Broadsides; Dreams; Hagans, G. W. (George W.); Hendrickson, W. D. (William D.); Hennig, O. E. (Otto E.); Oliver Ditson & Co.; Unrequited love;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Call Me Back Again" from a song written by O. E. (Otto E.) Hennig with music by D. W. (correct initials are W. D. for William D.) Hendrickson, copyrighted in 1881 by G. W. Hagan (correct name is George W....
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881; Jeannette (Ship); Jeannette Expedition...
Color advertisement for Jeannette cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. This advertisement depicts scenes of the 1879-1881 Jeannette Expedition to the North...
Document containing the broadside entitled "White Wings" from the 1884 song written by (William) Banks Winter (1857-1936) and sung by J. P. O'Keefe of Thatcher, Primrose, and West's Minstrels. This broadside lists Otto Sutro & Co. of No. 207 W....
Drawbell, James, 1899-1979; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Seaman, H. W.;
Portrait photograph taken on June 27, 1935 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (center) in London with writers and journalists J. W. (James Wedgwood) Drawbell (left) and H. W. Seaman (right).
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...
Peters, Cortez W. (Wilson), Sr., 1906-1964;African Americans--Charitable contributions;Typists;Typewriters;World War, 1939-1945--African Americans
Photograph of Cortez W. Peters, Sr. (1906-1964), world champion portable typist, shown with ten late-model standard size Royal typewriters that he turned over to the United States Government to aid the drive for 600,000 machines for the Army and...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; J.W. Crook Stores Company (Baltimore, Md.); Pedestrians--Maryland--Baltimore; School children--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the J.W. Crook store at number 1626 Edmondson Avenue at Mount Street in Baltimore, Maryland. J.W. Crook Stores Co. was the name of one of the first chain of grocery stores owned and headquartered in the city. On this evening (the...
Broadsides; Brockway, W. H. (William H.), d. 1888; Reunions; Smith, Dexter, ca. 1842-1909; Travel;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Little Rosebud," from a song written by Dexter Smith (1838-1909) with music by W. H. Brockway (1834/35-1888). This broadside tells the story of a man who leaves the woman he loves (the "rosebud" of the...
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...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Price Brothers Company (Frederick, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the workers of Price Brothers Company in Frederick, Maryland on April 28, 1944. The program includes a copy of a letter dated April 1, 1944 from U.S. Under...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Caricatures and cartoons; Smart set (New York, N.Y.); Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Pen and ink drawing made in November of 1915 by W. F. Pensel of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. In this caricature, Mencken is dressed as a knight seated on a well-ridden work horse or nag. Projecting out of the brim of Mencken's hat is a plume or...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Journalists--United States;
Document showing the early newspaper stories written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and published in the Baltimore Morning Herald newspaper between February 24 and March 1, 1899. Page 1 shows all of the stories collected in a three-column spread on...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1925 of a get-together of Saturday Night Club members held at Folger McKinsey's place (Cape Arthur) on the Magothy River near Severna Park, Maryland. Standing (from left to right) are an unnamed boy, Hamilton Owens...
Invoices; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Platen presses; Printing presses--United States;
Document from J. F. W. Dorman of an invoice for the printing press and type H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken received on Christmas day, 1888, from his father August Mencken. According to the invoice, J. F. W. Dorman, a manufacturer of Baltimore printing...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Photograph taken looking northwest from South Street at rubble between Water and German Streets. In the foreground are the ruins (from left to right) of the William J. Hooper Manufacturing Company and the W. A. Simpson Company. Located on the west...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Matrimonial Sweets" from a song written and arranged by W. H. Freeman, as sung by the comic duet of Miss Woodward and Mr. Boynes. This broadside is the script of a spat between a husband and his wife....
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by William W. Crapster, B. D. Crapster, and John L. Crapster. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by G. W. Crapster. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
