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...
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...
African American men; Architecture, domestic; Baltimore (Md.); City planning; Dwellings; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Pipe smoking; Row houses; Sidewalks; Slums; Streets;
Photograph of numbers 812 and 814 West Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1939, several square blocks in this section of the city, including this brick duplex with gabled tin roof, were scheduled to be razed as part of the Baltimore...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Newspaper days, 1899-1906;...
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken smoking a cigar and reading a newspaper while seated in the Baltimore Herald's temporary office on South Charles Street. The Baltimore fire, one of the major American conflagrations, began on...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Portrait photograph taken in 1920 by Alfred A. Knopf of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken standing in the backyard of his home at number 1524 Hollins Street, smoking a cigar.
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Baltimore (Md.); Church architecture; Catholic Church Buildings;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of St. Leo's Church in Baltimore. In the foreground, a man smoking a pipe walks down the street. On the corner next to him is a lamp post and telephone pole. Further up, on the left side of the street,...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Cafeterias; Oriole Cafeteria (Baltimore, MD);
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of the interior of an Oriole Cafeteria. The central figure is a woman, seen in profile, seated at table smoking a cigarette. In the background, a variety of other customers are shown eating, drinking, and...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Horse-drawn vehicles;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a horse pulling a cart. The horse is skinny, with a protuding spine and ribs. It wears a large yoke around its neck. A tear falls from the horses face, and he wears a mournful expression. The horse says "I...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); New Year;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher featuring a heavyset woman in evening attire. She wears an evening gown, coat, gloves, and jewels. She holds a string attached to a balloon in her hands. Beside her, another woman in similar attire...
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...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a street corner at night. The building on the corner houses a small store. The lit interior of the store is visible from outside. Through two large door windows, a store customer, products for sale, a...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobile industry workers--United States; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Tires; Carriage industry--Employees; Carriage industry--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts;
Photograph taken about 1908 of the tire shop in the Carl Spoerer's Sons motor vehicle factory located at numbers 901-909 South Carey Street. This shop appears once to have been the wheelwright shop (see mdsc066) as Spoerer transitioned from...
Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (center) and his brothers Charles Edward (left) and August (right) posing for pictures in the backyard of their home at number 1524 Hollins Street about 1906. H. L. is sitting on a wooden chair,...
Bald eagle in art; Flags--United States; Fund raising; Liberty bonds; Patriotism; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by (Joseph) Stern (1890-1971) that consists primarily of the following text: "Are you 100% American? Prove it! Buy U.S. Government bonds : Third Liberty Loan." Painted above the text is a bald eagle with upswept wings that is flanked...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building near Fayette and Calvert Streets at fire fighters spraying water on embers in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Headquarters Building (left center) on North Calvert Street....
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Silversmiths--Maryland; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken of Sergeant Cagle of Troop A of the Maryland National Guard, J. A. Robinson (who contributed this photograph), and H. C. (Henry Child) Kirk, Jr. standing before the smoking ruins of Samuel Kirk and Son located at number 106 East...
Fund raising; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster of a woman standing in front of the smoking, bombed out ruins of a house or building. The woman's arms are crossed in front of her chest and she is crying. The full caption for this poster reads as follows: "...and we talk about...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Caricatures and cartoons;
Pen and ink drawing made in 1920 by the cartoonist McKee Barclay of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. This caricature shows H. L. Mencken in profile, smoking a cigar.
