Broadsides; Flags; Political ballads and songs; Religious poetry; Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American; Worthington, George F. (George Fitzhugh), d. 1887;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Prisoner at Home!" a poem written and self-published by George F. Worthington (1814-1887), an Episcopal clergyman from Baltimore, Maryland. This sequel to the broadside entitled "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! or...
Poe, David, 1742-1816; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, George; Slave bills of sale;
Handwritten copy of a bill of sale for Negro slave Jack sold by David Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's grandfather, to George Poe on March 30, 1802 and recorded April 12, 1802 by William Gibson, clerk of the Baltimore County Court. (Editor's note: This...
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889; Political posters;
Colored lithograph by Currier & Ives, the Grand National Democratic Banner, 1864. A campaign poster urges the election of General George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton as president and vice president respectively, over Lincoln and Johnson....
Architecture, domestic; Automobiles; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Slaves; Trees;
Photograph of a slave block on the lawn of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. This property, originally a market place along the roadway, still retains the stone block that was long used an auction...
Advertising; Architecture, domestic; Automobiles; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Signs and signboards;
Photograph of the side and front of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789),...
Architecture, domestic; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Slaves; Trees;
Photograph of the rear of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789), Chancellor of the...
Color prints, English--19th century; Engraving, English--19th century; Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)--Pictorial works; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century;
Engraving of the interior of The Great Exhibition by George Baxter from the book titled Baxter's pictorial key to the Great Exhibition or visitor's guide to London published in 1851. In the center of the picture is Messrs. Osler's large glass...
Mezzotint engraving titled Ass and pigs made July 1, 1804 by E. (Edward) Bell from an etching by Thomas Vivarès after a drawing by George Morland from the book titled Authentic memoirs of the late George Morland written by Francis William Blagdon...
Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. George Calvert, the virtual founder of Maryland, was born at Kiplin, in the North Riding...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County...
Map of Maryland by George W. Boynton, dated 1838, that shows twenty Maryland counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Prince...
African Americans--Dwellings--Maryland--Prince George's County; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Prince George's County
Photograph of a house on Aquasco-Brandywine Road in Prince George's County, Maryland. In 1939, it was owned by Amos Davis and occupied by an African American family.
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...
Mechanical drawing done by WDT (William D. Tipton) and dated December 4, 1915 of a 1916 Stutz bulldog special coupe to be built by Carl Spoerer's Sons Company for George Gunther. Scale: 0' - 3" -- 1' - 0".
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881; Jeannette (Ship); Jeannette Expedition...
Color advertisement for Jeannette cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. This advertisement depicts scenes of the 1879-1881 Jeannette Expedition to the North...
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...
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Etching, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Satire, English;
Etching of a holiday scene titled Black Monday, or the end of the holidays by George Cruikshank after a drawing by SK (artist's initials). Originally published January 3, 1826 by S. Knight of 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London in a...
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Etching, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Satire, English;
Etching of a holiday scene titled Home from school, or the commencement of the holidays by George Cruikshank after a drawing by SK (artist's initials). Originally published January 3, 1826 by S. Knight of 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange,...
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Etching, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Satire, English;
Etching of a holiday scene titled "At home" in the nursery, or the masters & misses twoshoes Christmas party by George Cruikshank. Originally published January 3, 1826 by S. Knight of 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London in a brown...
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881--Pictorial works; Baxter, George, 1804-1867; Color prints, English--19th century; Russian--Kings and rulers--Pictorial works;
Color print titled The czar drawn by H. (Henry) Warren and printed in color by William Dickes and Company from a book titled Turkey, Russia, the Black Sea, and Circassia written by Captain Edmund Spencer, printed by R. Clay, and published in 1855...
Birds--Pictorial works; Engraving--18th century; Illustration of books--England--18th century;
Line engraving colored by hand of the eared or horned dob-chick by George Edwards from the book titled A natural history of birds written and published in 1750 by Edwards at the Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London. The book included...
