Photograph of the 100 block North Carey Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by Thomas Dixon and built in 1850-1851, these Waverly Terrace brick row houses feature a rear porch balcony framed by intricate cast-iron fencing (the fronts of the...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Machine-tools;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the machine shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Standing at various machines are workers operating tools such as lathes, grinders, and drills used in...
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; Automobiles--Tires--Marketing; Letterheads--Pictorial works; Stationery--Pictorial works;
Document showing letterhead of Carl Spoerer's Sons Company located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street after 1918. Along with automobile production the company sold tires and was a distributor of the Samson cord tire.
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,...
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...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the final assembly room in the Carl Spoerer's Sons motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. In the room are several workers including Charles Spoerer (left center with mustache), with one...
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...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the chassis line in the Carl Spoerer's Sons factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Visible are several workers including Charles Spoerer (far right) and the chassis of various vehicles being assembled.
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 about 1908 of the tire shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. This shop appears once to have been the wheelwright shop (see mdsc066) as Spoerer transitioned from...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief;
Invitation to "Europe's Children, Must They Starve?" meeting, held under the auspices of the Temporary Committee on Food for Europe's Children at the Alcazar Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on April 13, 1943. The invitation includes information about...
Jones Falls (Md.); Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore;
Aquatint by John Hill after the painting by John Shaw, 1820, that features a view of the Jones' Falls in Baltimore. One of the best-known works of Hill is the Landscape Album, first issued by M. Carey & Son of Philadelphia, 1820 (reissued in 1835),...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Landscapes--Maryland; Ross, Robert, 1766-1814;
Aquatint engraved by John Hill after the painting by John Shaw and published in 1820 by M. Carey & Sons of Philadelphia in the book Picturesque Views of American Scenery. "The original intention was to issue six numbers, each containing six views,...
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.); Delaware;...
Map of Maryland and Delaware and their canals, roads, and distances by Henry S. Tanner, dated 1844, that shows twenty Maryland counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles,...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
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...
Advertising--Pictorial works; Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobiles--Drawings; Automobiles--Parts; Automotive drafting; Letterheads--Pictorial works; Mechanical drawing; Stationery--Pictorial works;
Mechanical drawing of an unidentified Spoerer motor vehicle part shown on Carl Spoerer's Sons Company stationery. By 1910, the company considered itself "manufacturers of the 'Spoerer', a car for reliability, endurance and economy". As indicated on...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobiles--Equipment and supplies; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Parts; Letterheads--Pictorial works; Stationery--Pictorial works;
Document showing an unsigned order for a 4-cylinder, 5-passenger Spoerer commercial vehicle. Typed on Carl Spoerer's Sons Co. stationery and dated July 27th, 1908, this unsigned order gives the description of and the parts to be used in this...
