In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe begs Maria Clemm to reject the offer made by Neilson Poe to have her and her daughter, Virginia, live with Neilson and his family. At the end of the letter,...
Photograph of a copy of an architect's drawing showing the south front of original Homeland (17__-1839), the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. The drawing was done in 1917 by architect Howard Sill (1867-1927). In the...
Mezzotint and line engraving known as the punishment of Marsyas by Richard Earlom after an original drawing by Claude Lorrain (written as Claude le Lorrain) from a book titled Liber veritatis [Book of truth], or, a collection of prints, after the...
Engraving of view of a seaport under refulgent sunlight by Richard Earlom after an original drawing by Claude Lorrain (written as Claude le Lorrain) from a book titled Liber veritatis [Book of truth], or, a collection of prints, after the original...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Railroad stations;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of the the interior of the Overlea streetcar terminal station. On the left side of the image, two women sit on a bench beneath a window. Through the window, a man is shown boarding a streetcar. In the...
Original etching by Sears Gallagher that features a view of Lexington Market in Baltimore. This covered market has been a Baltimore tradition since 1782, when land donated by General John Eager Howard (1752-1827), a soldier in the American...
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...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
Vernacular architecture--Maryland--Calvert County; African American children--Maryland--Calvert County; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Calvert County
Photograph of a wooden-frame house located on Solomons Island Road in Calvert County, Maryland. This house has a long, rectangular base topped with a gambrel roof that has three dormer windows. On each end of the house is a brick chimney. The...
African American men in art; Clothing and dress in art; Newspaper vendors--Maryland--Baltimore; Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903; Sindall, Harry S., fl. 1850s
Black and white photograph of a Maryland Historical Society (MHS) lithograph of the oil-on-canvas color painting entitled "Moses, the Baltimore News Vendor." The original painting of that title was completed by Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) in...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Cassell, John F. S., 1872-1909; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Food conservation; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the rebuilt Hotel Junker after the 1904 fire. Located between Charles and St. Paul Streets at numbers 20-22 East Fayette Street, the original Hotel Junker, which was designed by architect J. S. Cassell (1872-1909) and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Steamboats; United railways and electric...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from Federal Hill at a panoramic view of the Baltimore City skyline before the 1904 fire.
(Editor's note: The date given on the back of the original photograph, i.e., 1890,...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Resetting of books in...
The Children's Hospital School was dedicated in 1912. It was located at 3825 Greenspring Avenue, in the building pictured in this postcard, which was donated by Mrs. William Painter who wanted to create a memorial to her late husband. Its original...
Original manuscript of the poem entitled "A Valentine" written by Edgar Allan Poe for Mrs. Frances Sargent Osgood on February 13, 1846. (Editor's note: Beginning in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe conducted a literary courtship with Frances Sargent Osgood...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond (Va.); Travel;
In this incomplete letter believed to be the original of a copy dated September 18, 1849 from Norfolk, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe tells Maria Clemm of his recent activities, including his travels and lectures around Norfolk, and of his plans for...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond (Va.); Travel;
In this letter dated September 18, 1849 from Norfolk, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe tells Maria Clemm of his recent activities, including his travels and lectures around Norfolk, and of his plans for returning to Philadelphia. He is upbeat about work,...
