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...
Agriculture--United States; United States Employment Service; United States. Extension Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War...
Color poster by Morgan Douglas that shows a man holding a pitch fork and standing behind a woman carrying a basket full of fresh vegetables, both of whom are dressed in bib-and-brace overalls and straw hats. In the sky above their heads are the...
Photograph of a tree planting ceremony held at Sharp and Hill Streets in Baltimore, Maryland to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington and honor the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Standing at the microphone is Lawrence Cardinal Shehan (1898-1984),...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Parker, J. Harleston, 1873-1930; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Thomas, Douglas H., Jr., 1872-1915;
Photograph taken of the Alexander Brown and Sons Building located on the southwest corner of Baltimore and Calvert Streets. Built in 1901 by Parker and Thomas, this one-story building with mezzanine at number 135 East Baltimore Street survived the...
Program for the movies "The Howards of Virginia," "He stayed for breakfast," "Down Argentine way," and "Youth will be served" showing at the Alpha Theatre in Catonsville, Maryland in November 1940. "The Howards of Virginia" is scheduled for...
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--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...
Amusement parks Maryland; Figure skating; Ice dancing; Programs; Winter sports;
Official souvenir program of the appearance of Evelyn Chandler and Bruce Mapes at the Iceland skating rink at Carlin's Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Billed as the world's greatest professional figure skaters, Evelyn Chandler and Bruce Mapes perform...
United States Employment Service; War posters, American; Women; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster created from a 1942 color photograph taken by Alfred T. Palmer (1906-1993) showing an attractive young married woman (note prominently displayed wedding ring) working on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F U.S. Navy bomber at the...
Fund raising; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; United States. Army--Job descriptions; United States. Navy--Job descriptions; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War,...
Color poster designed in the pattern of a checkerboard with one board square showing a military item and an accompanying square showing the cost in savings bonds or savings stamps to purchase that military item, with the words "Do you part to win...
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...
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Ferry Hill Plantation (Md.); Potomac River; Sharpsburg (Md.); Shepherdstown (W. Va.); United States History Civil War, 1861-1865;
Photograph taken looking across the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, West Virginia from Ferry Hill plantation on the Maryland side. Ferry Hill plantation, where at various times before and after the Battle of Antietam both Confederate and Union...
