Advertising--Pictorial works; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriages and carts; Signs and signboards;
Photograph taken probably before 1900 of the Carl Spoerer carriage, wagon and truck works located at numbers 400-402 South Fremont Avenue in southwest Baltimore City (SW Balto). Carl Spoerer ran a carriage-making business from 1890 to 1899, when he...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense; Air raid wardens
Booklet dating from January 1943 titled "A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens," which was one of a series of handbooks published by the United States Office of Civilian defense instructing civil defense workers in their duties. The handbook includes...
Business card in the handwriting of John Allan, Poe's foster father, in 1816. This card may be an actual business card used by Allan, who at the time was a partner in the firm of Ellis and Allan, tobacco merchants in Richmond, Virginia, or it may...
Photograph taken looking east from North Gay Street at the Phoenix Shot Tower located at number 801 East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Constructed in 1828 of 1.1 million bricks without the use of scaffolding by the Phoenix Shot Tower...
Peters, Cortez W. (Wilson), Sr., 1906-1964;African Americans--Charitable contributions;Typists;Typewriters;World War, 1939-1945--African Americans
Photograph of Cortez W. Peters, Sr. (1906-1964), world champion portable typist, shown with ten late-model standard size Royal typewriters that he turned over to the United States Government to aid the drive for 600,000 machines for the Army and...
Broadway (Baltimore, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore; Central business...
Photograph taken looking south at the 500 block South Broadway Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the right in this block are three-story brick row houses with businesses on the ground floor. Several people are standing in front of the 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...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the roof of the Fidelity Building at the Baltimore business district before the 1904 fire. The Fidelity Building, which is located on the northwest corner of Charles and Lexington Streets, affords an elevated...
Photograph taken looking at the business district on South Street north of Lombard Street before the 1904 fire. On the left is the Farmers and Merchants' National Bank Building. Located on the northwest corner at numbers 42-46 South Street and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Power-plants; United railways and electric company of Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the Baltimore business district between the Jones Falls on the east (left) and South Street on the west (right) and Exchange Place on the north (foreground) and the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) on the south...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Stonemasonry; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking south at ruins of the William A. Gault and Son Building on East Lexington Street between Charles and St. Paul Streets. The posted sign indicates that William A. Gault and Son operated a stonemasonry business from offices at...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Street (Baltimore, Md.); International Trust Company Building (Baltimore, Md.); Bank buildings--Maryland; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of business section of Baltimore Street rebuilt, a few years after the 1904 fire. The International Trust Company building was built in 1902 by the firm Parker and Thomas (Douglas H. Thomas, 1872-1915, and J. Harleston Parker, 1873-1930) of...
Advertising--Pictorial works; Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriages and carts;...
Photograph taken between 1904 and 1907 of the building housing Carl Spoerer's Sons Company located at numbers 400-404 South Fremont Avenue. After their father's death in 1899, sons Charles and Jacob Spoerer took over and ran the company, gradually...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
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...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Vienna International Exhibition (1873); Women in advertising--United States;
Color advertisement for "Marguerite" cigars printed by Geo. S. Harris and Sons of Philadelphia for H. L. Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. On the right sitting on a cloak covering a rock is a...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881; Jeannette (Ship); Jeannette Expedition...
Color advertisement for Jeannette cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. This advertisement depicts scenes of the 1879-1881 Jeannette Expedition to the North...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Girls in art; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth;
Color advertisement for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. In the center of this advertisement is a young girl wearing a sun dress and looking at a butterfly perched on her...
Seine-et-Marne (France)--Maps--Early works to 1800;Brie (France)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Decorative map showing Paris and the area in between the rivers Marne and Seine, as they meander through the Brie region, home of the Brie cheese, including Chateau Thierry, Provins and Fontainebleau. Shows fortified towns, woods, cities, lakes,...
