From The City Paper (Baltimore)
The Maryland Historical Society’s photography collection includes more than a million items, ranging from daguerreotypes to postcards, going back to 1850. And with that vast archive at her fingertips, Jennifer Ferretti, digitization coordinator at the MdHS, has created a captivating Tumblr site. The site is updated nearly every weekday with one labeled photograph and, sometimes, commentary. The images run the gamut, from an early 1900s photo of a local oyster-shucking operation to a charming 1960 photo of Eubie Blake’s hands with an attached handwritten note that reads: “These are my hands, I hope they’ve played the music, both semi classic and ragtime you enjoyed.” Ferretti’s choices are often seasonal—Ocean City pics in the summer, a 1915 shot of a flag-festooned Hutzler Bros. department store on Black Friday—and always fascinating. (Andrea Appleton)
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