Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Delaware; Dorchester County (Md.); Frederick County (Md.); Harford County (Md.); Kent County...
Map of Maryland by J. Denison, dated 1796, and copied from Dennis Griffith's map of Maryland published in 1795, that shows eighteen Maryland counties: Allegany (inset), Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Caroline, Cecil (referred to...
Allegany County (Md.); Annapolis (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.);...
Map of Maryland and Delaware by J. L. Hazzard published by Charles Desilver of Philadelphia. Dated 1856, five years after the creation of Baltimore City and Howard County, this map shows twenty-two Maryland counties: Allegany (spelled "Alleghany"),...
Coal--Conservation--Government policy; Horse-drawn vehicles in art; United States. Fuel Administration; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by J. C. (Joseph Christian) Leyendecker (1874-1951) that shows a team of draft horses pulling a coal wagon, with the driver standing in the tilted wagon bed using a shovel to deliver the coal. Printed in red letters above the wagon are...
Document containing the broadside entitled "[As Pretty as a] Picture!" from a song composed by Thomas Brigham Bishop (1835-1905) with words written by George Cooper (1840-1927). This broadside tells the story of a young man who meets and falls in...
African American men--Maryland; Fishing in art; Landscape painting, American--19th century; Hill, John, 1770-1850; Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891; Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854; Susquehanna River; Watercolor painting,...
Black and white photograph of the J. Hill engraving of the John H. B. Latrobe watercolor entitled "Clear Sky, Turkey Hill on the Susquehannah" and published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. in his 1827 book entitled Progressive Drawing Book. Two young...
Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862; Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894; Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858; Broadsides; Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879; Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890; Jackson, Stonewall,...
Document containing an untitled broadside beginning with a Latin epigram, "Quamdiu tandem abutere patientiae nostra? Ad quem finem sese jactabit audacia?" and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist)....
Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805; Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781; African American boys--Maryland--Talbot County; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930
Black and white photograph of a 1921 color painting entitled "The News of Yorktown" by the renowned American historical painter Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, depicting Tench Tilghman announcing an American victory at the Battle of Yorktown to citizens...
Drawing; Parties; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck of the Wednesday Club farewell party for George May, the gentleman seated at the table. From left to right, standing, are Dr. Adalbert Volck (in profile, far left), James Gibson, John McKim, L. Rabillon, an unidentified...
Broadsides; Children and death; Flowers; Kennedy, Harry; Mothers;
Document containing the broadside entitled "A Flower From My Angel Mother's Grave," a song by Harry Kennedy, the ventriloquist (ca. 1854-1894) (full name believed to be William Henry Kennedy). In this broadside, the speaker cherishes the memory of...
Concerts; Drawing; Musicians; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck entitled "A Quartette." In this sketch, members of the Wednesday Club have gathered for the performance of a string quartet. Frank Clark and Frank Frick are the two men standing at the far left. George B. Coale is seated in...
Drawing; Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908; Simpson, J. Palgrave (James Palgrave), 1807-1887; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the three-act comedy, A Scrap of Paper, J. Palgrave Simpson's adaptation of Victorien Sardou's play, Les Pattes de mouche. In this sketch, two women standing in a well-furnished...
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...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Service stations--Maryland--Baltimore;St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Baltimore, Md.);Lutheran church...
Photograph of the American Gas Station on the corner of North Central Avenue and East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1937, the Lord Baltimore Filling Station (center) and St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (center behind the...
Andernach (Germany); Cities and towns--Germany; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Landscapes--Germany; Lithography--19th century;
Color lithograph of the town of Andernach, Germany by William Day from the book titled Lays and legends of the Rhine written by J. R. (James Robinson) Planché and published in 1827 by Goulding and D'Almaine of Soho Square, London. This lithograph...
Assau Baines Company;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore;Canned foods industry--Maryland--Baltimore;Fire engines
Photograph of the rear of the Assau Baines Company plant at numbers 1715-1717 Thames Street and Commercial Wharf in Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland. Specializing in the canning of fruits and vegetables, the company was located on Granby Street...
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...
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...
Engraving--18th century; Illustration of books--France--18th century; Religions--Early works to 1800; India--Religion--Early works to 1800;
Engraving titled Le Bairam ou la Paque des Mahometans [The Bairam or the Passover for Mohammedans] done in 1737 by Jacob Folkema after a drawing by Bernard Picart (misspelled Picard in the first edition) from the book titled Ceremonies et coutumes...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baldwin, Ephraim Francis, 1837-1916; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore,...
Photograph taken looking northwest from an upper story of the Maryland Trust Building (not shown) at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Headquarters Building on the northwest corner of Baltimore and Calvert Streets. Designed by E. F. Baldwin...
