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...
Ambuhl, Edward; Broadsides; Hackelton, M. W. (Maria Williams), b. 1833; Love; Sadness;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Katie's Secret" from an 1863 song written by M. W. Hackelton with music by Edward Ambuhl. In this broadside a young woman named Katie recounts how her perspective of the world has changed now that her...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Will You Love Me When I'm Old?" This broadside raises the question asked by many aging couples; i.e., with aging, will their spouse lose interest in them and their marriage? Centered below the title and...
Soldiers--United States; Victory Book Campaign; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Irving Spellens that shows an open book with the portrait of a soldier and the year "1943" on the left page and the words "Victory Book Campaign" on the right page. Positioned above and below this image, respectively, are the words...
In this undated letter believed to be written October 10, 1849 from Lowell, Massachusetts, Annie (Nancy Heywood) Richmond pores out her grief and sympathy at the death of Edgar Allan Poe and invites Maria Clemm to come live with her for as long as...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Ellicott City (Md.); Architecture--Domestic;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a road in Ellicott City, Maryland. A man and a small dog walk along the edge of the road. Further ahead is a car and another figure. Part of the road is lined by a stone wall and fence. Behind the wall and...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Anthony, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a scene relating to the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. On one side of a waterway, buildings burn with flames reaching high into the sky. Fireman fight the fire with horse-drawn fire engines, and civilians flee...
