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...
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...
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."...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Delaware;...
Map of Maryland and Delaware and their canals, roads, and distances by Henry S. Tanner, dated 1844, that shows twenty Maryland counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles,...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting at the dinner table in his home at number 1524 Hollins Street while reading the June 18, 1927 edition of the Baltimore Sun newspaper and holding a pint of beer. In the background are a...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Kent County (Md.); Maps; Maryland; Potomac River; Saint Mary's County (Md.);...
Map of Maryland by John Ogilby, dated 1671, that shows ten Maryland counties: Anne Arundel (spelled "Anne-Arundell"), Baltimore (spelled "Baltemore"), Calvert, Cecil (spelled "Caecill"), Charles, Dorchester, Kent, St. Mary's (spelled "St. Maries"),...
Original etching by Anton Schutz. This signed artist's proof is one of an edition limited to 100 impressions before the plate for printing was destroyed. The print features a view of the Baltimore Trust Building immediately after its erection,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.);
Original etching by Anton Schutz. This signed artist's proof is one of an edition limited to 75 impressions. It features the Mount Vernon Place park and surrounding buildings just west of the Washington Monument in Baltimore. The two sculptures in...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in mid-1800's, that features Fort Marshall in Baltimore. This lithograph is one in a series of Civil War scenes in and around Baltimore by Sachse. Fort...
Bereavement; Broadsides; Children and death; Songs;
Document containing the 5th edition (shown top center) of the broadside entitled "Little Footsteps," a 1868 ballad composed by J. A. Barney with lyrics by M. B. Leavitt (not shown). This broadside is a lament on the loss of a small child, the...
Chromolithograph titled Resplendent Trogon illustrated by Louis Prang from the book titled Our living world; an artistic edition of the Rev. J. G. Wood's natural history of animate creation, volume 2, printed in 1885 by L. Prang & Co. for Selmar...
Chromolithograph titled Group of finches illustrated by Louis Prang from the book titled Our living world; an artistic edition of the Rev. J. G. Wood's natural history of animate creation, volume 2, printed in 1885 by L. Prang & Co. for Selmar...
Chromolithograph titled Black and white kingfisher (or pied kingfisher) illustrated by Louis Prang from the book titled Our living world; an artistic edition of the Rev. J. G. Wood's natural history of animate creation, volume 2, printed in 1885 by...
Chromolithograph titled Partridge illustrated by Louis Prang from the book titled Our living world; an artistic edition of the Rev. J. G. Wood's natural history of animate creation, volume 2, printed in 1885 by L. Prang & Co. for Selmar Hess, New...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Down-trodden Maryland" sung to the Charles Dibdin tune "Tom Bowling." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Down-trodden Maryland" sung to the Charles Dibdin tune "Tom Bowling." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the third revised edition of the broadside entitled "Down Trodden Maryland." Privately printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "N. G. R." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Document containing the 9th edition (shown top center) of the broadside entitled "Little Sweetheart Come and Kiss Me!" This broadside is from a song written by Arthur W. French with music by W. H. Brockway (1835-1888). The speaker tells his "little...
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Pise, Charles Constantine, 1801-1866; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Poetry;
This document is Neilson Poe's handwritten English translation of a poem written in Latin by Charles Constantine Pise, published in the Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1827, and dedicated to Charles Carroll of Carrollton on...
