Architecture, domestic; Colonial administrators; Governors; Hotels; Prince George's County (Md.); Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869; Rogers, John, 1723-1789; Slaves; Trees;
Photograph of the rear of an old hotel on Main Street in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland. Built between 1760 and 1770, this two-story gabled brick building was probably originally owned by John Rogers (1723-1789), Chancellor of the...
Fishery processing plants--Maryland--Crisfield;Fishery processing plants--Employees--Maryland--Crisfield;Crabs--Processing--Maryland--Crisfield;African American men--Maryland--Crisfield
Photograph of the crab steaming room at a seafood processing plant in Crisfield, Maryland. During the operation, this African American man using a hand crank and pulley will lift the large metal basket, which will be filled with live hard-shelled...
African American sailors--Maryland--Baltimore; African American soldiers--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Army--Service clubs--Maryland--Baltimore; World War, 1914-1918--African Americans;
Photograph of a large group of African American soldiers and sailors posing for a picture in front of a War Camp Community Service club building probably in Baltimore, Maryland. The men standing or sitting in rows in front of this large brick...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Housing--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore; Lawns--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the side and back of a large unidentified brick and frame building surrounded by a vast expanse of lawn and trees in Baltimore, Maryland. On both the front and back of this two-story building with dormers is a wide veranda on each...
Photograph of a float, most likely carrying bells of the McShane Bell Foundry, in a parade on Baltimore Street just east of Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Four pairs of horses are pulling a float on which one large bell and several smaller...
Photographs combined in a triptych to show a panoramic view of the burnt district seen from the roof of the Wise Brothers (Edward H. and Leo H. Wise) Factory located at numbers 126-132 West Fayette Street near Sharp (also known as Little Sharp)...
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...
World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to the...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
Eighteen-page document (pamphlet) written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken in 1902 to extol the beauties and charms of Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Containing seven photographs of buildings and scenes around the cemetery and one...
Schleswig (Germany and Denmark)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Map of the Duchy of Schleswig, a Danish fief. The upper half is still in Denmark, the lower half reaching to Kiel, Rendsburg and Tonningen now in Germany. Also showing the North-Frisian islands (Sylt, etc.). Dating de Wit's atlases and city map...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Picknicking; Outdoor cookery; Rocks; Forests and Fields; Trees;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of people picnicking in the woods. In the foreground, a woman is shown from behind sitting next to a large log. Next to her, several other people stand and sit on top of a large, flat...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Picnicking; Outdoor cookery; Trees;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of people picnicking in an area surrounded by trees. On the right side of the drawing, a woman fans a fire for cooking. Behind her are two full picnic baskets. In the left foreground, a...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Architecture--Domestic;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a house. The house is reddish in color, and has a chimney and gabled roof. Decorative trim extends just below the roofline. The first floor windows are flanked by red shutters. The house has a...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Urban Parks;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of Riverside Park in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, people sit and recline in a grassy area. To the left are a man with a hat and a woman reclining with one arm placed on her side. In the center...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Urban Parks;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of Riverside Park in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground is a large tree. Several people sit or lie beneath the tree, including a boy who reclines while flying a kite. In the left foreground, two people ride...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Cattle; Agricultural Exhibitions;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a large cow. The cow has a large ring through its nose attached to a chain. Beside the cow stands a man in a suit and tie. He wears a hat and has cigar or cigarette in his mouth. The drawing is marked as...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Ships in art;
Colored aquatint by Louis Garneray after one of his own drawings and published by Hocquart of Paris and Bailly Ward & Co. of New York. It was taken from volume 5 of Vues des Côtes de France dan l'Ocean et dans la Mediterranéo, a large collection...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military hospitals--Maryland--Baltimore; Warehouses--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Tinted lithograph by A. Hoen, after the drawing by Henry Whitton that features a view of the West's Buildings of the U.S.A. General Hospital in Baltimore. "West's Buildings consist of a row of six large warehouses, erected some years ago, by...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Harbors--Maryland--Baltimore;
Engraving by J. B. Neagle after the drawing by J. R. Smith. This early view from Federal Hill is of uncertain date, but judging by the large building on Calvert Street between Baltimore and Fayette, evidently Barnum's Hotel, it was drawn between...
