Six decades of state highways expansion documented

Oct 3, 2013

Six decades of state highways expansion documented

Denise Sanders 0 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Maryland, safety, State Highway Administration, Tim Hyman

You could drive Maryland’s highways to get a sense of expansion over the last six decades, or you could sit and look at photos in Tim Hyman’s tiny office in Hanover. Hyman has been the State Highway Administration photographer since 1949, when he lied about his age to get the job. He documented construction of the original span of the Bay Bridge and JFK’s last official appearance, when he dedicated I-95 north of Baltimore days before the assassination.

: Timothy G. Hyman, staff photographer for the Maryland State Highway Administration, holds one of his photographs from the 1960s. It shows three women on the beach at Ocean City, where there was a public awareness campaign about speeding that involved painting “Slow Down and Live” on the backs of women at the beach. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is Timothy G. Hyman, staff photographer for the Maryland State Highway Administration, who has been on the job, without taking a sick day, for over 64 years. He is the longest-serving state employee. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Timothy G. Hyman, staff photographer for the Maryland State Highway Administration, looks through a binder of photographs in his tiny office. The walls are lined with some of his pictures. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Timothy G. Hyman, holds a photograph he took of President John F. Kennedy at the dedication of Route 95. It was one of Kennedy’s last official appearances, and was taken a few days before he was assassinated. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a 1970s era photograph of Route 29. (Timothy G. Hyman/Maryland State Highway Administration)

: This is a photograph of a tall ship passing under the Woodrow Wilson bridge. (Timothy G. Hyman/Maryland State Highway Administration)

: This is a copy of a photograph of construction on the Bay Bridge. (Timothy G. Hyman/Maryland State Highway Administration)

: This is a photograph of the Bay Bridge. (Timothy G. Hyman/Maryland State Highway Administration)

: This is a photograph of Sideling Hill. (Timothy G. Hyman/Maryland State Highway Administration)

: Timothy G. Hyman is standing at his desk with his original camera, left, which is a 1949 Speed Graphic (that still works) and wearing his current Nikon model, a D3100. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a 1940s era Speed Graphic camera that still works. It belongs to and is used by Timothy G. Hyman, staff photographer for the Maryland State Highway Administration. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Drawers containing 4 X 5 negatives, left, and film reels, right, are in the office of Timothy G. Hyman. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a pile of negatives, prints etc. which are on the desk of Timothy G. Hyman. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a detail of part of an old camera on the desk of Timothy G. Hyman. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

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