Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Kent County (Md.); Maps; Maryland; Saint Mary's County (Md.); Talbot County...
Map of Virginia and Maryland by Augustine Herrman for Lord Baltimore, dated 1673, reproduced by Edward H. Richardson Associates, Inc. North is to the right on this map which includes the following counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore (spelled...
Advertisement for the Food Stamp Plan dating from 1941. The advertisement explains that the Food Stamp Plan, operated by the United States Dept. of Agriculture in conjunction with local agencies and businesses, distributes surplus farm and food...
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...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
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...
Braham, David, 1838-1905; Broadsides; Carncross' Minstrels; Carncross, J. L. (John L.), b. 1834?; Dougherty, Hughey, b. 1845; Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911; Irish Americans; Love; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Sandy Haired Mary." This broadside tells the story of Mr. Grogan, a young man living in Mrs. Dooley's boarding house, and of Mrs. Dooley's young sandy-haired maid Mary Daly, with whom he has fallen in...
Postcards—Maryland--Solomons Island; Islands--Maryland; Solomons Island (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A bird's eye view, looking south on the Solomons Island and the bridge connecting it with the mainland Calvert County. It is located at the north side of the mouth of Patuxent River. Called at various early times Bourne's Island, Somervell's Island...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Baltimore Museum of Art--Exhibitions; Miniature Rooms;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of museum-goers viewing an exhibit of miniature rooms. In the foreground left of the drawing, a woman is shown from behind. She wears a coat, a hat, and holds a pocketbook. She stands next to the large...
Postcards--Maryland--Tilghman Island; Tilghman Island (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Islands--Maryland
The community of Tilghman on Tilghman Island derives its name from the Tilghman family who owned the island from 1752 until the 1840's when James Seth bought it. He started to sell land parcels to fishermen and oystermen. The island was and is a...
