Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slavery; Slaveholders;
Document containing bills of sale for Josiah M. Cleaveland and Edgar A. Poe. Cleaveland sold a number of household goods to John F. Duryee. Edgar Allan Poe sold a slave on behalf of his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm Poe, to Henry Ridgway of Baltimore...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on Liberty Street northeast of Lombard Street. Buildings on the left went undamaged by the fire, while buildings on the right burned and were destroyed, indicating the western fire line. The turreted...
Photograph of the fireplace in the historic Thomas Run house located at the corner of Kalmia and Thomas Run Roads between Bel Air and Churchville in Harford County, Maryland. The walls surrounding the fireplace are made of painted wood panels. On...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Circus--Maryland--Baltimore;Parades--Maryland--Baltimore;Circus animals--Maryland--Baltimore; Children--Maryland--Baltimore;Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of a circus parade on a May afternoon in Victorian era Baltimore, Maryland. A crowd of spectators, including many Caucasian and African American children, watch from the street or from covered coaches (the one on the left is from the...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Service stations--Maryland--Baltimore; Churches--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking east from North Central Avenue at numbers 1314-1318 East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. To widen Fayette Street, all of the buildings on the north side were torn down in 1936-1937. The building to the left is St....
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts--Maryland--Baltimore; Machine shops--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Painted signs and signboards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wagons--Maryland--Baltimore; Horses
Photograph of the southwest corner of Ann and Thames Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1912, the house on the corner (at number 1743 Thames) was the business address for Richard Walters, decorator. To its left at numbers 900-902 South Ann Street...
Photograph of Born Court located south of Saratoga Street and west of Fremont Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. These two-and-one-half-story row houses (at the end of the alley) were scheduled to be razed in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 300 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists of several two- and three-story brick row houses. On the first floor of...
Authors, American--20th century--Portraits; Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-1961; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait painting; Reid, O. Richard (Oliver Richard), 1898-1961;
Photograph of the H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken portrait painted by O. Richard (Oliver Richard) Reid on November 7, 1930. Reid was an African American artist working in the Harlem section of New York City when Mencken met and sat for him in the...
Authors, American--20th century--Portraits; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Portrait painting;
Portrait painted in 1927 by Nikol Schattenstein (1877-1954) of a young H. L. Mencken at the height of his career. He is wearing a white shirt unbuttoned at the collar with a pair of red pants and suspenders. The suspenders were a gift from Rudolph...
Authors, American--20th century--Portraits; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Portrait painting;
Portrait painted in 1972 by Larry Wheeler of an older, wizened H. L. Mencken. Mencken is seated in a chair and holds a cigar in his right hand. He is wearing a white shirt and blue striped pants with a tie and suspenders. (Editor's note: Mencken...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the tire shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. This shop appears once to have been the wheelwright shop (see mdsc066) as Spoerer transitioned from...
Bald eagle in art; Flags--United States; Fund raising; Liberty bonds; Patriotism; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by (Joseph) Stern (1890-1971) that consists primarily of the following text: "Are you 100% American? Prove it! Buy U.S. Government bonds : Third Liberty Loan." Painted above the text is a bald eagle with upswept wings that is flanked...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district southwest of the upper story of a bulding near Gay and Water Streets. Standing right center are the ruins of the Farmers and Merchants' National Bank Building located on the northwest corner of South...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Liberty and German Streets. In the left foreground beyond the rubble of many small businesses are the ruins of the Hopkins Place Savings Bank. Designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and German Streets. In this elevated view, several buildings that survived the fire can be seen (from left to right): the eleven-story Union Trust Building located on the northeast...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of the roof of the Darby Building. In the foreground is the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building located at number 7 Hopkins Place, the only building within the western fire line to survive...
Photograph taken looking east at the burnt district on Fayette Street from the upper stories of a building near Fayette and Hanover Streets. Among the buildings still standing are (from left to right) the Union Trust Building, the Herald Building...
Baltimore (Md.); Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Landscapes; Round towers; Ships in art;
Engraving painted and engraved by William J. Bennett, published by H. J. Megarey of New York and printed by J. Neale at Illman & Pilbrow's in 1831, that features a view of Baltimore taken near Whetstone Point. This is one of the celebrated Bennett...
