Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Mephistophiles K. G. S.; Morris, Thomas Hollingsworth, 1817-1872; Political ballads and songs; United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1863); United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "To the Baltimore poet, Thomas H. M-rr-s, author of 'How They Act in Baltimore'." "Thomas H. M-rr-s" is Thomas Hollingsworth Morris, author of "A.D. 1862, or How They Act in Baltimore" (by a Volunteer...
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; 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...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Holtz, Robert E.; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Lincoln, Abraham,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "We'll Be Free in Our Maryland" written by Robert E. Holtz (not shown) and sung to the tune "Gideon's Band." This broadside proclaims that when the "boys down south in Dixie's land" join together, they...
Program for a celebration and tribute by the city of Baltimore in honor of the liberation of Paris, August 25, 1944. The program includes a listing of the activities of the "Mayor's Committee Celebration Tribute to the Fighting French," such as an...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block South Bond Street between Gough and Pratt Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses are mostly vacant, scheduled to be demolished as part of the...
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,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Meet Me by Moonlight Alone" from the song written by J. Augustine (Joseph Augustine) Wade (1796-1845) and published in England about 1826. The speaker tells his love to "meet him by moonlight alone ... in...
Espionage; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Saul Tepper (1899-1987) that shows a U.S. Army soldier carrying a wounded buddy over his shoulder with shells bursting in the background and the words "We caught hell! -someone must have talked" appearing in the smoke billowing...
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Rules and regulations for driving during air raid warning periods. The rules include stipulations as to who may driving during air raids, the use of emergency cards, driving speeds, lights, passing of other cars, keeping a clear view through the...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
Foldout pamphlet titled "Take Care of Household Rubber" dating from October 1942. The pamphlet includes information on how to care for, patch, and repair household rubber products, including: boots and galoshes; clothing made from rubber thread;...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Letter from the Baltimore Committee on Civilian Defense to blackout permit holders dated November 10, 1942, along with a canvas triangular pennant imprinted with letters "C.D." in red. The letter provides instructions for using C.D. (Civilian...
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Air raid warning driving permit issued on March 2, 1943 by the Baltimore Committee on Civilian Defense. The permit number (4449) is in red in the top right corner, and the permit appears to have been issued to a gas detection officer in the a...
Bible and evolution; Creationism; Dayton (Tenn.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc.--Press coverage--Maryland--Baltimore;
The first carbon page of his typescript for "The Tennessee Circus", one of the columns H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken wrote for the Evening Sun about the proceedings in Dayton, Tennessee before he left to cover the Scopes trial. While some readers...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Spiritual healing and spiritualism; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter dated February 3 and probably written between 1852 and 1854 from Providence, Rhode Island, Sarah Helen Whitman, who once was engaged to Edgar Allan Poe, tells Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law, that she, through their mutual friend...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter dated November 27 (1859) and written from New York City, Sarah Helen Whitman, once engaged to Edgar Allan Poe, promises to have her publisher, Rudd and Carleton, send Poe's mother-in-law Maria Clemm a copy of her new book "Edgar Poe...
In this undated letter believed to be written October 10, 1849 from Lowell, Massachusetts, Annie (Nancy Heywood) Richmond pores out her grief and sympathy at the death of Edgar Allan Poe and invites Maria Clemm to come live with her for as long as...
Aquatint, in colors, published in 1817 by Edward Johnson Coale of Baltimore. This is a reconstruction of the rough view by John Moale made on the spot in 1752, now in the Maryland Historical Society library. The Moale sketch has been considerably...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Viaducts--Maryland;
Engraving by Henry Adlard after the painting by William Henry Bartlett. A proof of the view was published in N. F. Willis' American Scenery. Built in 1834, this famous bridge at Relay is still a part of the main line of the road. It was called the...
