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Photography, Slides & Digital Images

[Berry Picker]Baltimore, MD.  July 1909

These collections contain 2 million images documenting the development of photography from daguerreotypes to digital imaging. Holdings that have influenced public thought or legislation include Lewis Hine's photographs of child labor and the mining photographs (1870-1895) of George Bretz.

Our holdings also illustrate the development of the aesthetic principles of photography. Works by Ansel Adams, Berenice Abbott, Judy Dater, Diane Arbus, Roland Freeman, David Plowden, Minor White, and hundreds of other artists are represented. We are adding digitized images to the Digital Collections daily.

Students and faculty may borrow slides from Fine Arts Room 216 -- search the Slide Library Database below.

Finding Photographs

  • Special Collections Search
    Search for and browse all photographs. Under "Content to search," check of the box next to Photos. Then enter your search terms. If there is a digital version, your results will have a link to the digital image.

Also check

  • Photographers & Collections Index (UMBC)

    Coverage: current
    A browsing index to the photography holdings in Special Collections with links to the image records in the Digital Collections.

  • UMBC Digital Collections

    UMBC Digital Collections are composed of selected materials from the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Currently, the majority of the digital collections draw upon the rich and unique holdings of the Special Collections and Archives. Items cover a broad range of topics and include photographs, the Retriever Weekly newspaper, electronic theses and dissertations from UMBC candidates, Theatre Department programs, posters, playbills, and other ephemera.



Other ways to find photos



Photography Archives Collection

  • Jule Eisenbud collection on Ted Serios and thoughtographic photography

    Coverage: 1931-1999
    The Eisenbud collection, originating mainly from the 1960s during the years of Eisenbud's experimentation on renowned psychic photographer Ted Serios, provide an introduction to the psychic phenomenon 'thoughtography'. This collection contains thousands of photographs documenting Eisenbud's research and evidence of thoughtography.

  • Mildred Grossman papers

    The papers of Mildred Grossman cover her active and dedicated life. Included within the collection are photographs, both professional and personal, correspondence between friends and clients, diaries, daybooks, financial, medical, and legal documents. The photographs in this collection include a selection related to the Hotel Trades Council's exhibit "Portrait of a Union" and hundreds of personal photographs. Grossman's professional photographs have been removed and are housed with UMBC's Photography Collections.


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