Hungerford's Tavern, which was located on the corner of Jefferson St. and N. Washington St. in Rockville. In 1774, local citizens gathered at the tavern to protest the actions of the British govnerment. In 1776, the first court for Montgomery...
Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Taverns (Inns)--Maryland--Baltimore;
Enlarged hand colored photograph of old print that features Colvin's stone tavern. This structure at the northeast corner of Gay and Front Streets served as a meeting place for the first American lodge of Odd Fellows during 1823.
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist that features a dwelling dubbed the oldest house in Baltimore, the home of Kaminskey's Tavern. This building has also been referred to as "Washington's Headquarters" because tradition says that he...
African Americans--Maryland--Havre de Grace;Vernacular architecture--Maryland--Havre de Grace;Porches--Maryland--Havre de Grace
Photograph of the "old ordinary" at number 100 St. John Street in Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland. Built ca. 1814 as an ordinary, i.e., an inn or tavern that offered lodging to travelers, this brick building with a wide wooden veranda off...
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...
Aquatint, in colors, published in 1817 by Edward Johnson Coale of Baltimore. This is a reconstruction of the rough view by John Moale made on the spot in 1752, now in the Maryland Historical Society library. The Moale sketch has been considerably...
Baltimore (Md.); Canton (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by James Poupard of Philadelphia after a drawing by A. P. Folie that features a plan of the town of Baltimore and its environs around 1792. This is said to be one of the earliest known detailed maps of Baltimore showing the three units...
Colored photograph taken shortly before the old tavern was torn down in 1871 to make way for the Carrollton Hotel. It stood on Light St. near the intersection with East Baltimore St. Here Washington and staff stopped in September 1781 when on their...
Patty Cannon's House (Reliance, Md.); Cannon, Lucretia P., ca. 1760-1829; Slave traders--Maryland--Dorchester County; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Dorchester County;
Photograph of so-called Patty Cannon's House on the border between Caroline and Dorchester counties in Maryland and Sussex County in Delaware. Located at the intersection of Maryland Routes 392 and 577 and Delaware Route 20, it is thought to be the...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan Poe's...
