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The Dreams of Benjamin Banneker
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanack and Ephemeris from 1795 with a woodcut depiction of Benjamin Banneker on the cover. Over the 200 years since the death of Benjamin Banneker...
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A Mystery Admirer
Pages 1-3 of a Valentine’s Day poem for Nannie Frick written by an unknown admirer. Possibly illustrated by Dr. Adalbert J. Volck. MD877, BCLM Works on Paper, MdHS. (Click to enlarge) In this...
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“Home-made wines made of dandelions”: Prohibition in Maryland
Are these men drinking plain old apple cider or enjoying some harder stuff?Drinking cider, November 30, 1930, A.Aubrey Bodine, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, MC8277-32, MdHS. This Saturday...
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“The Most Spectacular Print of Baltimore Ever Made”
Working at the Maryland Historical Society, you get to see some pretty amazing things on a daily basis. From Francis Scott Key’s original draft of the Star Spangled Banner, early copies of the...
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Hagerty’s Hieroglyphicks
With St. Patrick’s Day approaching we thought it would be appropriate to feature three of the more beautiful and intriguing prints from our collection produced by John Hagerty, a Baltimore printer and...
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A Magical History Tour of Maryland
Crowd watching Houdini in front of the Sun Building, Charles Street and Baltimore Street. Elevated view looking southeast from upper floor of the B & O Building. Baltimore. April 26, 1916.,...
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“Luv-lee weath-ar! All the time!”: The Summer of 1921 at Camp Hutzler
In July of 1921, four men in a Ford Model T pulled up to survey a small riverside clearing in the Patapsco Forest Reserve. At the site, men in neckties and women in white dresses were clearing the...
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The Great Fight
Although it’s rare, a sporting event can sometimes transcend its role as pure competition and entertainment. Boxing in particular seems especially suited to seeing its participants elevated to more...
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Poe and Alone
As you may know, in addition to being Earth Awareness Month and Financial Literacy Month, April is also National Poetry Month. Though financial literacy certainly is enticing, we figured underbelly...
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Kohl’s Orioles, 1993
Our Baltimore Orioles are off to a bit of a slow start this year, but it is ridiculously early to start worrying. But this doesn’t mean that many of us won’t start worrying or haven’t already started....
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Leaving no Stones Unturned: Charles Carroll of Carrollton’s Declarations of...
One of the two copies of William Stone’s engraving of the Declaration of Independence given to Charles Carroll of Carrollton.In Congress, July 4, 1776 – The unanimous declaration of the the thirteen...
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The Grandmother Who Fought Porn: Mary Avara
This week we’re reposting something that we found over the holiday weekend. This piece inspired us to dig into the underbelly to see what we might have on porn fighting granny Mary Avara and we weren’t...
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Ponzi’s Plea
My house of cards had collapsed! The bubble had busted! I had lost! Lost everything! Millions of dollars. Credit. Happiness. And even my liberty! Everything, except my courage. I needed that to take my...
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Maryland on a Half Shell
Oysters in Half Shell, by Andrew John Henry Way, 1863. Oil on canvas. 13 57/64 x 20 5/64 in. (35.3 x 51 cm). Maryland Historical Society Accession: 1964-3-30 The waters of the Chesapeake Bay have long...
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A Thorny Path: School Desegregation in Baltimore
Protesting segregation of teacher training programs. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Parren J. Mitchell far left. Douglass High School, Calhoun and Baker Street,...
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Propaganda in the Free State: MdHS’s Collection of Poster Art
Before the advent of the internet, one of the simplest and most effective ways of getting the word out to people about a local festival, a concert, or a political message was by slapping a poster on a...
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The (M)ad Men and Women of Hutzler’s
Stylist Helen Huf (left) hands receptionist Mary Fuhrman (right) a message.“Reception,” ca. 1949, Blakeslee-Lane, PP5 Box 25 Folder 35 #11, MdHS. On any given day throughout the 1940s and ’50s,...
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Judge Simon Sobeloff – Moderate to the Extreme
Simon Sobeloff (2nd from right) shaking hands with Theodore McKeldin. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren stands to the far left. Theodore McKeldin Photograph Collection, PP286.78, Maryland Historical...
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Capturing the Movement: Before and After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in...
Paul Robeson (2nd from left) is joined by Dr. John E. T. Camper, Chairman of the Citizens Committee for Justice (4th from left) and—we believe—a young A. Robert Kauffman of Interracial Fellowship Youth...
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Up, up and away: Maryland’s First Birdmen
Maryland aviation pioneer Charles F. Elvers’ first airplane with his notes about its success.Glenn L. Martin Aviation Albums, 1904-1940, MS 704, Box 1, Maryland Historical Society. When the news broke...
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