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| 1. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Fells Point, Baltimore Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (04-172) BALTIMORE, WORLD PORT à Baltimore is one of the five major North Atlantic ports of the United States and it is often described as the most southern of the northern ports, the most northern of the southern ports and the most western of the eastern ports. The port actually predates the city. Baltimore became an import port and trading center during the Revolutionary War and achieved international recognition in the eighteenth century when its speedy Clippers were bringing coffee from South America, tea from China and slaves from Africa. In the last 25 years, it has developed into one of the world's great ports. Today, the port and its closely allied facilities is the largest single industry in Baltimore, sixth largest city of the United States. |
| 2. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Wing and Wing Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (04-175) River Regatta. Originally these boats were intended as work boats but their owners put on more and more sail to increase their speed until they became racing and pleasure craft only. This photograph appeared in My Maryland by A. Aubrey Bodine, published by Bodine & Associates. |
| 3. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Island Blossom, Log Canoe Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (04-177) Joshua Thomas was a dynamic young waterman who became a leader in Methodist revivals and camp meetings on the islands of Tangier Sound. Journeying from meeting to meeting in a log canoe named The Methodist he soon became famous as the "Parson of the Islands." Historians credit him with establishing Methodism as the deep-rooted faith of the island people. The most spectacular event of his career was preaching to the British expeditionary forces encamped on Tangier Island during the War of 1812 - and predicting that they would not succeed in taking Baltimore. The log canoe he used was a prototype of the Island Blossom, built in 1892, a famous racing log canoe, shown with seven of the crew riding springboards to balance it. |
| 4. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1951 Railbird Shooting Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (05-081) Hunters poling past Pigs Point on the Patuxent River. |
| 5. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 (ca) Duck Hunters Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (05-086) Two hunters taking aim |
| 6. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1951 Bay Bridge Rising Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (06-041) Maryland's eastern and western shores are linked by the largest continuous entirely-over-water steel structure in the world. The bridge from shore to shore - from Sandy Point to Kent Island - measures 4.35 miles. The entire project, including approach roads, is 7.727 miles long. About 6,500,000 man hours of work and 60,000 tons of steel were needed to build it. Work began on November 3, 1949. The bridge was opened on July 30, 1952. It cost about $45,000,000 and will be paid for by tolls from this and other state bridges. The bridge was built in a graceful, sweeping curve to comply with regulations determined by the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, and to land the structure on favorable terrain. |
| 7. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1958 Tall Ship, Danmark Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (12-041) THE OLD AND THE NEW à The full-rigged ship that is about to pass under the modern Chesapeake Bay Bridge is the Danmark, on which for many years Danish merchant marine officers received their training. During World War II thousands of American seamen were also trained on her. She visited Baltimore on her last ocean voyage before the Danish Government retired her from this service. |
| 8. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1959 Soft Shell Crabs Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (14-075) Tangier Island à One of Tangier's leading watermen holds a tray of prize soft shell crabs that are on their way to market. |
| 9. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Baskets of Clams Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (14-095) Hard clams harvested on the lower Eastern Shore. |
| 10. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Untitled Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (14-110) |
| 11. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1961 Net Mender Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (14-114) Wicomico pound netter mending his nets. |
| 12. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Net Mending Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (14-126) |
| 13. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1955 Pound Netters Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (14-145) This type of net is large and square; it is closed at the bottom and its upper edges are tied to stakes which hold them above water. Funnel-shaped nets lead into it beneath the surface and fish entering these are trapped in the main "pound". These watermen are working the Susquehanna Flats. |
| 14. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1949 Pound Netters Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (14-180) Pound nets are placed in the bay to catch shad, one of the great bay delicacies. Some of the larger fish are being tagged in order to determine their movements in an effort to increase their numbers. Nets are used to catch herring, rock and other varieties of fish, also. This picture was made near Point No Point on the Chesapeake Bay. |
| 15. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1948 Choptank Oyster Dredgers Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-068) This photograph was taken while on assignment for the Sun Magazine. The large skipjack is the Maggie Lee, the small one on the horizon is the Lucy Tyler. Because of the stormy weather, Bodine had a difficult time photographing and was surprised to find this image when he developed the film. Not only did it win the $5,000 first prize in the 1949 Popular Photography national contest, but it was also awarded medals in Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Hong Kong, France, the Philippines, Italy, Portugal, and all across the United States. |
| 16. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1933 Making a Lick Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-077) When a dredge is dragged across an oyster bar by the towing vessel - this is called making a lick - the teeth of the dredge dig into the bar and force the oysters into the bag. When the bag is reasonably full, a donkey engine pulls it up on deck where it is dumped. A properly operated dredge will catch practically every oyster in its path. A vessel uses two dredges at a time. This skipjack is the Thomas Clyde. The photograph appeared in My Maryland, by A. Aubrey Bodine, published by Bodine & Associations. |
| 17. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1936 The Big Freeze Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-084) Normally the Chesapeake Bay is free from ice, but occasionally a severe winter belies its location below the Mason-Dixon Line. This happened last in 1936. The Bay itself iced over completely for about 80 of its 195 miles--almost down to the Patuxent River. Its tributaries right on down to the James froze up. Fields of ice drift lay between the Virginia Capes. The dredge boats, framed by a necklace of icicles, sought shelter in Spa Creek in Annapolis. They were immobilized for weeks. |
