitals, hotels, American Indian history.
Also copy negatives of many historical prints, paintings, and documents. Photographs of paintings, portraits, and print making; stained glass.
Arrangement
The photos are arranged in their original order as created by the photographers. For the most part this is a chronological order. The boxes are cataloged to the folder level. For the most part, each folder relates to a single job contracted to the Hughes Company. Each folder houses between one and twenty negatives. During the re-housing process some folders were divided into two folders due to the large number of negatives.
Container List
Due to the size of the collection, the inventory list has been placed into a PDF for download. All 61 boxes in the collection are included in the PDF below.
View the PP30 Hughes Inventory List (PDF)
Or, browse the collection by box:
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 1, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 1, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 2, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 2, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 3, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 3, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 4, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 4, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 5, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 5, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 6, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 6, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio PhotographCollection, Box 7, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio PhotographCollection, Box 7, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 8, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 8, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 9, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 9, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 10, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 10, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 11, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 11, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 12, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 12, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 13
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 14
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 15 & 16
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 17
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 18
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 19, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 19, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 20
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 20A
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 21, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 21, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 22, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 22, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 23, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 23, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 24, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 24, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 25, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 25, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 26, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 26, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 27
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 28
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 29
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 30
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 31
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 32
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 33
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 34, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 34, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 35
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 36, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 36, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 37, Part I
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 37, Part II
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 38
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 39
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 40
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 41
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 42
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 43
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PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 45
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 46
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 47
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 48
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 49
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 50
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 51
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 52
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 53 (?)
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 54
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 55
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 56
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 57
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 58
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 59(a)
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 59 (b)
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 60
PP30 Hughes Studio Photograph Collection, Box 61
