African Americans; Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911; Haverly, Jack, 1837-1901; Minstrels; Slavery; Spirituals (songs);
Document containing the broadside entitled "In the Morning by the Bright Light." Although some regard the words to this song as a celebration of the end of slavery, that view seems short-sighted. The point of the song is spiritual in nature, with...
African Americans; Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911; Haverly, Jack, 1837-1901; Minstrels; Slavery; Spirituals (songs);
Document containing the broadside entitled "In the Morning by the Bright Light." Although some regard the words to this song as a celebration of the end of slavery, that view seems short-sighted. The point of the song is spiritual in nature, with...
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...
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...
African American children's games--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The activities of various groups of children are being lead by adult Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) supervisors. In the background to the left is the...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission; Charity--Maryland--Baltimore; Poverty--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of two African American women and eleven African American children in the kitchen of their home in Baltimore, Maryland. This family is receiving aid from the Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission. In the picture, the older woman on the...
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, a group of about twelve young African American girls engage in a game or play activity with a Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;Potomac River; Wharves--Maryland
Photograph of African-American children scrambling for money at one of the Potomac River landings between Baltimore and Washington (D.C.). This photograph was taken from the deck of a steamer as it passed the landing on a trip between Baltimore and...
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 12 in Baltimore, Maryland. In the picture a large group of school children including many African Americans are visiting the branch. A librarian is helping the children as...
African Americans--Education--Maryland--Harford County--History;Segregation in education--Maryland--Harford County--History;Schools--Maryland--Harford County--History; African American children--Maryland--Harford County;School...
Photograph of a group of African American children and their teachers standing before a one-room schoolhouse in Harford County, Maryland. Possibly built by the Freedman's Bureau, this one-story rectangular wooden building with three chimneys and...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Charles County (Md.); School children. Food.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 481. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Charles County. The preparation of food for school lunches for under-nourished...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Charles County (Md.); School children. Food.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 481. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Charles County. Lunches that are being served to the undernourished school...
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...
Program for a celebration and tribute by the city of Baltimore in honor of the liberation of Paris, August 25, 1944. The program includes a listing of the activities of the "Mayor's Committee Celebration Tribute to the Fighting French," such as an...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore; Alleys--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken posing with neighborhood children in the alley behind Hollins Street. This alley was, and still is, named Booth Street. This brazen, booming writer who terrified some opponents and infuriated...
Slaves--Maryland; Gifts--Maryland; Christmas--Maryland; Etching, American--19th century
Photograph of an 1855 etching entitled "Christmas Gifts" that shows slave owners presenting Christmas gifts to their slaves. A well-dressed Caucasian woman and young girl stand amid a group of African American adults and children. The young girl is...
Patterson, Lillie Griselda, 1917-1999; African American women authors; School librarians--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of Lillie Griselda Patterson (1917-1999), author of children's and young adult books, specialist in library services in the Baltimore Public Schools, and librarian at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland. Among the titles of...
Vernacular architecture--Maryland--Calvert County; African American children--Maryland--Calvert County; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Calvert County
Photograph of a wooden-frame house located on Solomons Island Road in Calvert County, Maryland. This house has a long, rectangular base topped with a gambrel roof that has three dormer windows. On each end of the house is a brick chimney. The...
Photograph of the Enoch Pratt Free Library book wagon during a visit to the 1000 block Dallas Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Gathered around this horse-drawn wagon and looking over the books before making a selection are numerous African American...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; J.W. Crook Stores Company (Baltimore, Md.); Pedestrians--Maryland--Baltimore; School children--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the J.W. Crook store at number 1626 Edmondson Avenue at Mount Street in Baltimore, Maryland. J.W. Crook Stores Co. was the name of one of the first chain of grocery stores owned and headquartered in the city. On this evening (the...
