Letter from Pete Noble to Mr. F. C. (Frederic C.) Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., containing a handwritten response from Mr. Lee on the back. In this letter Mr. Noble reminds Mr. Lee of their conversation at the Hotel New Yorker about the...
Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861; Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) Siege, 1861; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Maryland" and signed by "A." This broadside, told from the view of a Confederate living under martial law in Maryland, reminds fellow citizens that truth and right are on their side and that one day they...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Patriotism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Southern battle song" and signed by "C." This broadside asks all Southerners to answer the patriotic call and fight the invaders, not for monetary gain but for love of country, for "God and Right" are on...
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Receipts (Acknowledgments);
Document showing the receipt of $1.50 in dues paid by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father, Aug[ust] Mencken, to Boumi Temple, a Baltimore center for the fraternal A.A.O.N.M.S. (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine) for North...
Cityscapes; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Government buildings; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.);
Engraving painted and engraved by William J. Bennett, published by H. J. Megarey of New York and printed by J. & G. Neale at Illman & Pillbrow's, that features a view of Baltimore from Federal Hill. This print was published in 1831 as one of a...
Baltimore, Charles Calvert, Baron, 1699-1751; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of Charles Calvert, Third Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Born during the trying period when his father was straining his resources to maintain...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Document 42 pages long containing photographs taken by Jack Hement (John C. Hemment) of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. This souvenir booklet includes a narrative that provides an overview of the events of the fire and a map that...
Baltimore (Md.); Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Jones, Edward Franc, 1828-1913; Riots; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Baltimore Boys" sung to the tune "Limerick." This broadside particularly refers to the Baltimore riot of 1861 in which Confederate sympathizers attacked Union soldiers from the Sixth Massachusetts...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Flags; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Baltimore Rebel Song." This broadside calls on the boys of the South to rally around the Confederate flag referred to as the "Red and White," and compares the American Civil War to the American War...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dix's manifesto" sung to the tune of "Dearest Mae." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B" (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist), this broadside...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Death; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Dying Confederate's Last Wish." Signed and/or published by "Maryland," this broadside tells the story of a dying Confederate soldier bidding farewell to his comrades in arms and asking them not to...
Broadsides; Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861; Hudson, A. L.; Potomac River; Political ballads and songs; Thompson, H. S. (Henry S.); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the first four stanzas of the broadside entitled "Ellsworth's Avengers" with words by H. S. Hudson, sung to the tune "Annie Lisle" by H. S. Thompson. This broadside is a tribute to the Union Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, who was...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Baby's Got A Tooth" from a song written by Charley Reed and arranged by H. Wannemacher (music not included). This broadside tells the story of an eight-month-old baby boy who has just received his first...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) Siege, 1861; Political ballads and songs; Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883; United...
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Southern Wagon." This broadside is an advertisement to join the Confederacy, the "Southern wagon" of the verses. It mentions Jeff. Davis and Alexander Stephens, president and vice president of the...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Flags; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Southern Flag" sung to the B. R. Hanby tune "[Darling] Nellie Grey" (also spelled "Nelly Gray"). Written by a "Baltimore rebel," this broadside uses the Confederate flag as a symbol of, and metaphor...
Broadsides; Flags; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Union Flag" sung to the B. R. Hanby tune "[Darling] Nellie Grey" (also spelled "Nelly Gray"). Written by "a lady of Baltimore," this broadside is an answer to the pro-Confederate broadside entitled...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Darlington (Md.); Harford County (Md.); Bridges;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 297. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Harford County. Improvement of Nobles Mill Bridge. View of bridge from west end,...
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Patrick Street (Frederick, Md.); Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Frederick--Pictorial works;
A view of West Patrick Street located in historic district of Frederick. The street was a hub of the colonial town that was laid out by Patrick Dulaney in 1745. The National Pike, an early interstate road traversed through what is now Patrick...
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...
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...
