Aquatint by John Hill after E. Van Blon from Lucas' Baltimore Drawing Book, published here about 1827 by Fielding Lucas, Jr., that features a winter scene of a location somewhere near Baltimore. E. Van Blon is a pseudonym of John H. B. Latrobe who...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Journalists--United States;
Document showing the early newspaper stories written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and published in the Baltimore Morning Herald newspaper between February 24 and March 1, 1899. Page 1 shows all of the stories collected in a three-column spread on...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.); Merryman, John, 1824-1881; ;
Document containing the broadside entitled "John Merryman" sung to the Dan Emmett tune "Old Dan Tucker." This broadside tells the story of John Merryman, a Marylander who during the Civil War was arrested and imprisoned without trial at Fort...
Postcards--Maryland--Annapolis; St. John’s College (Annapolis, Md.)--Buildings; Duff, Simon, d. 1759; Universities and colleges--Maryland--Annapolis; Annapolis (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Originally designed in 1742 as the colonial governor's mansion, McDowell Hall (named for St. John's first president, Dr. John McDowell) was only completed in 1784 when St. John's College acquired it. For years, the building housed the entire...
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...
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...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in April 1909 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and the Baltimore Sun staff. Standing from left to right are John Wilber Jenkins, Harold E. West, John T. Pleasants*, Emily Lantz, Wm. (William) H. Pentz, Allen S. Will, Folger...
Cherokee Indians; Engraving, American--19th century; Illustration of books--United States--19th century; Indians of North America--Portraits; Lithography, American--19th century; Ridge, John, 1803-1839--Portraits;
Lithograph titled John Ridge, a Cherokee by John T. Bowen after a portrait painted by Charles Bird King from the book titled History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs, written by...
Jones Falls (Md.); Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore;
Aquatint by John Hill after the painting by John Shaw, 1820, that features a view of the Jones' Falls in Baltimore. One of the best-known works of Hill is the Landscape Album, first issued by M. Carey & Son of Philadelphia, 1820 (reissued in 1835),...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Landscapes--Maryland; Ross, Robert, 1766-1814;
Aquatint engraved by John Hill after the painting by John Shaw and published in 1820 by M. Carey & Sons of Philadelphia in the book Picturesque Views of American Scenery. "The original intention was to issue six numbers, each containing six views,...
African American boys--Maryland; Fishing in art; Landscape painting, American--19th century; Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891; Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854; Susquehanna River; Watercolor painting, American--19th century
Black and white photograph of the John H. B. Latrobe watercolor entitled "Dark Foreground, View of the Susquehannah" and published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. in his 1827 book entitled Progressive Drawing Book. Signed E. Van Blon, a pseudonym used by...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Photograph taken looking at the ruins of the John E. Hurst and Company Building (center foreground) northeast of Liberty Street just south of German Street. Located on the south side of German Street between Liberty Street and Hopkins Place, John...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dix's manifesto" sung to the tune of "Dearest Mae." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B" (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist), this broadside...
Flags--United States; Lewis machine gun; United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by John A. (John Albert) Coughlin (1885-1965) that shows U.S. Marines charging over the top of the trenches, with the United States flag waving in the background and the words "go over the top with U.S. Marines" printed above and below...
World War, 1939-1945; Military Order of the Purple Heart. Dept. of Maryland.; Veterans;
Printed pamphlet of the official proceedings of the first annual convention of the Maryland chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, held in Hagerstown, MD on Dec. 13, 1942.
(Editor's note: The Military Order of the Purple Heart...
Baltimore Herald; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait drawing; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait drawing in pencil done about 1903 by John Siegel of the young H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. Mencken worked with Siegel at the Herald and, later, at The Sun.
Evans, John M. (John Michael), 1874-1945; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken October 1926 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken wearing a New Orleans Fire Department helmet and standing with New Orleans fire chief John M. Evans at the 54th annual convention of fire chiefs held in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Caricatures and cartoons; Etching; Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890;
Etching by Adalbert Volck in which General John C. Fremont is depicted as a character called "Sam Tappertat." The source of the name "Sam Tappertat" is unclear, but George McCullough Anderson in his book, The Work of Johann Adalbert Volck,...
Aquatint, in colors, published in 1817 by Edward Johnson Coale of Baltimore. This is a reconstruction of the rough view by John Moale made on the spot in 1752, now in the Maryland Historical Society library. The Moale sketch has been considerably...
