Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Patriotism; United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1939-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that shows a sailor in a Summer white uniform (center foreground) carrying a rifle with fixed bayonet as he stands guard in front of a U.S. Navy warship (center background), with a large portrait of Robert E. Lee dressed in uniform...
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Patriotism; Swastikas; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Canada;
Color poster by Robert James Nichol that uses a cartoon caricature of Adolf Hitler trapped up a tree with a beaver (symbolizing Canada) gnawing away at the tree's trunk to get across the message (right, midway down the image) "get your teeth into...
Recruiting and enlistment; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a soldier holding a rifle with fixed bayonet horizontally across his chest, standing with one leg rising out of North America and one leg rising out of South America. The caption for this poster reads "Como un solo hombre," which...
American National Red Cross. Nursing Service; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) showing the patriotic character of Uncle Sam with his hand on the shoulder of an attractive young woman dressed in a Red Cross nurse's uniform, with the text under the image reading "Your Red Cross...
Soldiers--United States; United States. War Production Board; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster showing a factory worker testing a rifle in the foreground while in the background are images of three soldiers standing and aiming their bayonet-fixed rifles. Printed across the images of the soldiers are the words, "The battle begins...
Plows; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Bishop that shows a farmer with one arm in a sling looking at an idle plow, with the words “You can't afford to get hurt!” set in the background against a darkened sky. In the left lower corner is a box-like structure in which...
Flags; Thorson, J. T. (Joseph Thorarinn), 1889-1978; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada;
Color poster by Henry Eveleigh (sometimes spelled Henri Eveleigh, 1909-1999) that shows a Canadian soldier holding a bayonet-fixed rifle and standing in front of the Union Flag (Union Jack), with the words "Let's go... Canada!" emblazoned below the...
Freedom; United States. Office of War Information; Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster featuring three forearms raised in the air against a red tinted background. Two of the arms, one a man (left) and one a woman (right), hold wrenches, while the third, also a man (center), holds a bayonet-fixed rifle. The arms are a...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Letter from the Baltimore Committee on Civilian Defense to blackout permit holders dated November 10, 1942, along with a canvas triangular pennant imprinted with letters "C.D." in red. The letter provides instructions for using C.D. (Civilian...
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Air raid warning driving permit issued on March 2, 1943 by the Baltimore Committee on Civilian Defense. The permit number (4449) is in red in the top right corner, and the permit appears to have been issued to a gas detection officer in the a...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in 1913 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken working at his typewriter in the Baltimore Sun office. A corn cob pipe hangs from his mouth. The Sun offices were then located in a building on the southwest corner of Baltimore and...
Dedications; Inscriptions; Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Pen drawing; Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950--Criticism and interpretation; Title pages;
Document consisting of a personal dedication page and the title page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's book entitled George Bernard Shaw his Plays. Published in 1905 by John W. Luce and Co., this was Mencken's "first real book" and the first book...
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...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in 1912 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken working at his typewriter in the Sun office. A corn cob pipe hangs from his mouth. The Sun offices were then located in a building on the southwest corner of Baltimore and Charles...
Hotel Rennert (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in November 1913 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and other Saturday Night Club members at the Rennert Hotel in Baltimore. The Saturday Night Club was an informal group of doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians, artists,...
Authors, American--20th century--Portraits; Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-1961; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait painting; Reid, O. Richard (Oliver Richard), 1898-1961;
Photograph of the H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken portrait painted by O. Richard (Oliver Richard) Reid on November 7, 1930. Reid was an African American artist working in the Harlem section of New York City when Mencken met and sat for him in the...
Hotel Rennert (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Prohibition--United States;
Photograph taken about 12:30 a.m. April 7, 1933 of H. L. Mencken drinking "his first public glass of post-Prohibition beer" at the Rennert Hotel bar. Located on the southeast corner at Saratoga and Liberty Streets, the Rennert had been one of...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph taken in 1913 of a young H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken working at his typewriter in the Baltimore Sun office. He holds a corncob pipe in his hand. The Sun offices were then located in a building on the southwest corner of...
Hotel Rennert (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Prohibition--United States;
Photograph taken about 12:30 a.m. April 7, 1933 of H. L. Mencken being served "his first public glass of post-Prohibition beer" at the Rennert Hotel bar. Located on the southeast corner at Saratoga and Liberty Streets, the Rennert had been one of...
