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...
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...
Baltimore (Md.); Political ballads and songs; Price, William, 1794?-1868;
Document containing the broadside entitled "William Price" sung to the tune "John Todd." The speaker of this Confederate broadside asks William Price why he, as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1861-1862, sponsored the "Treason Bill"...
World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to 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...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
A view of the harbor and Baltimore panorama as seen from the Federal Hill ca. 1900. The tallest building is the Continental Trust building. To the right of it one can see the tower of the old post office, then the City Hall, to the left there is...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
An early 20th century view of the Post Office building in Baltimore, located at 101-125 North Calvert Street. It was erected by the federal government in the early 1880's in Romanesque Revival style, just east of the Battle Monument. Its architect...
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...
American Nurses Association. Nursing Information Bureau; Patriotism; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); United States. Federal Security Agency; United States. Public Health Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female;...
Color poster showing the portrait of an attractive young woman proudly receiving a white nurse's cap most likely from the hands of Uncle Sam (note stars and strips on sleeves), with the words "become a nurse : your country needs you" emblazoned...
Buildings; Church buildings; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Ships in art;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., a prominent lithography company in Baltimore in the mid-1800s, that features a view of Baltimore City from Federal Hill that was printed and published in 1859. It offers a splendid view of Baltimore two years...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications; Landscapes; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., a prominent lithography company in Baltimore in the mid-1800s, that features a view of the Lafayette Barracks in Baltimore. The barracks occupied the site of Lafayette Square. The Third Regiment of Infantry,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in mid-1800's, that features Fort Marshall in Baltimore. This lithograph is one in a series of Civil War scenes in and around Baltimore by Sachse. Fort...
Buildings; Church buildings; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Monuments; Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.); Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Baltimore City from the North. A bird's eye view from North Washington Place, affording an excellent glimpse...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Schuetzen Park on Bel Air Road in Baltimore. Schuetzen Park occupied the block at present bounded by Patterson...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military hospitals--Maryland--Baltimore; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of the U.S.A. General Hospital. In July 1861, shortly after the Federal authorities took possession of Baltimore,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features an unnamed camp near Fort Marshall. It was evidently drawn from the ramparts of Fort Marshall overlooking a temporary...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Patterson Park (Baltimore, Md.); Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features the 10th Maine Regiment at Camp Washburn under the command of Colonel George L. Beal. Camp Washburn was located in...
Buildings; Church buildings; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Monuments; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Ships in art;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features various views of Baltimore prior to 1853. The center view is from Federal Hill but differs somewhat from others in the...
