Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
Eighteen-page document (pamphlet) written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken in 1902 to extol the beauties and charms of Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Containing seven photographs of buildings and scenes around the cemetery and one...
Aerial view of Barton, a town located along the Georges Creek Valley in Allegany County. It has a population of about 500 people. The discovery of coal attracted settlers to the area and in 1853 a new town was established by William Shaw Jr. He...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Howard Peter Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.); Conservatories--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;...
Baltimore City's Conservatory (now called Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore) was designed and built by George A. Frederick in 1888 in Victorian style. It is the only remaining conservatory in the city. The...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Baltimore from the north. This is an earlier view than that of Cator Print 108.
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Baltimore from the north. This is an imperfect register or impression, as evidenced by the silhouette effect....
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Schuetzen Park on Bel Air Road in Baltimore. Schuetzen Park occupied the block at present bounded by Patterson...
Buildings; Cityscapes; Horse-drawn vehicles; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Colored lithograph that features a view of the Washington Monument in Baltimore. This view, presumably drawn in 1848, is an exceptionally charming portrayal of old Baltimore. The houses in the foreground along Charles Street, south of Centre, are...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Lake (Baltimore, Md.); Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Lakes--Maryland--Baltimore
Druid Lake is one of the largest earthen dammed lakes in the USA with an area of over 55 acres (22 hectares). The dam was built from 1863-1871. Today, the lake is still part of the water reservoir network for Baltimore. The paths around the lake...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric Park (Baltimore, Md.); Amusement parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Electric Park was a 24 acre (9.7 ha) amusement park that opened in 1896 in northwest Baltimore on Belvedere Avenue near Reisterstown Road. Visitors were captivated by the park's thousands of lights shining at night. The various architectural...
Engraving drawn by Granville Perkins and engraved by Robert Hinshelwood. Published by D. Appleton & Co. in 1873, presumably as an illustration to a book of American description. Conspicuous in the foreground is the old Mt. Royal Reservoir, recently...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Sheep--Maryland--Baltimore; Shepherds--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Mansion House (Baltimore, Md.)
Flock of sheep and Mansion House in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore. Beginning around 1869, Druid Hill Park employed a shepherd, whose sheep were used to keep the grass neatly trimmed. Until the mid-1940's, Baltimore City had a flock of over 100 heads...
Form titled "Report on War Gardens." The report includes a space for the garden's name and location, which on this particular report is left blank. The report also includes a table with rows for recording information pertaining to specific crops...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Riverside Park (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
Land for Riverside Park was donated to the city in 1893. It is situated on the former site of Fort Cumberland, where a log cabin was built to serve as the headquarters for then Colonel George Washington during the French and Indian War. In the...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Sanctions, Administrative; Winter sports;
Letter from a member [Frederic C. Lee], Board of Managers, and Co-Chairman of Carnival Committee, the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., to Mr. George W. Pepper, Jr. of the United States Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.) concerning payment of a...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Figure skating officials; Sanctions, Administrative; United States Figure Skating Association; Winter sports;
Letter from G. W. [George W.] Pepper, Jr. of the United States Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.) to Mr. Frederic C. Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. concerning Lee's earlier letter and payment of a sanction on an upcoming carnival to be...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Cost; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.; James Lawrence Kernan Hospital (Baltimore, Md.); Money; Winter sports;
Letter from R. E. Lee Taylor to Mr. Frederic C. Lee concerning a proposal to increase the proceeds for Kernan Hospital from the revenues to be brought in by an upcoming carnival to be sponsored by the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., and to be held at...
