Suggestions & CommentsDigital Images from UMBC Special Collections
Digital images (100 dpi) from selected collections are available online. Collections are listed with the total number of images available and a brief description. Images are linked to the records in the photography database IMCAT and arranged by location or appropriate subject categories. Click on the captions to view the images.If you are interested in copy prints or high resolution images, or information on permissions and fees please email Special Collections.
Albums
Ardsley ParkArchitectural photographs of the estate of Cyrus Field.
Collections available to date:
Hine Collection -- child labor (early 20th c.)Bretz Collection -- mining (with some child labor), Penn State, Pennsylvania battlefields, etc. (primarily 19th c.)
Rooks Collection -- African American history and related subjects (19th c.)
Civil War Collections -- United States Civil War 1861-65
Hine Collection
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940) took photographs of child laborers for the National Committee on Child Labor in the 32 states listed below; click on the state link to see all the records of the photographs from that state. [4735 records]
Related Documents
History 402: The South Since Reconstruction. 'Child Labor in the American South.' [Lewis Hine Class Project 2007].Bretz Collection
George M. Bretz (1842-1895) photographed throughout the northern and western portions of Pennsylvania, particularly in the coal mining regions around Pottsville
and State College. These subjects are ones Bretz photographed frequently; choose the 'VIEW ALL' to see the entire collection. [376 records]
| Mining | Child Labor | Breaker boys | Railroads |
| Penn State | Science labs | Portraits/Groups | VIEW ALL |
Rooks Collection
The focus of the Rooks Collection is African American history and culture, primarily from the post-Civil War period to the end of the 19th century.
The works were collected from diverse sources and represent a variety of influences, both American and foreign. [218 records]
| Africans | Australian Aborigines | African Americans--portraits | United States Colored Troops |
| Minstrels | Baseball players | Slavery | VIEW ALL |
United States Civil War Collections
Civil War photos are part of many of our collections and records for them can be found by searching in IMCAT using the
subject heading 'United States History - Civil War 1861-1865'. Some of these photos are available in the Bretz and Rooks collections. Many
more are available in our Civil War Collection [available soon]. Some of the most famous are included in 'Gardner's Photographic Sketch book of the War'
published in 1866. Both volumes of the Sketch book are now available; the original photographs and accompanying text can be viewed
in Special collections [call# Bafford E468.7.G2 v.1-2]
Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War
[100 mounted photographs of the operations of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, etc.]
Civil War Collection
The Civil War Collection includes a variety of images collected from a various different donors and have only partial documentation. Arrangement is by broad category: state, battlefield, etc. where the information is known
or the entire collection can be browsed using the --view all-- link. [139 images]
| Georgia | Maryland | Pennsylvania | Virginia/ W.Virginia |
| Tennessee | District of Columbia | Gettysburg | Chancellorsville |
| Manassas | Fredericksburg | Surgeon General's Office | VIEW ALL |