Broadsides; Love; Songs; United States History War of 1812; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Edwin and Mary." This broadside tells the story of two young lovers, Edwin and Mary, who were torn apart by war. That war was probably the War of 1812, when American merchant ships were being stopped on...
Braham, David, 1838-1905; Broadsides; Carncross' Minstrels; Carncross, J. L. (John L.), b. 1834?; Dougherty, Hughey, b. 1845; Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911; Irish Americans; Love; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Sandy Haired Mary." This broadside tells the story of Mr. Grogan, a young man living in Mrs. Dooley's boarding house, and of Mrs. Dooley's young sandy-haired maid Mary Daly, with whom he has fallen in...
Mural painting and decoration, American--Maryland--Catonsville; African Americans m art--Maryland; Bahr, Leonard Marion, 1905-1990; High school libraries--Maryland--Catonsville; Caton, Mary (Polly) Carroll, 1770-1846; Caton, Richard, 1763-1845;...
Photograph of a 1934 mural entitled "Arrival of Mary Carroll Caton at Castle Thunder" by Leonard Marion Bahr (1905-1990) located on the wall of the Catonsville High School library in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The mural was...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; United States. Office of Defense Transportation.;
Undated notice from Mary Johnson, Inc. informing customers that the company is still able to make flower deliveries in compliance with O.D.T. regulations.
[Editor's note: The notice refers to ODT, which was the Office of Defense...
African American Agricultural laborers--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Ox driving; Oxen; Saws
Photograph of a team of oxen pulling a saw rig on Tudor Hall Lane in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland. An African American man is driving this two-ox rig, a type of farm motive power used in St. Mary's County for three centuries.
African American agricultural laborers--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Tomato industry--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Tomatoes--Transportation--Maryland; Inland water transportation--Maryland
Photograph of baskets of tomatoes ready for shipping on the wharf at Millstone Landing, St. Mary's County, Maryland. To the left, straddling a railing, is an African American worker holding a large tomato in the palm of his hand.
Map of Baltimore City with map of Maryland and certain pieces of descriptive information about Maryland, Washington D.C., and Delaware. These two pages appeared in the Rand, McNally & Company Indexed Atlas of the World.
Allegany County (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.); Choptank River...
Map of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) by John F. Weishampel, Jr., a Baltimore bookseller and stationer. This map is dated 1875 and features all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel,...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Kent County (Md.); Maps; Maryland; Saint Mary's County (Md.); Talbot County...
Map of Virginia and Maryland by Augustine Herrman for Lord Baltimore, dated 1673, reproduced by Edward H. Richardson Associates, Inc. North is to the right on this map which includes the following counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore (spelled...
Allegany County (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.); Delaware;...
Map of Maryland and Delaware that shows twenty Maryland counties: Allegany (spelled "Alleghany"), Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Prince...
Allegany County (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.); Dorchester County...
Map of Maryland by George W. Boynton, dated 1838, that shows twenty Maryland counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Prince...
Allegany County (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.); Delaware;...
Map of Maryland and Delaware and their canals, roads, and distances by Henry S. Tanner, dated 1844, that shows twenty Maryland counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles,...
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"),...
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 by Frank A. Gray, dated 1879, that shows all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City (city limits shown by lines of demarcation), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester,...
Photograph of St. Mary's Street in Baltimore, Maryland. To the left at the end of the block is Tessier Street. The three- and two-story row houses at numbers 562 and 564 St. Mary's Street (third and fourth houses from left), respectively, are...
African American agricultural laborers--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Donkeys; Farm buildings; Motor vehicles
Photograph of a thoroughbred donkey held by an African American farm worker at Susquehanna Farm in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Also in view are farm buildings, a car, and a truck.
African American agricultural laborers--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Ox driving; Oxen
Photograph of a team of oxen and their African American driver in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The oxen, with their hitch and the driver's whip showing, are pulling a cart along a narrow dirt road between bushes and trees. The use of this type of...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Slaves--Dwellings--Maryland--St. Mary's County;African Americans--Dwellings;Farmhouses--Maryland--Deep Falls;Horses--Maryland
Photograph of a farmhouse (formerly slave quarters) at Deep Falls in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The farmhouse is a two-story frame building surrounded by a white picket fence and flanked on the far and rear sides by tall, leafless trees (it is...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Mrs. Mary Hoover. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief;
Invitation to "Europe's Children, Must They Starve?" meeting, held under the auspices of the Temporary Committee on Food for Europe's Children at the Alcazar Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on April 13, 1943. The invitation includes information about...
