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...
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland one-third dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed Wm [William] Eddis and J [John] Clapham: serial number 631.
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...
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; Children and death; Ford's Theatre (Baltimore, Md.); Kennedy, Harry; Minstrels; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Cradle's Empty Baby's Gone," a song by Harry Kennedy, the ventriloquist (ca. 1854-1894) (full name believed to be William Henry Kennedy), as sung at Ford's Theatre (originally Ford's Grand Opera House) in...
Gassaway, Thomas; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Harwood, Nicholas, 1747-48-1810; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Continental period, 1775-1780; Printing. United States. History;
Maryland eight dollar note dated August 14, 1776 and signed T [Thomas] Gassaway and N [Nicholas] Harwood: serial number 9049.
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.
Gassaway, Thomas; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Harwood, Nicholas, 1747-48-1810; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Continental period, 1775-1780; Printing. United States. History;
Maryland one dollar note dated August 14, 1776 and signed T [Thomas] Gassaway and N [Nicholas] Harwood: serial number 22597.
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Parks; Athletic fields;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 31. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Athletic field under construction at Swan Park."
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Essex (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Roads;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 383. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore County. Dorsey Ave. under construction from end of macadam to Marlyn Ave."
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Price Brothers Company (Frederick, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the workers of Price Brothers Company in Frederick, Maryland on April 28, 1944. The program includes a copy of a letter dated April 1, 1944 from U.S. Under...
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...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore;
Portrait photograph taken about 1928 by Edgar T. Schafer of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting in a chair in the parlor of his home at number 1524 Hollins Street under a portrait of his relative Johann Burkhard Mencken (1674-1732). H. L. Mencken...
In this incomplete letter dated only Sunday evening June 15 and written probably in 1856 from Lowell, Massachusetts, Annie (Nancy Heywood) Richmond complains that it has been too long since she and Muddie (Maria Clemm) have sat and talked. She...
Mahón (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800;Fortification--Minorca (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Map shows plans of the city of Mahón and the fortress Castillo de San Felipe on the island of Minorca, one of the Balearic Islands near the coast of Catalonia. Inset map shows a plan of Fort St. Philippe, as it was called by the French, at the...
Engraving of view of a seaport under refulgent sunlight by Richard Earlom after an original drawing by Claude Lorrain (written as Claude le Lorrain) from a book titled Liber veritatis [Book of truth], or, a collection of prints, after the original...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Patterson Park (Baltimore, Md.); Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features the 10th Maine Regiment at Camp Washburn under the command of Colonel George L. Beal. Camp Washburn was located in...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Streets--New York (State)--New York; Buildings--New York (State)--New York; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.);
Hand colored print after the painting by Jennie Brownscombe that was published by the Klackner Galleries of New York in 1913. The picture represents a view of Wall Street, from a point a little east of Hanover Street, in the year 1790, or during...
Colored lithograph copyright 1896 by H. A. Thomas & Wylie Lithograph Co., New York, after Charles H. Wesgerber that features a scene of the birth of the flag of the United States. Numbered 14908 and bearing the seal of the American Flag House and...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Viaducts--Maryland;
Engraving by Henry Adlard after the painting by William Henry Bartlett. A proof of the view was published in N. F. Willis' American Scenery. Built in 1834, this famous bridge at Relay is still a part of the main line of the road. It was called the...
