Document containing the broadside entitled "White Wings" from the 1884 song written by (William) Banks Winter (1857-1936) and sung by J. P. O'Keefe of Thatcher, Primrose, and West's Minstrels. This broadside lists Otto Sutro & Co. of No. 207 W....
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...
Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; Orphans; Peters, J. L. (John L.); Poverty; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Driven From Home" from the 1868 song written by Will. S. Hays, one of the most prolific and popular songwriters of the 19th century, and published by J. L. Peters of New York. This broadside tells the...
Broadsides; Flags; Political ballads and songs; Religious poetry; Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American; Worthington, George F. (George Fitzhugh), d. 1887;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Prisoner at Home!" a poem written and self-published by George F. Worthington (1814-1887), an Episcopal clergyman from Baltimore, Maryland. This sequel to the broadside entitled "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! or...
Birds in literature; Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; White, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1832-1892;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Come, Birdie, Come" with Will. S. Hays listed as the author. In this broadside the speaker talks to a bird sitting in a nest nearby, asking the bird to come and live with him in his home. The bird flies...
Church Home (Baltimore, Md.); Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884;
In this letter dated September 14, 1863 and written from Baltimore, Maryland, Maria Clemm informs Neilson Poe she is now living in the Church Home on Broadway in Baltimore. Although her stay is being paid for by the ladies of St. Paul's Church, she...
Broadsides; Flags; Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843; Star-spangled banner (Song); Political ballads and songs; United States History War of 1812; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Star-Spangled Banner." This broadside contains the verses to the poem written by Francis Scott Key who was inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor after a...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Maryland, My Home" from an 1853 minstrel song written by C. J. F., with music by Stewart Macaulay (not shown). This broadside tells the story of a young man who, though he has sailed across the Atlantic...
Broadsides; Children and death; Flowers; Kennedy, Harry; Mothers;
Document containing the broadside entitled "A Flower From My Angel Mother's Grave," a song by Harry Kennedy, the ventriloquist (ca. 1854-1894) (full name believed to be William Henry Kennedy). In this broadside, the speaker cherishes the memory of...
Baltimore (Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Customhouses; Fells Point (Baltimore, Md.); Hospitals; Hotels; Jails; Monuments; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Watercolor drawing signed by T. Tanssen and dated 1831. A panorama from near what is today the corner of St. Paul and Madison Streets, at that time the southern edge of Howard's Park. The picture was found in Australia by an American sailor, a...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Ma's Gone Out to Pray." This broadside tells the story of a young boy whose mother has gone out to pray at saloons to stop men, especially husbands, from drinking alcohol. The "Dio Lewis" mentioned in the...
Postcards--Maryland--Catonsville; Richard Gundry Home (Catonsville, Md.); Psychiatric hospitals--Maryland--Catonsville; Catonsville (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Mary M. Gundry and her son, Dr. Richard F. Gundry, opened in 1891 a home for treating nervous and mental diseases in Catonsville. They called it Richard Gundry Home in memory of Dr. Richard Gundry, Sr. The complex consisted of five buildings, one...
Boardinghouses; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Travel;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Maria Clemm dated April 7, 1844. In this letter, Poe recounts his latest journey with Virginia, including details about their arrival, search for a place to stay, and the meals they ate once they'd found lodging,...
Alcoholism; Bradley, Nellie H.; Broadsides; Children and death; Parkhurst, Mrs. E. A.; Starvation; Temperance;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Drunkard's Lone Child!" from a song written in 1866 by "Stella" (Nellie H. Bradley) with music by "Figaro" (Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst [1836-1918]) and also known as "Father's a Drunkard, and Mother Is Died."...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dear Liberty or Maryland Will Be Free" sung to the tune "Carry me back to old Virginny." This broadside proclaims that Maryland citizens have lost their liberty but that one day soon the Civil War will...
Broadsides; Love; Songs; United States History War of 1812; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Edwin and Mary." This broadside tells the story of two young lovers, Edwin and Mary, who were torn apart by war. That war was probably the War of 1812, when American merchant ships were being stopped on...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baltimore Transit Company; Baseball; Beer; Breweries; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Scheduling;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1952 season of the International League Baltimore Orioles baseball team. The schedule includes the dates for home and away games, with the name of the opposing team city listed. Sunday games as well as the...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baltimore Transit Company; Baseball; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Scheduling;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1951 season of the International League Baltimore Orioles baseball team. The schedule includes the dates for home and away games, with the name of the opposing team city listed. Sunday games as well as the...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baltimore Transit Company; Baseball; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948; Scheduling; Stadiums;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1949 season of the International League Baltimore Orioles baseball team. The schedule includes the dates for home and away games, with the name of the opposing team city listed. Sunday games as well as the...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baltimore Transit Company; Baseball; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Physical fitness; Scheduling; Stadiums;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1948 season of the International League Baltimore Orioles baseball team. The schedule includes the dates for home and away games, with the name of the opposing team city listed. Sunday games as well as the...
