Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Germany;
Portrait photograph taken January 28, 1917 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken at a dinner in the German Officers' Casino at Novo-Alexandrovsk (Zarasa), Lithuania. Mencken doesn't appear to be enjoying himself. Standing from left to right are...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Customhouses; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
Wood engraving from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper that features a view of the Baltimore Post Office under the guard of a detachment of Major Cook's Boston Battery. The Post Office was then located in the old Exchange Building on the site of...
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)....
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Hutzler's (Firm); Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; Scheduling; Stadiums;
Schedule of games for the 1954 American League (AL) baseball season. This schedule includes not only the dates of all games but also the names of all of the coaches and teams in the AL: the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers, the Cleveland...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to Aberdeen Proving Ground workers on September 28, 1942. Included in the program is a listing of the award ceremony activities, such as addresses by Governor...
Chromolithography--19th century; Fortification--Northwest, Pacific; Illustration of books--United States--19th century; Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works; Lithography, American--19th century; Stevens, Isaac Ingalls,...
Chromolithograph titled Lieut. Grover[']s despatch [sic] - return of Governor Stevens to Fort Benton by Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith. after an illustration by John Mix Stanley from the book titled Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the...
Chromolithography--19th century; Ferries--New York (State)--New York; Hotels--New York (State)--New York; Illustration of books--United States--19th century; Lithography, American--19th century; Prints--19th century;
Linthotint and chromolithograph titled Jackson Ferry, foot of Jackson St., East River--1861 by Sarony, Major & Knapp Lithographers, published by the Common Council (City of New York), Samuel J. Willis, and D. T. (David Thomas) Valentine in what has...
Chromolithography--19th century; Fortification--Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial works; Illustration of books--United States--19th century; Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works; Lithography, American--19th century;
Chromolithograph titled Fort Okinakane by Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith. after an illustration by John Mix Stanley from the book titled Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Jarvis U.S.A. General Hospital (Baltimore, Md.); Military hospitals--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of the Jarvis U.S.A. General Hospital in Baltimore. This hospital occupied the estate of Major General George H....
Baltimore (Md.); Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Landscapes; Round towers; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.);
Lithograph based on a sketch from nature by Fitz Hugh Lane, lithographed and printed in colors by Sarony & Major of New York and published by A. Conant, which features a view of Baltimore from Federal Hill. From the eastern slope of Federal Hill...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore; Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore;
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist of Fort McHenry in Baltimore. The fort occupies the site of the "water battery" erected in 1776. In 1794 the old works were repaired and the present star-shaped fort was built under the direction of...
Buildings; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Hotels; Monuments; Statues; Streets; War memorials; Baltimore (Md.);
Wood engraving from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper of July 13, 1861, that features a view of Monument Square in Baltimore. Here a section of Cook's Boston Light Infantry with artillery stands in position, by order of Major General Banks, to...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Customhouses; Post office buildings; Views;
Wood engraving from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper of July 13, 1861, that features a view of the interior of the Post Office in Baltimore which then occupied part of the Exchange Building located at Gay, Water, and Lombard Streets, where the...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881; Political...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hurrah for Jeff. Davis" from a song sung to the Scottish tune "Bonnets o' Blue." Written by a "Lady Rebel," these celebratory verses praise Jeff. (Jefferson) Davis, President of the Confederate States of...
Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "I Carry Along! The Despot's Song!" Written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." (i.e., an old secessionist), this broadside proclaims a Confederate view of Abraham Lincoln in which...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Washington's Headquarters (Frederick, Md.); Log cabins--Maryland--Frederick; Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
According to common belief, this log cabin once located along Carroll Creek on West All Saints Street in Frederick, was George Washington's quarters on 30 April 1755 when he was a junior officer attached to the Staff of Major General Edward...
Postcards—Maryland--Solomons Island; Islands--Maryland; Solomons Island (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A bird's eye view, looking south on the Solomons Island and the bridge connecting it with the mainland Calvert County. It is located at the north side of the mouth of Patuxent River. Called at various early times Bourne's Island, Somervell's Island...
