Postcards--Maryland--Mountain Lake Park; Lakes--Maryland--Mountain Lake Park; Mountain Lake Park (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of boathouse and lake in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett County. In 1881, a group of Methodist ministers from Wheeling, West Virginia decided to set up their own Chautauqua resort. They were inspired by the Chautauqua adult education and spiritual...
Chromolithography, English--19th century; Color prints, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century;
Chromolithograph titled Old England: a pictorial museum of national antiquities, vol. I, 1844, printed in color from wood from the book titled Old England: a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities...
Colored lithograph by Laurent Deroy after August Kollner's drawing that features a view of the City Spring in Baltimore. This print was published in 1852 by Goupil Vibert & Co. of New York and Paris as one of a set of six Baltimore scenes. This...
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Hotels; Jones Falls (Md.); Round towers;
Lithograph by Philip Haas after Swett, published by N. Hickman of Baltimore in 1837, that features a view of Baltimore circa 1837. This rare print shows the city from the north near the Jones Falls, and affords fine glimpses of the old Jail, the...
Buildings; Monuments; Views; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Engraving by D. Thompson after William H. Bartlett that features a view of the Washington Monument in Baltimore. This is an uncolored copy of Cator Print 61. Looking north from Charles Street near Centre, the residence at the left is believed to...
Herring Run Park (Baltimore, Md.);Parks--Landscape architecture--Maryland--Baltimore;Parks--employees;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Picnic grounds--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of Hall Springs at Herring Run Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Located just west of Harford Road and south of Argonne Drive, Hall Springs, a popular stop for Baltimoreans for more than a century, was one of the sites where funds from the...
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...
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...
Broadsides; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Love songs; Political ballads and songs; Slavery;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Darling Nelly Gray" (also spelled "Nellie Grey"). A young man talks about the time he spent on a Kentucky shore, rowing in his canoe and strumming his banjo for his beloved Nelly Gray. As the song...
Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; Orphans; Peters, J. L. (John L.); Poverty; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Driven From Home" from the 1868 song written by Will. S. Hays, one of the most prolific and popular songwriters of the 19th century, and published by J. L. Peters of New York. This broadside tells the...
Broadsides; Cutter, G. W. (George Washington), 1801-1865; Patriotism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Document containing the broadside entitled "E Pluribus Unum, an American National Song." This broadside makes reference to the motto of the United States of America, "E pluribus unum" ("Many in one" or "One from many"), and to its struggle against...
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee" from the song written by Harry Braisted with music (not included) by Stanley Carter. This broadside tells the story of a young man returning home to Tennessee after a...
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Broadsides; Flags; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Battle of Hagers' Town Road. The Rebels Are Skedadling [sic] Out of My Maryland, and leaving all their 'Stolen goods behind'," sung to the popular Confederate tune "Gay and Happy." This broadside, an...
Document containing the broadside entitled "White Wings" from the 1884 song written by (William) Banks Winter (1857-1936) and sung by J. P. O'Keefe of Thatcher, Primrose, and West's Minstrels. This broadside lists Otto Sutro & Co. of No. 207 W....
Program of attractions for the Boulevard and Waverly Theatres in Baltimore for the week of December 4, 1938. Movies showed that week include "The Great Waltz," "The Citadel," "Girls' School," "Listen Darling," "The Lady Objects," and "Come on...
Londonderry Manor, a Gothic revival house located on the south bank of the Tred Avon River in Easton, was designed by a prominent architect Richard Upjohn in either 1860's or 1870's. Made of granite, it was constructed for Dr. and Mrs. Ninian...
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...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Pen Mar; Parks--Maryland--Washington County; Buena Vista Spring Hotel (Waynesboro, Pa.); Pen Mar (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
In 1877, the Western Maryland Railroad created a scenic park on the Maryland and Pennsylvania border in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains at an elevation of 1,400 feet (426.7 m). It was called Pen Mar for the location between two states. The...
Postcards--Maryland--Dan's Rock; Dan's Rock (Md.)--Pictorial works; Allegheny Mountains--Pictorial works
Dan's Rock, or Dan's Mountain, is the highest mountain in Allegany County near Frostburg. It is 2835 feet (864 meters) high. According to a legend it was named after Daniel Cresap, son of a pioneer and early Maryland settler Thomas Cresap. One day,...
