Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Liberty and German Streets. In the left foreground beyond the rubble of many small businesses are the ruins of the Hopkins Place Savings Bank. Designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Vienna International Exhibition (1873); Women in advertising--United States;
Color advertisement for "Marguerite" cigars printed by Geo. S. Harris and Sons of Philadelphia for H. L. Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. On the right sitting on a cloak covering a rock is a...
In this undated incomplete letter, Gabriel Harrison, a New York friend of Edgar Allan Poe, writes to Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law, telling her how much he wants to hear from her, especially about her "Eddy", and how committed he is to clearing...
Authors, American--20th century--Portraits; Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-1961; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait painting; Reid, O. Richard (Oliver Richard), 1898-1961;
Photograph of the H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken portrait painted by O. Richard (Oliver Richard) Reid on November 7, 1930. Reid was an African American artist working in the Harlem section of New York City when Mencken met and sat for him in the...
Marriage records--Maryland; Maryland--Genealogy; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Registers of births, etc.--Maryland;
Document showing the marriage certificate of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's parents, August Mencken and Anna Margareta Abhau, dated November 11, 1879. This four-page document includes a page to record their own births and the births of their...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan Poe's...
In this incomplete letter dated December 1, 1864 and written on the stationary of the Library of the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison, a friend of Edgar Allan Poe, tries to reestablish correspondence with Poe's...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Death; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter mistakenly dated Saturday evening October 28th, 1849 (Saturday occurred on October 27 in 1849) and most likely written from Providence, Rhode Island, Sarah Helen Whitman, engaged to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848, expresses her sympathy to...
Church Home (Baltimore, Md.); Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884;
In this letter dated September 14, 1863 and written from Baltimore, Maryland, Maria Clemm informs Neilson Poe she is now living in the Church Home on Broadway in Baltimore. Although her stay is being paid for by the ladies of St. Paul's Church, she...
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Pise, Charles Constantine, 1801-1866; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Poetry;
This document is Neilson Poe's handwritten English translation of a poem written in Latin by Charles Constantine Pise, published in the Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1827, and dedicated to Charles Carroll of Carrollton on...
Books. Reviews; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this newspaper review of Sarah Helen Whitman's forthcoming book entitled "Edgar A. Poe and His Critics," published in 1859, the author praises Whitman's restrained defense of Edgar Allan Poe. (Editor's note: In which newspaper this review...
Illustrators; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rosenmeyer, Bernard Jacob, 1872-1943;
Drawing entitled "Helen" by B. J. R. (Bernard Jacob Rosenmeyer, 1872-1943) used as an illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's poem entitled "To Helen". (Editor's note: The identity of "Helen" has variously been ascribed to Jane Stith Stanard, the mother...
In this incomplete letter dated only Sunday evening June 15 and written probably in 1856 from Lowell, Massachusetts, Annie (Nancy Heywood) Richmond complains that it has been too long since she and Muddie (Maria Clemm) have sat and talked. She...
Virginia Clemm's scent bottle and miniature glass. (Editor's note: Could this be a decanter and glass set used during travel to carry spirits for medicinal purposes, rather than a glass scent bottle and miniature glass?)
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond (Va.); Travel;
In this letter dated September 18, 1849 from Norfolk, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe tells Maria Clemm of his recent activities, including his travels and lectures around Norfolk, and of his plans for returning to Philadelphia. He is upbeat about work,...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Baltimore (Md.); Church architecture; Catholic Church Buildings;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of St. Leo's Church in Baltimore. In the foreground, a man smoking a pipe walks down the street. On the corner next to him is a lamp post and telephone pole. Further up, on the left side of the street,...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Railroads; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of workers loading and unloading items from railroad cars. One car has "B&O" written on the back. The artist's initials are written in the bottom right corner. (Editor's note: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Demeter (Greek deity); Mythology, Greek;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of the Greek goddess Demeter. In the foreground, Demeter lies partially clothed with a lit torch on the ground in front of her. Although she appears to be in repose, one of her eyes is open and looks back toward...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Sanctions, Administrative; Winter sports;
Letter from a member [Frederic C. Lee], Board of Managers, and Co-Chairman of Carnival Committee, the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., to Mr. George W. Pepper, Jr. of the United States Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.) concerning payment of a...
Espionage; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Dal (Delorma Bostwick) Holcomb (1901-1978) that shows the cartoon character of a derby-clad gentleman whose mouth is covered by Uncle Sam's hand, with the word "Quiet!" printed at the man's eye level and the words "Loose talk can...
