Masked Mystery
What do you think is going on in this photograph? “Detective room, Police Department,” Hughes Company Photograph Collection, unknown photographer (possibly James W. Scott), ca.1910, MdHS, PP8-585 /...
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“The White Masks Inspecting a Prisoner at Detective Headquarters,” Hughes Company Photograph Collection, unknown photographer (possibly James W. Scott), ca.1909, MdHS, PP8-585 / Z9.584.PP8. Last week...
View ArticleWorkers of the state, unite! (Labor Day 2013)
Workers of the state of Maryland, unite! It’s the last three-day weekend of the summer! Communists Celebrating, PP141.274 (Z4.141), not dated, MdHS. In honor of the first Monday of September also known...
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There’s not a lot to say about Thanksgiving that pictures can’t say better. For many it’s a time to think about what we are thankful for. Dining room, Thanksgiving Day. Red Cross Institute for the...
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