Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Hair dyes;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of man selling another man hair dye. The salesman is a heavyset man with bushy eyebrows and sideburns. He wears a long coat, and holds a bottle in one hand and a pair of glasses in the other. Behind him is a...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Ma's Gone Out to Pray." This broadside tells the story of a young boy whose mother has gone out to pray at saloons to stop men, especially husbands, from drinking alcohol. The "Dio Lewis" mentioned in the...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan Poe's...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Horse-drawn vehicles;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a horse pulling a cart. The horse is skinny, with a protuding spine and ribs. It wears a large yoke around its neck. A tear falls from the horses face, and he wears a mournful expression. The horse says "I...
Virginia Clemm's scent bottle and miniature glass. (Editor's note: Could this be a decanter and glass set used during travel to carry spirits for medicinal purposes, rather than a glass scent bottle and miniature glass?)
