Horse sports--Maryland--Baltimore County; African American young men--Maryland--Baltimore County; Horses--Maryland--Baltimore County; Automobiles--Maryland-- Baltimore County
Photograph of a horse and rider taking a jump at an equestrian event in Baltimore County, Maryland. Three men in ties, shirtsleeves, and straw hats or cap, standing off to the side, appear to be judging the event. A young African American man is...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.);
Colored lithograph probably by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features Fort Federal Hill in Baltimore. In May 1861 Federal Hill was seized and fortified by General Benjamin F. Butler...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Riots--Baltimore (Md.);
Print that features a view in Baltimore of Captain Hare demanding of Marshal Kane the arms taken from the Massachusetts soldiers on April 19, 1861. This event occurred a few days after the attack by citizens on the troops. On June 27 the Marshal...
Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. George Calvert, the virtual founder of Maryland, was born at Kiplin, in the North Riding...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
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...
Correspondence; Cleveland Skating Club; Figure skating; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.; Skating rinks;
Letter from Howard P. Eells, Jr., president of the Cleveland Skating Club, to the president of the Ice Club of Baltimore. In this letter Mr. Eells announces the opening of the Cleveland Skating Club and ice rink, inviting representatives of the Ice...
Book burning; Nazis; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by S. (Steve) Broder (1906-1992) that shows Nazis throwing books into a blazing fire, with the message meant for the people of the United States emblazoned below this image: "Books are weapons in the war of ideas." (This poster depicts...
World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to the...
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...
Autobiographies; Baltimore (Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing first typescript page of the preface to H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Happy Days (1940), the first volume of his autobiographical trilogy. These books contain some of the most delightful prose of this American journalist.
Photograph of the Seventh Annual Turtle Derby held at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Turtle Derby was first held in 1931 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. It became an increasingly popular affair and fund-raising opportunity for Baltimore charities. In...
