Colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier published in 1848. This scene was copied from William Henry Bartlett's view of Baltimore published in 1839 (Cator Print 194). Most of the prominent landmarks of the City can be recognized: the Washington...
Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Landscapes; Locust Point (Baltimore, Md.);
Engraving by William Wellstood from the Ladies Repository that features an interesting view of Baltimore from Whetstone Point, known today as Locust Point. On Federal Hill may be seen the signal house, originally set up in 1797 by Captain David...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.);
Colored lithograph probably by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features Fort Federal Hill in Baltimore. In May 1861 Federal Hill was seized and fortified by General Benjamin F. Butler...
Engraving by S. Fisher after a painting by William H. Bartlett that features a view of Baltimore. Published in Willis' book American Scenery, London, 1840. Among the oddities in this view are the Cathedral belfries in the wrong position, Washington...
Flags; Flags--United States; United States. Marine Corps; United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by J. C. (Joseph Christian) Leyendecker (1874-1951) that shows two U.S. Marines on land looking out at U.S. Navy warships offshore. One of the marines is standing and waving a signal flag while the other is lying prone and looking...
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...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Price Brothers Company (Frederick, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the workers of Price Brothers Company in Frederick, Maryland on April 28, 1944. The program includes a copy of a letter dated April 1, 1944 from U.S. Under...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
