Alcoholism; Bradley, Nellie H.; Broadsides; Children and death; Parkhurst, Mrs. E. A.; Starvation; Temperance;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Drunkard's Lone Child!" from a song written in 1866 by "Stella" (Nellie H. Bradley) with music by "Figaro" (Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst [1836-1918]) and also known as "Father's a Drunkard, and Mother Is Died."...
Alcoholism; Bradley, Nellie H.; Broadsides; Children and death; Parkhurst, E. A., Mrs.; Starvation; Temperance;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Drunkards' [sic] Lone Child" from a song written by Nellie H. Bradley (pseudonym "Stella") with music by Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst (pseudonym "Figaro") (1836-1918) and also entitled "Father's a Drunkard, and...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Urban Parks;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of Riverside Park in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, people sit and recline in a grassy area. To the left are a man with a hat and a woman reclining with one arm placed on her side. In the center...
Children in wartime; Near East Relief (Organization); War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Atrocities; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster made from a black and white sketch of a young girl wearing a head scarf and looking weary and pensive, with a quotation "The child at your door" positioned below the image. Stamped in red in the upper right portion of the poster are...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Do Not Turn Me From Your Door." An only child is begging for money or food for herself and her widowed, sick mother. The title and all of the verses are displayed within a decorative border. Above the...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hark! Baby, hark!" This broadside tells the story of a slave woman who is dying from a whipping she received while trying to protect her child from the cruel blows of her master. Her husband recounts the...
Children of military personnel; Fund raising; Savings bonds--United States; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that makes use of a black and white photograph of a soldier cuddling a crying child with his left arm and holding a rifle with his right hand. The soldier is trying to comfort the child. The full caption for this poster reads as...
Liberty bonds; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster of an American soldier intervening on behalf of a woman and child who are being harassed by a German soldier. The American soldier puts his arm across the German shoulder's chest and pushes him away from the mother who kneels on the...
Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553--Portraits; Engraving, English--18th century; Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. Edward VI as a child; Illustration of books--England--18th century;
Stipple and line engraving titled Edward Prince by Francesco Bartolozzi from a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger of Prince Edward (later King Edward VI) as a child from a book titled Imitations of original drawings by Hans Holbein in the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Parks; Bands (Music);
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a band performing outdoors in a park. In the right foreground, a heavyset woman walks by wearing a hat, coat, and high heels. Next to her, a small child is shown from behind. In the center and...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Picnicking; Outdoor cookery; Trees;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of people picnicking in an area surrounded by trees. On the right side of the drawing, a woman fans a fire for cooking. Behind her are two full picnic baskets. In the left foreground, a...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Ellicott City (Md.); Architecture--Domestic; Mansions;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a mansion near Ellicott City, Maryland. In the center foreground, a small boy stands in front of the mansion. In the right foreground, a woman walks carrying a small child. A child sits in the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Civilians in War; Bombing, Aerial;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher depicting a scene after a bombing. The scene appears to take place inside a dark building. Two adults surround the lifeless body of a small child. One adult sits crouched with his (or her?) head buried...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Harbors; Steamboats;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a crowd gathered near a harbor. In the center foreground is a portly man with a moustache petting a donkey or small horse. He wears a bowler hat, a coat, a vest, plaid pants, and has a walking stick or cane....
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); August (Month); Beach-going; Summer;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a family going to the beach. The family is comprised of a woman, a man, a child, a teenage girl. The woman walks in front, carrying a thermos and food items. She wears a dress and sunhat. The man wears a straw...
Photograph taken looking at the north side of the 800 block West Lexington Street near Rock Street (left) in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses were scheduled to be demolished in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser Building (Baltimore, Md.);Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser (Baltimore, Md. : 1773-1794);Newspaper publishing--Maryland--Baltimore--History;Newspaper reading--Maryland--Baltimore;African...
Photograph of a J. D. Ehlers Co. engraving of the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser building in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1773, the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser was one of the earliest newspapers published in Maryland. In...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Group games; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, most of the children are standing in a circle around another child, participating in some kind of game or play activity. Their activity is...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Silversmiths--Maryland; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken of Sergeant Cagle of Troop A of the Maryland National Guard, J. A. Robinson (who contributed this photograph), and H. C. (Henry Child) Kirk, Jr. standing before the smoking ruins of Samuel Kirk and Son located at number 106 East...
Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; Orphans; Peters, J. L. (John L.); Poverty; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Driven From Home" from the 1868 song written by Will. S. Hays, one of the most prolific and popular songwriters of the 19th century, and published by J. L. Peters of New York. This broadside tells the...
