World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense; Air raid wardens
Booklet dating from January 1943 titled "A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens," which was one of a series of handbooks published by the United States Office of Civilian defense instructing civil defense workers in their duties. The handbook includes...
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...
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...
French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by the Wilkinsons (J. Walter Wilkinson, 1892-1988, and his son, Walter G. Wilkinson, 1917-1971) that shows a young man in a khaki uniform in the cockpit of a U.S. Army fighter plane giving the thumbs-up sign and saying "you buy 'em[,]...
Fund raising; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Air pilots, Military--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster made from a painting by Georges Schreiber (1904-1977) that shows a young man dressed in the uniform of an American pilot as he straps himself into the cockpit of his airplane, with the words "Keep him flying!" emblazoned across the...
Broadsides; Heaven; Hymns; Macarthy, Harry, 1834-1888; Weishampel, J. F. (John F.), Sr.;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Happy Journey to the Promised Land," sung to the air "Bonnie Blue Flag." This hymn compares contemporary Christian salvation to the journey of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land,...
Automobiles--Drawings; Automotive drafting; Mechanical drawing; Packard automobile; Packard Motor Car Company; Perine, Washington, 1870-1944;
Mechanical drawing done by WDT (William D. Tipton) and dated December 11, 1915 of a 1916 Packard model 6-48 limousine to be built by Carl Spoerer's Sons Company for Mr. Wash. Perrine (sic) (i.e., Washington Perine). This plan calls for the 1916...
Airplane factories--Employees--Maryland--Baltimore;Glenn L. Martin Company;African American men
Photograph of three African American aircraft workers assembling the pilot's compartment of a bomber plane at the Glenn L. Martin Company segregated plant on Oldham Street in the Canton section of Baltimore, Maryland. These young African American...
Carter, Amon Giles, 1879-1955; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Rogers, Will, 1879-1935;
Portrait photograph taken in June 1928 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (third from left) in a cowboy hat posing with humorist Will (William Penn Adair) Rogers (second from left) and Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. (Amon Giles) Carter (right) in...
