Brown Collection, Peale/BCLM Photograph Collection

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1 Brown Collection, Peale/BCLM Photograph Collection Maryland Historical Society Special Collections Department 201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland x359; BROWN COLLECTION, BALTIMORE CITY LIFE MUSEUM COLLECTION Finding Aid Go back to the Peale/BCLM Photographs Collections main page Download a PDF version of the finding aid Processing note: Re-housed and identified while at BCLM; Processing completed by Damon Talbot and Delaney Hochrein, April Collection Origin Collection was acquired in 1967 by the Peale Museum: Donor: Mrs. Francis Brown; Acc# In 1997 Baltimore City Life Museums closed due to lack of funding. Their collections were transferred to the Maryland Historical Society in Historical Note The Baltimore Camera Club, founded in 1883, is the nation s second oldest photography club. It is still in existence as of April The club hosts lectures, holds competitions, and provides programs on photography. Over the course of its more than 130 year history the club s membership has included photographers such as Edward Bafford, A. Aubrey Bodine, John Dubas, and countless others. Scope and Content The Brown Collection consists of 483 negatives in 24 boxes. The images are primarily unidentified views of Baltimore and vicinity taken by members of the Baltimore Camera Club. Most are s, with some s. The photographs date from 1900 and 1918 with most of taken. Images include informal and posed portraits, rural scenes (landscape and nature shots), parades (including Baltimore s homecoming parade of 1907), the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, beach and boardwalk views, and maritime views.

2 The photographers are unidentified. Some of the photographs may have been taken by John Dubas, a member of the Camera Club. Others may have been taken by Harry A. Brown, a photographer in Baltimore in the 1890s and early 1900s. The images found in the Brown Photograph Collection, PP20, which also originated with Baltimore Camera Club, may be related to this collection. The Collection is broken down into 14 Series organized by subject. The order and series descriptions were retained from BCLM s original scheme. Series I: Outdoor Portraits Series II: Rural Architecture, People Outdoors Series III: Indoor Portraits Series IV: Fire Scenes Series V: Baltimore City, Miscellaneous Scenes Series VI: Nature Series VII: Beach Scenes Series VIII: Parade and Maritime Scenes Series IX: Maritime; Bayside Resort Hospital Series X: Hospital; Key West; Workshops; Wildlife Series XI Seaside Parade Series XII: Xmas Party; Theatre; Nature Series XIII: Nature; Swimming; Rural Architecture Series XIV: Miscellaneous Container List Description Date Format Image ID Series I: Outdoor Portraits Box Family group in front of Grape Ardor circa Two shots: L: Two men drinking at picnic, R: Two women talking outdoors

3 Large family group on veranda Two shots: L: Men at picnic, R: Couples at picnic Man, woman, and girl by fence Family on front porch of summer house Key West Family Picnic Family portrait in backyard Rural group portrait Two old women and a young man in forest Family on front porch of country house (BROKEN) Three young people in a farm field (BROKEN) Large family group Man and woman in front of some sort of observation tower Two women and a young boy, outdoors Man by a brick wall November 13, Group of men picnicing in the country Man in suit in front of Grape arbor Group of boys on wooded hillside Group portrait of young men on a gun emplacement, Annapolis? Group portrait of young men with bulldog, Annapolis?

4 Two men outdoors, Naval Academy? Man on balcony Man on balcony of Patterson Park Pagoda Gatehouse, clapboard and fancy shingle-keeper and wife in front Portrait of man in suit before grape arbor Man on dock, waving Man standing in backyard, potted tropical pants Group of young men Three men in the woods Man in sweat suit seated on the back of a park bench, Key West Young man in suit, in front of winecovered brick wall Group of five school boys Boy in front of wall Man seated on railroad tracks December 21, Young woman with woods in the background December 21, Middle-aged woman in front of her house December 21, Man seated against a woodland rock face Man sitting against a rock face in the forest Girl with doll and teddy bear

