Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Riverside Park (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
Land for Riverside Park was donated to the city in 1893. It is situated on the former site of Fort Cumberland, where a log cabin was built to serve as the headquarters for then Colonel George Washington during the French and Indian War. In the...
Postcards—Maryland--Brunswick; Brunswick (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Young Men’s Christian Association (Brunswick, Md.)--Buildings; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Brunswick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of the YMCA building in Brunswick, ca. 1909. The YMCA building was built in 1907 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a place for employees to eat and sleep between trips. It burned in 1934 and was quickly rebuilt. It burned again in 1980,...
Postcards—Maryland--Chesepeake City; Chesapeake City (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Freemasons--Buildings; Back Creek (Chesapeake City, Md.); Rivers--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); Bridges--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
View of causeway, Masonic Hall, and creek in Chesapeake City. Chesapeake City is located in Cecil County. Originally founded by Czech colonist Augustine Herman under the name of the Village of Bohemia, the town's name was changed to the current...
Postcards--Maryland--Pen Mar; Parks--Maryland--Washington County; Buena Vista Spring Hotel (Waynesboro, Pa.); Pen Mar (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
In 1877, the Western Maryland Railroad created a scenic park on the Maryland and Pennsylvania border in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains at an elevation of 1,400 feet (426.7 m). It was called Pen Mar for the location between two states. The...
Postcards—Maryland--Williamsport; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Williamsport (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the Doubleday's Hill (named for the monument to General Doubleday) in Williamsport. The Potomac is the 21st biggest river in the United States. It flows mostly through Maryland and...
Chesapeake Beach, located in Calvert County, was founded by the Washington and Chesapeake Beach Railway Company (in 1896 reorganized as Chesapeake Beach Railway) in 1894 as a resort destination for visitors from the Washington D.C. area. It thrived...
Oakley Beach Hotel opened its doors at the dawn of the 20th century in Cambridge. It was a luxury three-story resort with 54 rooms located at Oakley Street. A 750-foot pier extended from the hotel into the Choptank River. Visitors from Baltimore...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Lakes--Maryland--Baltimore
View of the The Boat Lake, the second and smaller lake inside Druid Hill Park, in Baltimore. The lake was formed in 1865 when a stream was dammed. For decades, visitors could boat on the lake in summer and skate during winter. After 1959, the Boat...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Ponds--Maryland--Baltimore
Visitors viewing sea lions in Druid Hill Park, ca. 1906. In 1876, Druid Hill Park began various animal exhibits, as stated in the act of Maryland General Assembly "for the purpose of public exhibition for the instruction and recreation of the...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Howard Peter Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.); Conservatories--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;...
Baltimore City's Conservatory (now called Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore) was designed and built by George A. Frederick in 1888 in Victorian style. It is the only remaining conservatory in the city. The...
Built in 1906 by architects Otto Simonson and Theodore Wells Pietsch, the fish market served Baltimore as the epicenter for wholesale fish distribution until 1984 when the fishmongers moved to Jessup. In the years that followed, the building was...
Advertising--Pictorial works; Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobiles--Drawings; Automobiles--Parts; Automotive drafting; Letterheads--Pictorial works; Mechanical drawing; Stationery--Pictorial works;
Mechanical drawing of an unidentified Spoerer motor vehicle part shown on Carl Spoerer's Sons Company stationery. By 1910, the company considered itself "manufacturers of the 'Spoerer', a car for reliability, endurance and economy". As indicated on...
Photograph taken about 1911 of a Spoerer model 40-C roadster parked in Carroll Park. The price of the automobile: $2950. On the hill in the background is Mount Clare, the mansion built by the barrister Charles Carroll.
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the tire shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. This shop appears once to have been the wheelwright shop (see mdsc066) as Spoerer transitioned from...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by James Crouse. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Mrs. Sarah S. Curry. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender,...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Mrs. Alice M. Crapster. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender,...
