Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of his mother Anna Margareta (Abhau) Mencken standing in the backyard of their home at number 1524 Hollins Street about 1895.
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.);
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of his brother August and sister Anna Gertrude sitting on the steps of their summer house in Mount Washington about 1894. August is holding a stuffed doll, and Anna Gertrude is holding a kitten.
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Merchant ships--Great...
Photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken, his uncle (on his mother's side) Charles H. Abhau, and a fellow Baltimorean (Louis) Kemp Hennighausen aboard a ship most likely heading for Jamaica about 1901. (Editor's note: This ship may have been the...
Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; New York (N.Y.); Satire; Seventh-Day Adventists
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Louis Cheslock dated August 21, [1929]. Mencken thanks Cheslock for sending a copy of the Present Truth, a Seventh-Day Adventist periodical and writes in a bantering tone when he tells Cheslock that he's thinking of...
Greeting cards--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Correspondence;
Document showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Christmas and New Year's greeting card to his parents for the 1887-1888 season. At 7 years of age, a very young and very humble "Harry", the name his family called him as a boy, shows an early ability...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute--Report cards; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Heathan days, 1890-1936; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Report cards;
Document dated April 1896 showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Baltimore Polytechnic Institute senior class report card. This report card includes his monthly grades from October 1895 through April 1896. "Harry", as he was still known, seems to...
Aquatint of a frozen river (possibly the Arve), with people in sleighs being pulled across the ice, by J. Mérigot after a drawing by Louis Bélanger from a publication known only as Flussquellen (?) written by Louis Bélanger and published in...
Aquatint of boatmen camped in evening near a river (possibly the Arve) by J. Mérigot after a drawing by Louis Bélanger from a publication known only as Flussquellen (?) written by Louis Bélanger and published in 1802 in London by G. and W....
Original etching by Leon Louis Dolice inscribed to George Cator, Esquire identified simply as "The Stadium" and dated 1924. It is by Leon Louis Dolice and inscribed to George Cator, Esquire of Baltimore. The etching is signed and is one of twelve...
Broadsides; Liberty trees; Paine, Thomas, 1735-1809; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Liberty Tree" from a poem written by Thomas Paine in 1775. "Liberty tree" refers to a famous elm tree that grew on Boston commons, where colonists gathered in 1765 to protest the Stamp Act, hanging...
Correspondence schools and courses; Journalism--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing the first page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's "student's test" for the Associated Newspaper Bureau School of Journalism. Completed but never sent, this document provides a glimpse into the 19-year-old Mencken's aspirations for a...
Children's drawings; Gunboats; Illustrated London news; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth;
Pencil drawing of a Portuguese gunboat on the Zambesi (also spelled Zambezi) river in Africa done by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken in 1890. For a model, Mencken may have used the picture of a Portuguese "gun-boat" on the Zambesi river appearing in...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph probably taken in 1892 by James F. Hughes of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and his parents and siblings on the porch of their summer house in Mount Washington. Standing from left to right are brother Charles Edward, H. L. M....
Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken by H. L. Mencken of his father August Mencken standing in the backyard of their home at number 1524 Hollins Street on January 1, 1895.
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken by Richard Walzl of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and his brother Charles Edward. H. L. Mencken is about 3 years old in this picture.
Horse-drawn vehicles; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1892 by James F. Hughes of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (right) and his siblings at their summer house in Mount Washington. Standing to the left is Mencken's brother Charles Edward with his youngest brother August (left...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph probably taken about 1894 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Baltimore Polytechnic Institute class of 1896. Mencken is sitting in the front row, fourth from the left.
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1982 by James F. Hughes of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and his parents and siblings at their summer house in Mount Washington. From left to right are brother Charles Edward, mother Anna Margareta, sister Anna Gertrude,...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken either late 1889 or early 1890 by J. H. (John Henry) Schaefer of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and his siblings. Harry, as H. L. was called by his family, is standing (right) next to his brother Charles Edward, while seated...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken by Richard Walzl of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken as a young boy. In this picture Mencken is about 3 years old. According to Mencken, the photographer was Richard Walzl of 205 West Baltimore Street.
