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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Timothy B. Bladen Southern Maryland Portraits: Photoprints
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0767
- Creators:
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Bladen, Timothy B.
- Dates:
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1980 - 2000
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.2 Cubic feet1 box, 7 items
- Repository:
A selection of photographic prints from Timothy Bladen's Southern Maryland Portrait's series.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
These seven photographs were included in Mr. Bladen's exhibition, "Southern Maryland Portraits," at the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Riverdale, Maryland, 2000. The prints are silver gelatin, received unmounted, all on 11" x 14" double-weight photographic paper.
Arrangement
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into one series. Captions provided by the artist; editing and additional descriptive notes in brackets.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Timothy B. Bladen is a Maryland-based photographer. At the height of summer 1998, when Maryland was in the midst of a horrific drought, Timothy Bladen toured the southern Maryland countryside with an antique camera in his trunk, hunting for signs that the rural lifestyle was surviving. On this sentimental tour of Southern Maryland, he located and photographed many people from his own memories including a sausage maker, wood-carvers and watermen and aging farmers perched on their front stoops, tobacco farmers working in the fields and people milling about at a farmer's market.
Administration
Author
David E. Haberstich
Custodial History
Negatives made by Bladen, 1998. Prints donated to the Archives Center in late 2000 by the photographer.
Custodial History
These photographs were made in 1998, and the prints were made between 1998 and 2000.
Franklin A. Robinson, Jr., donor to the Archives Center and the Museum's costume collections and a sometime Archives Center volunteer and contractor, brought Bladen's photographs to the attention of the Archives Center. Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.'s father, brother, and sister are shown in one of the photographs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Timothy B. Bladen, December 2000.
Existence and Location of Originals
Negatives are located in the collection of Timothy B. Bladen.
Processing Information
Collection processed by David Habestich, 2003.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Timothy B. Bladeb retains copyright. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Preferred Citation
Timothy B. Bladen Southern Maryland Portraits (Photoprints), 1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist.
Keywords
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| Maryland -- 1980-2000 | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sausages | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Farms -- Maryland | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Agriculture -- 20th century -- Maryland | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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| Robinson, Franklin A., Sr., 1932-2023 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-3270
Fax Number: Fax: 202-786-2453
archivescenter@si.edu
