MSA SC 5995-2-1
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1918-1920
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photograph, cardboard
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of the Best family home, "Etowah," in Birdsville, Maryland. Alfred Ball Best (b. 1835 - d. 1920) is sitting on the top step.
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MSA SC 5995-2-2
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1918-1922
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photograph, cardboard
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of Alfred Sellman Best (b. 1901 - d. 1998) at the University of Maryland.
Photograph is titled "Morning Inspection" and the three men in the photograph are dressed in uniforms.
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MSA SC 5995-2-3
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1913-1920
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photographs, cloth, paper
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph album containing photographs taken by Alfred Sellman Best around Anne Arundel County, on the family farm, "Etowah," in Birdsville, Maryland, at Charlotte Hall [Charlotte Hall Military Academy], and at the University of Maryland.
The album also includes photographs of a University of Maryland football game, the Maryland State House and Governor's Mansion in Annapolis, the US Engineer Regiment and working being done on Maryland state roads.
Some photographs have descriptions. The binding is in disrepair. 7 1/2" x 6" x 3/4"
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MSA SC 5995-2-4
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1919-1920
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photograph, cloth, paper
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph album containing photographs, probably taken by Alfred Sellman Best. Subjects include: University of Maryland campus, UMD football games, UMD R.O.T.C., Great Falls, airplanes, canal, and more.
Subjects in Virginia: the Crater at Petersburg, Jamestown, Richmond, Newport News, and Hampton Rhodes [Hampton Roads].
Some pages have descriptions of the photos and small drawings in the margins. Some of the pages are loose from the binding. 7 1/2" x 6" x 1"
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MSA SC 5995-2-5
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tintype, metal
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Tintype of a man with a bicycle.
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MSA SC 5995-2-6
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of Mrs. Bird mowing a lawn. Probably first half of the 20th century. Mrs. Bird was a neighbor of the Bests, and part of the family for whom Birdsville, MD was named.
Back of the photograph has a note, signed by E. J. Best
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MSA SC 5995-2-7
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of a gas station in the early 20th century.
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MSA SC 5995-2-8
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Three photographs of a family in a car, early 20th century.
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MSA SC 5995-2-9
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Three men in a car. The young man in the back is Hezikiah Best, with his father Alfred Ball Best. Early 20th century.
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MSA SC 5995-2-10
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1915-1925
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of a man and a boy on a bench. Hezikiah Best and his son, Alfred Sellman Best.
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MSA SC 5995-2-11
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Two photographs of two men and a dog in the countryside. Early 20th century.
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MSA SC 5995-2-12
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of 5 men and a dog sitting next to a house. Early 20th century.
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MSA SC 5995-2-13
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of three men sitting next to a house. Early 20th century.
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MSA SC 5995-2-14
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1921
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of a family sitting in front of a house on Easter Sunday, 1921.
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MSA SC 5995-2-15
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photograph
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33/04/03/46
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Description
Photograph of a woman with a dog, in front of a car. Early 20th century.
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