Colored lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, that features a view of the Pimlico Race Course. The first meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club at Pimlico was held in October 1870, when 12,000 persons attended. It was at the Fall Meet, 1877, that...
Abolitionists; African Americans; Civil rights; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Constitutional amendments; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Parades; Politicians;
Colored lithograph by Metcalf & Clark, 687 West Baltimore Street, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and Celebration on May 19th...
Black and white photograph of a color lithograph by Metcalf & Clark of Baltimore, Maryland, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and...
Automobiles--Maryland; Gill, Howard W. (Howard Warfield), 1883-1912; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Thirty-five years of newspaper work: a memoir;
Photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken riding in an automobile driven by Howard W. Gill in 1908. Mencken mentions Gill, a pioneer Maryland motorist who owned an automobile dealership, in his memoir Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work: A Memoir....
Baltimore County (Md.); Cotton manufacture; Dams Maryland; Rivers Maryland;
Photograph of Union Dam on the Patapsco River in Baltimore County, Maryland. Two dams of the same name were constructed in this area; the first was built in 1808 farther north of the present dam. Pictured is the Union Dam built in 1912 by the...
African Americans--Maryland--Cambridge; Fires--Maryland--Cambridge; Church buildings--Maryland--Cambridge; Fences; Mules; Streets--Maryland--Cambridge; Trees in cities--Maryland--Cambridge;
Photograph of ruins of the Zion Methodist Episcopal Church on Race and Muir Streets from the fire of July 31, 1910 in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. An iron fence encloses part of the ruins. Numerous onlookers including many African...
Broadsides; Heaven; Hymns; Macarthy, Harry, 1834-1888; Weishampel, J. F. (John F.), Sr.;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Happy Journey to the Promised Land," sung to the air "Bonnie Blue Flag." This hymn compares contemporary Christian salvation to the journey of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land,...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881; Political...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hurrah for Jeff. Davis" from a song sung to the Scottish tune "Bonnets o' Blue." Written by a "Lady Rebel," these celebratory verses praise Jeff. (Jefferson) Davis, President of the Confederate States of...
April Fools' Day; Broadsides; Emancipation Proclamation; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "On L-N's Proclamation of April 1st, 1863" from a song written "by a Marylander." This broadside expresses how many Marylanders sympathetic to the Confederate cause viewed "L-N's [Abraham Lincoln's...
Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American; Whitaker, Mary Scrimzeour Furman (Miller), 1820-1906;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Maryland in Chains" written by Mrs. D. K. Whitaker (Mary Scrimzeour Furman [Miller] Whitaker), wife of Daniel K. Whitaker of South Carolina and published in the Richmond Examiner for May 14, 1861. This...
Program for the movie "Ben Hur: a tale of the Christ" showing at The Grand in Cambridge, Maryland on January 11 and 12, 1928. Listed among The Grand's coming attractions are "The big parade," "Seventh heaven," "Old Ironsides," "Beau geste," and...
Rose Hill Cemetery in Hagerstown is the oldest public cemetery in Washington County. Created in 1866, just after Civil War, it became the first place where residents of Washington County could be buried regardless of race or religious orientation....
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Minnesota Twins (Baseball team); Western Union Telegraph Company;
Telegram known as an "Oriole-gram" sent from the Baltimore Orioles baseball team to various fan clubs and to employees of WJZ-TV Channel 13 and their families attending the game held September 8, 1967 between the Baltimore Orioles and the Minnesota...
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...
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...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Racetracks (Horse racing);
Watercolor portrait by Aaron Sopher of a man at a racetrack. The man wears a suit, dark colored shirt, yellow patterned tie, and a fedora-style hat. In his hand he holds up a piece of paper, most likely a tip sheet or a betting sheet. Over the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Horse racing; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a crowd in the stands at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. In the center left foreground, a heavyset man in a suit stands with pencil and sheet of paper. In the right foreground, an elderly...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Horse racing; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of people at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, two women wearing hats, dresses, and high heeled shoes sit in chairs looking out at the track. A woman behind them sits looking down at...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Horse racing; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen, ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a scene at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foregound, a woman is shown woman is shown in profile. She carries a pencil and paper in one hand. A crowd of well-dressed onlookers are...
