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 Contents

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.

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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
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1 Box

Box 1: 1 Folder

Box 1, Folder 1
PP29.1 - Show jumping, Timonium Fair, 1900. Neg Z8.1050.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.727.PP29.

PP29.2 - Hook-and-ladder (fire-engine) demonstration, Baltimore, ca. 1900. Neg Z7.1112.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.728.PP29.

PP29.3 - Hood-and-ladder (fire-engine) demonstration, Baltimore. Neg Z7.1113.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.729.PP29.

PP29.4 - Fire ruins, Zoo winter quarters, N side Mt. Royal Ave. W of Charles St., ca. 1900. Neg Z7.1114.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.730.PP29.

PP29.5 - Oheb Shalom, Eutaw Pl., ca. 1900. Neg Z7.1115.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.731.PP29.

PP29.6 - Mt. Vernon Pl., looking N up Charles St., April 5, 1900. Neg Z7.1116.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.732.PP29.

PP29.7 - Organ-grinder and monkey on unidentified Baltimore street, 1900. Neg Z7.1117.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.733.PP29.

PP29.8 - Entrance to Ft. McHenry, ca.1900. Neg Z7.1118.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.734.PP29.

PP29.9 - Mt. Vernon Pl., looking W along Monument St., 1900. Neg Z7.1119.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.735.PP29.

PP29.10 - Steam yacht Ivanhoe, Baltimore harbor, 1900. Neg Z7.1120.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.736.PP29.

PP29.11 - Unidentified 2-masted sail-boat (pungy?), Baltimore harbor, 1900. Neg Z7.1121.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.737.PP29.

PP29.12 - Washington Monument (Baltimore) from Centre St., 1900. Neg Z7.1122.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.738.PP29.

PP29.13 - Cavalry-artillery maneuvers, Timonium Fair, Timonium, 1900. Neg Z7.1123.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.739.PP29.

PP29.14 - Cavalry-artillery maneuvers, Timonium Fair, Timonium, 1900. Neg Z7.1124.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.740.PP29.

PP29.15 - Cavalry-artillery maneuvers, Timonium Fair, Timonium, 1900. Neg Z7.1125.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.741.PP29.

PP29.16 (?) - Uncle Sam character on stilts, midway, Timonium Fair, ca. 1900. Neg Z7.1126.PP29. (PRINT NOT FOUND)

PP29.17 (?) - Circus parade, 400 block N. Greene St., Baltimore, ca. 1900. Neg Z7.1127.PP29. (PRINT NOT FOUND)

PP29.18 - Cadets drill, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1900. Neg Z7.1128.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.744.PP29.

PP29.19 - Cadets drill, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. 1900. Neg Z7.1129.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.745.PP29.

PP29.20 - Cadets drill, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1900. Neg Z7.1130.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.746.PP29.

PP29.21 - Cathedral of the Assumption, Baltimore, 1900. Neg Z7.1131.PP29; dup/copy neg Z5.747.PP29. © 2001 Maryland Historical Society - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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