Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobiles--Equipment and supplies; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Parts; Letterheads--Pictorial works; Stationery--Pictorial works;
Document showing an unsigned order for a 4-cylinder, 5-passenger Spoerer commercial vehicle. Typed on Carl Spoerer's Sons Co. stationery and dated July 27th, 1908, this unsigned order gives the description of and the parts to be used in this...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet 34 pages long containing photographs of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. Includes a few striking facts about the Baltimore fire and a list of some of the greatest fires in the United States that occurred between 1820 and...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Typewritten advertisement for blackout blankets for dogs. The advertisement was from Canine Canteen, a store located on Oak Street in Baltimore. At the top of the advertisement is the store's motto, "Everything for Dogs." The advertisement includes...
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...
Photograph of the exterior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 1 on the northeast corner of Pitcher Street and Fremont Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. This building and the buildings for Branch numbers 2, 3, and 4 and Central were...
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...
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...
Mechanical drawing done by WDT (William D. Tipton) and dated December 4, 1915 of a 1916 Stutz bulldog special coupe to be built by Carl Spoerer's Sons Company for George Gunther. Scale: 0' - 3" -- 1' - 0".
Mechanical drawing done by O. R. B. (Otto R. Bieler) and dated April 25, 1910 with a revision dated March 20, 1911 of a frame for an unidentified 1911 Spoerer motor vehicle.
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Charles W. Hood. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Etching, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Satire, English;
Etching of a holiday scene titled Home from school, or the commencement of the holidays by George Cruikshank after a drawing by SK (artist's initials). Originally published January 3, 1826 by S. Knight of 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange,...
Hand-colored etching and aquatint titled Streatley & Goring (two villages along the River Thames) by Joseph Constantine Stadler after a drawing by Joseph Farington (signed J F at bottom left, inside border) June 1, 1793 from the book titled An...
Aquatint, English--18th century; Color prints, English--18th century; Etching, English--18th century; Historic buildings--England--Oxfordshire--Pictorial works; Illustration of books--England--18th century; Thames River (England)--Pictorial works;
Hand-colored etching and aquatint titled View of Nuneham, from the Wood by Joseph Constantine Stadler after a drawing by Joseph Farington (signed J F at bottom left, inside border) June 1, 1793 from the book titled An history of the principle...
Photograph taken looking east from North Gay Street at the Phoenix Shot Tower located at number 801 East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Constructed in 1828 of 1.1 million bricks without the use of scaffolding by the Phoenix Shot Tower...
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 1 on the northeast corner of Pitcher Street and Fremont Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The interior features an arched, high ceiling with bookshelves lining the walls and...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
