We thank our founding members Mr. and Mrs. Alex and Helen Baumgartner, their family, and peers for establishing our premiere Baumgartner Collection. The collection captures a historical snapshot of life in Essex and Middle River, Maryland. The collection contains nearly 300 categorical binders documenting our community activities with articles, pamphlets, and photographs from 1969 through the 1980s. The Heritage Society has scanned the collection to our website to share with our extended community. As we continue to build new collections, we are seeking new materials such as photographs and ephemera that pertain to the community and business history of Essex and Middle River. Please contact essexmuseum@gmail.comif you have historical memories or items to donate or would like to become a member.
Newly added:
Baumgartner Collection Book #74: Baseball
Baumgartner Collection Book #105: Serving Our Country
Baumgartner Collection Book #13: Citizens of Essex
Baumgartner Collection Book #8: Essex / Middle River Beauty Pageants
Baumgartner Collection currently being scanned and processed:
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1st Church of God Essex MD
A
Air National Guard
Airports
All Essex V.F.W.
All of Maryland Memories
All of Maryland Memories
Ambulance
American Legion
Antique Cars
Antique Chairs
Antique Radios
Archaeologist Digging
Archery
Arts and Crafts
B
B Bugatch Furniture Store
Baby Buggy Race
Back River Clean Up
Back River Dredging
Back River Elementary School
Back River Methodist Church
Back River Neck Elementary School
Back River Neck or Back River
Back River Neck Parks & Recs
Back River Sewage Problem
Ball Family
Baltimore County Fair
Baltimore County Recreation & Parks
Banks
Baseball & Little League
Basketball
Battle of North Point
Beauty Pageants
Beer Cans
Bengies
Bethlehem Steel & Sparrows Point
Bible Baptist Church of Middle River
Bike
Billboard
Birds
Blacksmith
Blvd Christian Church of Middlesex
Bonds, Bids & Budget
Bottles
Bowling
Boy Scout Troops
Building Loan
Business Men Association
C
C.A.P. Cadets
C.B. Patrol
Cable TV
Campaign Buttons
Campfire Girls
Candle Making
Cannonballs
Car Racing
Carne Wood Lawton
Carnival Glass
Carrollwood Baptist Church
Catholic War Veterans & Aux
Cemetery
CETA
Chamber of Commerce
Cherry Day Nursery
Chesaco Park
Chesapeake Business & Professional Women Club
Chesapeake Sr. High School
Christ Church
Christian Science Church
Christmas Parade in Essex
Church of God (Chase)
Church of God (Willshire Road)
Citations
Citizens of Essex
Civic Associations
Civic Council
Clowns of America
Clubs
Clubs (4H)
Coins, First day issues
Communists Baptist Church
Congress Own Regiment
Corn huskers
County Newspaper
Cox’s Point
D
Deeds
Deep Creek Elementary School
Deep Creek High School
Deep Creek Junior High School
Democratic (Books 1-4)
Disabled American Veterans #12
Doll Houses
Dolls
Donations
Dope
Dr. Mace
Dumps
Dundalk
Eastern Area Park Cedar Point & Miller Farm
Eastern Avenue
Eastern Stainless Steel
Eastern Star
Eastern Vo-Tech High School
Eastside Church of Christ
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Education
Elks
Essex
Essex 4th of July Parade
Essex Assembly of God
Essex Bicentennial
Essex Candle Company
Essex Community College
Essex Library
Essex Methodist Church
Essex Moose
Essex School
Essex Sky Park
Essex War Memorial
Evangel Temple Church
Events of the Years
Faith Lutheran Church
Father – 1st Special Police
Fire Dept.
Fire Hydrant
Fire Museum of MD
Fireboat
Fireplaces
Fires
First Baptist Church of Essex MD
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Fish & Wildlife
Flags
Floods, Storms & Etc.
