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...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Victory at Last," containing the words of a Christian hymn. The hymn portrays Christians as soldiers in Christ's army ("our Saviour is our Captain"). With the world as their battlefield, the Bible as...
In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe begs Maria Clemm to reject the offer made by Neilson Poe to have her and her daughter, Virginia, live with Neilson and his family. At the end of the letter,...
African Americans in art; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Freedmen--Maryland-- Baltimore; Migration, Internal--Maryland--History--19th century
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 25 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of September 30, 1865, depicting the arrival of a group of African American freedmen and their families at Baltimore, Maryland. According to...
Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Mephistophiles K. G. S.; Morris, Thomas Hollingsworth, 1817-1872; Political ballads and songs; United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1863); United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "To the Baltimore poet, Thomas H. M-rr-s, author of 'How They Act in Baltimore'." "Thomas H. M-rr-s" is Thomas Hollingsworth Morris, author of "A.D. 1862, or How They Act in Baltimore" (by a Volunteer...
Baltimore (Md.); Political ballads and songs; Price, William, 1794?-1868;
Document containing the broadside entitled "William Price" sung to the tune "John Todd." The speaker of this Confederate broadside asks William Price why he, as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1861-1862, sponsored the "Treason Bill"...
Program of attractions for the Boulevard and Waverly Theatres in Baltimore for the week of December 4, 1938. Movies showed that week include "The Great Waltz," "The Citadel," "Girls' School," "Listen Darling," "The Lady Objects," and "Come on...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baseball; Beer; Breweries; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Junior World Series (Baseball); Scheduling;
Schedule of games for the 1944 season of the International League (IL) Baltimore Orioles baseball club. The schedule includes the date for every IL game, with the name of every team city included. Printed on the back page is an advertisement for...
Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Gòˆring, Hermann, 1893-1946--Caricatures and cartoons; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Savings stamps--United States; War posters, American; World War,...
Color poster featuring a cartoon poking fun at Nazi leaders Adolph Hitler (left), Hermann Goering (center), and Joseph Goebbels (right) that urges Americans to buy war bonds with this message: "For victory ... put at least 10% of every pay into war...
Flags--United States; Shipping; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States; World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States;
Color poster by Herbert (Herbert William) Meyer (1882-1960) that shows in its upper quadrant the scene of a busy shipyard with a United States flag and a flag of the United States Shipping Board displayed prominently in the foreground. Below this...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Price Brothers Company (Frederick, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the workers of Price Brothers Company in Frederick, Maryland on April 28, 1944. The program includes a copy of a letter dated April 1, 1944 from U.S. Under...
In this incomplete letter dated December 1, 1864 and written on the stationary of the Library of the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison, a friend of Edgar Allan Poe, tries to reestablish correspondence with Poe's...
In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe reassures his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter Virginia that he is saving money and that if the two agree to come live with him in Richmond he will provide...
In his letter dated November 29, 1835 and written from Augusta, Georgia, William Poe, Jr., a cousin, relates some interesting facts about the Georgian branch of the Poe family to Maria Clemm. The letter is testament to the piety of this branch of...
Enlarged hand colored and varnished photograph of an old print that features a view of the Fairview Inn. According to a notation pasted on the back of this print, the Fairview Inn is "located on Old Frederick Road through from Loudon Park." The...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Photograph taken looking south at the east side of the 200 block South Bond between Pratt and Gough Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses were scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block South Bond Street between Gough and Pratt Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses were scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Automobile occupants--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Ford automobile; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of early automobilists in an early-model Ford motor car in front of the Hotel Edgewood at number 1501 Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The caption accompanying the photograph, published in the Baltimore Evening Sun on August...
Photograph of a float, most likely carrying bells of the McShane Bell Foundry, in a parade on Baltimore Street just east of Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Four pairs of horses are pulling a float on which one large bell and several smaller...
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...
