Baltimore, Cecil Calvert, Baron, ca. 1605-1675; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Cecil (or Cecilius), second Lord Baltimore, to whom King Charles issued the charter of...
Broadsides; Flags; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing an untitled broadside beginning with the words "I left New Kent Court-house, all in the month of May." This broadside, written by Edwin Rosell of Company G of the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers (known originally as "The Luzerne...
Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862; Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894; Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858; Broadsides; Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879; Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890; Jackson, Stonewall,...
Document containing an untitled broadside beginning with a Latin epigram, "Quamdiu tandem abutere patientiae nostra? Ad quem finem sese jactabit audacia?" and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist)....
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...
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...
Foldout pamphlet titled "Take Care of Household Rubber" dating from October 1942. The pamphlet includes information on how to care for, patch, and repair household rubber products, including: boots and galoshes; clothing made from rubber thread;...
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Dandy Dude" from William Carleton's comedy, "The Dude," sung at Ford's Opera House by Thatcher, Primrose, and West's Minstrels. Between 1882 and 1889, George Thatcher, George H. Primrose, and William...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Do Not Turn Me From Your Door." An only child is begging for money or food for herself and her widowed, sick mother. The title and all of the verses are displayed within a decorative border. Above the...
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Text; Council of Trent (1545-1563 : Trento, Italy); Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Jesus Christ--Art; Missals--Texts--Early works to 1800; Wood-engraving, Italian--16th century;
Page with rubrication and a woodcut of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ from a Roman missal printed in Venice in 1576. Published by heirs of Lucantonio di Giunta, the missal was issued in accordance with decrees of the Council of Trent and contained...
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...
Baltimore (Md.); Broadsides; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "God will Repay." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and signed by "H. Rebel," this broadside focuses on the Civil War in Baltimore in 1861 and refers to such notable Baltimore figures as Severn...
Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911; Broadsides; Haverly, Jack, 1837-1901; Love; Minstrels; Rejection (Psychology);
Document containing the broadside entitled "Good Bye, Susan Jane." This broadside tells the story of a young man rejected by a young woman named Susan Jane, who says that she has fallen in love with another man. James A. (Jimmy) Bland, one of 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,...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute--Report cards; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Heathan days, 1890-1936; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Report cards;
Document dated April 1896 showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Baltimore Polytechnic Institute senior class report card. This report card includes his monthly grades from October 1895 through April 1896. "Harry", as he was still known, seems to...
Knapp, Frederick, 1821-1893; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Report cards; Private schools--Maryland;
Document showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's final report card for his first year of education at F. Knapp's Institute, dated June 30, 1887. According to the report card, "Master Harry Mencken" was considered to be "a good boy and scholar!" From...
Document containing the broadside entitled "A Holiday's Dream, After Too Much Egg Nog." This broadside is a light-hearted advertisement for "Marble Hall," a clothing store owned by Smith, Bros. & Co. in the 1860s and located at 40 West Baltimore...
Broadsides; Pike, Marshall S. (Marshall Springs); Reunions; Travel;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Home Again" from the song composed by Marshall S. Pike. This broadside relates how good it feels to be home from a foreign shore, reunited with old friends. Centered between the two words of the title is...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Bradford, Augustus W. (Augustus Williamson), 1806-1881; Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Flags; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "In Maryland, My Maryland." This broadside, the Union answer to the Confederate poem entitled "Maryland, My Maryland" written by James Ryder Randall, claims Union soldiers are true soldiers just like...
Greeting cards--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Correspondence;
Document showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Christmas and New Year's greeting card to his parents for the 1887-1888 season. At 7 years of age, a very young and very humble "Harry", the name his family called him as a boy, shows an early ability...
Payne, J. Howard, 1887-1960;African American lawyers--Maryland--Baltimore;Catholics--Maryland--Baltimore
Photographic portrait of J. Howard Payne (1887-1960), a distinguished Baltimore African American politician and attorney. Educated in Baltimore public schools, he attended and was a graduate of Howard University Law School. Admitted to the bar of...
