Enoch Pratt Free Library;Branch libraries--Maryland--Baltimore;Librarians--Maryland--Baltimore;Library employees--Maryland--Baltimore;Library fittings and supplies--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the staff in the information and circulation room of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 26 at number 5427 Belair Road in the Gardenville section of Baltimore, Maryland. Seated at the information desk (left) are Raymond B....
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Hawks, Wells, 1871-1941; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting at his desk at the Baltimore Herald office about 1901, talking with Wells Hawks who is standing next to him. This picture was a ruse: As Mencken explains, Wells Hawks, press agent for the...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting at his desk in the city room of the Baltimore Herald newspaper in November of 1901.
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 12 in Baltimore, Maryland. In the picture a large group of school children including many African Americans are visiting the branch. A librarian is helping the children as...
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...
Photograph of the staff in the main room of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 26 at number 5427 Belair Road in the Gardenville section of Baltimore, Maryland. Standing by the recent fiction display (right) are Raymond B. Agler,...
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library's first bookmobile (i.e., motorized vehicle) in Baltimore, Maryland. This vehicle began making its rounds in 1949. At the far end next to the door is the circulation desk. On both sides are...
Enoch Pratt Free Library;Branch libraries--Maryland--Baltimore;Library users--Maryland--Baltimore;Library employees--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 11 at number 6 South Central Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Funded by the Maccabeans, a Jewish philanthropic group concerned about the numerous immigrants living in this area...
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...
American Red Cross; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by W. (believed to be Paul Lingenbrink Whitman, 1897-1950) that shows a man in an American Red Cross (note ARC on lapel) officer's uniform working at a desk while in the background soldiers are boarding a ship for overseas assignment....
Freedom; Great Britain. National Savings Committee; Meccano models; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster by Tom Purvis (1888-1959) that shows his 10-year-old son, Roger, seated at a desk with a Meccano toy locomotive crane car sitting on a table in front of him. Resting his head on his left hand, the boy stares into space as he grips a...
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...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting in an armchair in the parlor of his home at number 1524 Hollins Street, reading a book. He has his feet propped up on another armchair. In the background are a rolltop desk and a fireplace...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken about 1928 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken seated at the desk in his office at number 1524 Hollins Street. Located on the third floor at the back of the house, his "old office", as he would later describe it, was lined with...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Weather; World War II;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher. In the center of the drawing, the title "The Weather for 1941" is written in pencil. On the sides of the drawing are two columns, each with different figures and scenes related to the weather and seasons. At the...
