Slaves--Maryland; Gifts--Maryland; Christmas--Maryland; Etching, American--19th century
Photograph of an 1855 etching entitled "Christmas Gifts" that shows slave owners presenting Christmas gifts to their slaves. A well-dressed Caucasian woman and young girl stand amid a group of African American adults and children. The young girl is...
Postcards--Maryland--Ocean City; Piers--Maryland--Ocean City; Ocean City (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The Ocean City Pier first opened in 1907. Its amusement pavilion had a long arched roof with large, round-arched windows lighting the first and second floors. It contained a dancing pavilion, a barber shop, a novelty store, a movie theater, a photo...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Postcards—West Virginia--Ridgeley; Potomac Club (Ridgeley, W. Va); Cumberland (Md.)--Social life and customs; Country clubs--Maryland--Cumberland; Country clubs--West Virginia--Ridgeley
View of the Potomac Club in Cumberland. In 1904, a group of mostly Cumberland enthusiasts organized the Potomac Club. They leased the old Perry Mansion (earlier called Calmes Mansion), located on Carpenter's Hill in Ridgeley, West Virginia, just...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.); Mills, Robert, 1781-1855; Causici, Enrico, 1790-1835; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of Washington Monument at Mount Vernon Place in Baltimore, Maryland. Mount Vernon Place is located in downtown Baltimore. In addition to the monument at its center, Mount Vernon Place includes four small parks, designed by Frederick Law...
Postcards—Maryland--Cumberland; Carroll Hall (Cumberland, Md.); Clubhouses--Maryland--Cumberland--1900-1910; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Carroll Hall was erected in 1903 and initially housed social and sports centers, such as the Carroll Club. It housed the all-boys LaSalle Institute (established in 1907) and it became LaSalle High School in 1938. It served in this capacity until...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken about 1910 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken joking with colleagues on the sidewalk outside Wegner's Restaurant on German (now Redwood) Street behind the Baltimore Sun offices. Standing from left to right are H. L. M., McKee Barclay...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Roman Forum (Rome, Italy);
Portrait photograph taken in 1914 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (center) and friends A. H. (Alexander Hopkins) McDannald (1877-1957) (left) and W. Edwin (William Edwin) Moffett (1871-1957) (right) at the Forum in Rome, Italy. According to Mencken,...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and Saturday Night Club members at Philip Green's place on the South River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Standing (from left to right) are Matthew Tinker, Philip Green, Theodor Hemberger,...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1925 of a get-together of Saturday Night Club members held at Folger McKinsey's place (Cape Arthur) on the Magothy River near Severna Park, Maryland. Standing (from left to right) are an unnamed boy, Hamilton Owens...
Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; New York (N.Y.); Satire; Seventh-Day Adventists
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Louis Cheslock dated August 21, [1929]. Mencken thanks Cheslock for sending a copy of the Present Truth, a Seventh-Day Adventist periodical and writes in a bantering tone when he tells Cheslock that he's thinking of...
Hotel Rennert (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in November 1913 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and other Saturday Night Club members at the Rennert Hotel in Baltimore. The Saturday Night Club was an informal group of doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians, artists,...
Colored lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, that features a view of the Pimlico Race Course. The first meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico was held in October 1870, when 12,000 persons attended. It was at the Fall Meet, 1877, that...
Figure skating; Financial statements; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.;
Document showing the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. balance sheet and operating statement for the 1936-1937 season, prepared by P. T. MacKie, the treasurer. Included among the club's receipts are dues collected for two seasons and refunds of monies...
Figure skating; Financial statements; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.;
Document containing the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. annual report for the 1936-1937 season, signed by Paul T. MacKie, the treasurer. Among the club receipts listed are dues and refunds. Among the club expenditures listed are rent, salaries, taxes,...
Figure skating; Figure skating officials; Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society; United States Figure Skating Association;
Document prepared by the Committee on Judges and Judging of the United States Figure Skating Association that lists official judges for figure skating clubs across the United States for the year 1938. Among the judges listed from the Ice Club of...
Espionage; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada;
Color poster showing three men dressed in uniforms of the army, air force, and navy talking with one another at a bar or club while behind them is a sinister character looking like Adolf Hitler who is listening to their conversation, with the word...
Drawing; Theater programs; Theyre-Smith, S. (Spenser); Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketches by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of two Spenser Theyre-Smith comedies, Cut off with a Shilling (upper sketch) and A Happy Pair (lower sketch). Both plays are set in a Victorian parlor. In the first play, a young woman...
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,...
Drawing; Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908; Simpson, J. Palgrave (James Palgrave), 1807-1887; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the three-act comedy, A Scrap of Paper, J. Palgrave Simpson's adaptation of Victorien Sardou's play, Les Pattes de mouche. In this sketch, two women standing in a well-furnished...
Drawing; Parties; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck of the Wednesday Club farewell party for George May, the gentleman seated at the table. From left to right, standing, are Dr. Adalbert Volck (in profile, far left), James Gibson, John McKim, L. Rabillon, an unidentified...
