Aquatint by John Hill after E. Van Blon from Lucas' Baltimore Drawing Book, published here about 1827 by Fielding Lucas, Jr., that features a winter scene of a location somewhere near Baltimore. E. Van Blon is a pseudonym of John H. B. Latrobe who...
Engraving that features a view of the residence of Samuel Chase in Baltimore that was used in Brotherhead's book Centennial Book of the Signers. Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and one of the signers of the...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
African American men--Maryland; Fishing in art; Landscape painting, American--19th century; Hill, John, 1770-1850; Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891; Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854; Susquehanna River; Watercolor painting,...
Black and white photograph of the J. Hill engraving of the John H. B. Latrobe watercolor entitled "Clear Sky, Turkey Hill on the Susquehannah" and published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. in his 1827 book entitled Progressive Drawing Book. Two young...
African American boys--Maryland; Fishing in art; Landscape painting, American--19th century; Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891; Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854; Susquehanna River; Watercolor painting, American--19th century
Black and white photograph of the John H. B. Latrobe watercolor entitled "Dark Foreground, View of the Susquehannah" and published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. in his 1827 book entitled Progressive Drawing Book. Signed E. Van Blon, a pseudonym used by...
Photograph of the Enoch Pratt Free Library book wagon during a visit to the 1000 block Dallas Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Gathered around this horse-drawn wagon and looking over the books before making a selection are numerous African American...
Photograph of a group of detectives (wearing hats) posing for the camera in front of the entrance to the Baltimore Herald Building on the northwest corner of Fayette and St. Paul Streets. Coming from Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C.,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Public buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Tugboats; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at wharves along East Pratt Street at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. On the left are the ruins of the C. A. Gambrill Manufacturing Company, which operated a flour mill at this...
Photograph taken looking southeast toward the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building located on the east side of the street at number 7 Hopkins Place. Designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built in 1893, this building survived the fire because of the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from the upper floor of a building on Eutaw and German Streets at fire fighters spraying water on the John E. Hurst and Company Building (right) and, on the opposite corner (left), the Merchants' Protective Credit and...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east on German Street at fire fighters spraying water on the John E. Hurst and Company Building and other nearby buildings soon after start of the fire. Located on the south side of German Street between Liberty Street and...
Broadsides; Heaven; Hymns; Macarthy, Harry, 1834-1888; Weishampel, J. F. (John F.), Sr.;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Happy Journey to the Promised Land," sung to the air "Bonnie Blue Flag." This hymn compares contemporary Christian salvation to the journey of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land,...
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...
Broadsides; McComas, Henry G., 1796-1814; Monuments; Political ballads and songs; United States History War of 1812; Wells, Daniel, 1795-1814;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Wells and McComas Funeral and Monument Song, Baltimore, September 13, 1858," sung to the same tune as the "Star-spangled Banner." This broadside tells the story of Daniel Wells and Henry G. McComas, two...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Resetting of books in...
Book burning; Nazis; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by S. (Steve) Broder (1906-1992) that shows Nazis throwing books into a blazing fire, with the message meant for the people of the United States emblazoned below this image: "Books are weapons in the war of ideas." (This poster depicts...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Rationing;
War Ration Book no. 4, containing unused ration stamps. The front cover includes a serial number (313562) and spaces where the recipient could fill in his or her name, address, and signature. There is also a warning that violating ration rules is a...
World War, 1939-1945; Savings bonds; Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971; Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957; Sapieha, Virgilia, 1904-1966;
Advertisement for a war bond rally held at Maryland Casualty Auditorium in Baltimore, MD on December 14, 1943. Speakers included authors Ogden Nash (as Master of Ceremonies), Christopher Morley, and Princess Paul Sapieha.
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting in an armchair in the parlor of his home at number 1524 Hollins Street, reading a book. He has his feet propped up on another armchair. In the background are a rolltop desk and a fireplace...