5 Two black children on back doorstep. Interior of house. November 13, Family group, with dogs, and dolls Two girls on back stoop Key West Rural group portrait Young woman, with diploma, in front of grape ardor Little girl on wooden stoop Young man and woman with stack of cannon balls Festive group: men with beer mugs, woman, and couple of children November 13, Two girls and a boy Baltimore, MD November 13, Two men and a woman, finely dressed, on a hillside? November 13, Woman with cat Old women and infant, outdoors Group of young women on a porch. Fancy woodwork Young woman, standing in garden Key West Child, with house front, Key West Girl on split rail fence - farm in background Three ladies in high-style hats Woman in front of grape arbor Two women in garden

6 Women and adolescent girl on front stoop with dog Young woman with pet dog, on doorstep December 21, Two women in front of sunflowers. Coca cola sign in background December 21, Series II: Rural Architecture, People Outdoors Quaker meetinghouse, probably Gunpowder Quaker meetinghouse, probably Gunpowder Rural landscapes with railroad tracks and viaduct in distance (BROKEN) Picnic group on rural hillside, trolley on tracks below, ghost of slavic newspaper on emulsion Woman playing with dog in yard A bull terrier Cow in a pen Feeding chickens (BROKEN) Ancient farm buildings, forest, snow Barn? Under construction Man and boy on mule-drawn wagon Rural landscape: shocks of corn, forest in background Farm outbuildings, including log cabin Sheds, etc. at the head of a creek

7 Stone and clapboard water mill Railroad yards? Near Baltimore Railroad yard near Baltimore Ox cart Ox cart Stone building with verandah: Quaker meetinghouse? Powhatan Milltown. seen from river Group of stone houses on a river bank, Powhatan Mill Ruins of Powhatan Mill. From river Stone buildings on river bank. Ruins in foreground. Powhatan Mills Stone workshop, perhaps a blacksmith s, near meeting house Rural church in snow Old farm buildings by roadside Victorian country house, snow Horses grazing, railway in distance Bridges over stream Ruin by woodland stream Farm Cow pasture

8 Water flowing over dam Farm along a riverbank Victorian country house from roadside, snow Victorian country house, snow Victorian country house Victorian country house, snow. Dog being hitched to sleigh Victorian country house. Man with cow. Farmhouse, snow Cow in the hen yard Long view of dam, river: Patapsco valley? Snow, downed phone lines, Relay station Man with draft horse Men at a bonfire Stone workshop - rural blacksmith shop [apparently near the meeting house] Stone viaduct over dirt road [Thomas viaduct near relay?] Sloop yacht Sloop at dock Lighthouse on bay C & D canal bridge

9 Steamboat on C& D Canal Stone structure in woods Bridge over stream House by roadside: snow Men fishing on riverbank Men reclining on lawn Four men on a country road Men on woodland road Series III: Indoor Portraits Portrait of three men December 21, Three card players in parlor August 16, Middle-aged couple before a window December 21, Mr. Fehrman Mr. Louis Dachslager 2133 Penna Ave. C. Dubas (BROKEN) Formal portrait of three young men December 21, Mr. Cherry? April 9, 1911 Portrait of man in overcoat April 9, 1911 Mr. Kurt Babitisch October 9,

10 Two portraits of a young man G. Groeninger Baby in crib December 21, Two men seated on a hillside November 13, Man reading in parlor Police officer for Electric Park Group of men at breakfast Portrait of man W.G. Richardson Adolph Esbraut Portrait of an old man Black baby in carriage November 13, 1915 Black baby w/carriage November 13, 1915 Black infant in carriage November 13, Baby in high chair in front of house Baby in carriage Two children having tea Key West Men at the breakfast table Group of three young women waiting for a meal December 21,

11 A young woman Woman with infant November 13, Portrait of a young woman Woman holding infant Portrait of three young women Two young women in extravagant hats Portrait of young woman on a stairway Two shots: L: Man holding baby girl, R: Man and wife with child An old man and his wife Middle aged man and woman Three old ladies (BROKEN) Group of three old women (BROKEN) Interior: afternoon tea c. 1913? Baby portrait Two boys: one with ball, the other on a tricycle Two children: boy and a girl Baby in wicker carriage Baby portrait Baby in crib

