Linda G. Rich

Meet the Artists of Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975 – 1980

Online Gallery for Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975–1980

Image Gallery

Linda Rich, Charles Hughes, Sr., and Charles Hughes, Jr., owners of Vane Brothers, the only remaining waterfront ship chandlery, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.1
Charles Hughes, Sr., and Charles Hughes, Jr., owners of…
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Matilda and Joe Koval in their Patterson Park Avenue living room. Matilda used to spend her days crocheting by the window. After attending her first SECO meeting, she formed a block club and eventually became president of Community Taking Action and vice-president of Neighborhood Housing Services. Joe is an accomplished television repairman, ice skater, photographer, and boatsman. Matilda is famous for her whiskey sours and chocolate chip cookies., 1978, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.2
Matilda and Joe Koval in their Patterson Park Avenue living…
Artist
Date1978
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Before the ground breaking ceremony for Santoni's market, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.3
Before the ground breaking ceremony for Santoni’s market
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, A Canton homeowner maintaining East Baltimore's reputation for clean streets., 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.4
A Canton homeowner maintaining East Baltimore’s reputation…
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and white marble steps symbolize these working neighborhoods. White marble steps represented a note of elegance and a mark of respectability to newly arriving European immigrants. Keeping them clean became an art., 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.5
View of East Baltimore looking west. Brick row houses and…
Artist
Date1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Doris and James Williams in their Butchers Hill grocery store. Friends and neighbors stop by each morning for coffee and to catch up on the news., 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.6
Doris and James Williams in their Butchers Hill grocery…
Artist
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Alice and Junior, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.7
Alice and Junior
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, The Taylor Family, Butchers Hill, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.8
The Taylor Family, Butchers Hill
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Bonnie and Claude Aracil renovating their newly purchased Victorian rowhouse in Butchers Hill. This neighborhood was so named in the nineteenth century when residences were built close to businesses. Dozens of butchers were attracted to the area because of its easy access for the delivery of livestock from the farms of East Baltimore., 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.9
Bonnie and Claude Aracil renovating their newly purchased…
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Virginia Jensen, age ninety-four, is a former suffragette and an active democratic worker. The American flag was presented to her on her 90th birthday by Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski., 1977, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.10
Virginia Jensen, age ninety-four, is a former suffragette…
Artist
Date1977
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Sophie Rominski, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.30
Sophie Rominski
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Fells Point before the start of the "I Am an American Day" Parade, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1160, © 1975, George Jadowski
Fells Point before the start of the ​“I Am an American Day”…
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Friday morning, Fells Point, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1129, © 1975, George Jadowski
Friday morning, Fells Point
Artist
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Detail in a two-hundred-year-old home in Fells Point, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1104, © 1975, George Jadowski
Detail in a two-hundred-year-old home in Fells Point
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, The Marski family and neighbors at the 23rd annual Fourth of July Curley Street block party, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1110
The Marski family and neighbors at the 23rd annual Fourth…
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Greek Orthodox Christening, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1101, © 1975, George Jadowski
Greek Orthodox Christening
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1158, © 1975, George Jadowski
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Retirement sale at the Highland Candy and Tobacco Company, owned and operated by Oscar and Fannie Feldstein for over fifty years, 1978, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1156, © 1975, George Jadowski
Retirement sale at the Highland Candy and Tobacco Company,…
Artist
Date1978
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Stella Foods, owned and operated by the Kostis family for twenty-one years, features the finest quality imported foods, wines, homemade Italian breads, and Greek pastries in Highlandtown, 1978, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1141, © 1975, George Jadowski
Stella Foods, owned and operated by the Kostis family for…
Artist
Date1978
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Paul Watkins has been the stable boss for over thirty years at a Fells Point Livery Stable. The building changed very little since it was built in 1833. At one time over forty-five horses and wagons were kept here. They were rented to Arab fruit and vegetable vendors and "junkies" (junk men). The building which houses the stable recently sold to a large east coast bakery. The last six horses were sold in early 1980. The stable is now closed., 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1145, © 1975, George Jadowski
Paul Watkins has been the stable boss for over thirty years…
Artist
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, St. Patrick's Day at the Irish Pub, Highlandtown, 1978, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1142, © 1975, George Jadowski
St. Patrick’s Day at the Irish Pub, Highlandtown
Artist
Date1978
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Four Generations of the Goddard Family, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1147, © 1975, George Jadowski
Four Generations of the Goddard Family
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Three generations of the Stamadis family, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1119, © 1975, George Jadowski
Three generations of the Stamadis family
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Murty, Ananta, and Santhi Hejeebu, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1163, © 1975, George Jadowski
Murty, Ananta, and Santhi Hejeebu
Artist
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Girl Scout, Highlandtown, 1978, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1133, © 1975, George Jadowski
Girl Scout, Highlandtown
Artist
Date1978
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Johnny Eck, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1130, © 1975, George Jadowski
Johnny Eck
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, "Hots" and Bobby, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1162, © 1975, George Jadowski
“Hots” and Bobby
Artist
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, McElderry Park, 1977, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1125, © 1975, George Jadowski
McElderry Park
Artist
Date1977
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Summer Afternoon, East Baltimore Street, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1164, © 1975, George Jadowski
Summer Afternoon, East Baltimore Street
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Bobby Halcup, unofficial mascot of the Fells Point Division of the Baltimore City Police Department. Bobby's fascination with police life led offers to present him with this custom-made uniform., 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1152, © 1975, George Jadowski
Bobby Halcup, unofficial mascot of the Fells Point Division…
Artist
Date1979
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Butchers Hills is one East Baltimore neighborhood whose identity has continually changed. By the mid 1920s, most of the butchers had moved away and were replaced by Jewish doctors, dentists, rabbis, grocers, confectioners, and barbers. After the Second World War, many of the Jewish residents began migrating to the suburbs. The larger homes were converted to apartments. Neighborhood identity dissolved and the quality of life deteriorated., 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1100, © 1975, George Jadowski
Butchers Hills is one East Baltimore neighborhood whose…
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Cassandra Pelczynski with her niece and great niece in her newly renovated kitchen. Cassandra, an art teacher with the Baltimore County School System, was the first new buyer in Butchers Hill. Since she purchased her house two years ago, all of the remaining Victorian row houses have been purchased and placed under renovation., 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1148, © 1975, George Jadowski
Cassandra Pelczynski with her niece and great niece in her…
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Josephine Krolicka Balakir, Theresa Krolicka Vain, Marie Krolicka Hosza, Veronica Krolicka Wojcik, and Agnes Krolicka Silk in the Canton bar Agnes and her huband have owned for the past twenty-two years., 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1131, © 1975, George Jadowski
Josephine Krolicka Balakir, Theresa Krolicka Vain, Marie…
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Steve Stamadis, baker at Stella Foods, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1143, © 1975, George Jadowski
Steve Stamadis, baker at Stella Foods
Artist
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view