Photograph of the interior of the North Avenue Market in Baltimore, Maryland. Although the exterior of the building features Moorish-style towers (not shown), the central section appears modern, clean, and sanitary. Large skylights supplement the...
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...
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...
Letter from Cecil [Smith] to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee. In her handwritten letter Cecil [Smith] is finalizing arrangements for her, the Caleys [Hazel and Dorothy], and Eleanor O'Mear[a], who will be traveling to Baltimore for an upcoming ice carnival...
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...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
Death; Letters; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
In this brief letter dated April 20, 1875 and written from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "in great haste" and without his usual cordiality, replies to Sara Sigourney Rice about a testamonial to Edgar Allan Poe. For Poe's...
