Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
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...
Postcards—Maryland--Williamsport; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Williamsport (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the Doubleday's Hill (named for the monument to General Doubleday) in Williamsport. The Potomac is the 21st biggest river in the United States. It flows mostly through Maryland and...
Aquatint of a frozen river (possibly the Arve), with people in sleighs being pulled across the ice, by J. Mérigot after a drawing by Louis Bélanger from a publication known only as Flussquellen (?) written by Louis Bélanger and published in...
Black and white photograph of a color lithograph by Metcalf & Clark of Baltimore, Maryland, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and...
Chromolithography--19th century; Fortification--Northwest, Pacific; Illustration of books--United States--19th century; Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works; Lithography, American--19th century; Stevens, Isaac Ingalls,...
Chromolithograph titled Lieut. Grover[']s despatch [sic] - return of Governor Stevens to Fort Benton by Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith. after an illustration by John Mix Stanley from the book titled Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881; Jeannette (Ship); Jeannette Expedition...
Color advertisement for Jeannette cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. This advertisement depicts scenes of the 1879-1881 Jeannette Expedition to the North...
War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by Adolph Treidler (1886-1981) that shows a woman ordnance worker (WOW) wearing a blue jumpsuit with a red and white scarf tied around her head standing in front of an ordnance shell, with the text under the image reading "She's...
Espionage; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Dal (Delorma Bostwick) Holcomb (1901-1978) that shows the cartoon character of a derby-clad gentleman whose mouth is covered by Uncle Sam's hand, with the word "Quiet!" printed at the man's eye level and the words "Loose talk can...
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...
Espionage; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Howard Scott (1902-1983) that shows a man's face with two strips of white tape placed across his mouth in an X pattern and the words "closed for the duration" appearing above his head. Printed below his head are the words that give...
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Patriotism; Swastikas; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Canada;
Color poster by Robert James Nichol that uses a cartoon caricature of Adolf Hitler trapped up a tree with a beaver (symbolizing Canada) gnawing away at the tree's trunk to get across the message (right, midway down the image) "get your teeth into...
French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by the Wilkinsons (J. Walter Wilkinson, 1892-1988, and his son, Walter G. Wilkinson, 1917-1971) that shows a young man in a khaki uniform in the cockpit of a U.S. Army fighter plane giving the thumbs-up sign and saying "you buy 'em[,]...
Savings stamps--United States; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster consisting mostly of text with a "Torch of Liberty" emblem positioned between the two sections of text: "Save--Buy--for Victory" (above) and "W.S.S. war savings stamps issued here by the United States Government : for sale here"...
Allied Powers (1919- ); Flags--United nations (1942- ); Freedom; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster featuring the flags of 26 member countries of the United Nations (Allied Powers) unified in the fight for freedom, positioned around a painting of the Statue of Liberty, with the words "the United Nations fight for freedom" emblazoned...
Fund raising; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Air pilots, Military--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster made from a painting by Georges Schreiber (1904-1977) that shows a young man dressed in the uniform of an American pilot as he straps himself into the cockpit of his airplane, with the words "Keep him flying!" emblazoned across the...
Civil defense; Chemical warfare--Safety measures; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a man holding a handkerchief over his nose and mouth as he walks across a field. The full caption for this poster reads as follows: "In the open : walk into wind : toward clear area." This poster attempts to show civilians what to...
Recruiting and enlistment; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a soldier holding a rifle with fixed bayonet horizontally across his chest, standing with one leg rising out of North America and one leg rising out of South America. The caption for this poster reads "Como un solo hombre," which...
