Photograph taken looking north at the west side of the 100 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This street consists mostly of three-story brick row houses, some of which have stores on...
American Red Cross; War posters, American; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster revealing the accomplishments of American Red Cross workers around the world during World War I, recognized by President Woodrow Wilson with the sentence that begins this mostly textual poster, "It is a remarkable story." Printed to...
Postcards—Maryland--Bay Shore Park; Bay Shore Park (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Railroad stations--Maryland--Bay Shore Park--History; United Railway and Electric Company--History
A view of Bay Shore Park train station in North Point State Park, Baltimore County. Bay Shore was an amusement park built in 1906 in an undeveloped area along the Chesapeake near Edgemere, just south of Baltimore. The park was a destination for...
Colored lithograph that features a view of the Hill Buildings in Baltimore framed with a second lithograph that features certain commercial buildings on West Baltimore and South Charles Streets. In the lower margin of the Hill Buildings print is a...
Map of Cornwall in south-western England showing towns, villages and roads with relief shown pictorially. First appeared in the 1695 edition of William Camden's Britannia, revised and translated from the original Latin by Edmund Gibson. Britannia...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Postcards—West Virginia--Ridgeley; Potomac Club (Ridgeley, W. Va); Cumberland (Md.)--Social life and customs; Country clubs--Maryland--Cumberland; Country clubs--West Virginia--Ridgeley
View of the Potomac Club in Cumberland. In 1904, a group of mostly Cumberland enthusiasts organized the Potomac Club. They leased the old Perry Mansion (earlier called Calmes Mansion), located on Carpenter's Hill in Ridgeley, West Virginia, just...
Signs and sign-boards; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobile repair shops--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; Electric lines; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with East Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This street consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. In a one-story...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block South Bond Street between Gough and Pratt Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses are mostly vacant, scheduled to be demolished as part of the...
Postcards--Maryland--Gwynn Oak; Gwynn Oak Park (Gwynn Oak, Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Gwynn Oak; Gwynn Oak (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of a bridge over Gwynn Falls Creek in Gwynn Oak, Baltimore County. Gwynn Oak Park was originally a privately owned amusement park, with a carousel, a rollercoaster, a lake for boating and Dixie Ballroom, among other features, serviced by...
Rose Hill Cemetery in Hagerstown is the oldest public cemetery in Washington County. Created in 1866, just after Civil War, it became the first place where residents of Washington County could be buried regardless of race or religious orientation....
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--Havre de Grace; Union Avenue (Havre de Grace, Md.); Railroad bridges--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Streets--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Havre de Grace (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Union Avenue, located at the heart of the city in Havre de Grace, was at one time a broad residential street lined with trees, dotted with churches. It is mostly commercial today. The Harford House was a hotel, and served as a sort of informal...
Map of Kent in southern England showing towns, villages and roads with relief shown pictorially. First appeared in the 1695 edition of Camden's Britannia, revised and translated from the original Latin by Edmund Gibson that included fifty maps,...
Photograph taken looking south from East Eager Street at North Ensor Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These buildings consist mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. Facing Eager Street are several row houses with stores on the ground floor....
Photograph taken looking east from North Bond Street at the north side of Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. On the ground level of the corner building (left) is what was...
Hungary--Maps--Early works to 1800;Balkan Peninsula--Maps--Early works to 1800; Poland--Maps--Early works to 1800
The map shows the borders of the Kingdom of Hungary and other countries, non-existing independently and mostly under Ottoman Turkey's occupation, on the Balkan Peninsula in the first half of the 18th century. It lacks explanatory notes, so only...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
Mahón (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800;Fortification--Minorca (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Map shows plans of the city of Mahón and the fortress Castillo de San Felipe on the island of Minorca, one of the Balearic Islands near the coast of Catalonia. Inset map shows a plan of Fort St. Philippe, as it was called by the French, at the...
Pomerania (Poland and Germany)--Maps--Early works to 1800.;Brandenburg (Brandenburg, Germany)--Maps--Early works to 1800.;Wielkopolska (Poland)--Maps--Early works to 1800.;Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Historical map of northern part of Germany and Poland with relief shown pictorially. Dedicated to Prussian prince and Brandenburg elector, Friedrich Wilhelm, and other regional electors and princes, including those of Pomerania and Margraviate of...