12 Infant boy Baby with bull terrier (BROKEN) Portrait of a young man in suit, with bowler hat Young man in dandy suit Young boy Portrait of a man with infant Two children: one with ball, the other on a tricycle Two children: one on tricycle, the other with a flute Portrait of a young woman Young girl, smiling Key West Young girl in dress Key West Portrait of a girl Portrait of young woman in overcoat Portrait of a woman Portrait of a middle-aged woman Series VI: Fire Scenes Fire ruins - Strauss Bros Fire ruins 1904 Equitable bldg. among fire ruins

13 Steamer Cambridge, Power plant and fire ruins in background Fire in progress seen from water. Power plant in background Looking East on Baltimore St. from Liberty Guards at fire ruins 1904 Fire ruins 1904 Fire ruins guard, Fayette St Fire ruins Fire ruins Equitable bldg Fire ruins Lexington and Charles St. Looking South Scene after fire Ruins after Great Fire 1904 Fire ruins Pratt and Light St Interior of collapsed wharf warehouse - after fire? Clean up after fire 1904 Fire ruins, power plant 1904 Fire ruins 1904 Guards in fire ruins 1904 Collapsed roof of pier Fire ruins, The Krantz-Smith Piano Co. Annex

14 Interior view - wharf roof collapse (BROKEN AND REINFORCED) Series V: Baltimore City, Indoor Scenes Unidentified townscape Three men and a woman at the dinner table Portrait of a young woman An old woman in her parlor A man and two old ladies Group of four children Woman with little boy outdoors Old woman seated in garden Old woman standing in garden Girl holding cat in garden Old woman seated in garden Family group on porch steps Man, woman and boy on front steps Family group on porch steps Stone bridge Victorian house with gingerbread Stone [Thomas] viaduct over the Patapsco

15 Carrollton Viaduct [Guide to Balto. architecture by Dilts & Dorsey states C.V. has one arch. Thomas V. has eight] Stone meetinghouse or school Series VI: Nature Bird s nest in tree Old draft horse Two cats Bird on a branch Four kittens Fence swift Bird on a branch Bird s nest Heron Fledgling bird in nest Caterpillar on branch Toad on a toadstool Bird on the nest Caterpillars Marsh bird s nest Fledglings on a branch

16 Hummingbirds nest Caterpillar Toad on a mushroom Dead bat Still life, with roses Still life: roses in a vase Still life with a bowl of fruit Still life with chrysanthemums Country road, snow Country road = second-growth forest Forest road Country road Field, woods and stream Stream, parkland Rural snow scene Road through forest Woodland Forest stream Pine trees

17 Second-growth forest: beaver damage Marsh Pine trees Boulders at edge of pond Woodland stream: snow Rushing, stream, woods, snow Sunset over the water Tree branches Beech trees with graffiti along a country road Trees Looking up through the branches Wooded country road, with phone lines Woodland stream, snow Woodland road, snow Rocky stream in snow Marsh Woodland pond Forest stream, field Fenced parkland

18 Open woods Series VII: Beach Scenes Taylor I wharf Children on beach Woman and children at beach [Unidentified] Boardwalk Bayside resort Scoop yachts at wharf Fledgling in nest Men swimming Lighthouse Ox cart on the beach Children playing at the beach Men in the surf Men swimming Women bathing at ocean Women on beach Swimmers in the surf Man and two women in a boat

19 Boat landing Taylor s Island Taylor s Island Series VIII: Parade and Maritime Scenes Parade: Mt. Vernon place Parade: Men in Indian costume Patriotic parade on a Baltimore City street. Men on horse-drawn wagon, crowds Bow view of side wheel steamer and square-rigged sailing ship Canoe and log canoe, bayside Canoe and log canoe, bayside Log canoe with 5 women and 1 man Man in log canoe at dock Log canoe with standing man Oxen pulling log in city parade [C. Dorsey Forest (?) on sign] Wilcox and Ziegler Float in Parade Indians on Horseback - Mt. Vernon Band and float in parade Chinamen pulling Ricksha in parade Log cabin float Before the advent of the O.A.S. range

