Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Neilson, James Crawford, 1816-1900; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking north at the ruins of the Carrollton Hotel, also known as the New Carrollton Hotel (right), located on the northeast corner of Light and German Streets. Built by Niernsee and Neilson in 1873, the six-story building was...
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 south at the 1000 block Druid Hill Avenue from its intersection with Hoffman Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the sidewalk to the right are numerous African Americans: two children are playing at the corner; behind them,...
Streets--Maryland--Crisfield; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Crisfield; African Americans--Maryland--Crisfield; Bank buildings--Maryland--Crisfield; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Crisfield;...
Photograph of 10th Street in downtown Crisfield, Maryland. On the right is an African American couple walking along Tenth Street toward Main Street. To their right is a one-story corrugated metal building with Coca-Cola signs on its front wall and...
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Maps; Potomac River; Virginia;
Map of Virginia by Willem Janszoon Bleau. This map, with the date of 1650 hand-written in the lower right-hand page, shows the area surrounding the Chesapeake (spelled Chesapeack) Bay that became Maryland on June 20, 1632, when Charles I granted...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Kent County (Md.); Maps; Maryland; Potomac River; Saint Mary's County (Md.);...
Map of Maryland by John Ogilby, dated 1671, that shows ten Maryland counties: Anne Arundel (spelled "Anne-Arundell"), Baltimore (spelled "Baltemore"), Calvert, Cecil (spelled "Caecill"), Charles, Dorchester, Kent, St. Mary's (spelled "St. Maries"),...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Kent County (Md.); Maps; Maryland; Saint Mary's County (Md.); Talbot County...
Map of Virginia and Maryland by Augustine Herrman for Lord Baltimore, dated 1673, reproduced by Edward H. Richardson Associates, Inc. North is to the right on this map which includes the following counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore (spelled...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Dorchester County (Md.); Kent County (Md.); Maps; Maryland; Talbot County (Md.); Virginia;
Map of Virginia and Maryland by Francis Lamb, dated 1676, that shows 8 Maryland counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert (referred to as "Calverton"), Cecil (spelled "Caecil"), Charles, Dorchester, Kent, and Talbot. Conspicuously absent from the...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Kent County (Md.); Maps; Maryland; Saint Mary's County (Md.); Potomac River;...
Map of Virginia and Maryland by Emanuel Bowen, dated 1747, that shows 8 Maryland counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert (referred to as "Calverton"), Cecil (spelled "Caecil"), Charles, Dorchester, Kent, and Talbot. Conspicuously absent from the...
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Baltimore (Md.); Harbors; Hotels; Maps; Parks; Patapsco River (Md.); Railroad stations; Streets;
Street map of Baltimore that shows streets, automobile routes, hotels, railroad stations, Pullman car cities, berths for housing boats and points of interest. This map was prepared for the convenience of visitors to the 65th Annual Imperial Council...
Canada. Wartime Information Board; King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950; Swastikas; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada;
Color poster by Harry Mayerovitch (1910-2004) that shows the year "1944" in numbers and the words "year of decision" positioned in front of a map of Europe, with red arrows pointing toward a red swastika in the upper center of the map. Printed...
Photograph taken looking south at the 200 block South Caroline Street from its intersection with East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Many African Americans are walking along the sidewalks or sitting in chairs or on the front steps of the...
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...
Broadway (Baltimore, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore; Central business...
Photograph taken looking south at the 500 block South Broadway Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the right in this block are three-story brick row houses with businesses on the ground floor. Several people are standing in front of the first...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Art; Baltimore Museum of Art--Exhibitions;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a small crowd viewing artwork exhibited in the Maryland Show. An older woman wearing a hat and coat stands in the foreground of the drawing. Behind her, a bust is displayed on a pedestal. A number of...
African Americans in art; Peddlers--Maryland--Baltimore; Clinedinst, B. West (Benjamin West), 1860-1931; Oysters; Harper's Weekly (New York, N.Y.)--Illustrations
Photograph of an illustration entitled "A Southern Oyster Peddler" by B. West Clinedinst that appeared on page 173 of Harper's Weekly of March 2, 1889. This illustration depicts an African American oyster peddler in Baltimore, Maryland. Wearing a...
African American men--Maryland; Fishing in art; Landscape painting, American--19th century; Hill, John, 1770-1850; Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891; Lucas, Fielding, 1781-1854; Susquehanna River; Watercolor painting,...
Black and white photograph of the J. Hill engraving of the John H. B. Latrobe watercolor entitled "Clear Sky, Turkey Hill on the Susquehannah" and published by Fielding Lucas, Jr. in his 1827 book entitled Progressive Drawing Book. Two young...
French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States;...
Color poster from the May 1942 cover illustration for Ladies' Home Journal by A. (Alfred) Parker (1906-1985) that shows a mother watch as her daughter licks a savings stamp before pasting it into a stamp book. On the floor next to the girl's feet...
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Industrial mobilization--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster featuring a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, sitting in an automobile with military officers, reviewing civilian performance records. Printed below the photograph are the words of...
Broadsides; Flags; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing an untitled broadside beginning with the words "I left New Kent Court-house, all in the month of May." This broadside, written by Edwin Rosell of Company G of the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers (known originally as "The Luzerne...
