Photograph taken looking southwest, probably from Dugan's Wharf, at the ruins at the foot of O'Donnell's Wharf and at the south side of the Baltimore Basin (Harbor). Among the ruins in the foreground would be the State Tobacco Warehouse (left, west...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Johns Hopkins Hospital; Hopkins, Johns, 1795-1873; Niernsee, Johann Rudolph, 1814–1885; Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Considered one of the finest medical establishments in the country, Johns Hopkins Hospital was founded in 1889 using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins. The building seen on the postcard is the Billings Building, located at 600...
Postcards—Maryland--Annapolis; Post office buildings--Maryland--Annapolis; Annapolis (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The Annapolis post office opened January 1, 1902. Located at 1 Church Circle, the building was designed by James Knox Taylor, a renowned architect, who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, and oversaw construction of other post...
The postcard shows the Nanticoke Bakery in Federalsburg that at the time was owned by Thomas O. Jefferson. After his death in 1916, his son Jerome became the owner. Jeffersons sold the bakery to Emil Nicolai in 1923, and after his death in 1926 it...
Great Britain. His Majesty's Stationery Office; Germany--History--Bombardment, 1940-1945; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster showing a map of Germany pinpointing major bombing attacks by Great Britain's Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) up to October 9, 1940 and entitled "Britain's Air Offensive : R.A.F. attacks on Germany." This map includes a key to symbols...
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; Award presentations; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.); Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated. Baltimore Division;
Program for the presentation of the National Security Award to the workers of the Baltimore plant of Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 1, 1944. Included in the program is a listing of award ceremony...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Architecture, Industrial; Shot Tower (Baltimore, MD);
Pen and ink drawing of by Aaron Sopher of the Baltimore Shot Tower. The drawing was created as an illustration for "Maryland, A Guide to the Old Line State" (published in 1940 by the Writers' Program of the Works' Project Administration in the...
