Postcards--Maryland--Mountain Lake Park; Lakes--Maryland--Mountain Lake Park; Mountain Lake Park (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of boathouse and lake in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett County. In 1881, a group of Methodist ministers from Wheeling, West Virginia decided to set up their own Chautauqua resort. They were inspired by the Chautauqua adult education and spiritual...
Broadsides; Emmet, J. K. (Joseph Kline), 1840-1891; Songs; United States;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Climb Up, Climb Up." The text, written in the phonetic rendering of a German accent, relates the life of a mountain guide who leads male and female travelers on climbs into the mountains. J. K. Emmet...
Postcards--Maryland--Dan's Rock; Dan's Rock (Md.)--Pictorial works; Allegheny Mountains--Pictorial works
Dan's Rock, or Dan's Mountain, is the highest mountain in Allegany County near Frostburg. It is 2835 feet (864 meters) high. According to a legend it was named after Daniel Cresap, son of a pioneer and early Maryland settler Thomas Cresap. One day,...
Broadsides; Flags; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Union Flag" sung to the B. R. Hanby tune "[Darling] Nellie Grey" (also spelled "Nelly Gray"). Written by "a lady of Baltimore," this broadside is an answer to the pro-Confederate broadside entitled...
Postcards--Maryland--Bloomington; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Railroads--Maryland; Bloomington (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Seventeen Mile Grade is a 17 mile (27.3 km) steep section of railroad tracks between the small town of Piedmont, West Virginia and the summit of Altamont, Maryland. It is so steep that in some places it reaches 116 feet (35.4 m) per mile. The track...
Illustration of books--United States--19th century; Mezzotint engraving, American--19th century;
Mezzotint engraving titled The mountain guard by John Sartain after a painting by Henry Perlee Parker from the book titled Leaflets of memory published in 1847 in Philadelphia by E. H. Butler & Co.
Broadsides; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Love songs; Political ballads and songs; Slavery;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Darling Nelly Gray" (also spelled "Nellie Grey"). A young man talks about the time he spent on a Kentucky shore, rowing in his canoe and strumming his banjo for his beloved Nelly Gray. As the song...
Broadsides; Cutter, G. W. (George Washington), 1801-1865; Patriotism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Document containing the broadside entitled "E Pluribus Unum, an American National Song." This broadside makes reference to the motto of the United States of America, "E pluribus unum" ("Many in one" or "One from many"), and to its struggle against...
Broadsides; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Fourth of July Union Song" sung to the tune "Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled." (The lyrics to the Scottish tune were written in 1793 by the Scottish poet Robert Burns about the Battle of Bannockburn in...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Katy Avourneen." This broadside, from an Irish ballad ascribed to J. E. Johnson, relates the story of Barney and Katy Avourneen. One snowy evening, Barney stops at his sweetheart's house and asks to be...
Broadsides; Front Royal, Battle of, Va., 1862; Johnson, Bradley T. (Bradley Tyler), 1829-1903; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War...
Document containing the broadside entitled "On the Fight of the First Maryland Regiment." This Union broadside tells of the bravery of the First Maryland Infantry (U.S.A.) commanded by John R. Kenly in its fight against the First Maryland Infantry...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Victory at Last," containing the words of a Christian hymn. The hymn portrays Christians as soldiers in Christ's army ("our Saviour is our Captain"). With the world as their battlefield, the Bible as...
Rose Hill Cemetery in Hagerstown is the oldest public cemetery in Washington County. Created in 1866, just after Civil War, it became the first place where residents of Washington County could be buried regardless of race or religious orientation....
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Railroad bridges--Maryland--Cumberland; Western Maryland Railroad Company--History; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of Western Maryland Railroad steel truss bridge over the National Road in the Narrows near Cumberland. The bridge, constructed around 1910, consists of two spans, each 150 feet (45.7 m) in length. It now serves the Great Allegheny Passage...
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...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.); Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated. Baltimore Division;
Program for the presentation of the National Security Award to the workers of the Baltimore plant of Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 1, 1944. Included in the program is a listing of award ceremony...
Program for a celebration and tribute by the city of Baltimore in honor of the liberation of Paris, August 25, 1944. The program includes a listing of the activities of the "Mayor's Committee Celebration Tribute to the Fighting French," such as an...
Boardinghouses; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Travel;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Maria Clemm dated April 7, 1844. In this letter, Poe recounts his latest journey with Virginia, including details about their arrival, search for a place to stay, and the meals they ate once they'd found lodging,...
Drawing; Sheet music; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sheet music of The Grasshopper, A Tragic Cantata, written by Innes Randolph and illustrated by A. J. Volck. This fanciful satire of Italian grand opera, dedicated to and no doubt performed by and for the members of the Wednesday Club of Baltimore,...
Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Landscapes--Germany; Lithography--19th century;
Color lithograph of Lurlei Berg (Lurlei Mountain) by Louis Haghe from the book titled Lays and legends of the Rhine written by J. R. (James Robinson) Planché and published in 1827 by Goulding and D'Almaine of Soho Square, London. William Day of...
