Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Richmond Taken" sung to the tune "The Days When We Went Gipsying" composed by N. J. Sporle (1812-1853). The title of this broadside is used ironically, in that the broadside purports to tell the story of...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; General Motors Corporation. Eastern Aircraft Division;
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corporation in Baltimore on February 8, 1945. Included in the program is a summary of the history and...
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...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Riots--Baltimore (Md.); Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by Currier & Ives that features the Massachusetts volunteers fighting their way through the streets of Baltimore on their march to the defense of the National Capitol on April 19, 1861. This seems to represent the height of the...
Abolitionists; African Americans; Civil rights; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Constitutional amendments; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Parades; Politicians;
Colored lithograph by Metcalf & Clark, 687 West Baltimore Street, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and Celebration on May 19th...
Black and white photograph of a color lithograph by Metcalf & Clark of Baltimore, Maryland, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Fire chiefs--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Portraits;
Photograph of former Chief Engineer (Fire Chief) William C. (Corbell) McAfee (1865-1906), who, when Chief Engineer George W. Horton was injured within an hour of the start of the 1904 fire, was asked by Mayor Robert M. McLane (1903-1904) to take...
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...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Elzey, Arnold, 1816-1871; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; ; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Left" written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." This broadside tells of the exploits of Arnold Elzey, a "Maryland hero," and of the First Maryland Infantry (C.S.A.) at the...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Holtz, Robert E.; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Lincoln, Abraham,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "We'll Be Free in Our Maryland" written by Robert E. Holtz (not shown) and sung to the tune "Gideon's Band." This broadside proclaims that when the "boys down south in Dixie's land" join together, they...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Rural roads--Maryland; Farms--Maryland--Washington County
The Little Mill, or Miller's Mill was a part of David R. Miller farm buildings, a residence sited in the center of Antietam Battlefield near historic Burnside's Bridge. Miller had several orchards, cornfields, and pasture land in the area. A part...
United States. Navy--Boats; United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1939-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster featuring a black and white photograph of a U.S. Navy destroyer tender and part of her flotilla (center), surrounded by sketches of various other support ships, i.e., "Navy ships behind the scenes." Below the photograph is text...
Fourth of July; Fund raising; Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775; Liberty; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Lexington; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; United States. Continental...
Four separate color posters on one sheet by JD or J. (James Henry) Daugherty (1889-1974) that shows four historical scenes meant to inspire Americans to "buy war stamps & bonds."
Upper left: In this poster, minutemen are portrayed fighting...
Allied Powers (1919- ); Soldiers--Soviet Union; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Maps; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Maps; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea--Maps; World War,...
Two color posters on one sheet: the Newsmap (war fronts maps) for February 1, 1943 (for week of January 22 to January 29) is on the obverse side; and photographs and descriptions of the Soviet infantry and its weaponry are on the reverse side....
Allied Powers (1919- ); Flags--United nations (1942- ); Great Britain. Ministry of Information; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster of two groups of soldiers that stand facing each other, with the words "Freedom shall prevail!" emblazoned below. Each soldier wears the uniform of an Allied Power fighting in World War II. There are twenty soldiers and nations...
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...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Food industry--Maryland; S.E.W. Friel Company (Queenstown, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of S.E.W. Friel, Queenstown and Wye Mills Plants, on March 17, 1945 at the Centreville Armory in Centreville, Maryland. The program includes images of...
