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...
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...
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...
In this letter dated January 12, 1836 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe requests money from George Poe, Jr. for his aunt, Mrs. William (Maria) Clemm, and her daughter, Virginia. In this solicitation, Edgar Allan Poe reveals his...
South Holland (Netherlands)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Based on the surveys by Floriszoon van Berckenrode, the South Holland cities of The Hague, Delft and Rotterdam are shown. This is a highly detailed map. The back side contains a text in French describing the area of South Holland: Delfland, Schiel,...
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...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
Correspondence schools and courses; Journalism--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing the first page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's "student's test" for the Associated Newspaper Bureau School of Journalism. Completed but never sent, this document provides a glimpse into the 19-year-old Mencken's aspirations for a...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Slaves--Dwellings--Maryland--St. Mary's County;African Americans--Dwellings;Farmhouses--Maryland--Deep Falls;Horses--Maryland
Photograph of a farmhouse (formerly slave quarters) at Deep Falls in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The farmhouse is a two-story frame building surrounded by a white picket fence and flanked on the far and rear sides by tall, leafless trees (it is...
Cumberland Dugan & Company; Dugan, Cumberland, 1830-1914; St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (Baltimore, Md.); Factories--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines; Telephone lines; Wagons; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Brick wall...
Photograph of the building housing Cumberland Dugan & Company (formerly the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church) on the northeast corner of Howard and Barre Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Established by Cumberland Dugan (1830-1914), a wealthy...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Ellicott City; African American men--Maryland--Ellicott City; Service stations--Maryland--Ellicott City; Freemasonry--Buildings; Streets--Maryland--Ellicott City; Grocery trade--Maryland--Ellicott City
Photograph of the junction of Columbia Pike (Route 29) and Frederick Road (Route 40) in the heart of Ellicott City in Howard County, Maryland. To the left is an Esso gas station. It sits on a corner across from two stone buildings. The three-story...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Barks (Sailing ships); Locust Point (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Piers--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of the May Flint, a four-masted iron bark docked at Locust Point in Baltimore, Maryland in March of 1895. Formerly the British iron steamer known as Persian Monarch, the ship had been bought,...
