World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; General Motors Corporation. Eastern Aircraft Division;
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corporation in Baltimore on February 8, 1945. Included in the program is a summary of the history and...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Price Brothers Company (Frederick, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the workers of Price Brothers Company in Frederick, Maryland on April 28, 1944. The program includes a copy of a letter dated April 1, 1944 from U.S. Under...
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...
Seine-et-Marne (France)--Maps--Early works to 1800;Brie (France)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Decorative map showing Paris and the area in between the rivers Marne and Seine, as they meander through the Brie region, home of the Brie cheese, including Chateau Thierry, Provins and Fontainebleau. Shows fortified towns, woods, cities, lakes,...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth;
Document showing the first typescript page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's commencement address delivered at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute on June 23, 1896, when he was just 15 years old. This first page of Mencken's speech clearly shows his...
Correspondence; Costumes; Ice dancing; United States Figure Skating Association; Winter sports;
Letter from H. L. Garren, Chairman, Carnival Production Committee, United States Figure Skating Association, to Mrs. Frederic C. Lee, the secretary of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., informing Mrs. Lee that the President of the United States...
Parachutes; Sewing; Airplane factories--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women employees--Maryland--Baltimore; World War, 1939-1945
Photograph of women workers sewing silk into parachutes for the United States armed forces during World War II at the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard in Baltimore, Maryland. The plant was most likely that of either the Glenn L. Martin...
Blacksmithing--Equipment and supplies; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts; Electric drills; Grinding machines; Wheels; Wheelwrights;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the wheelwright shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. Standing around the shop are several workers including one (the wheelwright[?]) holding a wheel on a anvil. On the...
Photograph taken looking east from Light Street at the 100 block East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Traffic on the street includes pedestrians, a streetcar, and horse-drawn wagons and carriages. It is thought that this photograph was taken...
Photograph taken looking east from Parkin Street at the north side of Ramsey Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The Bartlett Hayward Company, which had been producing munitions for the Russian and French governments, acquired and demolished this wooden...
Urban African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Bartlett Hayward Company
Photograph taken looking from Callender Alley at the south side of Ramsey Street in Baltimore, Maryland. When the United State entered World War I in November 1917, the Bartlett Hayward Company, which had been producing munitions for the Russian...
