Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
Buildings; Church buildings; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Monuments; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Ships in art;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features various views of Baltimore prior to 1853. The center view is from Federal Hill but differs somewhat from others in the...
Buildings; Cityscapes; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Government buildings; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.);
Aquatint signed by Louis Garneray that features a view of Baltimore harbor around 1834. Of this scene Charles Varle in his book Complete View of Baltimore, 1833, wrote, "We would recommend to the stranger a visit to Federal Hill, situated on the...
Baltimore (Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Customhouses; Fells Point (Baltimore, Md.); Hospitals; Hotels; Jails; Monuments; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Watercolor drawing signed by T. Tanssen and dated 1831. A panorama from near what is today the corner of St. Paul and Madison Streets, at that time the southern edge of Howard's Park. The picture was found in Australia by an American sailor, a...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Landscapes--Washington (D.C.); Military camps; Washington (D.C.);
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., a prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800s, and published by C. Bohn of Washington that features a panoramic view of the U.S. Camps surrounding Washington City (D.C.) in 1861. The view is...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.);
Original etching by Anton Schutz. This signed artist's proof is one of an edition limited to 75 impressions. It features the Mount Vernon Place park and surrounding buildings just west of the Washington Monument in Baltimore. The two sculptures in...
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Maps; Potomac River; Virginia;
Map of Virginia by Willem Janszoon Bleau. This map, with the date of 1650 hand-written in the lower right-hand page, shows the area surrounding the Chesapeake (spelled Chesapeack) Bay that became Maryland on June 20, 1632, when Charles I granted...
Photograph of the fireplace in the historic Thomas Run house located at the corner of Kalmia and Thomas Run Roads between Bel Air and Churchville in Harford County, Maryland. The walls surrounding the fireplace are made of painted wood panels. On...
Boards of trade; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southwest from Gay Street near Baltimore Street at the north and east sides of the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained more than sixty-six percent...
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...
Photograph taken looking north from Baltimore and St. Paul Streets at ruins of Durham's Hotel located at 6-8 St. Paul Street. Surrounding the ruins are buildings that survived the fire: the Herald (left center), the Courthouse (low structure, right...
Broadsides; Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Confederate States of America; Howard, John Eager, 1752-1827; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908; Riots; United...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America;
Estres, William C.; Flags; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Volunteers to the 'Melish'," written by William C. Estres. Printed by R. M. Chambers in Baltimore, Maryland during the Civil War, this broadside tries to raise Confederate recruits, first by teasing, then...
Broadsides; McComas, Henry G., 1796-1814; Monuments; Political ballads and songs; United States History War of 1812; Wells, Daniel, 1795-1814;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Wells and McComas Funeral and Monument Song, Baltimore, September 13, 1858," sung to the same tune as the "Star-spangled Banner." This broadside tells the story of Daniel Wells and Henry G. McComas, two...
Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Continental period, 1775-1780; Printing. United States. History;
Maryland four dollar note dated December 7, 1775 and signed Chas. [Charles] Irvine and Al. [Alexander] Irvine: serial number 1026.
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Clifton Park (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
View of the Mansion House, or Johns Hopkins Mansion, inside Clifton Park in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins bought the house and the surrounding farm land in an auction in 1838. Hopkins converted the mansion into an Italian villa with a tower, the walls...
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...
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,...
