Postcards—Maryland--Brunswick; Brunswick (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Young Men’s Christian Association (Brunswick, Md.)--Buildings; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Brunswick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of the YMCA building in Brunswick, ca. 1909. The YMCA building was built in 1907 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a place for employees to eat and sleep between trips. It burned in 1934 and was quickly rebuilt. It burned again in 1980,...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Pictorial works; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Reservoirs--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken about 1909 of the Spoerer tonneau automobile parked, it is thought, near Druid Lake, a reservoir located in northwest Baltimore in Druid Hill Park.
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in April 1909 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and the Baltimore Sun staff. Standing from left to right are John Wilber Jenkins, Harold E. West, John T. Pleasants*, Emily Lantz, Wm. (William) H. Pentz, Allen S. Will, Folger...
January, Josephine Emily Poe (January, H. C. [Harry Churchill], Mrs.); Letters; Poe, Amelia Fitzgerald; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
In this letter dated December 2, 1908 and written from the Shelton Hotel in New York City, Amelia Fitzgerald Poe tells her niece, Mrs. H. C. (Harry Churchill) January (Josephine Emily Poe January) about various letters and items related to Edgar...
Postcards—Maryland--Cumberland; Carroll Hall (Cumberland, Md.); Clubhouses--Maryland--Cumberland--1900-1910; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Carroll Hall was erected in 1903 and initially housed social and sports centers, such as the Carroll Club. It housed the all-boys LaSalle Institute (established in 1907) and it became LaSalle High School in 1938. It served in this capacity until...
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; Ordnance--France--History; Spanish-American War, 1898--Artillery; Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The cannon is located in Bloom Park at North Potomac Street and North Avenue in Hagerstown. It was captured during the battle of Santiago, Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish-American war and given to Hagerstown because Washington County had more...
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Trinity Chapel (Frederick, Md.); Frederick (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Freemasons--Buildings; Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of the YMCA building, Masonic Temple, and Old Town Clock in Frederick. The 1807 steeple to the left, built by local architect Stephen Steiner, rests atop the stone tower of the Trinity Chapel built in 1763. The town clock at the top was...
Postcards--Maryland--Catonsville; Richard Gundry Home (Catonsville, Md.); Psychiatric hospitals--Maryland--Catonsville; Catonsville (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Mary M. Gundry and her son, Dr. Richard F. Gundry, opened in 1891 a home for treating nervous and mental diseases in Catonsville. They called it Richard Gundry Home in memory of Dr. Richard Gundry, Sr. The complex consisted of five buildings, one...
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; Washington Street (Hagerstown, Md.); Historic districts--Maryland--Hagerstown; Streets--Maryland--Hagerstown--Pictorial works; Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of West Washington Street from the public square in Hagerstown. The building on the left was the Hagerstown Railway Company's Waiting Room. On the right, the building with a clock seen in the distance is the Baldwin House, a four story hotel...
View of South Potomac Street from the public square in Hagerstown. On the right, at 31 S. Potomac St., is the E. S. Brandt & Son furniture store. Behind it we can see the spire of St John's Lutheran Church (built in 1795 and modified in 1870). The...
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....
Keedysville, fomerly called Centerville, is a small town in Washington County. The area is known for a high concentration of caves, as it lies on Tomstown Dolomite, a carbonic rock formation. The only show-cave in Maryland, Crystal Grottoes,...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Woman's College of Baltimore; Women's colleges--Maryland--Baltimore; Goist, Phares F., 1841-1913; White, Stanford, 1853-1906; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The postcard is a reproduction of a lithograph (see also Cator print 119) after a drawing by Phares F. Goist of Philadelphia that features a view of the southwest quarters of the campus of the Woman's College of Baltimore. This view shows the...
Postcards--Maryland--Annapolis; St. John’s College (Annapolis, Md.)--Buildings; Duff, Simon, d. 1759; Universities and colleges--Maryland--Annapolis; Annapolis (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Originally designed in 1742 as the colonial governor's mansion, McDowell Hall (named for St. John's first president, Dr. John McDowell) was only completed in 1784 when St. John's College acquired it. For years, the building housed the entire...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Railroad bridges--Maryland--Cumberland; Western Maryland Railroad Company--History; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of Western Maryland Railroad steel truss bridge over the National Road in the Narrows near Cumberland. The bridge, constructed around 1910, consists of two spans, each 150 feet (45.7 m) in length. It now serves the Great Allegheny Passage...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Burnside's Bridge (Sharpsburg, Md.); Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Antietam Creek (Pa. and Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Sharpsburg
Burnside's Bridge is a landmark of Civil War history and a part of the Antietam National Battlefield. On September 17, 1862 over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or listed as missing, making it the bloodiest day of the Civil war....
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Calvert Street Bridge (Baltimore, Md.); Latrobe, Charles Huzlehurst, 1833-1902; Bridges--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A full view of the old Calvert Street Bridge. Built in 1880, the bridge had decorative ironwork on it, including arches, lamps, and lions at the ends. The bridge, designed by Charles H. Latrobe and built at the time on the edge of the settled city...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Clifton Park (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of the Mansion House, or Johns Hopkins Mansion, inside Clifton Park in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins bought the house and the surrounding farm land in an auction in 1838. Hopkins converted the mansion into an Italian villa with a tower, the walls...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820; Catholic Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial...
The historic Baltimore Basilica at the time the postcard was published was still a cathedral only. It was built by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the Capitol, during the years 1806-1821. It became the first Catholic Cathedral in the...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Lakes--Maryland--Baltimore
View of the The Boat Lake, the second and smaller lake inside Druid Hill Park, in Baltimore. The lake was formed in 1865 when a stream was dammed. For decades, visitors could boat on the lake in summer and skate during winter. After 1959, the Boat...
