A/V Disco

Han? Nah. Luke? No thank you. Wedge? Forever and always.

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:23:27 -0400

Han? Nah. Luke? No thank you. Wedge? Forever and always.

Photo

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:58:04 -0500

June Wayne’s habit of being friendly…

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:35:25 -0500

June Wayne’s habit of being friendly…

Photo

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:04:46 -0500

mdhsphotographs: Help MdHS solve this photo mystery. We want to...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:20:52 -0500

mdhsphotographs:

Help MdHS solve this photo mystery. We want to know what is happening in this photograph:

Detective room, Police Department
ca. 1910
Hughes Company
8x10 inch glass negative
Hughes Company Collection
Maryland Historical Society
Z9.584.PP8

I found this photograph in the Hughes Collection about a year ago. This is definitely the most disturbing photograph I’ve seen at MdHS. Being completely nonplussed, I started asking around about it - historians, journalists, etc. but no one had a definite answer but provided great speculations and observations. MdHS Library Blog “underbelly”, created a post to help solve the mystery (“Masked Mystery” by Joe Tropea).

Here are the facts:

There are no other photos in the collection that relate to this one (that we know of).

There are 15 masked individuals and three unmasked individuals.

The masks are folded in the middle around the nose and have a pattern around the edges, similar to a napkin.

The African American man on the platform seems calm (for someone in a mysterious situation), is wearing a visible wedding ring, and has a pin on his coat.

There is a newspaper on the table with a note across is which I thought said “Lot 001” but it’s difficult to tell.

This is definitely ca. 1900-1920 as the original format is glass negative and this is definitely after the invention of electricity.

Just because the photo was labeled “detective room” does not mean that this is absolute truth. Often times people will write a description several years after the photo made it’s way to MdHS. It may not have been The Hughes Company who wrote this description.

The Hughes Company was a commercial photography company in Baltimore from the late 1800s until the 1970s. They mostly photographed construction, buildings, events, professionals, etc. in the Baltimore area.

This is too early in Baltimore history to be the first African American police officer. The first African American to join the police department was Violet Hill Whyte in 1937.

Go to the MdHS Library blog to read more educated guesses.

Must focus on the love.

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:39:35 -0500

Must focus on the love.

Oh my.

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:59:15 -0500

Oh my.

Not preservation best practices all the time, but still a very...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:04:41 -0500

Not preservation best practices all the time, but still a very interesting format and video.

Star Trek at the Online Archive of California

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:46:05 -0500

Star Trek at the Online Archive of California:

christinamcclendon:

Favorite reference question of the night so far! The researcher was looking for the Gene Roddenberry Star Trek Television Series Collection, 1966-1969 at UCLA, but I was surprised by how many results there were for “star trek” overall.

Others of note:

the Ron Moore [of Battlestar Galactica] Collection at USC

the Contemporary American Comic Book Collection, ca. 1962 - ca. 1994 at Stanford

the Kirk/Spock Slash Fiction Zine Collection at ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives

the Star Trek Association of Irvine Publications at UC Irvine

This was totally the first thing I searched my first day working at UCLA Library.

Dreamin’ all through the night…

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:19:34 -0500

Dreamin’ all through the night…

Oopsy doodle. mdhsphotographs: The Whirpool Dips [in...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:45:14 -0500

Oopsy doodle.

mdhsphotographs:

The Whirpool Dips [in disrepair]
Tolchester Beach, Maryland
1956
Robert F. Kniesche (1906-1976)
2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch negative
Kniesche Photograph Collection
Maryland Historical Society
PP79.300.2

Damaged wooden roller coaster
Tolchester Beach, Maryland
1956
Robert F. Kniesche (1906-1976)
2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch negative
Kniesche Photograph Collection
Maryland Historical Society
PP79.300.1

WHY NO BILL PULLMAN?!

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:24:10 -0500

WHY NO BILL PULLMAN?!

doctorwho: PULL.

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:04:00 -0500

doctorwho:

PULL.

yellowdecorations: yes it is a real quote. Want.

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:48:09 -0500

yellowdecorations:

yes it is a real quote.

Want.

Want to be.

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:27:08 -0500

Want to be.

Meow.

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:30:25 -0500

Meow.

"I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore."

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:28:31 -0500

“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.”

- Kurt Vonnegut, Unready to Wear (via freecocaine)

This kid REALLY wants a Sega Genesis. “Now my life is...

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:27:27 -0500

This kid REALLY wants a Sega Genesis. “Now my life is good.”

R.O. Blechman CBS Christmas Message (1966)

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:06:00 -0500

R.O. Blechman CBS Christmas Message (1966)

There’s been lots of talk recently about Baltimore’s...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:37:37 -0500

There’s been lots of talk recently about Baltimore’s early involvement with the Civil Rights Movement and its lack of historical coverage. I need to revisit this film and see if there are any other copies out there in better condition. AND then find funding for photochemical preservation. :)

mdhsphotographs:

Desegregation - Baltimore Report, 1956
16mm Kinescope, 40 minutes
Photograph by Siobhan Hagan
Baltimore City Life Museum Moving Picture Collection
Maryland Historical Society
1986.77.1