Soldiers--United States; United States Employment Service; United States. War Manpower Commission; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by Al Moore that shows a United States soldier looking out at the viewer and saying, as shown in the words above, "-- and back us up with a war job!" This poster encourages those who did not enter the armed forces to take a war job,...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; African American life--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works;
Photograph of the west side of the unit block of North Dallas Street in Baltimore, Maryland. A street lamp is situated in front of these two-story row houses. Shadows from a nearby tree and the street lamp indicate that it is a sunny day.
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Burnside's Bridge (Sharpsburg, Md.); Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Antietam Creek (Pa. and Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Sharpsburg
Burnside's Bridge is a landmark of Civil War history and a part of the Antietam National Battlefield. On September 17, 1862 over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or listed as missing, making it the bloodiest day of the Civil war....
At the Antietam Civil War battle on September 17, 1862 over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or listed as missing, making it the bloodiest day of the war. The battle took place by the Antietam Creek, located near Sharpsburg in...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Antietam Creek (Pa. and Md.); Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Rivers--Maryland--Washington County
Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg in Washington County, is part of the Antietam National Battlefield, a National Park Service protected area. At that Civil War battle on September 17, 1862, over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or...
Postcards--Maryland--Dan's Rock; Dan's Rock (Md.)--Pictorial works; Allegheny Mountains--Pictorial works
Dan's Rock, or Dan's Mountain, is the highest mountain in Allegany County near Frostburg. It is 2835 feet (864 meters) high. According to a legend it was named after Daniel Cresap, son of a pioneer and early Maryland settler Thomas Cresap. One day,...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Street (Baltimore, Md.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of Baltimore Street, downtown Baltimore ca. 1907. It had to be a day of celebration, perhaps a national holiday as the street and buildings are decorated with U.S. flags. The tallest building on the right side is the Baltimore and Ohio...
Postcards--Maryland--Annapolis; St. John’s College (Annapolis, Md.)--Buildings; Duff, Simon, d. 1759; Universities and colleges--Maryland--Annapolis; Annapolis (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Originally designed in 1742 as the colonial governor's mansion, McDowell Hall (named for St. John's first president, Dr. John McDowell) was only completed in 1784 when St. John's College acquired it. For years, the building housed the entire...
Memorial Day--Maryland--Baltimore; Processions--Maryland--Baltimore; Veterans--Maryland Baltimore; American Legion
Photograph of an American Legion color guard during Memorial Day ceremonies in 1983 at Baltimore National Cemetery located at number 5501 Frederick Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Included in this group are several African Americans, reflecting the...
Literature in art--Maryland--Baltimore; Mural painting and decoration, American--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland
Photograph of a three-panel mural depicting the evolution of literature and the written word from the Stone Age to the present day, located in Patterson Park in Baltimore, Maryland. This mural was created through the auspices of the Division of...
Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; New York (N.Y.); Satire; Seventh-Day Adventists
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Louis Cheslock dated August 21, [1929]. Mencken thanks Cheslock for sending a copy of the Present Truth, a Seventh-Day Adventist periodical and writes in a bantering tone when he tells Cheslock that he's thinking of...
Invoices; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Platen presses; Printing presses--United States;
Document from J. F. W. Dorman of an invoice for the printing press and type H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken received on Christmas day, 1888, from his father August Mencken. According to the invoice, J. F. W. Dorman, a manufacturer of Baltimore printing...
Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Landscapes--Germany; Lithography--19th century;
Color lithograph of Lurlei Berg (Lurlei Mountain) by Louis Haghe from the book titled Lays and legends of the Rhine written by J. R. (James Robinson) Planché and published in 1827 by Goulding and D'Almaine of Soho Square, London. William Day of...
Fourth of July; Fund raising; Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775; Liberty; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Lexington; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; United States. Continental...
Four separate color posters on one sheet by JD or J. (James Henry) Daugherty (1889-1974) that shows four historical scenes meant to inspire Americans to "buy war stamps & bonds."
Upper left: In this poster, minutemen are portrayed fighting...
Colored lithograph copyright 1896 by H. A. Thomas & Wylie Lithograph Co., New York, after Charles H. Wesgerber that features a scene of the birth of the flag of the United States. Numbered 14908 and bearing the seal of the American Flag House and...
Flags--United States; Shipping; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States; World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States;
Color poster by Herbert (Herbert William) Meyer (1882-1960) that shows in its upper quadrant the scene of a busy shipyard with a United States flag and a flag of the United States Shipping Board displayed prominently in the foreground. Below this...
Flags--United States; Freedom; Fund raising; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster that shows a worker standing in a field and divided down the middle so that in his right hand he holds a United States flag and there is a productive city and factories in the background, while on his left hand and foot are a ball and...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northwest at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland stocked dynamite, turpentine, and...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast from Pratt Street and Calhoun Alley at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northwest at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland stocked dynamite, turpentine, and...
