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...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
World War, 1939-1945; Ships--Launching; Shipyards--Maryland--Baltimore; Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.;
Program for the launching ceremonies of the S.S. Sparrows Point (MC Hull 1257), which were held on October 17, 1942 at the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard in Baltimore. The program includes a recommendation, approved by the U.S. Maritime...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; Baltimore Orioles (American Association : Baseball team); August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Kilroy, Matthew Aloysius, 1866-1940; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and...
Advertisement (color poster) for the Kilroy cigar printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars, by Isaac Friedenwald of Baltimore. To H. L. and his brothers, this poster was a...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Dwellings; Fort George G. Meade (Md.); United States. Army;
Aerial photograph of newly constructed facilities at Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Located just 15 miles south of Baltimore and 19 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., Camp Meade, as it was originally known, was built in...
Aerial photograph of the Johns Hopkins Hospital buildings. Probably taken in 1924 before the erection of the School of Hygiene and Public Health Building, Welch Medical Library, and Wilmer Opthalmological Clinic.
Aerial photograph of the Johns Hopkins Hospital looking east and taken circa 1920-1924. This is a slightly earlier view than that featured in Cator Print number 42.
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Air raid warning driving permit issued on March 2, 1943 by the Baltimore Committee on Civilian Defense. The permit number (4449) is in red in the top right corner, and the permit appears to have been issued to a gas detection officer in the a...
Aquatint by John Hill after E. Van Blon from Lucas' Baltimore Drawing Book, published here about 1827 by Fielding Lucas, Jr., that features a winter scene of a location somewhere near Baltimore. E. Van Blon is a pseudonym of John H. B. Latrobe who...
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,...
Aquatint of a frozen river (possibly the Arve), with people in sleighs being pulled across the ice, by J. Mérigot after a drawing by Louis Bélanger from a publication known only as Flussquellen (?) written by Louis Bélanger and published in...
Aquatint of boatmen camped in evening near a river (possibly the Arve) by J. Mérigot after a drawing by Louis Bélanger from a publication known only as Flussquellen (?) written by Louis Bélanger and published in 1802 in London by G. and W....
Buildings; Cityscapes; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Government buildings; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.);
Aquatint signed by Louis Garneray that features a view of Baltimore harbor around 1834. Of this scene Charles Varle in his book Complete View of Baltimore, 1833, wrote, "We would recommend to the stranger a visit to Federal Hill, situated on the...
Aquatint, in colors, published in 1817 by Edward Johnson Coale of Baltimore. This is a reconstruction of the rough view by John Moale made on the spot in 1752, now in the Maryland Historical Society library. The Moale sketch has been considerably...
Freedom; Liberty; Magazine Publishers of America; Soldiers--United States; United States. Office of Civilian Defense; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster by Frederic Stanley (1892-1967) that shows a dead soldier lying face down in the sand of a beach with his dented helmet planted a few inches from his head and a machine gun slung over his left shoulder, with the words "What...
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Speeches. Selections; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Black and white poster created from excerpts of a speech delivered before the House of Commons by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on June 4, 1940 that begins with these words: "We shall not flag nor fail." At the top center is letterhead...
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Industrial mobilization--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster featuring a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, sitting in an automobile with military officers, reviewing civilian performance records. Printed below the photograph are the words of...
War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States; World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States; Young Women's Christian Association;
Black and white poster made from the charcoal portrait of a young woman by W. T. (Wladyslaw Teodor) Benda (1873-1948), with the caption beneath the portrait reading "Stand behind the country's girlhood! National War Work of the Y.W.C.A. :...
