Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland two dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed J [John] Clapham and Wm [William] Eddis: serial number 4872.
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slavery; Slaveholders;
Document containing bills of sale for Josiah M. Cleaveland and Edgar A. Poe. Cleaveland sold a number of household goods to John F. Duryee. Edgar Allan Poe sold a slave on behalf of his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm Poe, to Henry Ridgway of Baltimore...
Braham, David, 1838-1905; Broadsides; Downey, P. J. (Peter J.), b. 1854 or 5; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Two Orphans!" written by P. J. Downey and sung to the tune "Over the Hill to the Poor House" composed by David Braham. This broadside, it is believed, tells the tragic story of the fire that occurred on...
Photograph taken from Ensor Street at the north side of the 900 block East Madison Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Standing in the street in front of the second house is an African American woman looking into a wooden bucket while two African...
Photograph taken looking west from North Front Street at the 1000 block Forrest Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Standing off to the side (left) and in the doorway of the first of these two- and three-story brick row houses are several groups of...
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...
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland two-thirds dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed J [John] Clapham and Wm [William] Eddis: serial number 6836.
Letter from Pete Noble to Mr. F. C. (Frederic C.) Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., containing a handwritten response from Mr. Lee on the back. In this letter Mr. Noble reminds Mr. Lee of their conversation at the Hotel New Yorker about the...
United States. Marine Corps--Flags; United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918; United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting Station (Baltimore, Md.); War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918; World War,...
Color poster that features four marines in khaki uniforms leading a column of marines across a beach. The two marines in the center are carrying United States Marine Corps flags. These marines are flanked by two other marines carrying rifles....
World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to the...
Seine-et-Marne (France)--Maps--Early works to 1800;Brie (France)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Decorative map showing Paris and the area in between the rivers Marne and Seine, as they meander through the Brie region, home of the Brie cheese, including Chateau Thierry, Provins and Fontainebleau. Shows fortified towns, woods, cities, lakes,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;Patterson Park (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features Patterson Park, the nucleus for which were "two squares of ground on Hampstead Hill" given to the city by William...
Photograph of the west side of the 200 block South Dallas Street between Gough and Pratt Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Two- and three-story row houses line this narrow street, with electric poles and street lamps arranged at periodic intervals...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--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 were scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; City dwellers--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken from Pratt Street at the west side of South Bethel Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This narrow street consists of two- and three-story brick row houses, with streetlights and utility poles set at intervals along the sidewalk. In the...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission; Charity--Maryland--Baltimore; Poverty--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of two African American women and eleven African American children in the kitchen of their home in Baltimore, Maryland. This family is receiving aid from the Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission. In the picture, the older woman on the...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking south at the east side of the 200 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists of two- and three-story brick row houses of various sizes and styles. On...
Photograph taken looking south at the 200 block South Caroline Street from its intersection with East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Many African Americans are walking along the sidewalks or sitting in chairs or on the front steps of the...
Photograph of a copy of an architect's drawing showing the south front of original Homeland (17__-1839), the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. The drawing was done in 1917 by architect Howard Sill (1867-1927). In the...
African Americans--Maryland--Cambridge; Fires--Maryland--Cambridge; Church buildings--Maryland--Cambridge; Fences; Mules; Streets--Maryland--Cambridge; Trees in cities--Maryland--Cambridge;
Photograph of ruins of the Zion Methodist Episcopal Church on Race and Muir Streets from the fire of July 31, 1910 in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. An iron fence encloses part of the ruins. Numerous onlookers including many African...
