Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Rose Hill Manor (Frederick, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Frederick; Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819
In 1778, Thomas Johnson, a prominent politician, lawyer, landowner and the first elected governor of Maryland bought Rose Garden estate from George Hoffman near the city of Frederick. He changed its name to Rose Hill. He deeded the property to his...
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Rose Hill Manor (Frederick, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Frederick; Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819 ;
In 1778, Thomas Johnson, a prominent politician, lawyer, landowner and the first elected governor of Maryland bought Rose Garden estate from George Hoffman near the city of Frederick. He changed its name to Rose Hill. He deeded the property to his...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Jarvis U.S.A. General Hospital (Baltimore, Md.); Military hospitals--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of the Jarvis U.S.A. General Hospital in Baltimore. This hospital occupied the estate of Major General George H....
Baltimore (Md.); Canton (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by James Poupard of Philadelphia after a drawing by A. P. Folie that features a plan of the town of Baltimore and its environs around 1792. This is said to be one of the earliest known detailed maps of Baltimore showing the three units...
Baltimore (Md.); Buildings; Hotels; Monuments; War memorials; Views;
Colored lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., the cover of sheet music that features a view of the Gilmor House and Battle Monument, Monument Square, Baltimore. The Gilmor House was opened in 1856 and flourished until 1871 when it changed hands and for a...
Phillips, Betty Jenkins, 1904-2000;Hospital administrators--Maryland--Baltimore;African American women
Photographic portrait of Mrs. Betty Jenkins Phillips, superintendent of Provident Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Talladega College in Alabama, her RN from Howard University, and her Masters of...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire engines; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking north from Pratt Street at fire fighters spraying water on buildings on both sides of Hopkins Place north of Lombard Street between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 7, 1904. This view shows the fire moving south on...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Cityscapes; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Photograph taken looking southwest at the Baltimore skyline ablaze near Calvert and Baltimore Streets at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. The needle-like structure on the left center of the photograph is the Phoenix Shot Tower, while the...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Dandy Dude" from William Carleton's comedy, "The Dude," sung at Ford's Opera House by Thatcher, Primrose, and West's Minstrels. Between 1882 and 1889, George Thatcher, George H. Primrose, and William...
Ambuhl, Edward; Broadsides; Hackelton, M. W. (Maria Williams), b. 1833; Love; Sadness;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Katie's Secret" from an 1863 song written by M. W. Hackelton with music by Edward Ambuhl. In this broadside a young woman named Katie recounts how her perspective of the world has changed now that her...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Public schools; School buildings;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 15. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Painting school no. 70." [Editor's note: School number 70 in...
The Children's Hospital School was dedicated in 1912. It was located at 3825 Greenspring Avenue, in the building pictured in this postcard, which was donated by Mrs. William Painter who wanted to create a memorial to her late husband. Its original...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Maryland Institute, Renaissance revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Baltimore; Corbett, Harvey Wiley, 1873-1954; Pell, Francis Livingston, 1873-1945; Gothic revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Baltimore; College of Art;...
View of the main building of the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts and the Schools of Art and Design, as it was then known (in 1959 changed its name to Maryland Institute, College of Art). Designed by architects Pell &...
Keedysville, fomerly called Centerville, is a small town in Washington County. The area is known for a high concentration of caves, as it lies on Tomstown Dolomite, a carbonic rock formation. The only show-cave in Maryland, Crystal Grottoes,...
Postcards--Maryland--Westminster; Western Maryland College (Westminster, Md.)--Buildings; Gott, Jackson Coale, 1829-1909; Universities and colleges--Maryland--Westminster; Westminster (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Western Maryland College, a private liberal arts college in Westminster, was established in 1867. As the first board chairman, John Smith, was also president of the Western Maryland Railroad, the college was named for the railroad. Until 1974 the...
Postcards--Maryland--Catonsville; St. Timothy's Lane (Catonsville, Md.); Alleys--Maryland--Catonsville; Catonsville (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of St. Timothy's Lane, north of Frederick Road, near St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Catonsville. The lane is located in a park area. The lane and the church still exist now, although the appearance of the park has changed and a number of...
