African American boys--Maryland--Baltimore; Bookmobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; Enoch Pratt Free Library; Horses
Photograph of the Enoch Pratt Free Library book wagon during a visit to the 1000 block Dallas Street in Baltimore, Maryland. An African American boy, standing at the head of the horse attached to the book wagon, reads a book held in his one hand...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Last step- Lettering of...
Soldiers--United States; Victory Book Campaign; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Irving Spellens that shows an open book with the portrait of a soldier and the year "1943" on the left page and the words "Victory Book Campaign" on the right page. Positioned above and below this image, respectively, are the words...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Rationing;
War Ration Book no. 3, containing unused ration stamps. The front cover includes a serial number (958025), spaces where the recipient could write in his or her personal information and signature, an area to be filled in by the local ration board,...
Dedications; Inscriptions; Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Pen drawing; Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950--Criticism and interpretation; Title pages;
Document consisting of a personal dedication page and the title page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's book entitled George Bernard Shaw his Plays. Published in 1905 by John W. Luce and Co., this was Mencken's "first real book" and the first book...
Church of England--Liturgy--Texts; Engraving, English--England--London--17th century; Illustration of books--England--17th century; Morning prayer (Divine office)--Church of England--Texts;
Page with woodcut ornamental letter and text of morning prayer for the seventh day from a book of rituals of the Anglican Church. Published by Robert Barker in 1639, the page contains Psalm 35, Judica me, Domine, a prayer to be read on the morning...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Free Library ... When front and back...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Scoring of the recased...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Library. The first step in book...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. The second step in book...
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Philosophy, German--19th century; Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860; Title pages;
Document showing the title page of the book entitled The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche written by Henry L. Mencken. Published in 1908 by Luce and Company, this was the first "complete popular [treatise] upon Nietzsche and his philosophy in...
Letters; Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
In this letter dated April 4, 1876 and written from Paris, France, Stéphane Mallarmé responds to Sara Sigourney Rice's letter requesting a few lines from Mallarmé to be included in a book entitled Edgar Allan Poe: A Memorial Volume. Rice was...
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Caricatures and cartoons; Etching;
Etching by Adalbert Volck in which General Benjamin F. Butler, who later ran for governor of Massachusetts many times before being elected in 1882, is portrayed as Simon Tappertit, a character in Charles Dickens' book, Barnaby Rudge. Tappertit was...
Illustration of books--Germany--16th century; Wood-engraving, German; German--15th century; Satire, German; Folly in art;
Woodcuts known as Stroking the fallow stallion (front, recto of page) and The wise men (back, verso of page) by Albrecht Dürer from the book titled Navis Stultifera (also known as Das Narrenschiff in German and Ship of Fools in English), a book...
Citrus fruits--Pictorial works; Ferrari, Giovanni Battista, 1584-1655;
Copper engraving titled Aurantium stellatum et roseum (a species of citrus fruit) by Cornelis Bloemaert from the book titled Hesperides, sive, de malorum aureorum cultura et usu libri [The first book on citrus fruit] written by Giovanni Battista...
Mezzotint and line engraving known as the punishment of Marsyas by Richard Earlom after an original drawing by Claude Lorrain (written as Claude le Lorrain) from a book titled Liber veritatis [Book of truth], or, a collection of prints, after the...
Engraving of view of a seaport under refulgent sunlight by Richard Earlom after an original drawing by Claude Lorrain (written as Claude le Lorrain) from a book titled Liber veritatis [Book of truth], or, a collection of prints, after the original...
Emblems--Italy--Early works to 1800; Engraving, Italian--16th century; Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Symbolism in art--Italy;
Line engraving on copper titled Miseriam honoratum esse curialium, nec expetendam ullatenus (Misery be honored courtiers, not desirable in any way) by Giulio Bonasone from the book titled Symbolicarum quaestionum de universo genere (Investigation...
Illustration of books--Germany--15th century; Wood-engraving, German--15th century; Satire, German--15th century; Folly in art;
Woodcut known as Giving and regretting it by Albrecht Dürer from the book titled Das Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools), a book of satire by German theologian Sebastian Brant originally published in 1494. In each of its over 100 chapters, the book...
Illustration of books--Germany--15th century; Wood-engraving, German--15th century; Satire, German--15th century; Folly in art;
Woodcut known as Marrying for money by Albrecht Dürer from the book titled Das Narrenschiff (Ship of fools), a book of satire published in 1494 in Basel, Switzerland, by German theologian Sebastian Brant. In each of its over 100 chapters, the...
