Leisenring Photograph Collection – PP29

Maryland Historical Society
Photograph Collection Inventory List
Special Collections Department
201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
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LEISENRING PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION – PP29

 BOX 1 OF 1 

CA. 1900

Inventory List

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History

It is not clear how this collection of photographs came to have the name Leisenring attached to it, but presumably the photographs were made or the collection donated by someone of that name.

In 1864 there were two Leisenrings in Baltimore city. One was Gideon Leisenring, proprietor and resident of the Franklin House hotel at Franklin and Howard Sts. Also living in that hotel was Gideon's brother, George W., a coal dealer who later lived at 106 N. Greene St. In 1903, a Mrs. Georgiana M. Leisenring lived at 406 N. Greene St.

There were Leisenrings in Lutherville; the grandson of Lutherville's founder John G. Morris was Luther Morris Leisenring (1875-1965), son of G.M. Leisenring. Luther Morris Leisenring did make photographs, some of which are part of the Needham Collection (PP65). He also donated photographic and other materials to the Maryland Historical Society on several occasions, but there is no evidence that he made or donated the present collection.

Collection Origin

Provenance unknown (13931?). 

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 1 box with 1 folder containing 21 photoprints made in the 1980s from glass negatives made 1900-1903. There is also 1 microfilm reel containing all of the images. Subjects include Naval cadets at Annapolis, Maryland, the Maryland State Fair at Timonium with steeplechase race and military drills, fire engines and equipment, the Baltimore Zoo fire. Also represented are the yacht "Ivanhoe" and two masted sail boats in Baltimore harbor, a circus parade on Greene St. in Baltimore, an organ grinder and monkey on a Baltimore street, the Baltimore Cathedral and the Oheb Shalom synagogue.

Arrangement

The photoprints are arranged according to PP catalog number. The negatives are arranged according to negative catalog numbers, the scheme for which incorporates the size of the negative. Duplicate/copy negatives are housed in the Photographic Services department of the Maryland Historical Society. The microfilm reel is included in the box with the photoprints.

Container List – Box 1 of 1

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Item ID: Copy print number / glass negative number

Description

Size/Format

PP29.01 / Z8.1050.PP29

Crowd gathered to watch horse show jumping at Timonium Fair, Timonium. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

5x7 inch glass negative

PP29.02 / Z7.1112.PP29

Fire Department demonstration, showing hook and ladder. Possibly Fire Department horses in foreground. Baltimore.  Unidentified photographer, ca. 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative

PP29.03 / Z7.1113.PP29

Fire Department demonstration, showing hook and ladder. Baltimore.  Unidentified photographer, ca. 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative

PP29.04 / Z7.1114.PP29

Fire damage showing rowhouses and people. Possibly Baltimore Zoo winter quarters. North side of Mount Royal Avenue, West side of Charles Street, Baltimore. Unidentified photographer, ca. 1900

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.05 / Z7.1115.PP29

Temple Oheb Shalom, Eutaw Place, Baltimore. Synagogue. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.06 / Z7.1116.PP29

Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore. North Charles Street looking north. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.07 / Z7.1117.PP29

Organ grinder and monkey on unidentified sidewalk, Baltimore. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative

PP29.08 / Z7.1118.PP29

Entrance to Fort McHenry, Baltimore. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.09 / Z7.1119.PP29

Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore. Looking west along Monument Street. Lion statues. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.10 / Z7.1120.PP29

Steam-powered yacht, Ivanhoe. Baltimore Harbor. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.11 / Z7.1121.PP29

Unidentified two-masted sailboat. Pungy. Baltimore Harbor. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative

PP29.12 / Z7.1122.PP29

View of Washington Monument from Centre Street, Baltimore. Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church on right.  Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative

PP29.13 / Z7.1123.PP29

Calvary and artillery demonstration, Timonium Fair, Timonium. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative

PP29.14 / Z7.1124.PP29

Calvary and artillery demonstration, Timonium Fair, Timonium. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative

PP29.15 / Z7.1125.PP29

Calvary demonstration, Timonium Fair, Timonium. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative

PP29.16/ Z7.1126.PP29

Missing.

 

PP29.17/ Z7.1127.PP29

Missing.

 

PP29.18/ Z7.1128.PP29

Cadets drilling, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.19/ Z7.1129.PP29

Cadets drilling, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.20/ Z7.1130.PP29

Cadets shooting, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4x5 inch glass negative

PP29.21/ Z7.1131.PP29

Cathedral of the Assumption, Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore. Unidentified photographer, 1900.

4.25x4.25 inch glass negative


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