Advertisement for the Food Stamp Plan dating from 1941. The advertisement explains that the Food Stamp Plan, operated by the United States Dept. of Agriculture in conjunction with local agencies and businesses, distributes surplus farm and food...
Broadsides; Heaven; Hymns; Macarthy, Harry, 1834-1888; Weishampel, J. F. (John F.), Sr.;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Happy Journey to the Promised Land," sung to the air "Bonnie Blue Flag." This hymn compares contemporary Christian salvation to the journey of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land,...
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...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Rationing; Tokens;
Blue one point ration token issued by the Office of Price Administration. The token has "OPA" and the words "BLUE" and "POINT" stamped around the edge. In the center is the number "1." On either side of the "1," though barely visible, is the letter...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881; Political...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hurrah for Jeff. Davis" from a song sung to the Scottish tune "Bonnets o' Blue." Written by a "Lady Rebel," these celebratory verses praise Jeff. (Jefferson) Davis, President of the Confederate States of...
Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814; Broadsides; Flags; Patriotism; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hurrah for the Flag of the Free!" These verses are about the American flag, most likely the Star-Spangled Banner with fifteen stars for the fifteen states that was unfurled over Fort McHenry in Baltimore...
United States. Marine Corps--Flags; United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918; United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting Station (Baltimore, Md.); War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918; World War,...
Color poster that features four marines in khaki uniforms leading a column of marines across a beach. The two marines in the center are carrying United States Marine Corps flags. These marines are flanked by two other marines carrying rifles....
United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a U.S. Army Cavalry soldier in dress blue uniform sitting horseback and blowing a bugle. Standing next to him is a U.S. Army Infantry first sergeant in dress blue uniform holding a rifle. Emblazoned in the sky above these men is the...
Liberty bonds; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster consisting of letters only, with the words "Think--have you bought your limit?" printed in blue ink on a white background and, below that question, the words "Fourth Liberty Loan" printed in red ink on a white background. Of course,...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Typewritten advertisement for blackout blankets for dogs. The advertisement was from Canine Canteen, a store located on Oak Street in Baltimore. At the top of the advertisement is the store's motto, "Everything for Dogs." The advertisement includes...
Enlarged hand colored and varnished photograph of an old print that features a view of the Fairview Inn. According to a notation pasted on the back of this print, the Fairview Inn is "located on Old Frederick Road through from Loudon Park." The...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Choptank River...
Map of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) by John F. Weishampel, Jr., a Baltimore bookseller and stationer. This map is dated 1875 and features all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel,...
Fishery processing plants--Maryland--Crisfield;African American women employees--Maryland--Crisfield;Canned crab meat--Maryland--Crisfield;Crab meat--Preservation
Photograph of crab pickers at a seafood processing plant in Crisfield, Maryland. African American women sit around huge tables that contain piles of steamed hard-shelled blue crabs, picking the meat from the crabs and depositing it into small metal...
Fishery processing plants--Maryland--Crisfield;Fishery processing plants--Employees--Maryland--Crisfield;African American women employees--Maryland--Crisfield;Canned crab meat--Maryland--Crisfield
Photograph of crab meat being weighed and packed in cans at a seafood processing plant in Crisfield, Maryland. Four African American women sit at a table, facing a brick wall and picking steamed hard-shelled blue crabs. Two Caucasian men weigh and...
Fishery processing plants--Maryland--Crisfield;Fishery processing plants--Employees--Maryland--Crisfield;Crabs--Processing--Maryland--Crisfield;African American men--Maryland--Crisfield
Photograph of the crab steaming room at a seafood processing plant in Crisfield, Maryland. During the operation, this African American man using a hand crank and pulley will lift the large metal basket, which will be filled with live hard-shelled...
Bethlehem Steel Company; African American men--Maryland--Sparrows Point; Blue collar workers--Maryland--Sparrows Point; Rolling-mills--Maryland--Sparrows Point; Steel industry and trade--Maryland--Sparrows Point
Photograph of the cold-rolling of steel inside the Bethlehem Steel Company Sparrows Point plant in Baltimore County, Maryland. Standing at the finishing end of three rolling-mill machines are African American workers stacking the sheet metal on...
Photograph taken looking east from North Bond Street at the north side of Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. On the ground level of the corner building (left) is what was...
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...
Broadsides; Cutter, G. W. (George Washington), 1801-1865; Patriotism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Document containing the broadside entitled "E Pluribus Unum, an American National Song." This broadside makes reference to the motto of the United States of America, "E pluribus unum" ("Many in one" or "One from many"), and to its struggle against...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Ma's Gone Out to Pray." This broadside tells the story of a young boy whose mother has gone out to pray at saloons to stop men, especially husbands, from drinking alcohol. The "Dio Lewis" mentioned in the...