Football
Franklin Square Hospital
Funeral Homes
Furniture Stripping
George Martinak
Girl Scouts
Glass Making
Glenn L Martin Company
Golden Agers
Golden Ring Mall
Golf
Goodwill
Gospel Tabernacle Baptist of Essex
Guttenberger
Gymnastics
Harmony Freewill Church
Hart, Miller, Pooles Islands
Hawks Pleasure Club of Essex
Hawthorne Elementary School
Health Center
Heritage Society Book #1
Heritage Society Book #3
Heritage Society Book #2
Heritage Society Book #4
High Kicker
High-Rise
Historic Map
Historical American Buildings
Historical Society of Baltimore County
History of Essex
Hockey
Holy Comforter Church
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Hope Lutheran Church
Horse & Bike Trails
Horsemen (Essex Riding Club)
Horses
Housing
Improvement Association
Independent Candidates
Indians
Insignia of US Armed Forces
Iron Workers on Stemmers Run
James C Tutchton
Jaycees
Josenhans Corner
Joseph Bethorile
Joseph Ornson
Karate
Kenwood Senior High School
Kindergartens
Kiwanis
Knight of Columbus
Land Rush
League of Woman Voters
Lions Club
Local Artist
Lottery
Majorettes & Drum Corps
Maps
Marie Frank Dancers
Marina
Marriages, Deaths
Mars Estates School
Mars Hill Baptist Church Eastern Ave & Essex Ave
Martin Dale Civic Associations
Mason & Dixon Lines
MD Freestate Treasure Hunters
MD Historical Society
MD Historical Society New & Notes
MD Historical Trust
Miami Beach
Middle River
Middle River Assembly of God Church
Middle River Baptist Church
Middle River Elementary School
Middle River Junior High School
Middle River Recreation & Parks
Middleborough Elementary School
Middlesex Elementary School
Mills
Miracle Tabernacle
Miss Essex Middle River Beauty Pageant
MISSING (Book 230)
MISSING (Book 152)
MISSING (Book 208)
MISSING (Book 290)
MISSING (Book 31)
MISSING (Book 55)
MISSING (Book 60, 2nd Vol.)
MISSING (Book 89)
MISSING SECTION (Book 209)
MISSING SECTION (Book 224)
Mix Schools
Model Ships
Music
Norman Lauenstein
Nursing Home or Centers
Odd Fellows of Essex, Middle River & White Marsh
Odds and Ends or Special Things
Old Recipes
Optimist Club Essex & Middle River
Orems Methodist Church
Orems School
Oriole Gun Club
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church
Papers on the Hart Miller Controversy & Related Events (Hart Miller, Paules Islands)
Paradise Farm
Patapsco Neck Historical Society
Pet Grooming
Philip Hock and Elizabeth Hildebrandt Feit
Piney Grove Methodist Church
Planning Dept Board
Plates
Playground
Plumbing
Poetry and Poems
Police & Auxiliary
Pollution
Post Office
Presidents
Prince of Peace Church
Protestant Community Church
Pulaski Industrial Park
Puppets
Purviance Family
Ration Coupons
Recreation & Parks
Recycling
Republican Club
Restaurant
Revitalization of Essex (Book 1 & 2)
Revolutionary War
Riverview Park
Roads & Streets, Expressways & Aves Etc.
Robert Romadka
Rocky Point & Rocky Point Beach
Rose Garden
Rosedale
Rotary Club
Safety Forum
Salvation Army, Boys Club, Red Shield Boys Club
Sandalwood Elementary School
School Budget
Schools
Seneca Elementary School
Senior Citizens
Serving Our Country
Seventh Day Adventist Church Freedom Baptist Church
Sewers
Shrine of St Sebastian Built by Mariano Grimaldi
Skating
Soccer
Softball
St Stephens African Methodist Episcopal
St. Clares Roman Catholic Church
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Stanberry and Some Allied Families
Stem Bridge Recreation & Park
Stemmers Run Jr. High School
Stemmers Run Junior High
Steven G Brenner (Original Bozo)
Street Car Museum
Street Cars and Buses
Super Sunday (June 15, 1975)
Sussex
TABCO
Taxes
Telegraph
Tennis
Tennis
The Mormon Church
The Pop Shop
Toys
Trailer Parks
Trash
Trees
Trinity Temple
U.F.O.
United Independent Voters
Vandalism
Veterans Association
Water & Water Rates
Wilson Point
Woman’s Club of Middle River
Woodward Elementary “The school that never was”
Wrestling
Writers
YMCA
Zion Evangelical Lutheran
Zoning & Land
Collections processed and scanned by: Rita Sellers, Jenny Parish, and Scott Huffines