African American women; Architecture, domestic; Baltimore (Md.); Housing rehabilitation; Mayors; Schaefer, William Donald; United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development;
Photograph of Mayor William Donald Schaefer stenciling numbers on a home in the 2600 block Huron Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This photograph shows the Mount Winans Homes rehabilitation project, the first of its kind in the nation. Sponsored by...
Lithograph that was both lithographed and published by Isaac Friedenwald. The latest panorama of the city in the collection. A great part of the suburban countryside shown in earlier views has been engulfed by the spreading city. On the north the...
Canton (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Locust Point (Baltimore, Md.); Ships in art;
Colored lithograph published by A. Hoen & Co. about 1860 that features twin views of Baltimore harbor near Canton and Locust Point. The view on the left shows the railroad yards and elevators at Locust Point, adjoining Fort McHenry, which can be...
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...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Frederick County (Md.); Parks;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 26. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Near Frederick. Frederick County. Development of Gambrill Park. View from the park."
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Hagerstown (Md.); Washington County (Md.); Parks;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 156. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Hagerstown, Washington County. Development of Pangborn Park. Excavating for an...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Hagerstown (Md.); Washington County (Md.); Parks;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 156. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Hagerstown, Washington County. Development of Pangborn Park. View of the playground."
A view of an old Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail Road bridge over the Potomac River and a panorama of Westernport, a port located along the Georges Creek Valley where George's Creek empties into the Potomac in Allegany County. Known since 1774 as...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A busy scene at the Baltimore wharves. These are the places along the harbor that were occupied by docks and piers. Small store owners used to come here on their carts and pulleys to buy fruits, produce, oysters, fish and other products supplied by...
A view of the Oakland Train Station in Oakland. Designed by Baldwin and Pennington in Queen Anne style, the station was built in 1884 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to support the development of the Garrett County and Oakland as a resort area....
A view of one of the fountains at Eutaw Place, located between West Lafayette Avenue and Mosher Street in Baltimore. In 1853, Henry Tiffany donated land for development of the broad promenades in the middle of Eutaw Street's northern extension from...
Blacksmithing--Equipment and supplies; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts; Electric drills; Grinding machines; Wheels; Wheelwrights;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the wheelwright shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Standing around the shop are several workers including one (the wheelwright[?]) holding a wheel on a anvil. On the...
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...
