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,...
Chromolithography--19th century; Illustration of books--United States--19th century; Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works; Lithography, American--19th century;
Chromolithograph, untitled here but in a later edition titled Awaiting the return of Mr. Tinkham, by Julius Bien after an illustration by John Mix Stanley from the book titled Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable...
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Etching, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Satire, English;
Etching of a holiday scene titled "At home" in the nursery, or the masters & misses twoshoes Christmas party by George Cruikshank. Originally published January 3, 1826 by S. Knight of 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London in a brown...
War--Relief of sick and wounded--Maryland--Hagerstown; Women--Charitable contributions--Maryland--Hagerstown; Davis, Theodore R. 1840–1894; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Art and the war
Photograph of a sketch entitled "Ladies of Hagerstown [Maryland] Administering to Our Wounded" by Theodore R. Davis that appeared on page 645 of Harper's Weekly on October 11, 1862. This illustration depicts a group of women carrying baskets or...
Maryland Hospital; Hospitals in art--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Lithoghraphy; Hospital architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington College Hospital (Baltimore, Md.); Carriages and carts; Deroy, Laurent,...
Photograph of a lithograph entitled "Maryland Hospital" by Isodore Laurent Deroy (1797-1886) of a drawing ("drawn from nature") by Augustus Köllner (1813-1906), published by Goupil, Vibert and Company in 1852. Maryland Hospital (Baltimore, Md.),...
Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805; Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781; African American boys--Maryland--Talbot County; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930
Black and white photograph of a 1921 color painting entitled "The News of Yorktown" by the renowned American historical painter Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, depicting Tench Tilghman announcing an American victory at the Battle of Yorktown to citizens...
Cheltnam, Charles Smith, 1823-1912; Drawing; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the Charles Smith Cheltnam three-act comedy, A Lesson in Love. In this scene, which takes place outside a country home amid trees and greenery, there are five people. Two women are...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Vienna International Exhibition (1873); Women in advertising--United States;
Color advertisement for "Marguerite" cigars printed by Geo. S. Harris and Sons of Philadelphia for H. L. Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. On the right sitting on a cloak covering a rock is a...
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...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Parker, J. Harleston, 1873-1930; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Thomas, Douglas H., Jr., 1872-1915;
Photograph taken of the Alexander Brown and Sons Building located on the southwest corner of Baltimore and Calvert Streets. Built in 1901 by Parker and Thomas, this one-story building with mezzanine at number 135 East Baltimore Street survived the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); April; Markets;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a market scene. In the foreground, a woman tall, thin woman examines potted plants and flowers for sale. The plants are displayed on a wooden table. Behind the table stands the saleswoman. She is a short,...
African Americans in art; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Freedmen--Maryland-- Baltimore; Migration, Internal--Maryland--History--19th century
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 25 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of September 30, 1865, depicting the arrival of a group of African American freedmen and their families at Baltimore, Maryland. According to...
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a brawny man wearing a navy jumper uniform. The man stands in dark shadows and holds his clenched fist and muscled forearm in the air at eye level. He stands over a scene of a battleship exploding beneath text that reads, "Avenge...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A busy scene at the Baltimore wharves. These are the places along the harbor that were occupied by docks and piers. Small store owners used to come here on their carts and pulleys to buy fruits, produce, oysters, fish and other products supplied by...
A view of Gwynns Falls Creek inside the Gwynns Falls Park ca. 1910. Franklin Road, currently called Franklintown Road, is located on the left side of the creek, but here it crosses the creek to the other side. The park was envisioned in the Olmsted...
A view of one of the fountains at Eutaw Place, located between West Lafayette Avenue and Mosher Street in Baltimore. In 1853, Henry Tiffany donated land for development of the broad promenades in the middle of Eutaw Street's northern extension from...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A scene at the Baltimore docks showing goods being loaded and unloaded from onto horse-drawn carts. In the distance, factories and steamboats are visible.
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Etching, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Satire, English;
Etching of a holiday scene titled Black Monday, or the end of the holidays by George Cruikshank after a drawing by SK (artist's initials). Originally published January 3, 1826 by S. Knight of 3 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London in a...
