A view of the Fountain Square in Chestertown. It has a fountain with the Greek goddess of youth and beauty, Hebe, standing atop of the fountain (here hidden behind the trees). Dedicated in 1899, it was a project of the Ladies Improvement Society....
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; Washington Street (Hagerstown, Md.); Historic districts--Maryland--Hagerstown; Streets--Maryland--Hagerstown--Pictorial works; Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of West Washington Street from the public square in Hagerstown. The building on the left was the Hagerstown Railway Company's Waiting Room. On the right, the building with a clock seen in the distance is the Baldwin House, a four story hotel...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Union Square (Baltimore, Md.); Urban parks--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of Union Square as seen from the front of his home at number 1524 Hollins Street in Baltimore.
Buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Hotels; Monuments; War memorials;
Halftone reproduction of an old drawing from a publication of 1892 that features a view of Barnum's City Hotel, Monument Square, in Baltimore. Built in 1825 and operated until his death in 1844 by David Barnum, this hostelry entertained many of the...
Buildings; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Hotels; Monuments; Statues; Streets; War memorials; Baltimore (Md.);
Wood engraving from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper of July 13, 1861, that features a view of Monument Square in Baltimore. Here a section of Cook's Boston Light Infantry with artillery stands in position, by order of Major General Banks, to...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Fences--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of the north side of Madison Square in the 1400 block East Chase Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On this wide, tree-lined cobblestoned street are three-story individual brick houses with large front yards, iron fences, and wide sidewalks....
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...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Document 42 pages long containing photographs taken by Jack Hement (John C. Hemment) of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. This souvenir booklet includes a narrative that provides an overview of the events of the fire and a map that...
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...
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.
View of South Potomac Street from the public square in Hagerstown. On the right, at 31 S. Potomac St., is the E. S. Brandt & Son furniture store. Behind it we can see the spire of St John's Lutheran Church (built in 1795 and modified in 1870). The...
Fund raising; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; United States. Army--Job descriptions; United States. Navy--Job descriptions; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; World War,...
Color poster designed in the pattern of a checkerboard with one board square showing a military item and an accompanying square showing the cost in savings bonds or savings stamps to purchase that military item, with the words "Do you part to win...
Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Landscapes--Germany; Lithography--19th century;
Color lithograph of Lurlei Berg (Lurlei Mountain) by Louis Haghe from the book titled Lays and legends of the Rhine written by J. R. (James Robinson) Planché and published in 1827 by Goulding and D'Almaine of Soho Square, London. William Day of...
Cologne (Germany) in art; Cities and towns--Germany; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Landscapes--Germany; Lithography--19th century;
Color lithograph of the city of Cologne, Germany by William Day from the book titled Lays and legends of the Rhine written by J. R. (James Robinson) Planché and published in 1827 by Goulding and D'Almaine of Soho Square, London. This lithograph...
Andernach (Germany); Cities and towns--Germany; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century; Landscapes--Germany; Lithography--19th century;
Color lithograph of the town of Andernach, Germany by William Day from the book titled Lays and legends of the Rhine written by J. R. (James Robinson) Planché and published in 1827 by Goulding and D'Almaine of Soho Square, London. This lithograph...
Lithograph by painter, etcher, and illustrator Herbert Pullinger, a native of Philadelphia and a pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts that features a view of the Battle Monument on Calvert Street as seen looking south from the Baltimore...
Buildings; Cityscapes; Monuments; Streets; War memorials;
Engraving by Archibald L. Dick from the painting by William H. Bartlett. The two-volume work, American Scenery by N.P. Willis, London, 1840, contains Griffith's engraving of this scene among others after paintings by Bartlett. As that seems to have...
Buildings; Monuments; Statues; Streets; Views; War memorials;
Lithograph by Archer & Boilly of New York after a drawing by W. Goodacre that features the Battle Monument in Baltimore. This is a very early view of the monument. The street seems little more than a rutted dirt road, and the building at the...
Buildings; Cityscapes; Monuments; Streets; War memorials;
Engraving by Henry Griffiths after the painting by William Henry Bartlett taken from Willis' book American Scenery published in 1840. This is the same as Cator Print 60 except that Griffith's engraving is uncolored. At this period Monument Square,...
Buildings; Monuments; Streets; Views; War memorials;
Colored lithograph by Deroy, after a drawing by August Kollner, that features a view of the Battle Monument in Baltimore. The building on the extreme right, occupying part of the site of the present Munsey Building, was the Mechanics Bank. Beyond...
