Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Elzey, Arnold, 1816-1871; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; ; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Left" written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." This broadside tells of the exploits of Arnold Elzey, a "Maryland hero," and of the First Maryland Infantry (C.S.A.) at the...
Photograph taken looking west at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street west of Gay Street. In the foreground is a man looking at a piece of fire hose left in the street. Farther along the street are wagons parked in the middle while...
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)...
Haardt, Sara, 1898-1935; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken on August 27, 1930 of the wedding party of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and Sara Powell Haardt at the entrance to St. Stephen the Martyr Protestant Episcopal Church at North and Warwick Avenues in Baltimore. Standing to the...
Abolitionists; African Americans; Civil rights; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Constitutional amendments; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Parades; Politicians;
Colored lithograph by Metcalf & Clark, 687 West Baltimore Street, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and Celebration on May 19th...
Photograph of the staff in the main room of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 26 at number 5427 Belair Road in the Gardenville section of Baltimore, Maryland. Standing by the recent fiction display (right) are Raymond B. Agler,...
Black and white photograph of a color lithograph by Metcalf & Clark of Baltimore, Maryland, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Cityscapes; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Photograph taken looking southwest at the Baltimore skyline ablaze near Calvert and Baltimore Streets at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. The needle-like structure on the left center of the photograph is the Phoenix Shot Tower, while the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Power-plants; United railways and electric company of Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the Baltimore business district between the Jones Falls on the east (left) and South Street on the west (right) and Exchange Place on the north (foreground) and the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) on the south...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Building, Fireproof; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Post office...
Photograph taken looking northeast across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district near the 200 block East Pratt Street between Calvert Street and Cheapside. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses including grocers and...
Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Newspaper buildings; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street west from Gay Street. Among the buildings that survived the fire are (from left to right) the Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building (left), the Maryland Trust Company...
Broadsides; Flags; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing an untitled broadside beginning with the words "I left New Kent Court-house, all in the month of May." This broadside, written by Edwin Rosell of Company G of the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers (known originally as "The Luzerne...
Couden, Robert, 1708-; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Green, William, d. 1770; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;...
Maryland eight dollar note dated March 1, 1770 and signed R [Robert] Couden and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5727.
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland eight dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed Wm [William] Eddis and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5111.
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Patterson, Paul Chenery, 1878-1952; Portrait photography; Thomson, James M. (James McIlhany), 1878-1959;
Portrait photograph taken October 1926 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (standing fifth from left) with colleagues Paul Patterson (sixth from left) of the Baltimore Sun and James M. Thomson (seventh from left) of the New Orleans States-Item (now the...
Dedications; Park Band (Baltimore, Md.); Parks; Preston, James H. (Harry), 1860-1938; Politicians; Special events;
Photograph of the dedication ceremonies for St. Paul Place, including Preston Terraces (now known as Preston Gardens) in Baltimore, Maryland. At 3:30 p.m. on May 15, 1919, the landscape architect Thomas Hastings (1860-1929) (seated to the left 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...
Hotel restaurants--Maryland--Baltimore;Dinners and dining--Maryland--Baltimore;Mural painting and decoration--20th century--Maryland--Baltimore;Hotel Belvedere (Baltimore, Md.);Rogers, Olive Verna, 1903-1989;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the John Eager Howard Room at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Named in honor of John Eager Howard (1752-1827), the Revolutionary War hero and politician who originally owned the land on which the hotel is located, this...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Brick wall signs--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph of the east side of the 300 block North Bond Street between Mullikin (right) and Orleans (left) Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses were scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Photograph in fisheye view of the waiting room at Pennsylvania Station in Baltimore, Maryland. In preparation for Penn Station's 1983 rededication, window washers are clean lobby windows. One window washer is using a ladder to reach the higher...
