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...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore;
Portrait photograph taken about 1928 by Edgar T. Schafer of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting in a chair in the parlor of his home at number 1524 Hollins Street under a portrait of his relative Johann Burkhard Mencken (1674-1732). H. L. Mencken...
Soldiers--Russia; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that combines the photographic portrait of a young Russian soldier with the words "this man is your friend" positioned in the banner above his portrait and the words "he fights for freedom" positioned in the banner below his portrait....
Soldiers--Canada; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that combines the photographic portrait of a young Canadian soldier with the words "this man is your friend" positioned in the banner above his portrait and the words "he fights for freedom" positioned in the banner below his portrait....
Sailors--Netherlands; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that combines the photographic portrait of a young Dutch sailor with the words "this man is your friend" positioned in the banner above his portrait and the words "he fights for freedom" positioned in the banner below his portrait....
Soldiers--Great Britain; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that combines the photographic portrait of a young British soldier with the words "this man is your friend" positioned in the banner above his portrait and the words "he fights for freedom" positioned in the banner below his portrait....
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1906 by Meredith Janvier of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. On June 17, 1906, after 5 months as managing editor of the Baltimore Herald, one of the youngest managing editors ever, Mencken found himself out of a job. The...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1902 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken straddling a thumback side chair. This is an apt portrait of the young man who in three years progressed from the youngest reporter on the staff to the city editor of the Baltimore...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Schattenstein, Nikol, 1877-1954;
Portrait photograph taken in 1927 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting for portraitist Nikol Schattenstein in the latter's New York City studio. Schattenstein's iconic portrait of Mencken (see item mcmp002) now hangs in the H. L. Mencken Room of...
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...
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Portrait drawing; Walker, Ferdinand Graham, 1859-1927;
Print of drawing of Edgar Allan Poe done in 1932 by an unknown artist from a portrait of Poe painted by F. G. (Ferdinand Graham) Walker (1859-1927). When Walker painted Poe is not known. Above Poe's head are the likenesses of a bird, possibly a...
Baltimore, Cecil Calvert, Baron, ca. 1605-1675; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Cecil (or Cecilius), second Lord Baltimore, to whom King Charles issued the charter of...
Painting of Benedict Leonard Calvert, Fourth Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Benedict Leonard Calvert, second son of the third Lord Baltimore, upon the...
War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States; World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States; Young Women's Christian Association;
Color poster made from the charcoal portrait of a young woman by W. T. (Wladyslaw Teodor) Benda (1873-1948), with the caption beneath the portrait reading "Stand behind the country's girlhood : Y.W.C.A. : New York's share $1,750,000 : January 7th...
War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States; World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States; Young Women's Christian Association;
Black and white poster made from the charcoal portrait of a young woman by W. T. (Wladyslaw Teodor) Benda (1873-1948), with the caption beneath the portrait reading "Stand behind the country's girlhood! National War Work of the Y.W.C.A. :...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph probably taken in 1892 by James F. Hughes of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and his parents and siblings on the porch of their summer house in Mount Washington. Standing from left to right are brother Charles Edward, H. L. M....
Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of his mother Anna Margareta (Abhau) Mencken standing in the backyard of their home at number 1524 Hollins Street about 1895.
Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken by H. L. Mencken of his father August Mencken standing in the backyard of their home at number 1524 Hollins Street on January 1, 1895.
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken by Richard Walzl of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and his brother Charles Edward. H. L. Mencken is about 3 years old in this picture.
