Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Flags; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil War,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "There Is Life in Old Maryland Yet" written by "Cola" (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist). Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War, this broadside employs a refrain...
Children of military personnel; Espionage; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by DHS (believed to be Dorothy Hope Smith, 1895-1955) that shows a sad-looking young girl clutching a picture of her serviceman father, with the text positioned below reading "Don't kill her daddy with careless talk." Below this...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the third revised edition of the broadside entitled "Down Trodden Maryland." Privately printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "N. G. R." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
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...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Federalsburg (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Rivers; River channelization;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 465. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Federalsburg, Caroline County. The clearing, deepening, and straightening of Marshy...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan Poe's...
In this letter dated December 7, 1870 and written from Baltimore, Maryland, Maria Clemm asks Neilson Poe for more money ($10) from her "fortune." She lets him know she hopes his wife Josephine and his daughters will visit her during the Christmas...
Health; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Neilson Poe dated August 8, 1845. In this letter, Edgar Allan Poe apologizes for waiting so long to write to Neilson Poe but explains that he has been unable to procure some papers that will allow him to make a reply...
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,...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 12 pages long containing the seventh and final semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission, ending September 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Dynamite; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the collapsing wall of a building on Baltimore Street near South Charles Street shortly after dynamite charges were set off. Whether this was done during the fire, to prevent its spread, or done after the fire, to remove...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Crowds; Dynamite; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Street-railroad...
Photograph taken looking west from the upper story of a building near Light and German Streets at the dynamite line on Charles and German Streets about 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 7, 1904. As businessmen (foreground) load and haul away important...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
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...
Broadsides; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Love songs; Political ballads and songs; Slavery;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Darling Nelly Gray" (also spelled "Nellie Grey"). A young man talks about the time he spent on a Kentucky shore, rowing in his canoe and strumming his banjo for his beloved Nelly Gray. As the song...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Down-trodden Maryland" sung to the Charles Dibdin tune "Tom Bowling." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Down-trodden Maryland" sung to the Charles Dibdin tune "Tom Bowling." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Broadsides; Heaven; Hymns; Macarthy, Harry, 1834-1888; Weishampel, J. F. (John F.), Sr.;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Happy Journey to the Promised Land," sung to the air "Bonnie Blue Flag." This hymn compares contemporary Christian salvation to the journey of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land,...
African Americans; Bland, James A. (James Allen), 1854-1911; Haverly, Jack, 1837-1901; Minstrels; Slavery; Spirituals (songs);
Document containing the broadside entitled "In the Morning by the Bright Light." Although some regard the words to this song as a celebration of the end of slavery, that view seems short-sighted. The point of the song is spiritual in nature, with...
