Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken of fire fighters spraying water on buildings on the south side of West Baltimore Street between Hanover and Liberty Streets. Among the businesses threatened by fire are (from left to right) the tobacco retailer Celia Birnbaum;...
Program for the movie "Ben Hur: a tale of the Christ" showing at The Grand in Cambridge, Maryland on January 11 and 12, 1928. Listed among The Grand's coming attractions are "The big parade," "Seventh heaven," "Old Ironsides," "Beau geste," and...
Rare map of Silesia, centered on the city of Wrocław (German name: Breslau). Although, in the Middle Ages Silesia was part of the Kingdom of Poland, later on it was divided among many independent duchies ruled by various Silesian dukes of the...
Advertising; Ameche, Alan (Lino Dante "Alan"), 1933-1988; Baltimore Colts (Football team); Baltimore (Md.); Beer; Breweries; Football; National Football League; Pro Football Hall of Fame (U.S.); Radio programs; Prize contests in advertising;...
Schedule of radio and television programs for the 1957 season of the Baltimore Colts football team. The schedule includes the dates and air times for radio and television broadcasts of exhibition and league games. During that season, the Colts...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Minnesota Twins (Baseball team); Western Union Telegraph Company;
Telegram known as an "Oriole-gram" sent from the Baltimore Orioles baseball team to various fan clubs and to employees of WJZ-TV Channel 13 and their families attending the game held September 8, 1967 between the Baltimore Orioles and the Minnesota...
Bible and evolution; Creationism; Dayton (Tenn.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc.--Press coverage--Maryland--Baltimore;
The first carbon page of his typescript for "The Tennessee Circus", one of the columns H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken wrote for the Evening Sun about the proceedings in Dayton, Tennessee before he left to cover the Scopes trial. While some readers...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820; Catholic Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial...
The historic Baltimore Basilica at the time the postcard was published was still a cathedral only. It was built by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the Capitol, during the years 1806-1821. It became the first Catholic Cathedral in the...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Lakes--Maryland--Baltimore
View of the The Boat Lake, the second and smaller lake inside Druid Hill Park, in Baltimore. The lake was formed in 1865 when a stream was dammed. For decades, visitors could boat on the lake in summer and skate during winter. After 1959, the Boat...
Baltimore (Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Customhouses; Fells Point (Baltimore, Md.); Hospitals; Hotels; Jails; Monuments; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Watercolor drawing signed by T. Tanssen and dated 1831. A panorama from near what is today the corner of St. Paul and Madison Streets, at that time the southern edge of Howard's Park. The picture was found in Australia by an American sailor, a...
Illustration of books--Germany--15th century; Wood-engraving, German--15th century; Clergy--Pictorial works; Peter, the Apostle, Saint--Pictorial works;
Woodcut depicting women giving money to a member of the clergy. St. Peter, holding a key, stands to the right of the clergyman. This woodcut is from a cropped page from the book titled Spiegel des menschlichen Lebens (Mirror of life) written by...
