Photograph taken of African-American workers clearing rubble from the ruins of the Baltimore American Building on the southwest corner of Baltimore and South Streets. Located at number 225 East Baltimore Street, this building housed newspaper...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Federalsburg (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Rivers; River channelization;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 465. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Federalsburg, Caroline County. The clearing, deepening, and straightening of Marshy...
Drawing; Sheet music; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sheet music of The Grasshopper, A Tragic Cantata, written by Innes Randolph and illustrated by A. J. Volck. This fanciful satire of Italian grand opera, dedicated to and no doubt performed by and for the members of the Wednesday Club of Baltimore,...
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...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Williards (Md.); Wicomico County (Md.); Rivers;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 37. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Williards. Wicomico County. Clearing and deepening Pocomoke River Run showing felled...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense; Air raid wardens
Booklet dating from January 1943 titled "A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens," which was one of a series of handbooks published by the United States Office of Civilian defense instructing civil defense workers in their duties. The handbook includes...
In this undated incomplete letter, Gabriel Harrison, a New York friend of Edgar Allan Poe, writes to Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law, telling her how much he wants to hear from her, especially about her "Eddy", and how committed he is to clearing...
