Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Timothy B. Bladen Southern Maryland Portraits: Photoprints

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0767
Creators:
Bladen, Timothy B.
Dates:
1980 - 2000
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.2 Cubic feet
1 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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Fishing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mennonites -- 20th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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
Auctions Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Crabbing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Crabs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Robinson, Franklin A., Sr., 1932-2023 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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