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...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Will You Love Me When I'm Old?" This broadside raises the question asked by many aging couples; i.e., with aging, will their spouse lose interest in them and their marriage? Centered below the title and...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
Baltimore (Md.); Broadsides; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "God will Repay." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and signed by "H. Rebel," this broadside focuses on the Civil War in Baltimore in 1861 and refers to such notable Baltimore figures as Severn...
Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Mephistophiles K. G. S.; Morris, Thomas Hollingsworth, 1817-1872; Political ballads and songs; United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1863); United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "To the Baltimore poet, Thomas H. M-rr-s, author of 'How They Act in Baltimore'." "Thomas H. M-rr-s" is Thomas Hollingsworth Morris, author of "A.D. 1862, or How They Act in Baltimore" (by a Volunteer...
Bereavement; Broadsides; Children and death; Skelly, J. P. (Joseph P.), 1853-1895;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Why Did They Dig Ma's Grave So Deep" from the 1880 song written by J. P. Skelly, one of the most prolific songwriters of the 19th century. This broadside tells the story of Nellie, a young girl left alone...
Liberty bonds; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster consisting of letters only, with the words "Think--have you bought your limit?" printed in blue ink on a white background and, below that question, the words "Fourth Liberty Loan" printed in red ink on a white background. Of course,...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Journalists--United States;
Document showing the early newspaper stories written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and published in the Baltimore Morning Herald newspaper between February 24 and March 1, 1899. Page 1 shows all of the stories collected in a three-column spread on...
Baltimore (Md.); California State Prison at San Quentin; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942; Newspapers; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Hamilton Owens dated June 1929. Hamilton Owens (1888-1967), distinguished author, editor, and journalist, was then editing the Baltimore Evening Sun, to which Mencken contributed his "Monday Articles" from 1920 to 1938....
