Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Photograph taken looking northwest across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district. In the foreground are the ruined buildings on Smith's Wharf at the foot of Gay and Pratt Streets and the C. A. Gambrill Manufacturing Company, which...
Churches--Massachusetts--Concord; Freedom; French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by JA (Jonathan Atherton, 1900-1952) that shows the Concord, Massachusetts Minute Man statue in the foreground and a large white church with clock tower in the background. Sculpted by Daniel Chester French, the "Minute Man" statue...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Group games; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, most of the children are standing in a circle around another child, participating in some kind of game or play activity. Their activity is...
Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district southeast of Fayette and McClellan Streets. In the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman on duty. In the right background are the ruins of many small businesses. In the left and center background...
Photograph taken looking northeast from the unit block of East Baltimore Street at the shells of buildings still standing. Among the structures that survived the fire are the Calvert Building (tall structure to left), the Chesapeake and Potomac...
Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Newspaper buildings; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street west from Gay Street. Among the buildings that survived the fire are (from left to right) the Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building (left), the Maryland Trust Company...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building amid ruins. Located on the east side of Hopkins Place at number 7, the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building, which was designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built of...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building on Gay Street at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street. In the right center background are the ruins of several structures, including buildings that housed the Baltimore...
City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Newspaper buildings; Post office buildings--Maryland; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking northwest from Post Office Avenue and Baltimore Street at the burnt district south of City Hall. In the foreground are the ruins of Der Deutsche Correspondent (The German Correspondent) newspaper. Located on the southwest...
Camouflage (Military science)--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Camouflage; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster showing an American soldier hidden among plants and bushes, with the following words appearing below the image: "For surprise attack blend with your background." Next to this message is a logo consisting of the words "CAMOUFLAGE BLINDS...
Espionage; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Albert Dorne (1904-1965) that shows only the hand of a fallen soldier lying palm up as he reaches for the stock of his rifle lying under a barbed-wire fence. Emblazoned to the right of this image are the words "Somebody blabbed"...
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Patriotism; United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1939-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that shows a sailor in a Summer white uniform (center foreground) carrying a rifle with fixed bayonet as he stands guard in front of a U.S. Navy warship (center background), with a large portrait of Robert E. Lee dressed in uniform...
United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by L. W. (Lester W.) Bentley (1908-1972) that shows an attractive young woman in a U.S. Coast Guard uniform with a lighthouse in the background and the words "The girl of the year is a SPAR" printed in the sky above. Printed below the...
Liberty bonds; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster consisting of letters only, with the words "Think--have you bought your limit?" printed in blue ink on a white background and, below that question, the words "Fourth Liberty Loan" printed in red ink on a white background. Of course,...
Horse-drawn vehicles; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1892 by James F. Hughes of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (right) and siblings at their summer house in Mount Washington. Standing to the left is Mencken's brother Charles Edward with his youngest brother August (left...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Lawns; Backyard gardens;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a backyard. The yard is very green, with trees, tall grasses and flowering plants. Two trees stand in the foreground. A hanging planter is attached to the branch of one of the trees, and a...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); New Year;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of an elderly woman seated in a highback chair. She is dressed in an evening gown, and wears what appear to be a fur coat and jewels. In the background, a couple dressed in evening attire walks past. On...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Restaurants;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a woman seated at a table eating lunch in a restaurant. The woman is very slender and wears a hat. Seated at at another table in the left background of the drawing is a heavyset woman drinking a...
Baltimore (Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Customhouses; Fells Point (Baltimore, Md.); Hospitals; Hotels; Jails; Monuments; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Watercolor drawing signed by T. Tanssen and dated 1831. A panorama from near what is today the corner of St. Paul and Madison Streets, at that time the southern edge of Howard's Park. The picture was found in Australia by an American sailor, a...
Baltimore, Cecil Calvert, Baron, ca. 1605-1675; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Cecil (or Cecilius), second Lord Baltimore, to whom King Charles issued the charter of...
