Advertising cards--United States; Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Color advertising card. On one side (page 1) is a depiction of two angelic female figures holding a banner displaying the United States flag as they rise above a globe of the Earth on which the words North America are displayed and below which is a...
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Rules and regulations for driving during air raid warning periods. The rules include stipulations as to who may driving during air raids, the use of emergency cards, driving speeds, lights, passing of other cars, keeping a clear view through the...
Postcards—Maryland--Annapolis; College Creek (Md.); Rivers--Maryland
View of College Creek watershed in Annapolis, looking west from a bridge. On the left can be seen St. Anne's Cemetery, viewed from a bridge that preceded the current Rowe Boulevard over College Creek.
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Blackout emergency placard number 4449 issued in Baltimore City. The placard would have been displayed in a vehicle during air raid warning blackouts, when only authorized permit holders were allowed to be on the roads. This particular placard...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric Park (Baltimore, Md.); Amusement parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Electric Park was a 24 acre (9.7 ha) amusement park that opened in 1896 in northwest Baltimore on Belvedere Avenue near Reisterstown Road. Visitors were captivated by the park's thousands of lights shining at night. The various architectural...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A busy scene at the Baltimore wharves. These are the places along the harbor that were occupied by docks and piers. Small store owners used to come here on their carts and pulleys to buy fruits, produce, oysters, fish and other products supplied by...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820; Catholic Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial...
The historic Baltimore Basilica at the time the postcard was published was still a cathedral only. It was built by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect of the Capitol, during the years 1806-1821. It became the first Catholic Cathedral in the...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Office buildings--Baltimore (Md.)--1900-1910; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Frederick, George Aloysius, 1842-1924
As Baltimore grew rapidly in the second half of the 19th century, a need arose for a new city hall building as the Peale building proved to be too small for this function. After voters approved to build it, its construction started in 1867 and was...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A scene at the Baltimore docks showing goods being loaded and unloaded from onto horse-drawn carts. In the distance, factories and steamboats are visible.
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...
A view of the Fountain Square in Chestertown. It has a fountain with the Greek goddess of youth and beauty, Hebe, standing atop of the fountain (here hidden behind the trees). Dedicated in 1899, it was a project of the Ladies Improvement Society....
Greeting cards--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Correspondence;
Document showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Christmas and New Year's greeting card to his parents for the 1887-1888 season. At 7 years of age, a very young and very humble "Harry", the name his family called him as a boy, shows an early ability...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute--Report cards; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Heathan days, 1890-1936; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Report cards;
Document dated April 1896 showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Baltimore Polytechnic Institute senior class report card. This report card includes his monthly grades from October 1895 through April 1896. "Harry", as he was still known, seems to...
Knapp, Frederick, 1821-1893; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Report cards; Private schools--Maryland;
Document showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's final report card for his first year of education at F. Knapp's Institute, dated June 30, 1887. According to the report card, "Master Harry Mencken" was considered to be "a good boy and scholar!" From...
Knapp, Frederick, 1821-1893; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Report cards; Private schools--Maryland;
Document dated July 1, 1892 showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's final report card from F. Knapp's Institute. The location of the school had changed from Holliday Street (see mcms038) to Hollins Street, site of the old Winans' mansion.
Postcards—Maryland--Hagerstown; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Williamsport. The houses on the right are part of the Cushwa Warehouse, used mostly for coal transport, but also for other commodities like fertilizers, cement, grain, etc. The...
Enoch Pratt Free Library;Branch libraries--Maryland--Baltimore;Library users--Maryland--Baltimore;Library employees--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 11 at number 6 South Central Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Funded by the Maccabeans, a Jewish philanthropic group concerned about the numerous immigrants living in this area...
