Cityscapes; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Government buildings; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.);
Engraving painted and engraved by William J. Bennett, published by H. J. Megarey of New York and printed by J. & G. Neale at Illman & Pillbrow's, that features a view of Baltimore from Federal Hill. This print was published in 1831 as one of a...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet 34 pages long containing photographs of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. Includes a few striking facts about the Baltimore fire and a list of some of the greatest fires in the United States that occurred between 1820 and...
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...
Broadsides; Cutter, G. W. (George Washington), 1801-1865; Patriotism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Document containing the broadside entitled "E Pluribus Unum, an American National Song." This broadside makes reference to the motto of the United States of America, "E pluribus unum" ("Many in one" or "One from many"), and to its struggle against...
Broadsides; Josselyn, A. S. (Arthur S.); Love songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Where the Honeysuckles Grow" from the 1883 song written by A. S. Josselyn. The speaker of this broadside is a young man who longs for the evening hour (9 p.m.) when his blue-eyed, golden-haired love has...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Postcards—West Virginia--Ridgeley; Potomac Club (Ridgeley, W. Va); Cumberland (Md.)--Social life and customs; Country clubs--Maryland--Cumberland; Country clubs--West Virginia--Ridgeley
View of the Potomac Club in Cumberland. In 1904, a group of mostly Cumberland enthusiasts organized the Potomac Club. They leased the old Perry Mansion (earlier called Calmes Mansion), located on Carpenter's Hill in Ridgeley, West Virginia, just...
Freedom; Liberty; Magazine Publishers of America; Soldiers--United States; United States. Office of Civilian Defense; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster by Frederic Stanley (1892-1967) that shows a dead soldier lying face down in the sand of a beach with his dented helmet planted a few inches from his head and a machine gun slung over his left shoulder, with the words "What...
Program for a celebration and tribute by the city of Baltimore in honor of the liberation of Paris, August 25, 1944. The program includes a listing of the activities of the "Mayor's Committee Celebration Tribute to the Fighting French," such as an...
