Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Industrial mobilization--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster featuring a photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, sitting in an automobile with military officers, reviewing civilian performance records. Printed below the photograph are the words of...
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...
Espionage; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Holmgren (R. John Holmgren, 1897-1963) that shows a soldier and a young woman sitting on a park bench talking while a man resembling Adolph Hitler is pretending to read a newspaper while listening in on their conversation. The text...
Freedom; Great Britain. National Savings Committee; Meccano models; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster by Tom Purvis (1888-1959) that shows his 10-year-old son, Roger, seated at a desk with a Meccano toy locomotive crane car sitting on a table in front of him. Resting his head on his left hand, the boy stares into space as he grips a...
United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a U.S. Army Cavalry soldier in dress blue uniform sitting horseback and blowing a bugle. Standing next to him is a U.S. Army Infantry first sergeant in dress blue uniform holding a rifle. Emblazoned in the sky above these men is the...
Fund raising; Savings bonds--Canada; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Canada; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Canada;
Color poster that makes use of a black and white photograph of a machinist sitting in front of his work bench. The man has just removed some Canadian dollar bills from his pay envelope and is holding them in his hand as he considers what to do....
Birds in literature; Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; White, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1832-1892;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Come, Birdie, Come" with Will. S. Hays listed as the author. In this broadside the speaker talks to a bird sitting in a nest nearby, asking the bird to come and live with him in his home. The bird flies...
Broadsides; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Love songs; Political ballads and songs; Slavery;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Darling Nelly Gray" (also spelled "Nellie Grey"). A young man talks about the time he spent on a Kentucky shore, rowing in his canoe and strumming his banjo for his beloved Nelly Gray. As the song...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dear Robin I'll Be True" from the song by (William) Banks Winter (1857-1936), a minstrel performer and, later, an actor. This broadside lists Otto Sutro & Co. of No. 207 W. Baltimore Street as the music...
Broadsides; Dumont, Frank; Songs; Stewart, James E. (James Eugene), b. 1843;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Jennie, The Flower of Kildare" from a song written by Frank Dumont (1848-1919) with music by J. E. Stewart. This broadside tells the story of a man who has left his love "Sweet Jennie" back in Kildare,...
Broadsides; Courtship; Love songs; Kernan, James L., 1840-1912; Kernan's Monumental Theatre (Baltimore, Md.); White, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1832-1892;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Moonlight on the Lake" from an 1878 song written by C. A. White and sung by the Clipper Quartette at Kernan's Monumental Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. This broadside relates what one young man says to...
Document containing the broadside entitled "See That My Grave's Kept Green" from an 1876 song written by Gus Williams (1847-1915). The speaker of this broadside offers advice to his "darling" on how to remember their time together when he dies. He...
Document containing the broadside entitled "White Wings" from the 1884 song written by (William) Banks Winter (1857-1936) and sung by J. P. O'Keefe of Thatcher, Primrose, and West's Minstrels. This broadside lists Otto Sutro & Co. of No. 207 W....
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889; Caricatures and cartoons; Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873; Etching; Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; McClellan, George...
Etching by Adalbert Volck that depicts Abraham Lincoln as a puppeteer dressed in a jester's attire. Lincoln holds a sword, and the hilt of the sword is topped with a miniature jester's head. With his free hand Lincoln gestures toward a number of...
Miscellaneous sketches by Adalbert Volck. The purpose of these sketches is unknown. The topmost sketches include a number of profiles of men's heads and are subtitled with the text "smoke pictures - purely accidental (of course)." There are two...
Drawing; Sheet music; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sheet music of The Grasshopper, A Tragic Cantata, written by Innes Randolph and illustrated by A. J. Volck. This fanciful satire of Italian grand opera, dedicated to and no doubt performed by and for the members of the Wednesday Club of Baltimore,...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Picknicking; Outdoor cookery; Rocks; Forests and Fields; Trees;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of people picnicking in the woods. In the foreground, a woman is shown from behind sitting next to a large log. Next to her, several other people stand and sit on top of a large, flat...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Landscapes; Parks--Maryland; Forests and Fields; Rocks; Trees; Rivers
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of women on rocks in the middle of a stream. All of the women are crouched or kneeling, and appear to be washing or dipping their hands in the water. The stream is surrounded by trees....
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Architecture--Domestic;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a house. The house is reddish in color, and has a chimney and gabled roof. Decorative trim extends just below the roofline. The first floor windows are flanked by red shutters. The house has a...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Restaurants;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of two men sitting at table in a restaurant. Both men are dressed in business attire, are heavyset, and appear to be smoking cigars. Their coats hang on a rack behind them. Two other male customers...
