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Alphabetical

Prints: 4139
Negatives: 2146

Subjects:
Airplanes, animals, automobiles, boundary markers, buses, canals and canal boats, carriages and coaches, celts, Civil War, clothing and dress, exhibitions, fire-engines and equipment, firemen, flags, forts, galleries and museums, glass and crystal, historic houses, holidays, horse racing and shows, interiors, lighthouses, Maryland Historical Society, medals, motion picture stills, National Guard, organizations, post offices and Postal Service, prisoners and prisons, railroads, Revolutionary War, rivers and streams, roads, schools and colleges, sculpture, seals, ships, silver, sports, Star-Spangled Banner, street furniture, toll gates and houses, tombstones, unidentified, War of 1812, World War I, and World War II.

Places:
Annapolis, Baltimore, Baltimore (Ireland), Baltimore County, Camp McClellan (Ala.), Cecil County, Curtis Bay, Dorchester County, Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Hagerstown, Harper’s Ferry (W. Va.), Henlopen Point (Del.), Ilchester (England), Maryland, Piscataway Town (Md.?), Washington, D.C., and West Virginia.

Date range:
1632-1986 and n.d.

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Allegany County

Prints: 77
Negatives: 34

Subjects:
Bridges and viaducts, cemeteries, churches, hotels inns and taverns, houses, streets, and views.

Places:
Cumberland, Cumberland Narrows, Frostburg, and Polish Mountain.

Date range:
[ca. 1850]-1971 and n.d.

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Annapolis

Prints: 36
Negatives: 0

Subjects:
Colleges and universities, docks piers and wharves, harbor, streets, and views.

Places:
U.S. Naval Academy, harbor.

Date range:
ca. 1800-1950s and n.d.

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Anne Arundel County

Prints: 664
Negatives: 262

Subjects:
Airports, bridges and viaducts, carnivals, churches, colleges and universities, harbors, hotels inns and taverns, houses, Maryland government buildings, monuments and memorials, railroad cars, streets, and views.

Places:
Annapolis and vicinity, Chesapeake Bay and Bridge, Cumberstone, Friendship, Galesville vicinity, Glen Burnie, St. James, South River, and West River.

Date range:
1786-1973 and n.d.

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Baltimore City

Prints: 4015
Negatives: 1511

Subjects:
Aerial photographs, apartment buildings, banks and banking, barbers and barbershops, bridges and viaducts, business and industry, camps (military), cemeteries, churches, City Hall, colleges and universities (including Johns Hopkins University, Loyola College, Maryland Institute College of Art, and the University of Maryland), courthouses, docks piers and wharves, festivals (including the Flower Mart), the 1904 Baltimore fire, galleries and museums, grocery stores, horse racing, hospitals, hotels inns and taverns, houses, industry (including insurance), libraries (including the Enoch Pratt Free Library), marine terminals, markets, mills, monuments and memorials, newspapers and periodicals, office buildings, organizations, parades and processions, parks and squares, plazas, racetracks, railroad shops and yards, railroad stations, rectories and parsonages (St. Paul’s Rectory), schools, sections, shopping centers (Edmondson Village), stores and business establishments, 1899 Baltimore blizzard, street railroads, streets, synagogues, theaters, views, World War I - 1914-1918, and zoos (the Druid Hill Park Zoo).

Places:
Baltimore, Md. and vicinity: Downtown, Camp Holabird, Fells Point, Eutaw Place, Baltimore Harbor, Homeland, O’Donnell Heights, Roland Park, and Sparrows Point.

Date range:
1802-1985 and n.d.

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Baltimore County

Prints: 788
Negatives: 142

Subjects:
Airports, churches, colleges and universities, covered bridges, Fair of the Iron Horse (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Centennial), houses, industry, mills, monuments and memorials, newspapers and periodicals (The Jeffersonian, Towson), parks and squares (Chesterwood, Dundalk), schools, street railroads, and views.

Places:
Brooklandville, Catonsville, Cockeysville, Dundalk, Garrison, Halethorpe, Kingsville, Liberty Road, Logan Field, Lutherville, North Point, Pikesville, Sparks, Sparrows Point, Stevenson, Towson, and Upper Falls.

Date range:
1823-1980 and n.d.

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Calvert County

Prints: 21
Negatives: 35

Subjects:
Churches, houses.

Places:
Drum Point, Friendship vicinity, Governor Run vicinity, Lusby, Mackall, Prince Frederick, Sunderland, and unidentified locations.

Date range:
1660-[ca. 1953] and n.d.

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Caroline County

Prints: 21
Negatives: 5

Subjects:
Banks and banking, buildings, churches, courthouses, houses, mills, streets, watertowers, and windmills.

Places:
Denton, Federalsburg, Linchester, and (east of) Preston.

Date range:
[ca. 1910]-1968

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Carroll County

Prints: 118
Negatives: 12

Subjects:
Churches, hotels inns and taverns, houses, mills, and schools.

Places:
Gypsy Hill, Linwood, New Windsor, Pipe Creek, Taneytown, Union Bridge, Union Mills, and Westminster.

Date range:
[ca. 1880]-[ca. 1979] and n.d.

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Cecil County

Prints: 138
Negatives: 14

Subjects:
Boundary markers, churches, historic markers, hotels inns and taverns, houses, schools, and stores and business establishments.

Places:
Bayview, Cecilton, Chesapeake City, Earleville and vicinity, Elkton and vicinity, Fair Hill, Northeast, Nottingham, Perryville, Port Deposit, Rowlandsville and vicinity, Warwick vicinity.

Date range:
[ca. 1890]-1970 and n.d.

