Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist that features a view of the city jail in Baltimore as seen from East Madison street near the Jones Falls. This structure was begun circa 1855 on the site of an earlier structure.
Document containing the broadside entitled "Will You Love Me When I'm Old?" This broadside raises the question asked by many aging couples; i.e., with aging, will their spouse lose interest in them and their marriage? Centered below the title and...
Buildings; Cityscapes; Monuments; Streets; War memorials;
Engraving by Archibald L. Dick from the painting by William H. Bartlett. The two-volume work, American Scenery by N.P. Willis, London, 1840, contains Griffith's engraving of this scene among others after paintings by Bartlett. As that seems to have...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore; Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore;
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist of Fort McHenry in Baltimore. The fort occupies the site of the "water battery" erected in 1776. In 1794 the old works were repaired and the present star-shaped fort was built under the direction of...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Ships in art; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore;
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist that features a view of Fort McHenry from the channel. This view includes what is thought to be the barracks.
Buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; House of Refuge (Baltimore, Md.);
Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. that features a view of the House of Refuge in Baltimore. This building, a home for unruly boys, stood on the hill west of Gwynns Falls near Frederick Avenue. At the laying of the cornerstone, October 27, 1851, Chief...
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist that features a view of the building in Baltimore known as Exchange Place. The Exchange building, erected in 1815 after designs by Benjamin H. Latrobe, was said to be the finest building in the...
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist that features a dwelling dubbed the oldest house in Baltimore, the home of Kaminskey's Tavern. This building has also been referred to as "Washington's Headquarters" because tradition says that he...
Original watercolor by an unknown artist. This view of the tower looks east along Fayette Street and shows Browne's clothing store on the left (north) side of the street.
Slaves--Maryland; Gifts--Maryland; Christmas--Maryland; Etching, American--19th century
Photograph of an 1855 etching entitled "Christmas Gifts" that shows slave owners presenting Christmas gifts to their slaves. A well-dressed Caucasian woman and young girl stand amid a group of African American adults and children. The young girl is...
African American men in art; Clothing and dress in art; Newspaper vendors--Maryland--Baltimore; Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903; Sindall, Harry S., fl. 1850s
Black and white photograph of a Maryland Historical Society (MHS) lithograph of the oil-on-canvas color painting entitled "Moses, the Baltimore News Vendor." The original painting of that title was completed by Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) in...
Bereavement; Broadsides; Love; Milburn, Richard James; Songs; Winner, Septimus, 1827-1902;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Listen to the Oriole Bird" sung to an 1855 song entitled "Listen to the Mocking Bird" composed and published by Septimus Winner, with credit for the tune given to African American Richard Milburn (born...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Listen to the Oriole Bird" sung to the 1855 song "Listen to the Mocking Bird" composed by Septimus Winner (1827-1902) from a tune by the African American Richard James Milburn (born ca. 1814). In this...
Broadsides; Family; Irish Americans; Kerrigan, J. F.; McCarthy, Dan; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Give an Honest Irish Lad a Chance" from a song written by Dan McCarthy with music by J. F. Kerrigan. This broadside tells in story how difficult it was for many Irish immigrants arriving in New York in...
Lonaconing is a small town in Allegany County. Before arrival of pioneers in late 18th century, the place was probably settled by Shawnee Indians. The town's name is most likely derived from Indian words meaning the meeting place of many streams....
Baxter, George, 1804-1867; Color prints, English--19th century; Soldiers--Pictorial works;
Color print titled The soldier's return published in 1855 by Le Blond & Co., London. The print is an example of the Baxter process. Named after its inventor George Baxter (1804-1867), this process for making color prints involved using wood blocks...
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881--Pictorial works; Baxter, George, 1804-1867; Color prints, English--19th century; Russian--Kings and rulers--Pictorial works;
Color print titled The czar drawn by H. (Henry) Warren and printed in color by William Dickes and Company from a book titled Turkey, Russia, the Black Sea, and Circassia written by Captain Edmund Spencer, printed by R. Clay, and published in 1855...
Adventure stories--Illustrations; Baxter, George, 1804-1867; Color prints, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century;
Color print titled The Lady Monica seized by the Prince drawn in 1855 (?) by H. (Henry) Warren and printed in color by William Dickes from the book titled Phaulcon the adventurer written by William Dalton and published in 1862 by S. O. Beeton of...
