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...
Eighteen-page document (pamphlet) written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken in 1902 to extol the beauties and charms of Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Containing seven photographs of buildings and scenes around the cemetery and one...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan Poe's...
Baltimore (Md.); Death; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Letter from Dr. J. J. Moran to Maria Clemm, in which Dr. Moran relays his condolences at the passing of Edgar Allan Poe and discusses the nature of Poe's illness and the last days before his death.
In this letter dated November 1, 1849 and written from Lowell, Massachusetts, Maria Clemm asks Neilson Poe to send Edgar Allan Poe's trunk by express mail to her at the Charles B. Richmond house in Lowell, where she is presently staying. She sends...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Cleveland Indians (Baseball team); Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Scheduling;
Schedule of games of all American League teams for the 1955 baseball season. This 40-page booklet contains the day-by-day schedule for every team in the league. Featuring the Baltimore Orioles bird on the front cover, the booklet also includes a...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Scheduling;
Schedule of games of all American League teams for the 1956 baseball season. This 40-page booklet contains the day-by-day schedule for every team in the league. Featuring the Baltimore Orioles bird on the front cover, the booklet also includes a...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
African Americans; Baltimore (Md.); Mayors; Schaefer, William Donald;
Photograph of Mayor William Donald Schaefer (front row, right) at a public meeting launching "The Great Baltimore Land Rush" and held at the War Memorial building at Gay and Lexington Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting provided...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.);
Original etching by Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, a native of Philadelphia who taught at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. This is a signed artist's proof that features Washington Place Park just south of the base of the Washington Monument in...
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east on Pratt Street at the Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company Building located on the southeast corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Fire hoses are stretched across the street as a crowd of people standing to the...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dix's manifesto" sung to the tune of "Dearest Mae." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B" (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist), this broadside...
Broadsides; Flags; Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843; Star-spangled banner (Song); Political ballads and songs; United States History War of 1812; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Star-Spangled Banner." This broadside contains the verses to the poem written by Francis Scott Key who was inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor after a...
Buildings; Cityscapes; Monuments; Streets; War memorials;
Engraving by Archibald L. Dick from the painting by William H. Bartlett. The two-volume work, American Scenery by N.P. Willis, London, 1840, contains Griffith's engraving of this scene among others after paintings by Bartlett. As that seems to have...
Carroll, D. H. (David Henry), Mrs.; Clemm, W. T. D., Rev.; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
This document contains (1) an account of Edgar Allan Poe's death and funeral as given by the Reverend Mr. Clemm, a cousin of Poe's and the methodist minister who officiated at his funeral, and (2) a statement given by Mr. J. S. Macher about the two...
Church of England--Liturgy--Texts; Engraving, English--England--London--17th century; Illustration of books--England--17th century; Morning prayer (Divine office)--Church of England--Texts;
Page with woodcut ornamental letter and text of morning prayer for the seventh day from a book of rituals of the Anglican Church. Published by Robert Barker in 1639, the page contains Psalm 35, Judica me, Domine, a prayer to be read on the morning...
In his letter dated November 29, 1835 and written from Augusta, Georgia, William Poe, Jr., a cousin, relates some interesting facts about the Georgian branch of the Poe family to Maria Clemm. The letter is testament to the piety of this branch of...
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812 ; Engraving--19th century; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Kings and rulers;
Hand-colored etching of George Frederick Cooke dressed as King Richard in Shakespeare's play Richard III, published by Robert Dighton in London on December 1, 1800. The bottom banner contains the line spoken by Richard in Act IV, Scene 2, "Ha! Am I...
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...