| 18. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Sunset over the Miles River Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-130) The sun is rising over the St. Michaels Yacht Club on the Miles River. |
| 19. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1948 Tangiers Sound, Crisfield, MD Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-138) This image appears in A. Aubrey Bodine, Baltimore Pictorialist, by Kathleen Ewing, published by Johns Hopkins Press. |
| 20. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Aerial Escort Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-151) Eel fishermen are escorted by hungry gulls on their return to port. |
| 21. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Untitled Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-167) |
| 22. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1945 Early Start Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-189) A young crabber starts out for his day on the Bay waters at sunrise. |
| 23. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1934 Baltimore Harbor Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-197) |
| 24. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1944 Rowing at Ebb Tide Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (15-208) Taken near Havre de Grace, Maryland, this photograph won "best picture of the year" in 1944 from the Photographic Society of America. Bodine did extensive retouching to the negative before he made his final exhibition print. It was accepted in 32 salon competitions across America and around the world. It finished in the Top Ten seventeen times, receiving three First Place awards, an Honorable Mention, and a Medal. A fine example of this photograph is in the Baltimore Museum of Art. |
| 25. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1965 Oyster Tongers Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (17-014) Hand-tonging for oysters from the slippery deck of a bobbing boat is probably the toughest job there is in the Bay country. These watermen are working south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. |
| 26. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1948 Oyster Tonger Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (17-022) The Most Difficult Job in the World à Tonging oysters by hand from the bay bottom is tough, cold, rugged work. Men go out in small boats with rakes on the ends of handles which sometimes measure twenty-four feet in length. Most of the tonging is done in the cold weather when ice frequently forms on the handles. The teeth of the rake scrape the oysters off the bottom. Special areas are set aside for the hand tongers; dredgers are not allowed there. If either finds the other infringing an argument ensues. This photograph appeared in a January 1949 Sun Magazine article that identified the setting as Tilghman Island, Maryland. |
| 27. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1936 The Sailor Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (18-052) On board the Doris Hamlin sailing the Chesapeake Bay below Bloody Point. |
| 28. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1970 Ocean City Sunrise Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (18-106) An ocean sunrise is shown through the pilings of the Ocean City pier. Silhouettes, such as used here, appeared often in Bodine's pictures. Made in 1970, this photograph was used as a magazine cover after his death. |
| 29. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1960 Choptank River, Caroline County Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (18-120) Quiet Beauty à No stream in Maryland surpasses the Choptank in loveliness, it well may be. The peace that steeps this scene - where the river forms the dividing line between Talbot and Caroline Counties - is typical of some stretches. |
| 30. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 She Leans Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (22-153) This picturesque ruin is on Kent Island in Queen Anne's County. It is near the former Romancoke ferry terminal and overlooks Eastern Bay. While some of the state's old structures are dilapidated and in need of repairs, there are many others whose owners have either kept them in condition over the years or have restored them to their former beauty. There is much of Colonial America in Maryland. |
| 31. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1945 Unloading Bananas Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (29-203) |
| 32. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Journey's End Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (31-019) A freighter is being guided by tugboats in the Patapsco Basin, Upper Baltimore Harbor. |
| 33. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1949 Baltimore Harbor, night Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (31-042) Bodine's salon records list at least 96 exhibitions across America and around the world where this photograph won countless medals and other awards between 1949 and 1965. This image appears in the book A. Aubrey Bodine, Baltimore Pictorialist, by Kathleen Ewing, published by Johns Hopkins Press. |
| 34. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Harbor Fog Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (31-054) Fog softens, dramatizes, and romanticizes. Photographers are particularly aware of this, and when a "good" fog occurs make the most of it. The photos on this page were made by Mr. Bodine on Pratt Street, at Long Dock. The frigate "Constellation" can be seen at the right. |
| 35. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1925 Unloading Lumber at Long Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (31-065) |
| 36. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Long Dock, Baltimore Harbor Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (31-163) |
| 37. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1947 Long Dock, Baltimore Harbor Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (32-115) Taken in the Baltimore Harbor, this photograph shows the steamer City of Norfolk on the left and the U.S.F. Constellation on the right. This image appears in the book A. Aubrey Bodine, Baltimore Pictorialist by Kathleen Ewing, published by Johns Hopkins Press. |
| 38. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1955 Cradle of the Deep Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (33-161) Rotting slowly away on the bottom of Tangier Sound, where she went down in 1955, is the ram Edward J. Baird, Jr. Rams are long, slender craft especially designed to go through the narrow C & D Canal. "I thought I could tell you some history of that boat. It was my Dad's. He is on the little boat in the picture. Do you know that on nautical charts, it actually says "Staples Wreck" on the Little Ammenessex, part of the Chesapeake Bay off Crisfield. Dad wanted to use the vessel to haul cargo, but needed to sail it to Baltimore for overhauling and inspection. Unaware that Hurricane Ione was approaching, he left the Eastern Shore with a crew of several art student friends and his mother aboard. The Baird sank in Tangier Sound after the Coast Guard tried to tow it to safety. The vessel's three masts and rigging remained visible. My dad died 2 years ago." Liz MacFarlane |
| 39. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1952 Lone Fisherman, Mexico Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (41-190) |
| 40. |  | A. Aubrey Bodine 1950 Untitled Gelatin silver print Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com (43-311) |