World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; United States. Office of Defense Transportation.;
Undated notice from Mary Johnson, Inc. informing customers that the company is still able to make flower deliveries in compliance with O.D.T. regulations.
[Editor's note: The notice refers to ODT, which was the Office of Defense...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Wagons; Transportation;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a transportation scene. In the foreground of the drawing is a man carrying a large sack over one shoulder, and a walking stick in the opposite hand. He has a beard and wears a belted coat. His face is turned...
African American agricultural laborers--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Tomato industry--Maryland--St. Mary's County; Tomatoes--Transportation--Maryland; Inland water transportation--Maryland
Photograph of baskets of tomatoes ready for shipping on the wharf at Millstone Landing, St. Mary's County, Maryland. To the left, straddling a railing, is an African American worker holding a large tomato in the palm of his hand.
Postcards--Maryland--Bloomington; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Railroads--Maryland; Bloomington (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Seventeen Mile Grade is a 17 mile (27.3 km) steep section of railroad tracks between the small town of Piedmont, West Virginia and the summit of Altamont, Maryland. It is so steep that in some places it reaches 116 feet (35.4 m) per mile. The track...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
Fair of the Iron Horse (1927 : Halethorpe, Md.); Tobacco--Maryland; Agricultural exhibitions--Maryland; African American men--Maryland--Halethorpe; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Mules; Spectators--Maryland--Halethorpe
Photograph of tobacco rolling, an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a celebration of its one hundredth birthday held from September 24 to October 15, 1927 at outdoor fairgrounds in Halethorpe,...
African American men; Agricultural machinery; Bahr, Leonard Marion, 1905-1990; Baltimore County (Md.); Mural painting and decoration; Libraries; Roads; School buildings; Slaves; Tobacco; Transportation; United States. Public Works Administration.;
Photograph of a 1934 mural entitled "Slaves Rolling Hogsheads of Tobacco Down a Road" by Leonard Marion Bahr (1905-1990) located on the wall of the Catonsville High School library in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The mural was...
Actors; African American men; Anniversaries; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Baltimore County (Md.); Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Clothing and dress; Livery; United States History;
Photograph of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (left, portrayed by Charles White) and his African American attendant (right, portrayed by Fearless Williams), an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Horses; Livery; Maryland; Metis; Native Americans; Ox driving; Oxen; Railroads; United States History; Wagons;
Photograph of Red River oxcarts hauling hides, an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a celebration of its one hundredth birthday held from September 24 to October 15, 1927 at outdoor fairgrounds in...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east on Pratt Street at the Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company Building located on the southeast corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Fire hoses are stretched across the street as a crowd of people standing to the...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Power-plants; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United railways and electric company of Baltimore;
Photograph taken of the fire damage done to equipment in the United Railways and Electric Company Power House (Plant) located at 601 East Pratt Street between O'Donnell's and Dugan's wharves. Built in 1903, the Power House contained facilities to...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking south from Baltimore and Harrison Streets at two Maryland National Guardsmen patrolling the burnt district on the west side of Centre Market Space. In the left foreground are the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Power-plants; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867;...
Photograph taken looking south at a Maryland National Guardsman on duty before the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located at Baltimore Street opposite Harrison Street....
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Power-plants;...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from Federal Hill at a panoramic view of the Baltimore City skyline after the 1904 fire. Smoke can still be seen rising from the rubble. Directly across the harbor are the East...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
