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...
Document containing the broadside entitled "[As Pretty as a] Picture!" from a song composed by Thomas Brigham Bishop (1835-1905) with words written by George Cooper (1840-1927). This broadside tells the story of a young man who meets and falls in...
Drawing; Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908; Simpson, J. Palgrave (James Palgrave), 1807-1887; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the three-act comedy, A Scrap of Paper, J. Palgrave Simpson's adaptation of Victorien Sardou's play, Les Pattes de mouche. In this sketch, two women standing in a well-furnished...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881; Jeannette (Ship); Jeannette Expedition...
Color advertisement for Jeannette cigars printed for H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. This advertisement depicts scenes of the 1879-1881 Jeannette Expedition to the North...
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Rules and regulations for driving during air raid warning periods. The rules include stipulations as to who may driving during air raids, the use of emergency cards, driving speeds, lights, passing of other cars, keeping a clear view through the...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Baby's Got A Tooth" from a song written by Charley Reed and arranged by H. Wannemacher (music not included). This broadside tells the story of an eight-month-old baby boy who has just received his first...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baltimore Transit Company; Baseball; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948; Scheduling; Stadiums;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1949 season of the International League Baltimore Orioles baseball team. The schedule includes the dates for home and away games, with the name of the opposing team city listed. Sunday games as well as the...
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Broadsides; Flags; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Battle of Hagers' Town Road. The Rebels Are Skedadling [sic] Out of My Maryland, and leaving all their 'Stolen goods behind'," sung to the popular Confederate tune "Gay and Happy." This broadside, an...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district north of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. In the foreground is a man looking at the rubble of several small businesses. In the background are (from left to right) the ruins of the John E. Hurst and...
Photograph taken looking at the ruins of unidentified buildings in the burnt district northeast of Charles and Lombard Streets. Barely visible in the smokey background are several structures that survived the fire: the west and south sides of the...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. On duty in the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman. Beyond the rubble in the background are two buildings that survived the fire: the Fidelity Building...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. On duty in the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman. Beyond the rubble in the background are two buildings that survived the fire: the Fidelity Building...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Liberty and German Streets. In the left foreground beyond the rubble of many small businesses are the ruins of the Hopkins Place Savings Bank. Designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. Among the ruins pictured are (from left to right) the Ambach Brothers and Company Building (note tall ringed structure left of center) located on the...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. Among the ruins pictured are (from left to right) the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building (note three-windowed structure on far left) located on the east...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northwest of Charles and Fayette Streets. This image shows the northwestern edge of the fire line. To the right, behind the ruins in the foreground, is the O'Neill and Company Building (note water...
Photograph taken looking east at the burnt district on Baltimore Street from the upper story of a building near Hanover Street. In the foreground is a machine used to pull down walls. In the background are several buildings that survived the fire...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Machinery; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking east at the burnt district on Baltimore Street from the upper story of a building near Hopkins Place. In the foreground is a businessman standing on a pile of rubble with several Maryland National Guardsmen watching. In the...
