Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Figure skating; Financial statements; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.;
Document showing the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. balance sheet and operating statement for the 1936-1937 season, prepared by P. T. MacKie, the treasurer. Included among the club's receipts are dues collected for two seasons and refunds of monies...
World War, 1939-1945; Shipyards--Maryland--Baltimore; Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.; Award presentations;
Program for the presentation of the Maritime Merit Eagle Pennant to Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc. from the U.S. Maritime Commission on June 13, 1943. Included in the program is an image of a Western Union telegram notifying the President of...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense; Air raid wardens
Booklet dating from January 1943 titled "A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens," which was one of a series of handbooks published by the United States Office of Civilian defense instructing civil defense workers in their duties. The handbook includes...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; General Motors Corporation. Eastern Aircraft Division;
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corporation in Baltimore on February 8, 1945. Included in the program is a summary of the history and...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Food industry--Maryland; S.E.W. Friel Company (Queenstown, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of S.E.W. Friel, Queenstown and Wye Mills Plants, on March 17, 1945 at the Centreville Armory in Centreville, Maryland. The program includes images of...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Price Brothers Company (Frederick, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the workers of Price Brothers Company in Frederick, Maryland on April 28, 1944. The program includes a copy of a letter dated April 1, 1944 from U.S. Under...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.); Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated. Baltimore Division;
Program for the presentation of the National Security Award to the workers of the Baltimore plant of Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 1, 1944. Included in the program is a listing of award ceremony...
Marriage records--Maryland; Maryland--Genealogy; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Registers of births, etc.--Maryland;
Document showing the marriage certificate of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's parents, August Mencken and Anna Margareta Abhau, dated November 11, 1879. This four-page document includes a page to record their own births and the births of their...
Baltimore, Charles Calvert, Baron, 1699-1751; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Immediately after the death of the fourth Lord, the principal powers specified by the...
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Baltimore (Md.); Harbors; Hotels; Maps; Parks; Patapsco River (Md.); Railroad stations; Streets;
Street map of Baltimore that shows streets, automobile routes, hotels, railroad stations, Pullman car cities, berths for housing boats and points of interest. This map was prepared for the convenience of visitors to the 65th Annual Imperial Council...
Memorial Day--Maryland--Baltimore; Processions--Maryland--Baltimore; Veterans--Maryland Baltimore; American Legion
Photograph of an American Legion color guard during Memorial Day ceremonies in 1983 at Baltimore National Cemetery located at number 5501 Frederick Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Included in this group are several African Americans, reflecting the...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Floor plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing of the first-floor plan of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David Maulden...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Floor plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing of the second-floor plan of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David Maulden...
Fair of the Iron Horse (1927 : Halethorpe, Md.); Tobacco--Maryland; Agricultural exhibitions--Maryland; African American men--Maryland--Halethorpe; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Mules; Spectators--Maryland--Halethorpe
Photograph of tobacco rolling, an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a celebration of its one hundredth birthday held from September 24 to October 15, 1927 at outdoor fairgrounds in Halethorpe,...
Actors; African American men; Anniversaries; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Baltimore County (Md.); Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Clothing and dress; Livery; United States History;
Photograph of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (left, portrayed by Charles White) and his African American attendant (right, portrayed by Fearless Williams), an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Horses; Livery; Maryland; Metis; Native Americans; Ox driving; Oxen; Railroads; United States History; Wagons;
Photograph of Red River oxcarts hauling hides, an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a celebration of its one hundredth birthday held from September 24 to October 15, 1927 at outdoor fairgrounds in...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
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...
