Letter from Norman A. Falkner to the gentlemen of the Ice Club of Baltimore. In his letter Mr. Falkner promotes his one-legged skating act, advertising the combination of the primary elements of the International Style of figure skating and special...
Advertising; Athletes with disabilities; Falkner, Norman A. (Norman Arthur), 1894-1985; Figure skating; Programs;
Flyer advertising Norman A. Falkner, the world's only one-legged figure skater. The flyer includes a photograph of Mr. Falkner as well as diagrams of the patterns he skates during his performance. Falkner lost his leg in World War I but, determined...
Recruiting and enlistment; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a soldier holding a rifle with fixed bayonet horizontally across his chest, standing with one leg rising out of North America and one leg rising out of South America. The caption for this poster reads "Como un solo hombre," which...
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...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Love" (also known as "The Bald-Headed End of the Broom") from an 1877 song composed by Harry Bennett. This broadside warns young men that marriage isn't as wonderful as it may appear during the courtship...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Hair dyes;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of man selling another man hair dye. The salesman is a heavyset man with bushy eyebrows and sideburns. He wears a long coat, and holds a bottle in one hand and a pair of glasses in the other. Behind him is a...
