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...
Fishery processing plants--Maryland--Crisfield;African American women employees--Maryland--Crisfield;Canned crab meat--Maryland--Crisfield;Crab meat--Preservation
Photograph of crab pickers at a seafood processing plant in Crisfield, Maryland. African American women sit around huge tables that contain piles of steamed hard-shelled blue crabs, picking the meat from the crabs and depositing it into small metal...
Photograph of the north side of the 800 block Ashland Avenue at Hillman Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses appear to be deserted, except for the corner grocery store, with signs advertising Pepsi-Cola,...
Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Cassell, John F. S., 1872-1909; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Food conservation; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the rebuilt Hotel Junker after the 1904 fire. Located between Charles and St. Paul Streets at numbers 20-22 East Fayette Street, the original Hotel Junker, which was designed by architect J. S. Cassell (1872-1909) and...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
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...
Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814; Broadsides; Flags; Patriotism; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hurrah for the Flag of the Free!" These verses are about the American flag, most likely the Star-Spangled Banner with fifteen stars for the fifteen states that was unfurled over Fort McHenry in Baltimore...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Rising Sun (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Waste disposal sites;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 277. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Rising Sun, Cecil County. Construction disposal plant and sanitary sewers. Showing...
Flags; Food conservation--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Adolph Treidler (1886-1981) that shows the flags of some of the allied powers of World War I. Most prominent are the flags of the United States and Great Britain. The entire caption for this poster reads as follows: "Our flags beat...
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...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Rationing;
War Ration Book no. 4, containing unused ration stamps. The front cover includes a serial number (313562) and spaces where the recipient could fill in his or her name, address, and signature. There is also a warning that violating ration rules is a...
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...
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Pise, Charles Constantine, 1801-1866; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Poetry;
This document is Neilson Poe's handwritten English translation of a poem written in Latin by Charles Constantine Pise, published in the Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1827, and dedicated to Charles Carroll of Carrollton on...
