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...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
Line engraving titled Area interna del Campo Santo di Pisa (inner area of the Cemetery of Pisa) by Ranieri Grassi from the book titled Descrizione storica e artistica de Pisa [Historic and artistic description of Pisa] published between 1836...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American boys--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City;...
Photograph of Cloney Street at its intersection with Amity Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This area (known as Area 14) was scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing Authority's slum clearance program. In the ground floor window of...
Herring Run Park (Baltimore, Md.);Parks--Landscape architecture--Maryland--Baltimore;Parks--employees;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Picnic grounds--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of Hall Springs at Herring Run Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Located just west of Harford Road and south of Argonne Drive, Hall Springs, a popular stop for Baltimoreans for more than a century, was one of the sites where funds from the...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the roof of the Fidelity Building at the Baltimore business district before the 1904 fire. The Fidelity Building, which is located on the northwest corner of Charles and Lexington Streets, affords an elevated...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken of rifles stacked at a Maryland National Guard rest area amid unidentified ruins of fire. On the right is a lone trooper sitting in a chair.
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...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.); Mills, Robert, 1781-1855; Causici, Enrico, 1790-1835; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of Washington Monument at Mount Vernon Place in Baltimore, Maryland. Mount Vernon Place is located in downtown Baltimore. In addition to the monument at its center, Mount Vernon Place includes four small parks, designed by Frederick Law...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A busy scene at the Baltimore wharves. These are the places along the harbor that were occupied by docks and piers. Small store owners used to come here on their carts and pulleys to buy fruits, produce, oysters, fish and other products supplied by...
Blueprint of a chuck shaft (upper area) and chuck shaft bracket (lower area) of the steering column for an unidentified Spoerer motor vehicle on sheet number 18 dated June 23, 1909. Scale: full size. C. S. S. Co. stands for Carl Spoerer's Sons...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Beer; Breweries; Radio programs; Television programs; Washington Nationals (Baseball team); Scheduling;
Schedule provided by Mr. Boh of games for the 1954 season of the American League Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals baseball teams. Featured on the front page in baseball uniform, Mr. Boh is the one-eyed, handle-bar mustachioed cartoon...
Photograph of people viewing tornado damage to the building at number 1001 North Broadway at Eager Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The tornado touched down on the afternoon of July 12, 1903 and destroyed an area 12 blocks long and 6 blocks wide,...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Urban Parks;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of Riverside Park in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, people sit and recline in a grassy area. To the left are a man with a hat and a woman reclining with one arm placed on her side. In the center...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Harbors--Maryland--Baltimore.;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a view looking east from Recreation Pier in Baltimore. In the foreground, boats are docked along the waterfront, and people are shown transporting goods. The area near the harbor is packed with buildings,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.);
Original etching by Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, a native of Philadelphia who taught at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. This is a signed artist's proof that features Washington Place Park just south of the base of the Washington Monument in...
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Maps; Potomac River; Virginia;
Map of Virginia by Willem Janszoon Bleau. This map, with the date of 1650 hand-written in the lower right-hand page, shows the area surrounding the Chesapeake (spelled Chesapeack) Bay that became Maryland on June 20, 1632, when Charles I granted...
