Frederick Kelly photograph collection, 1959-1976

The Frederick Kelly Photograph Collection spans the period from 1959 to 1976 and contains 250 black and white silver gelatin photographs, primarily taken in New York City. Frederick Kelly (1905-1999) lived in Baltimore, MD, where he worked as a librarian and an educator. His interests included photography, and he enjoyed traveling to New York City in his later years to photograph the vibrant city's buildings and people. Kelly appears to have been interested in the myriad different characters that mark the fabric of urban life. Most of the photographs are candid; the subjects do not appear to have known their picture was being taken. In general, this quality lends these photographs a documentary air, and allows the views of the city to appear lived in and fresh.