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...
Broadsides; Dreams; Hagans, G. W. (George W.); Hendrickson, W. D. (William D.); Hennig, O. E. (Otto E.); Oliver Ditson & Co.; Unrequited love;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Call Me Back Again" from a song written by O. E. (Otto E.) Hennig with music by D. W. (correct initials are W. D. for William D.) Hendrickson, copyrighted in 1881 by G. W. Hagan (correct name is George W....
Broadsides; Dreams; Hendrickson, W. D. (William D.); Hennig, O. E. (Otto E.); Unrequited love;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Call Me Back Again" from a song written by O. E. (Otto E.) Hennig with music by W. D. (William D.) Hendrickson (latter information not provided on this sheet). Printed by P. J. Dennis of Baltimore,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Copy of Verses by a Party of Poor Operatives." This broadside appears to be a door-to-door advertisement used by tradesmen to find work from individual households or small businesses when jobs in...
Broadsides; Heaven; Hymns; Macarthy, Harry, 1834-1888; Weishampel, J. F. (John F.), Sr.;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Happy Journey to the Promised Land," sung to the air "Bonnie Blue Flag." This hymn compares contemporary Christian salvation to the journey of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land,...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Flags; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil War,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "There Is Life in Old Maryland Yet" written by "Cola" (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist). Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War, this broadside employs a refrain...
Document containing the broadside entitled "We Never Speak as We Pass By" from the 1882 song written by Frank Egerton, as sung by Gus Williams at Ford's Theatre (originally Ford's Grand Opera House) in Baltimore, Maryland. This broadside tells the...
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893; Caricatures and cartoons; Don Quixote (Fictitious character); Etching; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character);
Etching by Adalbert Volck that depicts Abraham Lincoln as Don Quixote and Benjamin Butler as Sancho Panza. Lincoln and Butler were frequent subjects of Volck's caricatures, and this etching is an example of one such caricature that speaks to...
Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Richmond (Va.);
Letter from Elmira Shelton to Maria Clemm dated September 22, 1849. Mrs. Shelton writes as if to a dear friend, telling Mrs. Clemm about Edgar's good behavior. Mrs. Shelton also speaks affectionately of Mrs. Clemm's daughter, Virginia Poe, and of...
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,...
