Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dedicated to the Baltimore Light Artillery, CSA." There appears to be a playful irony in the dedication of this piece: Captain Alexander, the supposed author of the piece, was the man ordered by President...
Colored lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., the cover of sheet music published by Henry McCaffrey, Baltimore, and J. F. Ellis, Washington, D.C., that features a view of the Sun Iron Building erected in 1851 at the southeast corner of Baltimore and South...
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Church architecture; Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
Engraving by the Fenner Sears & Company from a drawing by William Goodacre, Jr., of New York that features a view of the interior of the Catholic Cathedral (Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in Baltimore. This plate was...
Color lithograph drawn from nature by August Kollner, lithographed by Deroy, printed by Cattier, and published by Goupil, Vibert, & Co., New York & Paris, 1848, that features a view of Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore. The cemetery was dedicated in...
Baltimore (Md.); Buildings; Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by Francis Shallus of Philadelphia, Warner and Hanna's plan of the city and environs of Baltimore, respectfully dedicated to the Mayor, City Council and citizens thereof, by the proprietors, 1801. One of the most interesting maps of...
Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Monasteries; Tower clocks;
Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. that features a view of the St. Joseph's Passionist Monastery and Church near Baltimore, Maryland. It is located on Old Frederick Road and Monastery Avenue in the Irvington section of Baltimore. This, the second building...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Photograph taken looking northwest from the intersection of Calvert and Fayette Streets at the Battle of North Point Monument (or Battle Monument) (front center) and the Courthouse (background) on North Calvert Street. Designed by Maximilian...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Elzey, Arnold, 1816-1871; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; ; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Left" written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." This broadside tells of the exploits of Arnold Elzey, a "Maryland hero," and of the First Maryland Infantry (C.S.A.) at the...
Broadsides; Burns, Robert, 1759-1796; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "To the Maryland Sons of Revolutionary Sires!" sung to the Robert Burns tune "Old Lang Syne." This broadside calls on those Maryland sons whose forefathers fought in the Revolutionary War to take up arms...
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...
Rose Hill Cemetery in Hagerstown is the oldest public cemetery in Washington County. Created in 1866, just after Civil War, it became the first place where residents of Washington County could be buried regardless of race or religious orientation....
At the time of the Antietam Battle on September 17, 1862, William McKinley was the Commissary Sergeant with the 23rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served hot coffee and food to the soldiers in the regiment on the spot where the monument...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Antietam National Cemetery; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works;
Following the bloody Civil War Battle of Antietam in September of 1862, Sharpsburg became a huge hospital and burial place. Over 4,000 were killed during the battle and in the following days more of the wounded died. On William Roulette's farm...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Office buildings--Baltimore (Md.)--1900-1910; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Rogers, James Gamble, 1867-1947; Thomas, Douglas Hamilton, 1872-1915; Parker,...
When the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad building was lost in the great fire of 1904, the company turned to a renowned architectural firm of Parker and Thomas to design the new headquarters. In collaboration with another architect, James Gamble...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Charles Street (Baltimore, Md.); Washington Monument Place (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of the northern part of Washington Monument Place on Charles Street. The shape of the park was originally set up by John Eager Howard's heirs, the landowners at the time. The city later had the park improved by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. in...
A view of the Fountain Square in Chestertown. It has a fountain with the Greek goddess of youth and beauty, Hebe, standing atop of the fountain (here hidden behind the trees). Dedicated in 1899, it was a project of the Ladies Improvement Society....
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Wallace, William, Sir, ca. 1272 -1305--Statues; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Statues--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Lake (Baltimore, Md.);...
The monument to Scotland's national hero, William Wallace, was dedicated on November 30, 1893. Erected thanks to efforts and funds of Mr. William Wallace Spence, a Scotsman himself, and a businessman who made his fortunes in Baltimore. Located at...
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...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Caricatures and cartoons; Smart set (New York, N.Y.); Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Pen and ink drawing made in November of 1915 by W. F. Pensel of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. In this caricature, Mencken is dressed as a knight seated on a well-ridden work horse or nag. Projecting out of the brim of Mencken's hat is a plume or...
