Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by J. B. Dehoff. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Gustavus Dorsey. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Eighteen-page document (pamphlet) written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken in 1902 to extol the beauties and charms of Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Containing seven photographs of buildings and scenes around the cemetery and one...
Poe, David, 1742-1816; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, George; Slave bills of sale;
Handwritten copy of a bill of sale for Negro slave Jack sold by David Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's grandfather, to George Poe on March 30, 1802 and recorded April 12, 1802 by William Gibson, clerk of the Baltimore County Court. (Editor's note: This...
Official souvenir program entitled "Hello America!" featuring the All Star European Ice Revue presented by Arthur M. Wirtz and appearing at the Iceland skating rink at Carlin's Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Assembled by Chicago sports promoter and...
Document advertising a three hundred dollar reward for the return of a slave. When slaves ran away, the slave owners would publish such advertisements in the local newspapers, as well as in large cities, like Baltimore, along with posting separate...
African American boys; Annapolis (Md.); Architecture, domestic; Bitters; Drugstore employees; Drugstores; Electric lines; Pedestrians; Sidewalks; Streets; Telephone lines;
Photograph of the City Drug Store at number 164 Main Street in Annapolis, Maryland. Standing in front of and to the left of the front door of the store are several sale clerks, perhaps even the owner. A sign over the door reads "Soda Water." In the...
Photograph of Carroll-Barrister House built in 1722 at the corner of Main and Conduit Streets in Annapolis, Maryland by Charles Carroll, a prominent surgeon and a wealthy Irishman. His son, Charles Carroll, the Barrister (1723-1783), who was born...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.; Laconia (Steamship : 1893-1909); Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Merchant ships--Great Britain; Sun (Baltimore, Md. :...
Photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken standing along the rail of the Cunard Steamship Company's S. S. Lucania headed for Europe in March of 1908. Mencken had just published a book on Nietzsche entitled The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, had...
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Ferry Hill Plantation (Md.); Potomac River; Sharpsburg (Md.); Shepherdstown (W. Va.); United States History Civil War, 1861-1865;
Photograph taken looking across the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, West Virginia from Ferry Hill plantation on the Maryland side. Ferry Hill plantation, where at various times before and after the Battle of Antietam both Confederate and Union...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Cafeterias; Oriole Cafeteria (Baltimore, MD);
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of the interior of an Oriole Cafeteria. The central figure is a woman, seen in profile, seated at table smoking a cigarette. In the background, a variety of other customers are shown eating, drinking, and...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Cattle; Agricultural Exhibitions;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a large cow. The cow has a large ring through its nose attached to a chain. Beside the cow stands a man in a suit and tie. He wears a hat and has cigar or cigarette in his mouth. The drawing is marked as...
Baltimore (Md.); Buildings; Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by Francis Shallus of Philadelphia, Warner and Hanna's plan of the city and environs of Baltimore, respectfully dedicated to the Mayor, City Council and citizens thereof, by the proprietors, 1801. One of the most interesting maps 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...
Broadsides; Clocks and watches; Songs; Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884;
Document containing the broadside entitled "My Grandfather's Clock" from the 1876 song written by Henry C. Work. This broadside tells the story of a floor clock owned by the speaker's grandfather. The clock, we are told, was bought at the man's...
Document containing the broadside entitled "I Only Had 50 Cents," a version of the song known as "The Original Fifty Cents" written by Sam Devere (ca. 1842-1907) , a well-known minstrel and, later, owner of his own vaudeville company who performed...
Engraving that features a view of the residence of Samuel Chase in Baltimore that was used in Brotherhead's book Centennial Book of the Signers. Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and one of the signers of the...
Photograph of "souvenir hunters" looking through a safe salvaged from the ruins. In the background is a sign for Levenson and Zenitz, furniture manufacturers located at number 3 North Gay Street. This view, therefore, is looking east on Baltimore...
Peters, Cortez W. (Wilson), Sr., 1906-1964;African Americans--Charitable contributions;Typists;Typewriters;World War, 1939-1945--African Americans
Photograph of Cortez W. Peters, Sr. (1906-1964), world champion portable typist, shown with ten late-model standard size Royal typewriters that he turned over to the United States Government to aid the drive for 600,000 machines for the Army and...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Sheep--Maryland--Baltimore; Shepherds--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Mansion House (Baltimore, Md.)
Flock of sheep and Mansion House in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore. Beginning around 1869, Druid Hill Park employed a shepherd, whose sheep were used to keep the grass neatly trimmed. Until the mid-1940's, Baltimore City had a flock of over 100 heads...