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Charles County

Prints: 121
Negatives: 50

Subjects:
Centennial celebrations, churches, courthouses, houses, and schools.

Places:
Bensville, Chapel Point, La Plata, Marbury vicinity, Maryland Point vicinity, Mattawoman, Mt. Victoria, Port Tobacco, Potomac River near Indian Head, and Waldorf vicinity.

Date range:
[ca. 1674]-1973 and n.d.

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Dorchester County

Prints: 100
Negatives: 16

Subjects:
Churches, customs houses, houses, stores and businesses, views, and windmills.

Places:
Cambridge, Church Creek, Hooper’s Island, Lloyds, Secretary, Taylors Island, Vienna and vicinity, and Woolford.

Date range:
[ca. 1900]-1972

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Frederick County

Prints: 68
Negatives: 109

Subjects:
Bridges and viaducts, churches, colleges and universities, covered bridges, hotels inns and taverns, houses, industry, and streets.

Places:
Catoctin, Emmitsburg, Frederick, New Midway, Park Mills vicinity, and Unionville.

Date range:
[ca. 1840]-1990 and n.d.

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Garrett County

Prints: 13
Negatives: 3

Subjects:
Bridges and hotels inns and taverns.

Places:
Deer Park, Grantsville and vicinity, and Mt. Lake Park.

Date range:
[ca. 1861]-1963

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Harford County

Prints: 130
Negatives: 45

Subjects:
Banks and banking, churches, covered bridges, houses, and mills and quarries.

Places:
Aberdeen and vicinity, Bel Air, Belcamp vicinity, Conowingo, Forest Hill vicinity, Havre de Grace and vicinity, Jerusalem, Joppa, Swan Creek and vicinity, and Wilna.

Date range:
[ca. 1860]-1972 and n.d.

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Howard County

Prints: 167
Negatives: 31

Subjects:
Hotels inns and taverns, houses, mills, and schools.

Places:
Clarksville vicinity, Columbia, Elkridge, Ellicott City and vicinity, Grey Rock, Ilchester, Savage, and unidentified locations.

Date range:
[ca. 1860]-1971

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Kent County

Prints: 112
Negatives: 12

Subjects:
Churches, cities, Customs House, hotels inns and taverns, houses, mills, and stores and business establishments.

Places:
Chestertown, Georgetown, Millington, Rock Hall vicinity, Sandy Bottom, and Tolchester.

Date range:
1860-1967 and n.d.

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Montgomery County

Prints: 133
Negatives: 6

Subjects:
Churches, hospitals, hotels and taverns, and houses.

Places:
Bethesda, Brookville vicinity, Chevy Chase, Clarksburg, Olney, Sandy Spring, and Takoma Park.

Date range:
1858-[ca. 1970] and n.d.

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Prince George's County

Prints: 213
Negatives: 76

Subjects:
Churches, colleges and universities, hotels inns and taverns, railroad crossings, and schools.

Places:
Beltsville, Bladensburg, Broad Creek, College Park, Hyattsville, Largo and vicinity, Laurel, Marlboro and vicinity, Riverdale, Springfield, unidentified locations, and Upper Marlboro and vicinity.

Date range:
1843-1978 and n.d.

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Queen Anne's County

Prints: 170
Negatives: 3

Subjects:
Churches, courthouses, houses, stores and business establishments.

Places:
Centerville and vicinity, Chester River, Church Hill, Queenstown, Ruthsberg, and Wye Island.

Date range:
[ca. 1907]-[ca. 1955] and n.d.

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St. Mary's County

Prints: 292
Negatives: 141

Subjects:
Churches, houses, monuments and memorials, and State House.

Places:
Back Creek, Blackistone, Bushwood, Cedar Point vicinity, Chaptico, Charlotte Hall, Drayden and vicinity, Hollywood and vicinity, Leonardtown and vicinity, Maddox, Mechanicsville, Oraville, Poplar Hill, St. Inigoes, St. Mary’s City and vicinity, St. Mary’s River, and unidentified locations.

Date range:
[ca. 1861]-1971 and n.d.

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Somerset County

Prints: 51
Negatives: 6

Subjects:
Churches, houses, and stores and business establishments.

Places:
Kingston and vicinity, Princess Anne, Rehobeth, and unidentified locations.

Date range:
[ca. 1910]-[ca. 1975] and n.d.

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Talbot County

Prints: 253
Negatives: 50

Subjects:
Churches, courthouses, customs houses, houses, stores and business establishments, and trees.

Places:
Bayside, Church Hill, Claiborne vicinity, Easton and vicinity, Hambledon, Mill Creek, Trappe and vicinity, Tunis Mills and vicinity, and Wye Mills.

Date range:
[ca. 1850]-[ca. 1960] and n.d.

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Washington County

Prints: 122
Negatives: 14

Subjects:
Bridges and viaducts, churches, city and town halls, mills, monuments and memorials, and schools.

Places:
Antietam, Hagerstown and vicinity, Looking Creek, Paramount, and Williamsport.

Date range:
[ca. 1861]-1968 and n.d.

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Wicomico County

Prints: 81
Negatives: 20

Subjects:
Churches, fires and explosions, houses, mills, and stores and business establishments.

Places:
Green Hill, Hebron vicinity, Salisbury and vicinity, and unidentified locations.

Date range:
[ca. 1865]-1968 and n.d.

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Worcester County

Prints: 65
Negatives: 1

Subjects:
Almshouses, beaches, churches, hotels inns and taverns, and houses.

Places:
Ocean City, Pocomoke, Sinepuxent Neck vicinity, and Snow Hill and vicinity.

Date range:
[ca. 1895]-1968 and n.d.

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