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...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slavery; Slaveholders;
Document containing bills of sale for Josiah M. Cleaveland and Edgar A. Poe. Cleaveland sold a number of household goods to John F. Duryee. Edgar Allan Poe sold a slave on behalf of his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm Poe, to Henry Ridgway of Baltimore...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slaveholders; Slavery;
Document, bill of sale for slave woman named Philis. A typical bill of sale, the above document is a preprinted form with the essential information written in by hand. For the amount of $300, Philis is sold to David L. Maulsby by Eliza Ann Bennett....
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
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...
Program for a celebration and tribute by the city of Baltimore in honor of the liberation of Paris, August 25, 1944. The program includes a listing of the activities of the "Mayor's Committee Celebration Tribute to the Fighting French," such as an...
Eighteen-page document (pamphlet) written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken in 1902 to extol the beauties and charms of Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Containing seven photographs of buildings and scenes around the cemetery and one...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Street (Baltimore, Md.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of Baltimore Street, downtown Baltimore ca. 1907. It had to be a day of celebration, perhaps a national holiday as the street and buildings are decorated with U.S. flags. The tallest building on the right side is the Baltimore and Ohio...
American Red Cross; Burleson, Albert Sydney, 1863-1937; Patriotism; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Dexter that shows the portrait of a young woman dressed in the cap of an American Red Cross nurse, with the title below reading "Eight million patriotic red cross workers have made 291,004,000 necessary articles for war purposes."...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Baby's Got A Tooth" from a song written by Charley Reed and arranged by H. Wannemacher (music not included). This broadside tells the story of an eight-month-old baby boy who has just received his first...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hark! Baby, hark!" This broadside tells the story of a slave woman who is dying from a whipping she received while trying to protect her child from the cruel blows of her master. Her husband recounts the...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Tapping at the Garden Gate" from a song written by J. Loker with music by S. W. New. This broadside tells the story of a two people disturbed every night by a tapping on the garden gate. The one, perhaps...
Braham, David, 1838-1905; Broadsides; Downey, P. J. (Peter J.), b. 1854 or 5; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Two Orphans!" written by P. J. Downey and sung to the tune "Over the Hill to the Poor House" composed by David Braham. This broadside, it is believed, tells the tragic story of the fire that occurred on...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Viaducts--Maryland;
Engraving by Henry Adlard after the painting by William Henry Bartlett. A proof of the view was published in N. F. Willis' American Scenery. Built in 1834, this famous bridge at Relay is still a part of the main line of the road. It was called the...
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland eight dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed Wm [William] Eddis and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5111.
Gassaway, Thomas; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Harwood, Nicholas, 1747-48-1810; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Continental period, 1775-1780; Printing. United States. History;
Maryland eight dollar note dated August 14, 1776 and signed T [Thomas] Gassaway and N [Nicholas] Harwood: serial number 9049.
Couden, Robert, 1708-; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Green, William, d. 1770; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;...
Maryland eight dollar note dated March 1, 1770 and signed R [Robert] Couden and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5727.
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Harbors; Piers;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 18. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Harbor- Baltimore Pier No. 8. Reconstruction of timber pier. View of Pier No. 8....