20 Series IX: Maritime; Bayside Resort Hospital Man reading German paper on rooftop. Hopkins hospital in background? Key West Two men and a boy: military school? hospital? Key West Sailboat on a canal: the C & D? An old house, with docks, and boats House on the water with dock and sailboats Side view of house on creek. Dock and sailboats Man working at desk Two men at a desk Man working at a desk Attendant in hospital laundry room November 13, 1915 Man in a wheelchair December 21, Hospital ward December 21, A doctor in the hospital December 21, Nurse at her desk in a hospital ward December 21, Nurses in a hospital ward Key West Man in bed, head wound Series X: Hospital; Key West; Workshops; Wildlife

21 Room of house converted into cabinet maker s shop Key West Room of house converted into cabinet maker s shop Key West Man in hospital bed, showing bad head wound Man at work table, under palm tree West Indian scene: Creole house Key West West Indian scene: Priest and friend Key West Man at work in basement office Key West Pipefitter s shop Key West Blacksmith at work Three men at machine for rolling bolts of cloth Work men at the door of their shop Blacksmith shop Construction of power line tower March 23, Heron Three fledglings on a twig Young crows on a branch Bird s nest with eggs Two deer in the forest White-tailed deer in the forest

22 A deer in the forest Series XI: Seaside Parade Crowd watching parade Military parade by Washington Monument Soldiers parading, Mt. Vernon Pl. Indians on horseback in city Two women in a log canoe Young man and woman in a log canoe Two women in log canoe Man on woman on bank of pond. Canoe in the water Boating Man and woman in log canoe Men and boys in surf Houses and church along beach [More likely a Coast Guard building?] Wooden firefighters in convoy Schodner Sisters, built at Saint Michaels, Md, See list of merchant vessels of USA, Boardwalk, Bayside resort [Beach Scene] Bayside resort Boardwalk Scene

23 Approaching Baltimore by water Women and children wading on beach Series XII: Xmas Party; Theatre; Nature Theatre troupe, including minstrels Man around tree: trying to catch something? Four men walking along the forest s edge Scene on a pond Woodland pond Woodland stream Woodland stream with snow Bridge over a stream A woodland stream Woodland stream with old mill dam Woodland stream Woodland stream with bridge Boy fishing Forest stream Rocky forest stream Well-Dressed woman on a woodland path

24 A woodland path Tree apparently scorched by lightning - farm shed in distance House ruin in the woods Series XIII: Nature; Swimming; Rural Architecture Little old lady; frame house side view Log cabin with massive stone chimney, in a field Stone-water mill A country hotel Quarry? Small barn or shed Three men drinking by a hayloft Farm road. Gatehouse in distance Log tenant house or slave cabin Log cabin with massive fieldstone chimney Sheep pasture with elegant house in the background Swimmers Men and boys swimming Men and boys swimming

25 Men swimming Men and boys swimming in pond Two boys hauling firewood Two boys hauling firewood horse & Buggy on country road. Telephone lines A country road (BROKEN) Country road with buggy A road in the forest Scenic country road A fallen tree Series XIV: Miscellaneous City hall dome lighted for homecoming Homecoming lights Homecoming sign. J.Gutman & Co Parade in Baltimore City Night scene Baltimore St. scene night festival lights Cityscape Relay train station

26 Looking towards relay station [Rising like a French chateau at the East end of Thomas Viaduct] West side of Patapsco River at Relay. B & O tracks in foreground Horse & Buggy? Man in open carriage Suburban church and parsonage? Old frame house A dam Merry Christmas Happy New Year. Sarah S. & Wm. K. Travers children on porch steps Gladiola bouquet & little girl 3 children on porch steps Little girl by vase of gladiolas Woman holding cat outdoor Low buildings along shore women, 1 man arm in arm outdoor Man wearing windbreaker, hands in pockets Drive entrance to country place Couple with baby outdoor

27 Woman in coat and hat outdoors Man holding baby Men before tree people at restaurant? table Man with baby Shrine circus parade