Another man wants to know if the archive has pictures of a liberty ship that sailed from Baltimore in the 1940s. He worked on the ship as a young man. McElrath locates a stunning shot of the tall ship leaving the Inner Harbor. These are the kinds of requests McElrath receives. Researchers arrive from across the country and camp out at one of the Maryland Room's tables for weeks.
Students use the archives for class projects.
And sometimes, an old-timer just wants to relive a memory. Many request photographs from the News-American . Its claim to fame was publishing the Declaration of Independence on July 4 every year from 1776 until the paper's demise. Disappointing for some photo-buffs, they are reminders of how printing was done before the days of computer programs and desktop publishing. Lots of big headlines, pictures and sensational stories.