Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Frederick County (Md.); Harford County (Md.); Kent...
Map of Maryland by Samuel Lewis, dated 1795, that shows eighteen Maryland counties: Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick (spelled "Frederic"), Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Prince...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Broadsides; Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861; Hudson, A. L.; Potomac River; Political ballads and songs; Thompson, H. S. (Henry S.); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the first four stanzas of the broadside entitled "Ellsworth's Avengers" with words by H. S. Hudson, sung to the tune "Annie Lisle" by H. S. Thompson. This broadside is a tribute to the Union Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, who was...
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887; Big Bethel, Battle of, Va., 1861; Broadsides; Burns, Robert, 1759-1796; Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; Seward,...
Document containing two broadsides: the first is entitled "Hark! The Summons," and the second is entitled "Southern Sentiments." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) Siege, 1861; Political ballads and songs; Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883; United...
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Southern Wagon." This broadside is an advertisement to join the Confederacy, the "Southern wagon" of the verses. It mentions Jeff. Davis and Alexander Stephens, president and vice president of the...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Bradford, Augustus W. (Augustus Williamson), 1806-1881; Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Flags; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "In Maryland, My Maryland." This broadside, the Union answer to the Confederate poem entitled "Maryland, My Maryland" written by James Ryder Randall, claims Union soldiers are true soldiers just like...
Broadsides; Hessians; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Marylanders [sic] Good Bye" sung to the tune "The White Rose." This broadside relates the feelings of a Marylander who supported the South during the Civil War. Having watched "hundreds" of Maryland...
Broadsides; Front Royal, Battle of, Va., 1862; Johnson, Bradley T. (Bradley Tyler), 1829-1903; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War...
Document containing the broadside entitled "On the Fight of the First Maryland Regiment." This Union broadside tells of the bravery of the First Maryland Infantry (U.S.A.) commanded by John R. Kenly in its fight against the First Maryland Infantry...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Elzey, Arnold, 1816-1871; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; ; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Left" written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." This broadside tells of the exploits of Arnold Elzey, a "Maryland hero," and of the First Maryland Infantry (C.S.A.) at the...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Flags; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Southern Flag" sung to the B. R. Hanby tune "[Darling] Nellie Grey" (also spelled "Nelly Gray"). Written by a "Baltimore rebel," this broadside uses the Confederate flag as a symbol of, and metaphor...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Flags; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil War,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "There Is Life in Old Maryland Yet" written by "Cola" (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist). Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War, this broadside employs a refrain...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America;
Estres, William C.; Flags; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Volunteers to the 'Melish'," written by William C. Estres. Printed by R. M. Chambers in Baltimore, Maryland during the Civil War, this broadside tries to raise Confederate recruits, first by teasing, then...
Program for the movies "The Howards of Virginia," "He stayed for breakfast," "Down Argentine way," and "Youth will be served" showing at the Alpha Theatre in Catonsville, Maryland in November 1940. "The Howards of Virginia" is scheduled for...
Lexington Market (called Western Precincts Market before it took its current name) is a historic Baltimore icon. It has been in existence since 1782 when General John Eager Howard donated land for the purpose of having a market for farmers bringing...
Postcards—Maryland--Hagerstown; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Williamsport. The houses on the right are part of the Cushwa Warehouse, used mostly for coal transport, but also for other commodities like fertilizers, cement, grain, etc. The...
Postcards--Maryland--Mountain Lake Park; Lakes--Maryland--Mountain Lake Park; Mountain Lake Park (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of boathouse and lake in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett County. In 1881, a group of Methodist ministers from Wheeling, West Virginia decided to set up their own Chautauqua resort. They were inspired by the Chautauqua adult education and spiritual...
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; Antietam Street School (Hagerstown, Md.); Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; School buildings--Maryland--Hagerstown--Pictorial works
Postcard showing the Antietam Street School at the corner of East Antietam and South Mulberry streets in Hagerstown ca. 1910. Recently, the school was remodeled and converted into condominia. Hagerstown is the county seat of Washington County. With...
