American Nurses Association. Nursing Information Bureau; Patriotism; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); United States. Federal Security Agency; United States. Public Health Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female;...
Color poster showing the portrait of an attractive young woman proudly receiving a white nurse's cap most likely from the hands of Uncle Sam (note stars and strips on sleeves), with the words "become a nurse : your country needs you" emblazoned...
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...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth;
Document showing the first typescript page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's commencement address delivered at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute on June 23, 1896, when he was just 15 years old. This first page of Mencken's speech clearly shows his...
Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. George Calvert, the virtual founder of Maryland, was born at Kiplin, in the North Riding...
African Americans in art; African American fishers--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Fishing boats; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Turtle fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 28 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of September 13, 1879, showing two African American men using bated poles to catch terrapin from a skiff on an inlet near Annapolis,...
Patterson, Lillie Griselda, 1917-1999; African American women authors; School librarians--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of Lillie Griselda Patterson (1917-1999), author of children's and young adult books, specialist in library services in the Baltimore Public Schools, and librarian at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland. Among the titles of...
African Americans in art; African American fishers--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Turtle fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Fishing boats; Trees
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 28 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of September 13th, 1879, showing three African American men hauling a net filled with terrapin into a skiff near Annapolis, Maryland. Frank...
African American men; Baltimore (Md.); City councils; Maryland;
Photograph of members of the Baltimore City Council, January 21, 1957. In the front row (left to right) are Thomas P. Fallon (1891-1969), Michael J. McHale (1913-1988), Henry R. Hergenroeder (1920-1990), Jacob J. Edelman (1894-1984), Leon A....
Architecture, domestic; Automobiles; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Slaves; Trees;
Photograph of a slave block on the lawn of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. This property, originally a market place along the roadway, still retains the stone block that was long used an auction...
Advertising; Architecture, domestic; Automobiles; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Signs and signboards;
Photograph of the side and front of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789),...
Architecture, domestic; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Slaves; Trees;
Photograph of the rear of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789), Chancellor of the...
Photograph of the side and front of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789),...
Photograph taken looking west at the Old Carpet Loom (left) and Friedrich Beier's Saloon (right) on the southwest corner of Liberty and German Streets in 1880. By 1904, Beier's Saloon, located at number 14 South Liberty Street, had become Thomas...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Document 42 pages long containing photographs taken by Jack Hement (John C. Hemment) of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. This souvenir booklet includes a narrative that provides an overview of the events of the fire and a map that...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
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, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814; Broadsides; Flags; Patriotism; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hurrah for the Flag of the Free!" These verses are about the American flag, most likely the Star-Spangled Banner with fifteen stars for the fifteen states that was unfurled over Fort McHenry in Baltimore...
