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...
Herring Run Park (Baltimore, Md.);Parks--Landscape architecture--Maryland--Baltimore;Parks--employees;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Picnic grounds--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of Hall Springs at Herring Run Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Located just west of Harford Road and south of Argonne Drive, Hall Springs, a popular stop for Baltimoreans for more than a century, was one of the sites where funds from the...
Photograph taken looking west at the Old Carpet Loom (left) and Friedrich Beier's Saloon (right) on the southwest corner of Liberty and German Streets in 1880. By 1904, Beier's Saloon, located at number 14 South Liberty Street, had become Thomas...
Advertising--Tobacco; Bars (Drinking establishments); Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the ruins of Habliston's drugstore located on the northeast corner of Baltimore and Gay Streets. Located at number 500 East Baltimore Street, this was the only structure on the east side of the unit block of North Gay...
Photograph taken looking south from Liberty and German Streets at the ruins of the John E. Hurst and Company Building. Located between Liberty and German Streets and Hopkins Place, this building, which housed a dry goods business, was where the...
Alcoholism; Bradley, Nellie H.; Broadsides; Children and death; Parkhurst, Mrs. E. A.; Starvation; Temperance;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Drunkard's Lone Child!" from a song written in 1866 by "Stella" (Nellie H. Bradley) with music by "Figaro" (Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst [1836-1918]) and also known as "Father's a Drunkard, and Mother Is Died."...
Alcoholism; Bradley, Nellie H.; Broadsides; Children and death; Parkhurst, E. A., Mrs.; Starvation; Temperance;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Drunkards' [sic] Lone Child" from a song written by Nellie H. Bradley (pseudonym "Stella") with music by Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst (pseudonym "Figaro") (1836-1918) and also entitled "Father's a Drunkard, and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Ma's Gone Out to Pray." This broadside tells the story of a young boy whose mother has gone out to pray at saloons to stop men, especially husbands, from drinking alcohol. The "Dio Lewis" mentioned in the...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Sweet Maggie Gordon" from an 1880 song composed by Ned Straight (credited only as the arranger here) and published by Mrs. Pauline Lieder. This broadside tells the story of a young man who wonders why his...
Broadsides; Flags; Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843; Star-spangled banner (Song); Political ballads and songs; United States History War of 1812; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Star-Spangled Banner." This broadside contains the verses to the poem written by Francis Scott Key who was inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor after a...
Food conservation--United States--Sugar; Merchant ships--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster of a drawing of a woman sipping a drink through a straw. In the background are ships labeled "arms", "supplies", "soldiers", and "food" sailing toward a land where there is "war" and a soldier is beckoning them to "Hurry!"...
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...
Virginia Clemm's scent bottle and miniature glass. (Editor's note: Could this be a decanter and glass set used during travel to carry spirits for medicinal purposes, rather than a glass scent bottle and miniature glass?)
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a woman in profile. The woman is seated at a table inside what appears to be a restaurant, drinking a cup of coffee or tea. Behind her and to her left is man reading a newspaper. In the backgound, the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Restaurants;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a woman seated at a table eating lunch in a restaurant. The woman is very slender and wears a hat. Seated at at another table in the left background of the drawing is a heavyset woman drinking a...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Cafeterias; Oriole Cafeteria (Baltimore, MD);
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of the interior of an Oriole Cafeteria. The central figure is a woman, seen in profile, seated at table smoking a cigarette. In the background, a variety of other customers are shown eating, drinking, and...
