Advertising--Pictorial works; Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Automobiles--Tires--Marketing; Letterheads--Pictorial works; Stationery--Pictorial works;
Document showing letterhead of Carl Spoerer's Sons Company located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street after 1918. Along with automobile production the company sold tires and was a distributor of the Samson cord tire.
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 and Saturday Night Club members at Philip Green's place on the South River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Standing (from left to right) are Matthew Tinker, Philip Green, Theodor Hemberger,...
Original pen drawing by Griffith B. Coale that features a view of the old Trinity Church on Trinity Street in Baltimore around 1920. Trinity Episcopal Church was consecrated in October 1811 and is still standing [as of 1933 when this description...
Etching by Axel H. Hägg that features a view of Corpus Christi Church in Baltimore. The church was erected in 1890 as a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Courtenay Jenkins, by their children. In the lower left corner the artist has inserted a...
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...
Democratic National Convention (1912 : Baltimore.Md.);Catering and hospitality--Maryland--Baltimore;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore;Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century;Fifth Regiment Armory (Baltimore, Md.)
Photograph of delegates at the 1912 Democratic National Convention held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore, Maryland. This was the first convention where the democrats used primaries to choose their delegates. Woodrow Wilson received the...
White, Miles, Jr. (1856-1938); Businessmen--Maryland--Baltimore; Philanthropists--Maryland--Baltimore
Photographic portrait of Miles White, Jr. (1856-1938), a Baltimore businessman and philanthropist. As a trustee of many charitable organizations in Baltimore, he devoted considerable time to charitable and philanthropic activities. He was also...
Wyman Park (Baltimore, Md.); Parks--Maintenance and repair; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Feed-water pumps
Photograph of two African American men draining water from a ditch at Wyman Park in Baltimore, Maryland. The men are operating a pump to drain water from the trench where a new bank of stone is being constructed. (Photograph taken from the Enoch...
African American sailors--Maryland--Baltimore; African American soldiers--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Army--Service clubs--Maryland--Baltimore; World War, 1914-1918--African Americans;
Photograph of a large group of African American soldiers and sailors posing for a picture in front of a War Camp Community Service club building probably in Baltimore, Maryland. The men standing or sitting in rows in front of this large brick...
Broadway (Baltimore, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore; Central business...
Photograph taken looking south at the 500 block South Broadway Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the right in this block are three-story brick row houses with businesses on the ground floor. Several people are standing in front of the first...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts--Maryland--Baltimore; Machine shops--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Painted signs and signboards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wagons--Maryland--Baltimore; Horses
Photograph of the southwest corner of Ann and Thames Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1912, the house on the corner (at number 1743 Thames) was the business address for Richard Walters, decorator. To its left at numbers 900-902 South Ann Street...
Photograph of the east side of Courtland Street as seen from Pleasant to Mulberry Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. A few African Americans are sitting on the front steps of a brick row house (center right) while another woman looks down on the...
Photograph taken looking east from Parkin Street at the north side of Ramsey Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The Bartlett Hayward Company, which had been producing munitions for the Russian and French governments, acquired and demolished this wooden...
Urban African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Bartlett Hayward Company
Photograph taken looking from Callender Alley at the south side of Ramsey Street in Baltimore, Maryland. When the United State entered World War I in November 1917, the Bartlett Hayward Company, which had been producing munitions for the Russian...
Photograph taken looking north from Hamilton Street at Courtland Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Parked on both sides of the street are horse-drawn wagons and carriages, several of which appear to be cabs. In the right foreground is an African...
Charles Street Bridge (Baltimore, Md.); African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Carts and carriages; Pedestrians
Photograph of the Charles Street Bridge at Union Station (not pictured) in Baltimore, Maryland. This bridge was built in 1886, eventually replaced by a new bridge in 1958, then reconstructed in 2003. Union Station was razed in 1910, rebuilt and...
Merchant ships--Maryland--Baltimore; Loading and unloading--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Banana trade--Maryland--Baltimore; Food inspectors--Maryland--Baltimore; United Fruit Company
Sepia-toned photograph of bananas being unloaded from a United Fruit Company boat docked at Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. United States Department of Agriculture Inspector John F. Earnshaw (taller Caucasian man dressed in a suit, white...
African American women; Addison, Annie, fl. ca. 1842-1920; Baltimore (Md.); Carroll, John Lee, 1830-1911; Domestics; Howard County (Md.); Slaves;
Photograph of Annie Addison, an African American woman born into slavery about 1842 at Doughoregan Manor in Howard County, Maryland. The former slave of John Lee Carroll, Governor of Maryland from 1876 to 1879, she for many years thereafter worked...
Cumberland Dugan & Company; Dugan, Cumberland, 1830-1914; St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (Baltimore, Md.); Factories--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines; Telephone lines; Wagons; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Brick wall...
Photograph of the building housing Cumberland Dugan & Company (formerly the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church) on the northeast corner of Howard and Barre Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Established by Cumberland Dugan (1830-1914), a wealthy...
African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;Athenaeum Building (Baltimore, Md.);Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the Athenaeum building located on the northwest corner of Saratoga and St. Paul Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Jr. (1810-1849) in the Italianate style, the building became home to the Mercantile Library...
