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George Forbes Collection

MSA SC 182
Dates1754-1999
MediumPhotographs, negatives, originals, lantern slides, slides, copperplates
RestrictionsNo restrictions on circulating prints in series 1. Original negatives and lantern slides located do not circulate.
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Photographs, views of Annapolis, U. S. Naval Academy, colonial homes, and other points of interest in Maryland collected in the early 20th century by George Forbes. Includes notes for slide lectures. Forensic Club of Annapolis: constitution, bylaws, and minutes 1759-1776 transcript; Elizabeth B. Gibson, "Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family of Maryland. For Their Descendants of 1826"; letters, Emma Bordley to Mrs. R.C. Derb, 1813-1814. One box contains copperplates mounted on printer's blocks.

History
This collection contains almost 2000 images, mainly of Annapolis, MD and the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. These images, which are a combination of glass plate negatives, film negatives, glass lantern slides, and prints, were used by Mr. Forbes for lectures and other history related events in Annapolis in the early years of the twentieth century. The images, most of which were taken by professional photographers, date from circa 1870 to the 1920s, but most of them were taken between 1890 and 1910. Detailed lecture notes belonging to Mr. Forbes are also part of this collection, and contain information on individual photographs.

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