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...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slavery; Slaveholders;
Document containing bills of sale for Josiah M. Cleaveland and Edgar A. Poe. Cleaveland sold a number of household goods to John F. Duryee. Edgar Allan Poe sold a slave on behalf of his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm Poe, to Henry Ridgway of Baltimore...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slaveholders; Slavery;
Document, bill of sale for slave woman named Philis. A typical bill of sale, the above document is a preprinted form with the essential information written in by hand. For the amount of $300, Philis is sold to David L. Maulsby by Eliza Ann Bennett....
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...
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...
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...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Ridgway, Henry; Slave bills of sale;
Handwritten copy of a bill of sale for Negro slave Edwin sold by Edgar A. Poe, as agent for Maria Clemm, to Henry Ridgway December 10, 1829 and recorded December 29, 1829 by William Gibson, the clerk for Baltimore City. At the top of the document...
African American boys--Maryland; Fishing in art; Landscape painting, American--19th century; Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891; Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854; Susquehanna River; Watercolor painting, American--19th century
Black and white photograph of the John H. B. Latrobe watercolor entitled "Dark Foreground, View of the Susquehannah" and published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. in his 1827 book entitled Progressive Drawing Book. Signed E. Van Blon, a pseudonym used by...
Alex. Brown & Sons; Bank buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
Original etching by Anton Schutz, a signed artist proof, that features the banking house of Alexander Brown and Sons, a mercantile business founded in 1800 that grew into an international banking house. This view looks south at Baltimore and...
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...
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Receipts (Acknowledgments);
Document showing the receipt of $1.50 in dues paid by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father, Aug[ust] Mencken, to Boumi Temple, a Baltimore center for the fraternal A.A.O.N.M.S. (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine) for North...
Hand-colored etching and aquatint titled Streatley & Goring (two villages along the River Thames) by Joseph Constantine Stadler after a drawing by Joseph Farington (signed J F at bottom left, inside border) June 1, 1793 from the book titled An...
Aquatint, English--18th century; Color prints, English--18th century; Etching, English--18th century; Historic buildings--England--Oxfordshire--Pictorial works; Illustration of books--England--18th century; Thames River (England)--Pictorial works;
Hand-colored etching and aquatint titled View of Nuneham, from the Wood by Joseph Constantine Stadler after a drawing by Joseph Farington (signed J F at bottom left, inside border) June 1, 1793 from the book titled An history of the principle...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; Street-railroads--Baltimore--Maryland; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher depicting three people riding a streetcar. A woman sits on the left, a man in the middle, and a man on the right. All three appear to be reading newspapers. Above the three figures is an advertisement for Arrow...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a view of South Sharp Street in Baltimore. Titled, signed, and dated by the artist in the bottom right corner. (Editor's note: One of the signs on a building on the left hand side of the drawing...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a woman in profile. The woman is seated at a table inside what appears to be a restaurant, drinking a cup of coffee or tea. Behind her and to her left is man reading a newspaper. In the backgound, the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink and crayon drawing by Aaron Sopher of an old man. He is shown seated and in profile, and wears a coat and hat. In his lap, he appears to be clutching a bag. Signed and dated by the artist in the bottom left corner.
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a seated, somber looking man. He wears a coat and hat, and appears to be outside. Behind and to the left of the man is a woman walking past, seen from the back. Signed and dated by the artist in the...
