Postcards—Maryland--Hagerstown; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Williamsport. The houses on the right are part of the Cushwa Warehouse, used mostly for coal transport, but also for other commodities like fertilizers, cement, grain, etc. The...
Postcards--Maryland--Braddock Heights; Braddock Heights (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
Braddock Springs, situated near Braddock Heights. The inscription on the postcard claims that it was the place "where General Braddock of revolutionary fame watered his men and horses." Although it is possible that General Edward Braddock...
Postcards—Maryland--Chesepeake City; Chesapeake City (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Freemasons--Buildings; Back Creek (Chesapeake City, Md.); Rivers--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); Bridges--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
View of causeway, Masonic Hall, and creek in Chesapeake City. Chesapeake City is located in Cecil County. Originally founded by Czech colonist Augustine Herman under the name of the Village of Bohemia, the town's name was changed to the current...
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Fritchie, Barbara, 1766-1862; Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
According to popular legend, Barbara Fritchie, an elderly woman in her 90's, waved the Union flag at Confederate troops under the command of General "Stonewall" Jackson as they marched by her house on West Patrick Street in Frederick on September...
Death; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Real photo postcards;
Photograph postcard commemorating the centenary (1849--1949) of the death of Edgar Allan Poe. This card is the official Baltimore first day cover of the Baltimore Philatelic Society and the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore and is postmarked 4...
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; Ordnance--France--History; Spanish-American War, 1898--Artillery; Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The cannon is located in Bloom Park at North Potomac Street and North Avenue in Hagerstown. It was captured during the battle of Santiago, Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish-American war and given to Hagerstown because Washington County had more...
Postcards--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Union Avenue (Havre de Grace, Md.); Railroad bridges--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Streets--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Havre de Grace (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Union Avenue, located at the heart of the city in Havre de Grace, was at one time a broad residential street lined with trees, dotted with churches. It is mostly commercial today. The Harford House was a hotel, and served as a sort of informal...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Johns Hopkins Hospital; Hopkins, Johns, 1795-1873; Niernsee, Johann Rudolph, 1814–1885; Cabot, Edward Clarke, 1818-1901; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Considered one of the finest medical establishments in the country, Johns Hopkins Hospital was founded in 1889 using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins. The building seen on the postcard is the Billings Building, located at 600...
The Children's Hospital School was dedicated in 1912. It was located at 3825 Greenspring Avenue, in the building pictured in this postcard, which was donated by Mrs. William Painter who wanted to create a memorial to her late husband. Its original...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.); Mills, Robert, 1781-1855; Causici, Enrico, 1790-1835; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of Washington Monument at Mount Vernon Place in Baltimore, Maryland. Mount Vernon Place is located in downtown Baltimore. In addition to the monument at its center, Mount Vernon Place includes four small parks, designed by Frederick Law...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Woman's College of Baltimore; Women's colleges--Maryland--Baltimore; Goist, Phares F., 1841-1913; White, Stanford, 1853-1906; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The postcard is a reproduction of a lithograph (see also Cator print 119) after a drawing by Phares F. Goist of Philadelphia that features a view of the southwest quarters of the campus of the Woman's College of Baltimore. This view shows the...
Postcards--Maryland--New Windsor; New Windsor College (New Windsor, Md.); Universities and colleges--Maryland--New Windsor; New Windsor (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
In 1849, Andrew H. Baker, a graduate of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg and later a teacher, built two buildings on a land he bought in New Windsor, Carroll County. The following year, he opened Calvert College there under the auspices of the...
Postcards--Maryland--Westminster; Western Maryland College (Westminster, Md.)--Buildings; Gott, Jackson Coale, 1829-1909; Universities and colleges--Maryland--Westminster; Westminster (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Western Maryland College, a private liberal arts college in Westminster, was established in 1867. As the first board chairman, John Smith, was also president of the Western Maryland Railroad, the college was named for the railroad. Until 1974 the...
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; Courthouses--Maryland--Hagerstown; Renaissance revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Hagerstown; Sims, Henry Augustus, 1832-1875; Sims, James Peacock, 1849-1882; Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The third courthouse on this site, the Washington County Courthouse was built 1872-1873. The architects of the project were Philadelphia based Henry A. Sims and James P. Sims. It is a 2-story red brick building with decorative elements in...
Postcards--Maryland--Bloomington; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Railroads--Maryland; Bloomington (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Seventeen Mile Grade is a 17 mile (27.3 km) steep section of railroad tracks between the small town of Piedmont, West Virginia and the summit of Altamont, Maryland. It is so steep that in some places it reaches 116 feet (35.4 m) per mile. The track...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; Antietam Street School (Hagerstown, Md.); Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; School buildings--Maryland--Hagerstown--Pictorial works
Postcard showing the Antietam Street School at the corner of East Antietam and South Mulberry streets in Hagerstown ca. 1910. Recently, the school was remodeled and converted into condominia. Hagerstown is the county seat of Washington County. With...
At the Antietam Civil War battle on September 17, 1862 over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or listed as missing, making it the bloodiest day of the war. The battle took place by the Antietam Creek, located near Sharpsburg in...
View of North Broadway in the Fells Point section of Baltimore ca. 1911. The middle of the street that separates the opposing traffic was neatly landscaped with grass, shrubs and paths for pedestrians. Also known as Broadway Squares, it was...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Charles Street (Baltimore, Md.); Washington Monument Place (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of the northern part of Washington Monument Place on Charles Street. The shape of the park was originally set up by John Eager Howard's heirs, the landowners at the time. The city later had the park improved by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. in...
