| 1919-1975 |
| photographs (original) |
| No Restrictions |
| 33/02/03/13 (items 1-84); 33/02/03/14 (items 85-111), 33/04/04/36 (items 112-212); 33/05/03/Shelf 7 (series 2) |
| Photographs compiled by William T. Claude, photographer for the Maryland State Roads Commission (c. 1926-late 1960s). Collection features views of State Roads exhibitions, trucks, snow plows and work scenes (such as roads being cleared of snow, etc). A number of photographs depict western Maryland views. Images of early road signs (c.1930) for Lisbon and West Elkridge are also included. Random views feature the wharf at Claiborne, the Crain Highway monument, and shots taken along the Frederick Pike (Route 40) and the Easton-Claiborne Road. A later series of photographs (1960s), focusing mostly on various suburban corporate buildings, has a Baltimore streetscene (Calvert Street looking North near Centre Street).
3 boxes; 111 images |
| Mr. Claude starting working for the State Roads Commission (SRC) in 1926 or 1927 until being called up for military service in 1942. He resumed his work the SRC in 1950, retiring from the Commission in the late 1960s. |
