Advertising; Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Fishing; Radio programs; Tournament fishing;
Brochure entitled the Chesapeake Bay Fishing Fair Guide number 7, published in 1940 and featuring the grand contest held on August 10-11, 1940 at a town touted as the seafood capitol of the U.S.A., Crisfield, Maryland.
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Draft Horses; Agricultural Exhibitions;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a very large draft horse. A young boy stands in front of the horse, looking up at it. The drawing is marked as though it was intended for use in the "Baltimore Almanac," which was probably projected by the...
Phillips, Betty Jenkins, 1904-2000;Hospital administrators--Maryland--Baltimore;African American women
Photographic portrait of Mrs. Betty Jenkins Phillips, superintendent of Provident Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Talladega College in Alabama, her RN from Howard University, and her Masters of...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baseball; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Restaurants; Scheduling;
Schedule of games for the 1940 season of the Baltimore Orioles baseball club of the International Baseball League (IBL). The schedule includes the dates for both home and away games, with the city of the opposing team named. On the back page is a...
Official souvenir program for the Ice Follies of 1940 appearing at the Iceland skating rink at Carlin's Park in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ice Follies, an ice show produced and managed by Oscar F. Johnson, Edwin H. Shipstad, and Roy L. Shipstad,...
Official souvenir program for the Ice Vanities of 1940 appearing at the Iceland skating rink at Carlin's Park in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ice Vanities, a show produced by Bill O'Brien, the president of World-Wide Sports, displays the talents of a...
British War Relief Society (U.S.); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Carleton F. McCutcheon that features a brother and sister holding each other as they stand amidst the rubble of a destroyed brick building, with a transparent British flag hanging over the ruins. Emblazoned in red on a white border...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Dwellings; Fort George G. Meade (Md.); United States. Army;
Aerial photograph of newly constructed facilities at Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Located just 15 miles south of Baltimore and 19 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., Camp Meade, as it was originally known, was built in...
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 12 in Baltimore, Maryland. In the picture a large group of school children including many African Americans are visiting the branch. A librarian is helping the children as...
African American men--Maryland; Fishing in art; Landscape painting, American--19th century; Hill, John, 1770-1850; Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891; Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854; Susquehanna River; Watercolor painting,...
Black and white photograph of the J. Hill engraving of the John H. B. Latrobe watercolor entitled "Clear Sky, Turkey Hill on the Susquehannah" and published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. in his 1827 book entitled Progressive Drawing Book. Two young...
African American boys--Maryland; Fishing in art; Landscape painting, American--19th century; Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891; Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854; Susquehanna River; Watercolor painting, American--19th century
Black and white photograph of the John H. B. Latrobe watercolor entitled "Dark Foreground, View of the Susquehannah" and published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. in his 1827 book entitled Progressive Drawing Book. Signed E. Van Blon, a pseudonym used by...
Program for the movies "The Howards of Virginia," "He stayed for breakfast," "Down Argentine way," and "Youth will be served" showing at the Alpha Theatre in Catonsville, Maryland in November 1940. "The Howards of Virginia" is scheduled for...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baseball; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Scheduling;
Offiical souvenir program and schedule entitled "On to Victory!" of the 1945 Baltimore Orioles. Featured on the cover is a picture of Alphonse (Tommy) Thomas, the International League Orioles manager from 1940 to 1949. Inside are schedules for...
American Red Cross; Children in wartime; London (England)--History--Bombardment, 1940-1941; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by F. Sands (Frederick Sands) Brunner (1886-1954) that shows a young girl hugging her doll and looking pensive while the flames and rubble of a burning city loom in the background. In the dark red sky above her head are the words "War...
Great Britain. His Majesty's Stationery Office; Germany--History--Bombardment, 1940-1945; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster showing a map of Germany pinpointing major bombing attacks by Great Britain's Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) up to October 9, 1940 and entitled "Britain's Air Offensive : R.A.F. attacks on Germany." This map includes a key to symbols...
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Speeches. Selections; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Black and white poster created from excerpts of a speech delivered before the House of Commons by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on June 4, 1940 that begins with these words: "We shall not flag nor fail." At the top center is letterhead...
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...
Program for a celebration and tribute by the city of Baltimore in honor of the liberation of Paris, August 25, 1944. The program includes a listing of the activities of the "Mayor's Committee Celebration Tribute to the Fighting French," such as an...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of the house at number 811 West Lexington Street where H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken was born. On September 12, 1880, when Mencken was born, this house was numbered 380 West Lexington Street; by 1940, when Mencken commented on this picture...
