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...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Death; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The debt." This broadside recounts the debt that the men of Maryland who supported Southern views owe to those who betrayed them and insulted their families, threw them into prison, and fought against...
Document containing the broadside entitled "I Only Had 50 Cents," a version of the song known as "The Original Fifty Cents" written by Sam Devere (ca. 1842-1907) , a well-known minstrel and, later, owner of his own vaudeville company who performed...
Document advertising a three hundred dollar reward for the return of a slave. When slaves ran away, the slave owners would publish such advertisements in the local newspapers, as well as in large cities, like Baltimore, along with posting separate...
Espionage; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Albert Dorne (1904-1965) that shows only the hand of a fallen soldier lying palm up as he reaches for the stock of his rifle lying under a barbed-wire fence. Emblazoned to the right of this image are the words "Somebody blabbed"...
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War,...
Black and white poster showing a United States war worker's large black boot with the words "your production" on the sole about to crush caricatures of Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tōjō, and Adolf Hitler, respectively, trying to flee, with the...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in 1929 of H. L. Mencken with members of The Sun newspaper Board of Directors. Seated in the board room around the table (from left to right) are J. Edwin Murphy, James W. Dove, Stanley M. Reynolds, William F. Schmick,...
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,...
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Etching, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Satire, English;
Etching of a holiday scene titled Black Monday, or the end of the holidays by George Cruikshank after a drawing by SK (artist's initials). Originally published January 3, 1826 by S. Knight of 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London in a...
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881--Pictorial works; Baxter, George, 1804-1867; Color prints, English--19th century; Russian--Kings and rulers--Pictorial works;
Color print titled The czar drawn by H. (Henry) Warren and printed in color by William Dickes and Company from a book titled Turkey, Russia, the Black Sea, and Circassia written by Captain Edmund Spencer, printed by R. Clay, and published in 1855...
Chromolithograph titled Black and white kingfisher (or pied kingfisher) illustrated by Louis Prang from the book titled Our living world; an artistic edition of the Rev. J. G. Wood's natural history of animate creation, volume 2, printed in 1885 by...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Equestrian statues--Maryland--Baltimore; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Original etching by Leon Louis Dolice inscribed to George Cator, Esquire that features the Washington Monument and the Washington Place Park just south of the monument with a view of the equestrian statue of the Marquis de Lafayette in Baltimore....
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Frederick County (Md.); Harford County (Md.); Kent...
Map of Maryland by Samuel Lewis, dated 1795, that shows eighteen Maryland counties: Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick (spelled "Frederic"), Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Prince...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Frederick...
Map of Maryland by Anthony Finley, dated 1829, that shows 19 Maryland counties: Allegany (spelled "Allegheny"), Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Kent, Montgomery,...
African American men in art; Clothing and dress in art; Newspaper vendors--Maryland--Baltimore; Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903; Sindall, Harry S., fl. 1850s
Black and white photograph of a Maryland Historical Society (MHS) lithograph of the oil-on-canvas color painting entitled "Moses, the Baltimore News Vendor." The original painting of that title was completed by Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) in...
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...
Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805; Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781; African American boys--Maryland--Talbot County; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930
Black and white photograph of a 1921 color painting entitled "The News of Yorktown" by the renowned American historical painter Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, depicting Tench Tilghman announcing an American victory at the Battle of Yorktown to citizens...
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...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
