Gassaway, Thomas; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Harwood, Nicholas, 1747-48-1810; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Continental period, 1775-1780; Printing. United States. History;
Maryland eight dollar note dated August 14, 1776 and signed T [Thomas] Gassaway and N [Nicholas] Harwood: serial number 9049.
Document containing the broadside entitled "Tapping at the Garden Gate" from a song written by J. Loker with music by S. W. New. This broadside tells the story of a two people disturbed every night by a tapping on the garden gate. The one, perhaps...
Couden, Robert, 1708-; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Green, William, d. 1770; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;...
Maryland eight dollar note dated March 1, 1770 and signed R [Robert] Couden and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5727.
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland eight dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed Wm [William] Eddis and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5111.
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slavery; Slaveholders;
Document containing bills of sale for Josiah M. Cleaveland and Edgar A. Poe. Cleaveland sold a number of household goods to John F. Duryee. Edgar Allan Poe sold a slave on behalf of his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm Poe, to Henry Ridgway of Baltimore...
World War, 1939-1945; Sabotage; Shipyards--Baltimore (Md.);
Press release dated April 15, 1943 from the U.S. Department of Justice announcing the arrest of James Buxton Dixon in Baltimore on charges of sabotage. A total of eight men, including Dixon, were apprehended for faulty welding on ships being built...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Viaducts--Maryland;
Engraving by Henry Adlard after the painting by William Henry Bartlett. A proof of the view was published in N. F. Willis' American Scenery. Built in 1834, this famous bridge at Relay is still a part of the main line of the road. It was called the...
American Red Cross; Burleson, Albert Sydney, 1863-1937; Patriotism; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Dexter that shows the portrait of a young woman dressed in the cap of an American Red Cross nurse, with the title below reading "Eight million patriotic red cross workers have made 291,004,000 necessary articles for war purposes."...
Photograph of a painting that features a view of Trinity Church in Church Creek, Maryland. Built prior to 1690, this is one of the oldest churches in Maryland. Its original walls are intact but the interior has been restored and the high-backed...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing showing the west flank (side) of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David...
African American women--Maryland--Baltimore;Slums--Maryland--Baltimore;Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of the corner of East Lombard and South Bond Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. In the rear of these three-story brick row houses are dilapidated room extensions and wooden porches. Behind the corner row house with a grocery store on the...
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...
Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Maryland--Baltimore; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken in 1912 looking northeast from Liberty Street at the site where the John E. Hurst and Company Building once stood on the corner of German Street and Hopkins Place. Eight years after the fire, the site is being readied for a...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hark! Baby, hark!" This broadside tells the story of a slave woman who is dying from a whipping she received while trying to protect her child from the cruel blows of her master. Her husband recounts the...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Baby's Got A Tooth" from a song written by Charley Reed and arranged by H. Wannemacher (music not included). This broadside tells the story of an eight-month-old baby boy who has just received his first...
Braham, David, 1838-1905; Broadsides; Downey, P. J. (Peter J.), b. 1854 or 5; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Two Orphans!" written by P. J. Downey and sung to the tune "Over the Hill to the Poor House" composed by David Braham. This broadside, it is believed, tells the tragic story of the fire that occurred on...
Couden, Robert, 1708-; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Printing. United States. History; Sparrow, Thomas, 1746-1784;
Maryland four dollar note dated January 1, 1767 and signed R [Robert] Couden and J [John] Clapham: serial number 1095 ("0" is best guess).
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Harbors; Piers;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 18. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Harbor- Baltimore Pier No. 8. Reconstruction of timber pier. View of Pier No. 8....
