Document containing the broadside entitled "Victory at Last," containing the words of a Christian hymn. The hymn portrays Christians as soldiers in Christ's army ("our Saviour is our Captain"). With the world as their battlefield, the Bible as...
Children; Fund raising; Savings bonds--Canada; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1914-1919--Economic aspects--Canada; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--Canada;
Color poster by Joseph Ernest Sampson (1887-1946) that shows a young girl gleefully asking her father to "Do it again Daddy Please! Buy me a Victory Bond." Printed below the border on the left is "W.P. 18."
Savings bonds--Canada; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada;
Color poster by G. K. (Gordon K.) Odell (active 1921-1945) that shows planes flying over a blackened, bombed landscape, with the words "nothing matters now but victory" rising at an angle in the red-black sky. Shown below the landscape is the...
Food conservation--Great Britain; Great Britain. His Majesty's Stationery Office; Great Britain. Ministry of Food; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster encouraging people to "choose for victory" by trying a "victory dish" from a "V" menu and remembering to "go easy on bread." As explained below the menu, "'V' on the menu means VICTORY DISH -- a special dish made at the suggestion of...
Form titled "Report on War Gardens." The report includes a space for the garden's name and location, which on this particular report is left blank. The report also includes a table with rows for recording information pertaining to specific crops...
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...
Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805; Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781; African American boys--Maryland--Talbot County; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930
Black and white photograph of a 1921 color painting entitled "The News of Yorktown" by the renowned American historical painter Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, depicting Tench Tilghman announcing an American victory at the Battle of Yorktown to citizens...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Patriotism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Southern battle song" and signed by "C." This broadside asks all Southerners to answer the patriotic call and fight the invaders, not for monetary gain but for love of country, for "God and Right" are on...
Advertising; Baltimore Orioles (International League : Baseball team); Baseball; International League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Scheduling;
Offiical souvenir program and schedule entitled "On to Victory!" of the 1945 Baltimore Orioles. Featured on the cover is a picture of Alphonse (Tommy) Thomas, the International League Orioles manager from 1940 to 1949. Inside are schedules for...
Fund raising; Savings bonds--Canada; War posters, Canadian; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Canada; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Canada; World War, 1939-1945--War work--Canada;
Color poster that makes use of a black and white photograph of a machinist sitting in front of his work bench. The man has just removed some Canadian dollar bills from his pay envelope and is holding them in his hand as he considers what to do....
Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946--Caricatures and cartoons; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Savings stamps--United States; War posters, American; World War,...
Color poster featuring a cartoon poking fun at Nazi leaders Adolph Hitler (left), Hermann Goering (center), and Joseph Goebbels (right) that urges Americans to buy war bonds with this message: "For victory ... put at least 10% of every pay into war...
Savings stamps--United States; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster consisting mostly of text with a "Torch of Liberty" emblem positioned between the two sections of text: "Save--Buy--for Victory" (above) and "W.S.S. war savings stamps issued here by the United States Government : for sale here"...
Soldiers--United States; Victory Book Campaign; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Irving Spellens that shows an open book with the portrait of a soldier and the year "1943" on the left page and the words "Victory Book Campaign" on the right page. Positioned above and below this image, respectively, are the words...
World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to the...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Food industry--Maryland; S.E.W. Friel Company (Queenstown, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of S.E.W. Friel, Queenstown and Wye Mills Plants, on March 17, 1945 at the Centreville Armory in Centreville, Maryland. The program includes images of...
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889; Political posters;
Colored lithograph by Currier & Ives, the Grand National Democratic Banner, 1864. A campaign poster urges the election of General George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton as president and vice president respectively, over Lincoln and Johnson....
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881; Political...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hurrah for Jeff. Davis" from a song sung to the Scottish tune "Bonnets o' Blue." Written by a "Lady Rebel," these celebratory verses praise Jeff. (Jefferson) Davis, President of the Confederate States of...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Flags; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Our Southern Flag" sung to the B. R. Hanby tune "[Darling] Nellie Grey" (also spelled "Nelly Gray"). Written by a "Baltimore rebel," this broadside uses the Confederate flag as a symbol of, and metaphor...
Broadsides; Flags; Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843; Star-spangled banner (Song); Political ballads and songs; United States History War of 1812; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Star-Spangled Banner." This broadside contains the verses to the poem written by Francis Scott Key who was inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor after a...
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.
