Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. George Calvert, the virtual founder of Maryland, was born at Kiplin, in the North Riding...
Painting of Benedict Leonard Calvert, Fourth Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Benedict Leonard Calvert, second son of the third Lord Baltimore, upon the...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "An Appeal to the South" and signed by "H.", "A Daughter of Dixie." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War, this broadside calls on Southerners to take up arms and defend themselves against the tyranny...
Schleswig (Germany and Denmark)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Map of the Duchy of Schleswig, a Danish fief. The upper half is still in Denmark, the lower half reaching to Kiel, Rendsburg and Tonningen now in Germany. Also showing the North-Frisian islands (Sylt, etc.). Dating de Wit's atlases and city map...
Sketches by Adalbert Volck that feature a rider and his mount. In the upper sketch, the horse gallops off with a billow of steam pluming from his nostrils. The riders feet are out of the stirrups, and his hat has blown off his head. In the lower...
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...
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...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Hessians; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Song of the Baltimore Rebels" sung to the R. Bishop Buckley tune "Wait for the Wagon." This Confederate broadside brags about the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas, Virginia, where...
