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...
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...
World War, 1939-1945; Shipyards--Maryland--Baltimore; Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.; Award presentations;
Program for the presentation of the Maritime Merit Eagle Pennant to Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc. from the U.S. Maritime Commission on June 13, 1943. Included in the program is an image of a Western Union telegram notifying the President of...
World War, 1939-1945; Military Order of the Purple Heart. Dept. of Maryland.; Veterans;
Printed pamphlet of the official proceedings of the first annual convention of the Maryland chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, held in Hagerstown, MD on Dec. 13, 1942.
(Editor's note: The Military Order of the Purple Heart...
Drawing; Sheet music; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sheet music of The Grasshopper, A Tragic Cantata, written by Innes Randolph and illustrated by A. J. Volck. This fanciful satire of Italian grand opera, dedicated to and no doubt performed by and for the members of the Wednesday Club of Baltimore,...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Group games; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, most of the children are standing in a circle around another child, participating in some kind of game or play activity. Their activity is...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Group games; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, a group of about twelve young African American girls engage in a game or play activity with a Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)...
African American children's games--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The activities of various groups of children are being lead by adult Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) supervisors. In the background to the left is the...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;African American children--Recreation--Maryland--Baltimore;Checkers; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland;
Photograph of two African American boys playing a game of checkers on a sidewalk in Baltimore, Maryland, under the auspices of the Operations Division of the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) of Maryland. The checker board sits on top of an...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works; African American young men--Recreation--Maryland--Pictorial works; Streetball--Maryland--Pictorial works;United States. National Youth Administration of Maryland;United States. Works Progress...
Photograph of the tip-off to a basketball game played in Baltimore as part of National Youth Administration (NYA) recreation program sponsored by the Operations Division of the Works Progress Administration of Maryland. The NYA leader, an African...
African American men; Agricultural machinery; Bahr, Leonard Marion, 1905-1990; Baltimore County (Md.); Mural painting and decoration; Libraries; Roads; School buildings; Slaves; Tobacco; Transportation; United States. Public Works Administration.;
Photograph of a 1934 mural entitled "Slaves Rolling Hogsheads of Tobacco Down a Road" by Leonard Marion Bahr (1905-1990) located on the wall of the Catonsville High School library in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The mural was...
African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Dining rooms; United States. National Youth Administration of Maryland; Recreation centers--Maryland--Baltimore; Waiters and waitresses--Maryland--Baltimore
Domestic service department of an African American recreation center located on Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. This center was run as part of a program of the National Youth Administration (NYA) of Maryland. Three young African American...
African American young men--Maryland--Baltimore; Recreation centers--Maryland--Baltimore; Cleaning; United States. National Youth Administration--Maryland; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of three African American young men cleaning up one of the rooms in a recreation center located on Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Two of the young men use mops on the floor while the third uses a cloth to wipe down a small...
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...
Photograph of number 441 Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. This two-story brick row house is like other older houses in the city, i.e., frequently seen with newer buildings on each side. In the ground-floor windows are signs that read Druid...
Photograph of St. Mary's Street in Baltimore, Maryland. To the left at the end of the block is Tessier Street. The three- and two-story row houses at numbers 562 and 564 St. Mary's Street (third and fourth houses from left), respectively, are...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Service stations--Maryland--Baltimore;St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Baltimore, Md.);Lutheran church...
Photograph of the American Gas Station on the corner of North Central Avenue and East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1937, the Lord Baltimore Filling Station (center) and St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (center behind the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; Street-railroads--Baltimore--Maryland; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher depicting three people riding a streetcar. A woman sits on the left, a man in the middle, and a man on the right. All three appear to be reading newspapers. Above the three figures is an advertisement for Arrow...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a view of South Sharp Street in Baltimore. Titled, signed, and dated by the artist in the bottom right corner. (Editor's note: One of the signs on a building on the left hand side of the drawing...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a woman in profile. The woman is seated at a table inside what appears to be a restaurant, drinking a cup of coffee or tea. Behind her and to her left is man reading a newspaper. In the backgound, the...
