Photograph in fisheye view of the waiting room at Pennsylvania Station in Baltimore, Maryland. In preparation for Penn Station's 1983 rededication, window washers are clean lobby windows. One window washer is using a ladder to reach the higher...
Crowds in art; Visits of state--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts--Maryland--Baltimore; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Travel; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Photograph of an illustration depicting a Baltimore street crowded with people waiting to see President Abraham Lincoln. Although not provided on the back of the photograph, the date is most likely April 18, 1864, when Lincoln visited Baltimore to...
Broadsides; Dumont, Frank; Songs; Stewart, James E. (James Eugene), b. 1843;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Jennie, The Flower of Kildare" from a song written by Frank Dumont (1848-1919) with music by J. E. Stewart. This broadside tells the story of a man who has left his love "Sweet Jennie" back in Kildare,...
Baltimore County (Md.); Dwellings; Housing; Irish Americans; Quarries and quarrying; Railroads;
Photograph of the town of Texas in Baltimore County, Maryland. These three-story stone houses, built alongside Northern Central Railway tracks that carried stone and marble harvested from nearby quarries for the Washington Monument in Baltimore or...
Hotel restaurants--Maryland--Baltimore;Dinners and dining--Maryland--Baltimore;Mural painting and decoration--20th century--Maryland--Baltimore;Hotel Belvedere (Baltimore, Md.);Rogers, Olive Verna, 1903-1989;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the John Eager Howard Room at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Named in honor of John Eager Howard (1752-1827), the Revolutionary War hero and politician who originally owned the land on which the hotel is located, this...
War--Relief of sick and wounded--Maryland--Hagerstown; Women--Charitable contributions--Maryland--Hagerstown; Davis, Theodore R. 1840–1894; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Art and the war
Photograph of a sketch entitled "Ladies of Hagerstown [Maryland] Administering to Our Wounded" by Theodore R. Davis that appeared on page 645 of Harper's Weekly on October 11, 1862. This illustration depicts a group of women carrying baskets or...
Photograph of the interior of Fennell's (misspelled Fennel's on label) Greater Pharmacy located on the corner of Druid Hill Avenue and Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to drugs, this particular store sells items such as cigars and...
Broadway (Baltimore, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore; Central business...
Photograph taken looking south at the 500 block South Broadway Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the right in this block are three-story brick row houses with businesses on the ground floor. Several people are standing in front of the first...
Photograph taken looking south at the 1000 block Druid Hill Avenue from its intersection with Hoffman Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the sidewalk to the right are numerous African Americans: two children are playing at the corner; behind them,...
Horse sports--Maryland--Baltimore County; African American young men--Maryland--Baltimore County; Horses--Maryland--Baltimore County; Automobiles--Maryland-- Baltimore County
Photograph of a horse and rider taking a jump at an equestrian event in Baltimore County, Maryland. Three men in ties, shirtsleeves, and straw hats or cap, standing off to the side, appear to be judging the event. A young African American man is...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Annapolis; African American men--Maryland--Annapolis; Electric lines; Streets--Maryland--Annapolis;
Photograph taken from College Avenue of the Forbes (McIlHenny) House on Church Circle in Annapolis, Maryland. Torn down between 1893 and 1900, it became the site of the Annapolis Main Post Office, which opened January 1, 1901. Standing in front of...
African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore;Architecture, domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore;House furnishings industry and trade--Maryland--Baltimore;Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph looking south from Eager Street at the east side of the 900 block Greenmount Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. On the corner is a store advertising furniture and appliances. Standing on the sidewalk nearby are two African American woman...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet 34 pages long containing photographs of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. Includes a few striking facts about the Baltimore fire and a list of some of the greatest fires in the United States that occurred between 1820 and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baldwin, Ephraim Francis, 1837-1916; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Pennington, Josias,...
Photograph taken looking west at the unit block of East Lexington Street including the ruins of the Law Building (left foreground) from an upper story of the Courthouse. Located on the southwest corner of St. Paul and Lexington Streets, the...
Boards of trade; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States Customhouse...
Photograph taken looking northwest from Pratt Street and Centre Market Space at the burnt district. In the foreground are several horse-drawn wagons waiting to be hired to help clean up the debris. In the background are (from left to right) several...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the third revised edition of the broadside entitled "Down Trodden Maryland." Privately printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "N. G. R." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee" from the song written by Harry Braisted with music (not included) by Stanley Carter. This broadside tells the story of a young man returning home to Tennessee after a...
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887; Big Bethel, Battle of, Va., 1861; Broadsides; Burns, Robert, 1759-1796; Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889; Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; Seward,...
Document containing two broadsides: the first is entitled "Hark! The Summons," and the second is entitled "Southern Sentiments." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Ma's Gone Out to Pray." This broadside tells the story of a young boy whose mother has gone out to pray at saloons to stop men, especially husbands, from drinking alcohol. The "Dio Lewis" mentioned in the...
Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Mephistophiles K. G. S.; Morris, Thomas Hollingsworth, 1817-1872; Political ballads and songs; United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1863); United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "To the Baltimore poet, Thomas H. M-rr-s, author of 'How They Act in Baltimore'." "Thomas H. M-rr-s" is Thomas Hollingsworth Morris, author of "A.D. 1862, or How They Act in Baltimore" (by a Volunteer...
