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...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Lexington Street (Baltimore, Md.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works; Central business districts--Maryland--Baltimore; Department stores--Maryland--Baltimore--History; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial...
A view of Baltimore's Lexington Street shopping district near Howard Street. Numerous downtown Baltimore department stores were located in this area. The white building on the right housed the Stewart Company's department store. Designed in 1899 by...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Courthouses--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Office buildings--Baltimore (Md.)--1900-1910; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore...
An aerial view of the Baltimore city center and panorama. The Baltimore courthouse can be seen at its location on Monument Square. Built by noted local architects, J. B. Noel Wyatt and William G. Nolting, it opened in 1900. Behind the courthouse,...
Clothing and dress--Early works to 1800; Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Wood-engraving, Italian--16th century;
Colored woodcut titled Primo in Magistrato from a book titled De gli habiti antichi, et moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due (Of ancient and modern dress of diverse parts of the world in two books) by Cesare Vecellio. Published in Venice in...
Clothing and dress--Early works to 1800; Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Wood-engraving, Italian--16th century;
Colored woodcut titled Vicentina from a book titled De gli habiti antichi, et moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due (Of ancient and modern dress of diverse parts of the world in two books) by Cesare Vecellio. Published in Venice in 1590 by...
Engraving, French--17th century; Engraving, Italian--17th century; Illustration of books--France--17th century; Illustration of books--Italian--17th century; Medals--Italy--Sicily--Pictorial works;
Copper engraving of the medals of Palermo by Joannes Angelus Caninus and Sebastianus Fuscarus from the book titled La Sicilia di Filippo Paruta descritta con medaglie, ristampata con aggiunta da Leonardo Agostino published in 1697 by Marc Maier,...
Engraving, Italian--17th century; Illustration of books--Italian--17th century; Prints, Italian--17th century; Soldiers--Pictorial works; Trajan, Emperor of Rome, 53-117;
Copper engraving of Traianus augustus legionem suis (Emperor Trajan and his legion) by Francesco Villamena from the book titled Historia utriusque belli Dacici a Traiano Caesare gesti (Illustrated history of the Dacian wars of the Emperor Trajan)...
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...
Illustration of books--Italian--17th century; Illustration of books--France--17th century; Etching, Italian--17th century; Monks--Pictorial works;
Etching titled Monaci Silvestrini (Monk of Silvestrini) by Odoardo Fialetti from a book titled Histoire de l'institution des ordres religieux, dispersey par tout le monde (History of the institution of religious orders, dispersed into all the...
Emblems--Italy--Early works to 1800; Engraving, Italian--16th century; Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Symbolism in art--Italy;
Line engraving on copper titled Miseriam honoratum esse curialium, nec expetendam ullatenus (Misery be honored courtiers, not desirable in any way) by Giulio Bonasone from the book titled Symbolicarum quaestionum de universo genere (Investigation...
Line engraving titled Area interna del Campo Santo di Pisa (inner area of the Cemetery of Pisa) by Ranieri Grassi from the book titled Descrizione storica e artistica de Pisa [Historic and artistic description of Pisa] published between 1836...
Line engraving titled Campanile di Pisa [Bell tower of Pisa, now widely known as the Leaning tower of Pisa, by Ranieri Grassi from the book titled Descrizione storica e artistica de Pisa [Historic and artistic description of Pisa] published between...
Line engraving titled Veduta generale della Piazza del Duomo (General view of the Piazza del Duomo in Pisa) by Ranieri Grassi from the book titled Descrizione storica e artistica de Pisa (Historic and artistic description of Pisa) published between...
Mahón (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800;Fortification--Minorca (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Map shows plans of the city of Mahón and the fortress Castillo de San Felipe on the island of Minorca, one of the Balearic Islands near the coast of Catalonia. Inset map shows a plan of Fort St. Philippe, as it was called by the French, at the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
Original etching by Anton Schutz. This signed artist's proof shows a view of the Baltimore Post Office as seen from the east entrance of the Equitable Building not long before the Post Office was razed to make way for the new Federal Building. This...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; War memorials--Maryland--Baltimore; Battle Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist that features a view of the Battle Monument, possibly prior to 1830. This view is identical to that of Goodacre's engraving (Cator Print no. 147). The monument was begun in 1815 to commemorate the...
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Text; Council of Trent (1545-1563 : Trento, Italy); Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Jesus Christ--Art; Missals--Texts--Early works to 1800; Wood-engraving, Italian--16th century;
Page with rubrication and a woodcut of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ from a Roman missal printed in Venice in 1576. Published by heirs of Lucantonio di Giunta, the missal was issued in accordance with decrees of the Council of Trent and contained...
Baltimore County (Md.); Dwellings; Housing; Irish Americans; Quarries and quarrying; Railroads;
Photograph of the town of Texas in Baltimore County, Maryland. These three-story stone houses, built alongside Northern Central Railway tracks that carried stone and marble harvested from nearby quarries for the Washington Monument in Baltimore or...
Photograph taken looking northwest from the intersection of Calvert and Fayette Streets at the Battle of North Point Monument (or Battle Monument) (front center) and the Courthouse (background) on North Calvert Street. Designed by Maximilian...
Drawing; Sheet music; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sheet music of The Grasshopper, A Tragic Cantata, written by Innes Randolph and illustrated by A. J. Volck. This fanciful satire of Italian grand opera, dedicated to and no doubt performed by and for the members of the Wednesday Club of Baltimore,...
