American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in June 1936 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken at his typewriter reporting on the Republican National Convention. Held in Cleveland, Ohio from June 9 to 12, the convention produced the nomination of Alfred M. Landon for...
Haardt, Sara, 1898-1935; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken December 29, 1933 by Christhilf Studio for use in the passports of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and his wife Sara Haardt Mencken. In early 1934, the Menckens took a cruise of the Mediterranean, stopping at places such as...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in 1932 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken typing copy at the press table at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Held from June 27 to July 2, 1932, this was the first convention to nominate Franklin Delano...
Hotel Rennert (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Prohibition--United States;
Photograph taken about 12:30 a.m. April 7, 1933 of H. L. Mencken drinking "his first public glass of post-Prohibition beer" at the Rennert Hotel bar. Located on the southeast corner at Saratoga and Liberty Streets, the Rennert had been one of...
Guffey, Joseph F., 1870-1959; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in February 14, 1935* of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (right) with Senator Joseph F. Guffey (left) of Pennsylvania at an anti-lynching legislative hearing in Washington, D.C. On February 14, 1935, Mencken testified at a...
Drawbell, James, 1899-1979; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Seaman, H. W.;
Portrait photograph taken on June 27, 1935 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (center) in London with writers and journalists J. W. (James Wedgwood) Drawbell (left) and H. W. Seaman (right).
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in June 1936 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken at his typewriter at the Republican National Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio from June 9 to 12. The convention produced the nomination of Alfred M. Landon for president on the...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in June 1936 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken at his typewriter at the Republican National Convention. Held in Cleveland, Ohio from June 9 to 12, the convention produced the nomination of Alfred M. Landon for president on...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in June 1936 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken at his typewriter at the Republican National Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio from June 9 to 12. The convention produced the nomination of Alfred M. Landon for president on the...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in June 1936 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken at his typewriter at the Republican National Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio from June 9 to 12. The convention produced the nomination of Alfred M. Landon for president on the...
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken December 20, 1936 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (right) hosting a dinner for the Republican presidential candidate Alfred M. Landon (left) at the Southern Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Mencken, who had never taken sides...
Hotel Rennert (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Prohibition--United States;
Photograph taken about 12:30 a.m. April 7, 1933 of H. L. Mencken being served "his first public glass of post-Prohibition beer" at the Rennert Hotel bar. Located on the southeast corner at Saratoga and Liberty Streets, the Rennert had been one of...
Autobiographies; Baltimore (Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing first typescript page of the preface to H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Happy Days (1940), the first volume of his autobiographical trilogy. These books contain some of the most delightful prose of this American journalist.
Baltimore (Md.); Books; Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Gerald Johnson dated June 1, 1936. Gerald White Johnson (1890-1980) was a North Carolinian who, at Mencken's suggestion, joined the staff of the Baltimore Evening Sun in June 1926. He remained until November 1943, when...
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Portrait drawing; Walker, Ferdinand Graham, 1859-1927;
Print of drawing of Edgar Allan Poe done in 1932 by an unknown artist from a portrait of Poe painted by F. G. (Ferdinand Graham) Walker (1859-1927). When Walker painted Poe is not known. Above Poe's head are the likenesses of a bird, possibly a...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Zoos;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of people at a zoo. In the foreground are several children, including two older boys and a young girl holding a balloon. Also prominently featured in the foreground is a heavyset older...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Landscapes; Parks--Maryland; Forests and Fields; Rocks; Trees; Rivers
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of women on rocks in the middle of a stream. All of the women are crouched or kneeling, and appear to be washing or dipping their hands in the water. The stream is surrounded by trees....
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Landscapes; Parks--Maryland; Forests and Fields; Rocks; Trees;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of rocks and trees in the woods. Titled, signed, and dated by the artist in the bottom right of the drawing. This drawing appears to be part of a series of that Sopher did of various scenes in Double Rock Park,...
