Baltimore (Md.); Political ballads and songs; Price, William, 1794?-1868;
Document containing the broadside entitled "William Price" sung to the tune "John Todd." The speaker of this Confederate broadside asks William Price why he, as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1861-1862, sponsored the "Treason Bill"...
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889; Political posters;
Colored lithograph by Currier & Ives, the Grand National Democratic Banner, 1864. A campaign poster urges the election of General George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton as president and vice president respectively, over Lincoln and Johnson....
White, Miles, Jr. (1856-1938); Businessmen--Maryland--Baltimore; Philanthropists--Maryland--Baltimore
Photographic portrait of Miles White, Jr. (1856-1938), a Baltimore businessman and philanthropist. As a trustee of many charitable organizations in Baltimore, he devoted considerable time to charitable and philanthropic activities. He was also...
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...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.); Merryman, John, 1824-1881; ;
Document containing the broadside entitled "John Merryman" sung to the Dan Emmett tune "Old Dan Tucker." This broadside tells the story of John Merryman, a Marylander who during the Civil War was arrested and imprisoned without trial at Fort...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) Siege, 1861; Political ballads and songs; Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883; United...
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Southern Wagon." This broadside is an advertisement to join the Confederacy, the "Southern wagon" of the verses. It mentions Jeff. Davis and Alexander Stephens, president and vice president of the...
Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Mephistophiles K. G. S.; Morris, Thomas Hollingsworth, 1817-1872; Political ballads and songs; United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1863); United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "To the Baltimore poet, Thomas H. M-rr-s, author of 'How They Act in Baltimore'." "Thomas H. M-rr-s" is Thomas Hollingsworth Morris, author of "A.D. 1862, or How They Act in Baltimore" (by a Volunteer...
Freedom; United States. Office of War Information; Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster featuring three forearms raised in the air against a red tinted background. Two of the arms, one a man (left) and one a woman (right), hold wrenches, while the third, also a man (center), holds a bayonet-fixed rifle. The arms are a...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth;
Document dated June 23, 1896 showing the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute high school diploma awarded H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. Mencken is just 15 years old at the time. Affixed to the bottom left of the diploma are an orange and black ribbon and...
