| Collection of original and copy negatives taken by News American staff photographers between 1880 and 1965. The approximately 500 photographs in this diverse collection cover such subjects as fires, floods, road construction, desegregation, landmarks, street scenes, aerials, World War I, and various community celebrations throughout the State of Maryland, from Cumberland to Ocean City. Baltimore City, skipjacks on the Chesapeake Bay, World War I training (possibly at Fort McHenry), and visits of Franklin D. Roosevelt to Chestertown and Aberdeen are all represented in this collection.
Locations illustrated include: Port Deposit, Harpers Ferry, Chestertown (F. D. Roosevelt speech), St. Mary's City, Emory Grove, Craighill lighthouse, New Windsor, Conowingo, Halethorpe, Reisterstown (Hannah More Academy), Elkridge, aerial of Route 50 and Ritchie Highway intersection, Chincoteague (ponies), St. Michaels, Prettyboy Dam, Camp Ritchie, Fort Howard, Oakland, Cumberland (flood and fair), Uplands Episcopal Women's Home, flower mart (Baltimore), Bethesda, College Park, Rockville (Montgomery County Courthouse), Greenbelt, Aberdeen (town and visit by F. D. Roosevelt to Proving Grounds), Bainbridge, Snow Hill (Worcester County Courthouse), Tolchester Beach, Centreville, Elkton (fire, marriage center, Cecil County Courthouse, street scenes), Havre de Grace, Cambrige (Choptank River Bridge), St. Clements Island (Tercentennary), Annapolis, Denton. |
