Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Office buildings--Baltimore (Md.)--1900-1910; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Rogers, James Gamble, 1867-1947; Thomas, Douglas Hamilton, 1872-1915; Parker,...
When the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad building was lost in the great fire of 1904, the company turned to a renowned architectural firm of Parker and Thomas to design the new headquarters. In collaboration with another architect, James Gamble...
Postcards--Maryland--Westminster; Western Maryland College (Westminster, Md.)--Buildings; Gott, Jackson Coale, 1829-1909; Universities and colleges--Maryland--Westminster; Westminster (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Western Maryland College, a private liberal arts college in Westminster, was established in 1867. As the first board chairman, John Smith, was also president of the Western Maryland Railroad, the college was named for the railroad. Until 1974 the...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Ponds--Maryland--Baltimore
Visitors viewing sea lions in Druid Hill Park, ca. 1906. In 1876, Druid Hill Park began various animal exhibits, as stated in the act of Maryland General Assembly "for the purpose of public exhibition for the instruction and recreation of the...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Lakes--Maryland--Baltimore
Visitors strolling along the edge of the Boat Lake in Druid Hill Park. The second and smaller lake inside Druid Hill Park, the Boat Lake was formed in 1865 when a stream was dammed. For decades, visitors could boat on the lake in summer and skate...
Postcards—Maryland--Brunswick; Brunswick (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Young Men’s Christian Association (Brunswick, Md.)--Buildings; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Brunswick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of the YMCA building in Brunswick, ca. 1909. The YMCA building was built in 1907 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a place for employees to eat and sleep between trips. It burned in 1934 and was quickly rebuilt. It burned again in 1980,...
Postcards--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Union Avenue (Havre de Grace, Md.); Streets--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Havre de Grace (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Postcards—Maryland--Baltimore; Mount Royal Station (Baltimore, Md.); Baldwin, Ephraim Francis, 1837-1916); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Railroad stations--Maryland--Baltimore--History; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History
View of former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Mount Royal Station in Baltimore. It was B & O's third station in the city. Designed by Baltimore architect Ephraim Francis Baldwin in a mixed Romanesque and Renaissance style, the station was built in...
Postcards—Maryland--Annapolis; College Creek (Md.); Rivers--Maryland
View of College Creek watershed in Annapolis, looking west from a bridge. On the left can be seen St. Anne's Cemetery, viewed from a bridge that preceded the current Rowe Boulevard over College Creek.
Postcards—Maryland--Chesepeake City; Chesapeake City (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Freemasons--Buildings; Back Creek (Chesapeake City, Md.); Rivers--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); Bridges--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
View of causeway, Masonic Hall, and creek in Chesapeake City. Chesapeake City is located in Cecil County. Originally founded by Czech colonist Augustine Herman under the name of the Village of Bohemia, the town's name was changed to the current...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Street (Baltimore, Md.); International Trust Company Building (Baltimore, Md.); Bank buildings--Maryland; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of business section of Baltimore Street rebuilt, a few years after the 1904 fire. The International Trust Company building was built in 1902 by the firm Parker and Thomas (Douglas H. Thomas, 1872-1915, and J. Harleston Parker, 1873-1930) of...
Postcards--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Union Avenue (Havre de Grace, Md.); Railroad bridges--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Streets--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Havre de Grace (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Union Avenue, located at the heart of the city in Havre de Grace, was at one time a broad residential street lined with trees, dotted with churches. It is mostly commercial today. The Harford House was a hotel, and served as a sort of informal...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; United States. Office of Defense Transportation.;
Undated notice from Mary Johnson, Inc. informing customers that the company is still able to make flower deliveries in compliance with O.D.T. regulations.
[Editor's note: The notice refers to ODT, which was the Office of Defense...
Bald eagle in art; Printing--United States--World War, 1939-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Two color posters on one sheet: "The Pen and the Sword", a poster printed in patriotic red, white, and blue colors, is on the obverse side; and Crocker-McElwain's paper news poster, volume 1, number 2, May 1942, a four-page pamphlet, is on the...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Courthouses--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Wyatt, James Bosley Noel, 1847-1926; Nolting, William Greaner, 1866-1940
This is the third courthouse built in this location on Monument Square. Two previous buildings were razed in 1805 and 1895, respectively. A competition held for the present building design was won by the team of two prominent Baltimore architects,...
Postcards--Maryland--Westminster; Courthouses--Maryland--Westminster; Westminster (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Shellman, James Meriwether, 1801-1851
This historic Carroll County Courthouse, built in 1838 was designed in Greek Revival style by Colonel James Meriwether Shellman, architect, merchant, lawyer and the first burgess of Westminster. The land was donated by Isaac Shriver, a local...
Postcards—Maryland--Cumberland; Queen City Hotel (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Hotels--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History
The Queen City Hotel and Station was for 100 years a landmark of Cumberland's railroad history. Constructed in 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, it served both as a railroad station and a luxurious hotel for vacationers. Located in a...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Woman's College of Baltimore; Women's colleges--Maryland--Baltimore; Goist, Phares F., 1841-1913; White, Stanford, 1853-1906; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The postcard is a reproduction of a lithograph (see also Cator print 119) after a drawing by Phares F. Goist of Philadelphia that features a view of the southwest quarters of the campus of the Woman's College of Baltimore. This view shows the...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Rural roads--Maryland; Farms--Maryland--Washington County
The Little Mill, or Miller's Mill was a part of David R. Miller farm buildings, a residence sited in the center of Antietam Battlefield near historic Burnside's Bridge. Miller had several orchards, cornfields, and pasture land in the area. A part...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820; Catholic Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial...
The historic Baltimore Basilica at the time the postcard was published was still a cathedral only. It was built by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the Capitol, during the years 1806-1821. It became the first Catholic Cathedral in the...
