Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by H. Macke that shows the portrait of an attractive young woman (background) holding a quarter in one hand and a savings stamp in the other hand while appearing behind the darkened image of a soldier (middle ground) running with his...
Broadsides; Emmet, J. K. (Joseph Kline), 1840-1891; Songs; United States;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Climb Up, Climb Up." The text, written in the phonetic rendering of a German accent, relates the life of a mountain guide who leads male and female travelers on climbs into the mountains. J. K. Emmet...
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Broadsides; Flags; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Battle of Hagers' Town Road. The Rebels Are Skedadling [sic] Out of My Maryland, and leaving all their 'Stolen goods behind'," sung to the popular Confederate tune "Gay and Happy." This broadside, an...
Dedications; Park Band (Baltimore, Md.); Parks; Preston, James H. (Harry), 1860-1938; Politicians; Special events;
Photograph of the dedication ceremonies for St. Paul Place, including Preston Terraces (now known as Preston Gardens) in Baltimore, Maryland. In the late afternoon on May 15, 1919, Mayor James H. Preston (1860-1938) (speaker) officially accepted...
Fair of the Iron Horse (1927 : Halethorpe, Md.); Tobacco--Maryland; Agricultural exhibitions--Maryland; African American men--Maryland--Halethorpe; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Mules; Spectators--Maryland--Halethorpe
Photograph of tobacco rolling, an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a celebration of its one hundredth birthday held from September 24 to October 15, 1927 at outdoor fairgrounds in Halethorpe,...
Photograph taken looking west from Harrison and Fayette Streets at a panoramic view of the Baltimore skyline before the 1904 fire. This elevated view shows much of the business district that would be destroyed in the fire. Fayette Street, between...
Baltimore County (Md.)--Pictorial works; Bollman, W. (Wendel), 1814-1884; Bridges--Maryland--Jones Falls; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Northern Central Railway Company; Truss...
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of a foot bridge over a brook running behind Cylburn Station, at West Belvedere Avenue (now Northern Parkway) in the Mount Washington section of then Baltimore County, Maryland. Between 1890 and 1898,...
Concerts; Drawing; Musicians; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck entitled "A Quartette." In this sketch, members of the Wednesday Club have gathered for the performance of a string quartet. Frank Clark and Frank Frick are the two men standing at the far left. George B. Coale is seated in...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Ellicott City (Md.); Architecture--Domestic;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a road in Ellicott City, Maryland. A man and a small dog walk along the edge of the road. Further ahead is a car and another figure. Part of the road is lined by a stone wall and fence. Behind the wall and...
Photograph of the north side of the 800 block West Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story row houses were scheduled to be demolished in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing Authority's slum clearance program. In the...
African Americans in art; Peddlers--Maryland--Baltimore; Clinedinst, B. West (Benjamin West), 1860-1931; Oysters; Harper's Weekly (New York, N.Y.)--Illustrations
Photograph of an illustration entitled "A Southern Oyster Peddler" by B. West Clinedinst that appeared on page 173 of Harper's Weekly of March 2, 1889. This illustration depicts an African American oyster peddler in Baltimore, Maryland. Wearing a...
Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; City dwellers--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken from Pratt Street at the west side of South Bethel Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This narrow street consists of two- and three-story brick row houses, with streetlights and utility poles set at intervals along the sidewalk. In the...
Photograph taken from Pennsylvania Avenue of the east side of Oxford Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On both sides of the street are two- and three-story brick row houses. In the left foreground is an African American man walking toward the camera,...
Charles Street Bridge (Baltimore, Md.); African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Carts and carriages; Pedestrians
Photograph of the Charles Street Bridge at Union Station (not pictured) in Baltimore, Maryland. This bridge was built in 1886, eventually replaced by a new bridge in 1958, then reconstructed in 2003. Union Station was razed in 1910, rebuilt and...
Horse sports--Maryland--Baltimore County; African American young men--Maryland--Baltimore County; Horses--Maryland--Baltimore County; Automobiles--Maryland-- Baltimore County
Photograph of a horse and rider taking a jump at an equestrian event in Baltimore County, Maryland. Three men in ties, shirtsleeves, and straw hats or cap, standing off to the side, appear to be judging the event. A young African American man is...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Horses; Livery; Maryland; Metis; Native Americans; Ox driving; Oxen; Railroads; United States History; Wagons;
Photograph of Red River oxcarts hauling hides, an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a celebration of its one hundredth birthday held from September 24 to October 15, 1927 at outdoor fairgrounds in...
African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;Athenaeum Building (Baltimore, Md.);Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the Athenaeum building located on the northwest corner of Saratoga and St. Paul Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Jr. (1810-1849) in the Italianate style, the building became home to the Mercantile Library...
African American women--Maryland--Baltimore;Slums--Maryland--Baltimore;Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of the corner of East Lombard and South Bond Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. In the rear of these three-story brick row houses are dilapidated room extensions and wooden porches. Behind the corner row house with a grocery store on the...
Photograph of a float, most likely carrying bells of the McShane Bell Foundry, in a parade on Baltimore Street just east of Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Four pairs of horses are pulling a float on which one large bell and several smaller...
Boards of trade; Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northwest of Exchange Place and Frederick Street. In the foreground are several horse-drawn wagons, used to clean up the debris left by the fire, and the rubble of many small businesses. In the...
