Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Baltimore (Md.); Political ballads and songs; Price, William, 1794?-1868;
Document containing the broadside entitled "William Price" sung to the tune "John Todd." The speaker of this Confederate broadside asks William Price why he, as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1861-1862, sponsored the "Treason Bill"...
Correspondence schools and courses; Journalism--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing the first page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's "student's test" for the Associated Newspaper Bureau School of Journalism. Completed but never sent, this document provides a glimpse into the 19-year-old Mencken's aspirations for a...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Free Library ... When front and back...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Williamsport (Md.); Washington County (Md.); Streets;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 6. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Williamsport, Washington County. Showing sections of Frederick St. original conditions...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Books. Conservation and restoration.;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 123. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Book repair at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. The second step in book...
Postcards--Maryland--New Windsor; New Windsor College (New Windsor, Md.); Universities and colleges--Maryland--New Windsor; New Windsor (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
In 1849, Andrew H. Baker, a graduate of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg and later a teacher, built two buildings on a land he bought in New Windsor, Carroll County. The following year, he opened Calvert College there under the auspices of the...
Constitutions; Figure skating; United States Figure Skating Association;
Document of an excerpt containing Sections 1-4 of Article VI of the U.S.F.S.A. (United States Figure Skating Association) constitution. This excerpt is on representation and provides guidelines on the number of delegates a club may select to send...
Savings stamps--United States; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster consisting mostly of text with a "Torch of Liberty" emblem positioned between the two sections of text: "Save--Buy--for Victory" (above) and "W.S.S. war savings stamps issued here by the United States Government : for sale here"...
Eighteen-page document (pamphlet) written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken in 1902 to extol the beauties and charms of Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Containing seven photographs of buildings and scenes around the cemetery and one...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Railroad stations;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of the the interior of the Overlea streetcar terminal station. On the left side of the image, two women sit on a bench beneath a window. Through the window, a man is shown boarding a streetcar. In the...
