United States. Dept. of the Treasury; United States. Office of Education; United States. War Savings Staff; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of three youngsters who have collected items for their local Schools at War Program. The full caption for this poster reads: "We are ready : What about you? Join the Schools at War Program sponsored by the War Savings Staff of the U.S....
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense; Air raid wardens
Booklet dating from January 1943 titled "A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens," which was one of a series of handbooks published by the United States Office of Civilian defense instructing civil defense workers in their duties. The handbook includes...
Peters, Cortez W. (Wilson), Sr., 1906-1964;African Americans--Charitable contributions;Typists;Typewriters;World War, 1939-1945--African Americans
Photograph of Cortez W. Peters, Sr. (1906-1964), world champion portable typist, shown with ten late-model standard size Royal typewriters that he turned over to the United States Government to aid the drive for 600,000 machines for the Army and...
African American women; Brown, William J.; Mayors; Pinderhughes, Alice Gwathney, 1921-1995; Schaefer, William Donald;
Photograph of Mayor William Donald Schaefer (right) at a press conference held November 28, 1984 concerning asbestos in Baltimore City public schools. Flanked by Dr. William J. Brown (center), asbestos coordinator, and Alice G. Pinderhughes...
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...
Frederick Douglass High School (Baltimore, Md.)--Buildings; African American schools--Maryland--Baltimore; High school buildings--Design and construction--Maryland--Baltimore; Owens, Benjamin Buck, 1841-1918; Perring, Henry G., 1881-1946; Sisco,...
Photograph of an architectural sketch showing the southwest façade of the old Frederick Douglass High School at North Calhoun and Baker Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Prepared by Owens & Sisco Architects [Benjamin Buck Owens (1841-1918); Spencer...
Patterson, Lillie Griselda, 1917-1999; African American women authors; School librarians--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of Lillie Griselda Patterson (1917-1999), author of children's and young adult books, specialist in library services in the Baltimore Public Schools, and librarian at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland. Among the titles of...
African Americans--Education--Maryland--Harford County--History;Segregation in education--Maryland--Harford County--History;Schools--Maryland--Harford County--History; African American children--Maryland--Harford County;School...
Photograph of a group of African American children and their teachers standing before a one-room schoolhouse in Harford County, Maryland. Possibly built by the Freedman's Bureau, this one-story rectangular wooden building with three chimneys and...
Payne, J. Howard, 1887-1960;African American lawyers--Maryland--Baltimore;Catholics--Maryland--Baltimore
Photographic portrait of J. Howard Payne (1887-1960), a distinguished Baltimore African American politician and attorney. Educated in Baltimore public schools, he attended and was a graduate of Howard University Law School. Admitted to the bar of...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Public schools; School buildings;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 15. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Painting school no. 70." [Editor's note: School number 70 in...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Howard County (Md.); Public schools; Landscape construction;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 294. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Howard County grading of school grounds."
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Elkridge (Md.); Howard County (Md.); Public schools; Landscape construction;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 294. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Howard County. Placing top soil, grading and seeding grounds at the Elkridge School."
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Oxford (Md.); Talbot County (Md.); Public schools; School buildings;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 316. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Cordove and Oxford. Talbot County. Oxford School, exterior painting, the ...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Early childhood education; Nursery schools;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 350. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. A free nursery school for the needy. Showing the children during a...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Bladensburg (Md.); Prince George's County (Md.); Public schools; Landscape construction;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 616. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Bladensburg, Prince Georges County. The developing grounds at the Bladensburg High...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Maryland Institute, Renaissance revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Baltimore; Corbett, Harvey Wiley, 1873-1954; Pell, Francis Livingston, 1873-1945; Gothic revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Baltimore; College of Art;...
View of the main building of the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts and the Schools of Art and Design, as it was then known (in 1959 changed its name to Maryland Institute, College of Art). Designed by architects Pell &...
Postcards—Maryland--Chesepeake City; Chesapeake City (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Freemasons--Buildings; Back Creek (Chesapeake City, Md.); Rivers--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); Bridges--Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
View of causeway, Masonic Hall, and creek in Chesapeake City. Chesapeake City is located in Cecil County. Originally founded by Czech colonist Augustine Herman under the name of the Village of Bohemia, the town's name was changed to the current...
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...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Food industry--Maryland; S.E.W. Friel Company (Queenstown, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of S.E.W. Friel, Queenstown and Wye Mills Plants, on March 17, 1945 at the Centreville Armory in Centreville, Maryland. The program includes images of...
