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...
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...
French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States;...
Color poster from the May 1942 cover illustration for Ladies' Home Journal by A. (Alfred) Parker (1906-1985) that shows a mother watch as her daughter licks a savings stamp before pasting it into a stamp book. On the floor next to the girl's feet...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Indians of North America;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a Native American man who has just stepped on a clam or some other type of bivalve. The man grimaces in pain and grasps his foot in his hand. He wears a single feather in his hair. The drawing is marked as...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Girls in art; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth;
Color advertisement for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. In the center of this advertisement is a young girl wearing a sun dress and looking at a butterfly perched on her...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Women in advertising--United States;
Color advertisement for Havana Rose cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. In this advertisement three young women dressed in shoes, stockings, and summer...
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Rules and regulations for driving during air raid warning periods. The rules include stipulations as to who may driving during air raids, the use of emergency cards, driving speeds, lights, passing of other cars, keeping a clear view through the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); April; Fashion Merchandising;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a woman looking at a shop window display. The woman wears a nice dress, a fur stole, heels, and a hat adorned with bird-like wings on the top. In one hand, she holds an umbrella and small purse. In the shop...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); August (Month); Beach-going; Summer;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a family going to the beach. The family is comprised of a woman, a man, a child, a teenage girl. The woman walks in front, carrying a thermos and food items. She wears a dress and sunhat. The man wears a straw...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the roof of the Fidelity Building at the Baltimore business district before the 1904 fire. The Fidelity Building, which is located on the northwest corner of Charles and Lexington Streets, affords an elevated...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Cafeterias;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of the interior of a Baltimore cafeteria. The drawing depicts various cafeteria customers eating, reading the newspaper, and conversing with one another. At the right hand side of the drawing is the cafeteria...
African American agricultural laborers--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Tomato industry--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Tomatoes--Transportation--Maryland; Inland water transportation--Maryland
Photograph of baskets of tomatoes ready for shipping on the wharf at Millstone Landing, St. Mary's County, Maryland. To the left, straddling a railing, is an African American worker holding a large tomato in the palm of his hand.
American National Red Cross. Nursing Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a young woman wearing a nurse's uniform. She holds a candle in one hand at shoulder level and envisions her work as a Red Cross Student Reserve nurse. The candle casts shadows over the woman's shoulder, and in the shadows this woman...
Espionage; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by O. (Otto) Soglow (1900-1975) that makes use of three cartoon figures, a rather puzzled-looking American gentleman (center) and the large ears and partial faces of Adolph Hitler (left) and Hideki Tōjō (right) as they attentively...
Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by H. Macke that shows the portrait of an attractive young woman (background) holding a quarter in one hand and a savings stamp in the other hand while appearing behind the darkened image of a soldier (middle ground) running with his...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slaveholders; Slavery;
Document, bill of sale for slave woman named Philis. A typical bill of sale, the above document is a preprinted form with the essential information written in by hand. For the amount of $300, Philis is sold to David L. Maulsby by Eliza Ann Bennett....
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Civilians in War; Bombing, Aerial;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher depicting a scene after a bombing. The scene appears to take place inside a dark building. Two adults surround the lifeless body of a small child. One adult sits crouched with his (or her?) head buried...
Burlesques; Drawing; Rhodes, William Barnes, 1772-1826; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the Thomas (i.e., William) Barnes Rhodes burlesque drama, Bombastes Furioso. In this illustration, the lavishly dressed Distaffina sits in a chair next to a spinning wheel with her arm...
Flags--United States; Freedom; Fund raising; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster that shows a worker standing in a field and divided down the middle so that in his right hand he holds a United States flag and there is a productive city and factories in the background, while on his left hand and foot are a ball and...
Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Nolting, William G., 1866-1940; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wyatt, J....
Photograph taken looking west from just east of St. Paul Street at the unit block of East Lexington Street including the ruins of the Law Building (center). Designed by Charles E. Cassell and built in 1893, the seven-story Law Building located on...
