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...
Merchant ships--Maryland--Baltimore; Loading and unloading--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Banana trade--Maryland--Baltimore; Food inspectors--Maryland--Baltimore; United Fruit Company
Sepia-toned photograph of bananas being unloaded from a United Fruit Company boat docked at Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. United States Department of Agriculture Inspector John F. Earnshaw (taller Caucasian man dressed in a suit, white...
Broadsides; Clocks and watches; Songs; Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884;
Document containing the broadside entitled "My Grandfather's Clock" from the 1876 song written by Henry C. Work. This broadside tells the story of a floor clock owned by the speaker's grandfather. The clock, we are told, was bought at the man's...
Byron, Henry J. (Henry James), 1835-1884; Drawing; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the British dramatist Henry J. Byron comedy, Our Boys. In the scene there are three groups of people standing in a high-ceilinged Victorian drawing room. In the center of the room is a...
