Freedom; Great Britain. National Savings Committee; Meccano models; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster by Tom Purvis (1888-1959) that shows his 10-year-old son, Roger, seated at a desk with a Meccano toy locomotive crane car sitting on a table in front of him. Resting his head on his left hand, the boy stares into space as he grips a...
Shipping; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--English Channel--Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945--North Sea--Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster from Great Britain of a map that shows the quantity of Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan) shipping lost, damaged, or captured in the North Sea and English Channel circa 1943, with the words "Over 1,000,000 tons of Axis shipping sunk in...
Food conservation--Great Britain; Great Britain. His Majesty's Stationery Office; Great Britain. Ministry of Food; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster encouraging people to "choose for victory" by trying a "victory dish" from a "V" menu and remembering to "go easy on bread." As explained below the menu, "'V' on the menu means VICTORY DISH -- a special dish made at the suggestion of...
Postcards--Maryland--Pen Mar; Parks--Maryland--Washington County; Buena Vista Spring Hotel (Waynesboro, Pa.); Pen Mar (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
In 1877, the Western Maryland Railroad created a scenic park on the Maryland and Pennsylvania border in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains at an elevation of 1,400 feet (426.7 m). It was called Pen Mar for the location between two states. The...
Great Britain. His Majesty's Stationery Office; Germany--History--Bombardment, 1940-1945; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster showing a map of Germany pinpointing major bombing attacks by Great Britain's Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) up to October 9, 1940 and entitled "Britain's Air Offensive : R.A.F. attacks on Germany." This map includes a key to symbols...
Allied Powers (1919- ); Flags--United nations (1942- ); Great Britain. Ministry of Information; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster of two groups of soldiers that stand facing each other, with the words "Freedom shall prevail!" emblazoned below. Each soldier wears the uniform of an Allied Power fighting in World War II. There are twenty soldiers and nations...
World War, 1939-1945; Shipyards--Maryland--Baltimore; Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.; Award presentations;
Program for the presentation of the Maritime Merit Eagle Pennant to Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc. from the U.S. Maritime Commission on June 13, 1943. Included in the program is an image of a Western Union telegram notifying the President of...
World War, 1939-1945; Ships--Launching; Shipyards--Maryland--Baltimore; Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.;
Program for the launching ceremonies of the S.S. Sparrows Point (MC Hull 1257), which were held on October 17, 1942 at the Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard in Baltimore. The program includes a recommendation, approved by the U.S. Maritime...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.; Laconia (Steamship : 1893-1909); Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Merchant ships--Great Britain; Sun (Baltimore, Md. :...
Photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken standing along the rail of the Cunard Steamship Company's S. S. Lucania headed for Europe in March of 1908. Mencken had just published a book on Nietzsche entitled The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, had...
