Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1906 by Meredith Janvier of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. On June 17, 1906, after 5 months as managing editor of the Baltimore Herald, one of the youngest managing editors ever, Mencken found himself out of a job. The...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A view of an unidentified house in a residential area of Cumberland, ca. 1906. On the front of the postcard, the sender of has identified it as his home.
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Ponds--Maryland--Baltimore
Visitors viewing sea lions in Druid Hill Park, ca. 1906. In 1876, Druid Hill Park began various animal exhibits, as stated in the act of Maryland General Assembly "for the purpose of public exhibition for the instruction and recreation of the...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken with the staff of the Baltimore Herald on June 17, 1906, the day the operations of the paper were suspended. Members of the staff are (from left to right): top row--an unidentified man, Robinson...
Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Canoes and canoeing; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (right) and his brothers August (left) and Charles Edward (center) posing for pictures in the backyard of their home at number 1524 Hollins Street about 1906. H. L. is sitting on a wooden chair...
Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (center) and his brothers Charles Edward (left) and August (right) posing for pictures in the backyard of their home at number 1524 Hollins Street about 1906. H. L. is sitting on a wooden chair,...
Mural painting and decoration, American--Maryland--Catonsville; African Americans m art--Maryland; Bahr, Leonard Marion, 1905-1990; High school libraries--Maryland--Catonsville; Caton, Mary (Polly) Carroll, 1770-1846; Caton, Richard, 1763-1845;...
Photograph of a 1934 mural entitled "Arrival of Mary Carroll Caton at Castle Thunder" by Leonard Marion Bahr (1905-1990) located on the wall of the Catonsville High School library in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The mural was...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 7 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its sixth...
Hungerford's Tavern, which was located on the corner of Jefferson St. and N. Washington St. in Rockville. In 1774, local citizens gathered at the tavern to protest the actions of the British govnerment. In 1776, the first court for Montgomery...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.); Mills, Robert, 1781-1855; Causici, Enrico, 1790-1835; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
View of Washington Monument at Mount Vernon Place. Mount Vernon Place is located in downtown Baltimore and, in addition to the monument at its center, includes four small parks in the blocks directly north, east, south, and west of the Monument,...
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Washington's Headquarters (Frederick, Md.); Log cabins--Maryland--Frederick; Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
According to common belief, this log cabin once located along Carroll Creek on West All Saints Street in Frederick, was George Washington's quarters on 30 April 1755 when he was a junior officer attached to the Staff of Major General Edward...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
An early 20th century view of the Post Office building in Baltimore, located at 101-125 North Calvert Street. It was erected by the federal government in the early 1880's in Romanesque Revival style, just east of the Battle Monument. Its architect...
The "Old Sun Building" was built in 1906 to replace the previous version, i.e. the Iron Building, that perished in the 1904 fire. It was designed by two well-known Baltimore architects Ephraim Francis Baldwin (1837-1916) and Josias Pennington...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Office buildings--Baltimore (Md.)--1900-1910; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Rogers, James Gamble, 1867-1947; Thomas, Douglas Hamilton, 1872-1915; Parker,...
When the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad building was lost in the great fire of 1904, the company turned to a renowned architectural firm of Parker and Thomas to design the new headquarters. In collaboration with another architect, James Gamble...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Ships;
Oyster fleet at the harbor in Baltimore. Baltimore was the primary hub for Maryland's oyster industry during the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, particularly oyster packing. Hundreds of oyster canneries lined Baltimore's harbor. Wind...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Charles Street (Baltimore, Md.); Washington Monument Place (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of the northern part of Washington Monument Place on Charles Street. The shape of the park was originally set up by John Eager Howard's heirs, the landowners at the time. The city later had the park improved by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. in...
