World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to the...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; General Motors Corporation. Eastern Aircraft Division;
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corporation in Baltimore on February 8, 1945. Included in the program is a summary of the history and...
Advertising cards--United States; Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Color advertising card. On one side (page 1) is a depiction of two angelic female figures holding a banner displaying the United States flag as they rise above a globe of the Earth on which the words North America are displayed and below which is a...
Marriage records--Maryland; Maryland--Genealogy; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Registers of births, etc.--Maryland;
Document showing the marriage certificate of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's parents, August Mencken and Anna Margareta Abhau, dated November 11, 1879. This four-page document includes a page to record their own births and the births of their...
Health; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Neilson Poe dated August 8, 1845. In this letter, Edgar Allan Poe apologizes for waiting so long to write to Neilson Poe but explains that he has been unable to procure some papers that will allow him to make a reply...
In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe reassures his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter Virginia that he is saving money and that if the two agree to come live with him in Richmond he will provide...
Actors; African American men; Anniversaries; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Baltimore County (Md.); Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Clothing and dress; Livery; United States History;
Photograph of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (left, portrayed by Charles White) and his African American attendant (right, portrayed by Fearless Williams), an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881; Jeannette (Ship); Jeannette Expedition...
Color advertisement for Jeannette cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. This advertisement depicts scenes of the 1879-1881 Jeannette Expedition to the North...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Women in advertising--United States;
Color advertisement for "Daisy" cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. The woman in this advertisement is wearing a short sleeved dress with hat, long gloves,...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Women in advertising--United States;
Color advertisement for Havana Rose cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. In this advertisement three young women dressed in shoes, stockings, and summer...
Advertising--Tobacco; Bars (Drinking establishments); Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the ruins of Habliston's drugstore located on the northeast corner of Baltimore and Gay Streets. Located at number 500 East Baltimore Street, this was the only structure on the east side of the unit block of North Gay...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on Liberty Street northeast of Lombard Street. Buildings on the left went undamaged by the fire, while buildings on the right burned and were destroyed, indicating the western fire line. The turreted...
Advertising; Ameche, Alan (Lino Dante "Alan"), 1933-1988; Baltimore Colts (Football team); Baltimore (Md.); Beer; Breweries; Football; National Football League; Pro Football Hall of Fame (U.S.); Radio programs; Prize contests in advertising;...
Schedule of radio and television programs for the 1957 season of the Baltimore Colts football team. The schedule includes the dates and air times for radio and television broadcasts of exhibition and league games. During that season, the Colts...
Advertising; American Football League; Baltimore Colts (Football team); Baltimore (Md.); Beer; Football; National Football League; Radio programs; Scheduling; Television programs; Unitas, Johnny, 1933-2002; Washington Redskins (Football team);
Schedule of radio and television programs for the 1961 season of the Baltimore Colts football team. The schedule includes the dates and air times for radio and television broadcasts of pre-season and league games. By 1961, two professional football...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Beer; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Prize contests in advertising; Scheduling;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1954 season of the American League Baltimore Orioles baseball team. The schedule includes the dates for home and away games, with the name of the opposing team city listed and with night games and...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Cleveland Indians (Baseball team); Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Scheduling;
Schedule of games of all American League teams for the 1955 baseball season. This 40-page booklet contains the day-by-day schedule for every team in the league. Featuring the Baltimore Orioles bird on the front cover, the booklet also includes a...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; First National Bank (Baltimore, Md.); Gentile, Jim (James Edward), 1934-; Scheduling;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1961 season of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. On the front page is an advertisement featuring a drawing of the First National Bank building and its main offices in Baltimore, Maryland. On page 3 is a...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; First National Bank (Baltimore, Md.); Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Scheduling;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1957 season of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. On the front page is an advertisement featuring a drawing of the First National Bank building and its main offices in Baltimore, Maryland, while on the back...
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...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Minnesota Twins (Baseball team); Western Union Telegraph Company;
Telegram known as an "Oriole-gram" sent from the Baltimore Orioles baseball team to various fan clubs and to employees of WJZ-TV Channel 13 and their families attending the game held September 8, 1967 between the Baltimore Orioles and the Minnesota...
