Document containing the broadside entitled "Sweet Maggie Gordon" from an 1880 song composed by Ned Straight (credited only as the arranger here) and published by Mrs. Pauline Lieder. This broadside tells the story of a young man who wonders why his...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Brick wall signs--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph of the east side of the 300 block North Bond Street between Mullikin (right) and Orleans (left) Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses were scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Concerts; Drawing; Musicians; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck entitled "A Quartette." In this sketch, members of the Wednesday Club have gathered for the performance of a string quartet. Frank Clark and Frank Frick are the two men standing at the far left. George B. Coale is seated in...
Baltimore (Md.); Buildings; Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by Francis Shallus of Philadelphia, Warner and Hanna's plan of the city and environs of Baltimore, respectfully dedicated to the Mayor, City Council and citizens thereof, by the proprietors, 1801. One of the most interesting maps of...
Mural painting and decoration, American--Maryland--Catonsville; African Americans m art--Maryland; Bahr, Leonard Marion, 1905-1990; High school libraries--Maryland--Catonsville; Caton, Mary (Polly) Carroll, 1770-1846; Caton, Richard, 1763-1845;...
Photograph of a 1934 mural entitled "Arrival of Mary Carroll Caton at Castle Thunder" by Leonard Marion Bahr (1905-1990) located on the wall of the Catonsville High School library in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The mural was...
Advertising; Architecture, domestic; Automobiles; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Signs and signboards;
Photograph of the side and front of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789),...
Photograph of the side and front of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789),...
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...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dear Robin I'll Be True" from the song by (William) Banks Winter (1857-1936), a minstrel performer and, later, an actor. This broadside lists Otto Sutro & Co. of No. 207 W. Baltimore Street as the music...
Broadsides; Children and death; Flowers; Kennedy, Harry; Mothers;
Document containing the broadside entitled "A Flower From My Angel Mother's Grave," a song by Harry Kennedy, the ventriloquist (ca. 1854-1894) (full name believed to be William Henry Kennedy). In this broadside, the speaker cherishes the memory of...
Broadsides; Brockway, W. H. (William H.), d. 1888; Reunions; Smith, Dexter, ca. 1842-1909; Travel;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Little Rosebud," from a song written by Dexter Smith (1838-1909) with music by W. H. Brockway (1834/35-1888). This broadside tells the story of a man who leaves the woman he loves (the "rosebud" of the...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Maryland, My Home" from an 1853 minstrel song written by C. J. F., with music by Stewart Macaulay (not shown). This broadside tells the story of a young man who, though he has sailed across the Atlantic...
Broadsides; Millard, H. (Harrison), 1830-1895; Love songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Whip-poor-will's Echo Song" written by H. Millard about 1865. The speaker of this broadside asks his love to meet him in the evening in the woodland when the first whip-poor-will calls, so he can tell...
Advertising--Pictorial works; Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts;...
Photograph taken December 30, 1913 of Carl Spoerer's Sons Company located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Built in 1907, this structure contained the motor vehicle factory where the workers shown in this picture built Spoerer automobiles,...
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Industrial mobilization--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster featuring a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, sitting in an automobile with military officers, reviewing civilian performance records. Printed below the photograph are the words of...
United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by L. W. (Lester W.) Bentley (1908-1972) that shows an attractive young woman in a U.S. Coast Guard uniform with a lighthouse in the background and the words "The girl of the year is a SPAR" printed in the sky above. Printed below the...
Hotel Rennert (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in November 1913 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and other Saturday Night Club members at the Rennert Hotel in Baltimore. The Saturday Night Club was an informal group of doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians, artists,...
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,...
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...