Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Flags; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The American Star" sung to the tune "Humors of Glen." The American Star in this broadside most likely refers to the Confederate flag known as the "Bonnie Blue," a flag which bore a single white star on a...
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...
Abolitionists; African Americans; Civil rights; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Constitutional amendments; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Parades; Politicians;
Colored lithograph by Metcalf & Clark, 687 West Baltimore Street, 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 Celebration on May 19th...
African American children; African American men; African American women; Annapolis (Md.); Architecture, domestic; Cobblestones; Dwellings; Electric lines; Government buildings; Row houses; Wooden-frame houses;
Photograph of Cornhill (left) and Fleet (right) Streets from Market Space in Annapolis, Maryland. On both sides of these stone-embedded streets are Revolutionary era two-story clapboard row houses. At their intersection is a small (perhaps...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Slaves--Dwellings--Maryland--Howard County;African American--Dwellings; Doughoregan Manor (Md.)
Photograph of a stone cottage once used as slave quarters at Doughoregan Manor in Howard County, Maryland. Doughoregan Manor was the ancestral home of the Carroll family, including Charles Carroll (1737-1832), of Carrollton, one of the original...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken November 19, 1926 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken with friends in the courtyard of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Standing from left to right are American film producer Walter Wanger (1894-1968); H. L. M.;...
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...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission; Charity--Maryland--Baltimore; Poverty--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of two African American women and eleven African American children in the kitchen of their home in Baltimore, Maryland. This family is receiving aid from the Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission. In the picture, the older woman on the...
Dixon, William B., 1890-1963--Portraits; African American businesspeople--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Blackstone Studios (Baltimore, Md.)
Photographic portrait of William B. Dixon (1890-1963), made at Blackstone Studios, Inc. In 1937, he and two other African American men opened Metropolitan Finance Corporation, the first African American owned and operated loan business licensed in...
African Americans--Education--Maryland--Harford County--History;Segregation in education--Maryland--Harford County--History;Schools--Maryland--Harford County--History; African American children--Maryland--Harford County;School...
Photograph of a group of African American children and their teachers standing before a one-room schoolhouse in Harford County, Maryland. Possibly built by the Freedman's Bureau, this one-story rectangular wooden building with three chimneys and...
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.)...
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...
Fund raising; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Fe Region; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; United States Indian School (Santa Fe, N.M.); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United...
Three separate color posters on one sheet that were created by Native American students during World War II. Printed above the posters is a caption that provides background on the efforts of student artists across the country and, in particular, of...
American Red Cross; War posters, American; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster revealing the accomplishments of American Red Cross workers around the world during World War I, recognized by President Woodrow Wilson with the sentence that begins this mostly textual poster, "It is a remarkable story." Printed to...
Photograph taken looking west from North Front Street at the 1000 block Forrest Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Standing off to the side (left) and in the doorway of the first of these two- and three-story brick row houses are several groups of...
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...
Slaves--Maryland; Gifts--Maryland; Christmas--Maryland; Etching, American--19th century
Photograph of an 1855 etching entitled "Christmas Gifts" that shows slave owners presenting Christmas gifts to their slaves. A well-dressed Caucasian woman and young girl stand amid a group of African American adults and children. The young girl is...
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...
Coon hunting--Maryland; African Americans in art; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Women hunters--Maryland
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 204 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of May 17, 1884, showing ladies on a coon hunt in Maryland. Frank Leslie (1821-1880) (real name, Henry Carter) shortened the time it took to...
