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Adalbert Volck and the Humanities
A selection of etchings and illustrations by Adalbert Volck. The images pertain to The Wednesday Club, a Baltimore organization of which Dr. Volck was a founder. |
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Broadside Verses Collection
Broadsides were used in Maryland in the mid-Nineteenth Century for political agitation, advertisements, poems, ballads, and Civil War propaganda.
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Burnt District Reports
A selection of documents and books that tell the story of how Baltimore survived the devastation of and rebuilt after the fire of 1904. |
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Cator Collection of Baltimore Views
Nearly two hundred etchings, engravings, watercolors, prints, and other images depicting historic Baltimore, Maryland and environs from 1752 to 1930.
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Edgar Allan Poe Collection
A selection of personal letters, images and poeiana from the Edgar Allan Poe Collection. Includes important letters regarding his mysterious death in 1849.
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Film in Maryland
A selection of digitized items that center on the theme of Film in Maryland. Includes ephemera from the Maryland Department Ephemera Collection. |
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FIRE AND FAITH: The Catonsville Nine File
On May 17, 1968, nine people entered the Selective Service Offices in Catonsville, Maryland, and burned draft records in protest against the war in Vietnam.
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Great Baltimore Fire of 1904
Follow the “footprints” of the Fire online. This interactive exhibit shows how the fire spread and includes photographs, film footage and paintings.
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H. L. Mencken Collection
Portraits, photographs, drafts, letters and artifacts from the personal collection of Baltimore journalist and critic, H. L. Mencken, (1880 - 1956).
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Mapping Maryland's Counties
A selection of historic maps from the Maryland Department Map Collection that provides snapshots of the growth and development of Maryland's counties and the City of Baltimore from 1650-1939. |
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Maryland Colonial Currency
A collection of Maryland colonial and continental currency dating from 1767 to 1776. |
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Maryland Library's Most Wanted
A selection of unidentified photographs from the Ephemera Collection of the Maryland Department. We are asking your help in identifying them.
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Portraits of the Six Lords Baltimore
The portraits and histories of the six Lords Baltimore hanging in the Central Hall of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, including historical accounts of the Calverts.
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Prominent Marylanders
A selection of digitized items that center on the theme of Prominent Marylanders. Includes portraits, paintings, photographs, ephemera, and prints from various special collections at the Pratt Library.
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Sachse's Bird's Eye View of City of Baltimore 1869
Sachse's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869 still elicits the same fascination today as it did some 140 years ago when it first appeared. This new digital version of the map allows the viewer to see the original's exquisite detail and better appreciate this achievement in art and mapmaking!
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Slave Documents Collection
Slavery, the "peculiar institution," generated a variety of documents chronicling daily activities that touched all strata of American society, free and enslaved.
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Sports in Maryland
A selection of sports related items including game schedules, programs, personal correspondence and documents from Maryland sports organizations.
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Views of African American Life in Maryland
The images of this collection allow us a glimpse into the past of the social, economic, and political lives of African American Marylanders.
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War Posters Collection
The Enoch Pratt Free Library houses over 500 original World War I and World War II posters. Acting as a propaganda tool, the posters urged Americans to work, conserve, and fight for the war effort.
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African American Department Ephemera Collection Guide(PDF file)
Includes pamphlets, programs, flyers, and other materials. The collection focuses heavily on the Baltimore area, though it also includes publications from national organizations. The guide will be updated as items are added to the collection. |
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Maryland Department Ephemera Collection Guide (PDF file)
Guide to items in the Ephemera Collection of the Maryland Department, including each item’s location. The contents are sorted by subject heading and include such historical items as advertisements, programs, flyers, and museum exhibit catalogs primarily from the Hagerstown and Baltimore areas.
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| More DIGITAL COLLECTIONS may be found at the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage website at www.mdch.org. |
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