Oakley Beach Hotel opened its doors at the dawn of the 20th century in Cambridge. It was a luxury three-story resort with 54 rooms located at Oakley Street. A 750-foot pier extended from the hotel into the Choptank River. Visitors from Baltimore...
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Fritchie, Barbara, 1766-1862; Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
According to popular legend, Barbara Fritchie, an elderly woman in her 90's, waved the Union flag at Confederate troops under the command of General "Stonewall" Jackson as they marched by her house on West Patrick Street in Frederick on September...
Advertising--Pictorial works; Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Automobiles--Tires--Marketing; Signs and signboards;
Photograph taken about 1910 of Jacob (left) and Charles (right) Spoerer, owners of Carl Spoerer's Sons Company, standing at the counter in the tire department of their motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. In 1907...
Advertising--Pictorial works; Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts;...
Photograph taken December 30, 1913 of Carl Spoerer's Sons Company located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Built in 1907, this structure contained the motor vehicle factory where the workers shown in this picture built Spoerer automobiles,...
Mechanical drawing done by O. R. B. (Otto R. Bieler) and dated February 4, 1910 of a clutch spring adjustable screw for an unidentified 1910 Spoerer motor vehicle.
Mechanical drawing done by O. R. B. (Otto R. Bieler) and dated August 30, 1911 of a clutch collar for an unidentified 1911 Spoerer motor vehicle. Scale: full size.
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts; Woodworking machinery;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the woodworking shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Five workers are operating saws, planes, and other equipment used in woodworking. On the floor are...
Mechanical drawing done by O. R. B. (Otto R. Bieler) about 1910 of a cone clutch for an unidentified Spoerer motor vehicle. This cone clutch was leather-faced and, up to 1912, mounted in the flywheel of the vehicle; by taking out five nuts, the...
Automobiles--Drawings; Automotive drafting; Mechanical drawing; Packard automobile; Packard Motor Car Company; Perine, Washington, 1870-1944;
Mechanical drawing done by WDT (William D. Tipton) and dated December 11, 1915 of a 1916 Packard model 6-48 limousine to be built by Carl Spoerer's Sons Company for Mr. Wash. Perrine (sic) (i.e., Washington Perine). This plan calls for the 1916...
Blacksmithing--Equipment and supplies; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts; Electric drills; Grinding machines; Wheels; Wheelwrights;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the wheelwright shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Standing around the shop are several workers including one (the wheelwright[?]) holding a wheel on a anvil. On the...
Mechanical drawing done by O. R. B. (Otto R. Bieler) and dated April 25, 1910 with a revision dated March 20, 1911 of a frame for an unidentified 1911 Spoerer motor vehicle.
