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BCLM Works on Paper, 8x10 inch, Box 1-3
BCLM Works on Paper, 8x10 inch, Box 1-3
Box 1
Title | Date | Physical Description | Call Number | Notes |
Rules and Regulations for Bicycles, Tricycles, and Carriages in the Public Parks of Baltimore | 1896 | pamphlet, 8 pages | MD793 | Includes an application for the League of American Wheelmen. Published by Heller and Snowdeal |
Gala Farewell Night of Grover's Grand German Opera Don Giovanni | 1866 | program | MX1956 | Directed by Leonard Grover with Heinrich Steinecke as Don Giovanni. Performed at the Holiday Street Theatre |
Exterior of First Presbyterian Church | undated | painting on board | CA21A | Color painting of a church. Idenitifed in CA21B as First Presbyterian Church. |
Interior of First Presbyterian Church | undated | painting on board | CA21B | Color painting of the interior of a church. Note on verso: Interior of First Presbyterian Church. Looking North. Presented by [name crossed out]. |
City Hall Directory, Baltimore. | 1875 | 2 pamphlets | MD1195 | Two copies of the Baltimore City Hall Directory from 1975. Contains floorplans, illustrations, a history of the building, and a listing of staff. A portrait of Joshua Vansant, Mayor of Baltimore, is included. One copy is incomplete and missing the cover and illustrations. |
John H.B. Latrobe | undated | MD1932 | Printed copy of a silhouette and side-view portrait of a young man. Note on verso: John H.B. Latrobe | |
Election ticket advertisement | 1840 | program | MB923.5 | Election slate for Senator, Benjamin C. Howard, and Assembly: John C. Legrand, Francis Gallagher, John J. Graves, John B. Seidenstricker, and Benjamin C. Presstman. |
Visitor ticket to the Baltimore Cemetary | undated | ticket | MD1145.1 | Visitor ticket number 4648 to the Baltimore Cemetery, admitting John Maguire and his family. A list of visitor's rules is on the back of the ticket. |
Act to Incorporate the Proprietors of Baltimore Cemetary | 1850 | 4 page pamphlet | MD1145.2 | Petition to incorporate a cemetery in Baltimore City, called Baltimore Cemetery. |
Beadle's Dime. A Complete Handbook of Yachting and Rowing. | 1867 | 33 page book | MD1259 | Published by Beadle and Company, New York. |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad dining car menu | undated | menu | MD1926.3A | Accession number 45.43 |
The Royal Blue Special Souvenir Menu. Baltimore and Ohio Dining Car Service. | 1935 | 4 page pamphlet | MD1926.3B | New York-Washington Excursion. Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. Dated Sunday, November 24th, 1935. |
Hochschild, Kohn & Company presents Baltimore Backgrounds for New Baltimoreans | 1941 | 8 page pamphlet | MD1951 | Promotional pamphlet about Baltimore with information about Hochschild, Kohn & Company on the back cover. Two copies. |
Annual Circular for Twenty-first Year, 1884-85, and Catalogue of Officers and Students of 20th Year of Friends' Elementary and High School for Pupils of Both Sexes | 1884 | 20 page pamphlet | MD1955 | Catalog for the Friends' School |
Inaugural Ceremonies of Mayor-Elect Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin | 1943 | program | MD2014 | Lists official party and program schedule. |
Blackjackets Guide for Baltimore | 1943 | 9 page pamphlet | MD2015 | Two copies. Published for the U.S. Coast Guard By Division 1, U.S.C.G. Auxiliary, Baltimore, Md., March 1, 1943 |
A Chronicle Recording One Hundred Twenty-Five Years: Brooks Brothers, New York | 1943 | 30 page pamphlet | MD2016 | History of the Brooks Brothers company, 1818-1943. |
Times Have Changed since Grandma ran the "Y": 60th Anniversary, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Baltimore, Maryland. 1883-1943. | 1942 | 6 page pamphlet | MD2018 | History and report on the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Baltimore, Maryland |
The Lords Baltimore: Contemporary Portraits of the Founder and the Five Proprietaries of Maryland | 1942 | 12 page pamphlet | MD2019 | Portraits and biographies of six Lords Baltimore: George Calvert, Cecil Calvert, Charles Calvert, Benedict Leonard Calvert, Charles Calvert, and Frederick Calvert. Published by the Enoch Pratt Free Library. |
Obituary of Rosewell Graves and correspondence between his sons. | 1837 | 2 pages | ML2399.2 | An obituary for Rosewell Graves, M.D., is attached to a letter from R. Graves, Jr. to his brother, John J. Graves, of Baltimore. The envelope is attached. |
Box 2
Title | Date | Physical Description | Call Number | Notes |
An Abridgement of the Christian Doctrine by the Rt. Reverand Bishop Hay | 1809 | book | MX497 | Sold by the Roman Catholic Library, 30 Baltimore Street, Baltimore. |
Time Table Mauch Chune, Summit Hill and Switch-Back Railroad and a campaign button | circa 1902 | clipping | [71.3] | Railroad time table dated Thursday, July 3, 1902 and small campaign button with portrait of unidentified man. In envelope with return address Samuel L. Goldheim. |
Member's Pass. House of Representatives of the Eastern High School to the Peabody Institute. | 1905 | ticket | 71.3 | Member's Pass for admission to the Peabody Institute, dated June 16, 1905. Name of person to be admitted is unclear, last name Pretzfelder. |
Engraving of John W. Garrett | undated | MB1236 | Caption: Engraved by Samuel Sartain, Phila. | |
Engraving of John P. Kennedy | circa 1850 | MB1242.1 | Caption: From a daguerreotype in 1850, New York G.P. Putnam & Sons. Dag. by Vannerson. Eng'd by H.B. Hall. | |
Engraving of John P. Kennedy | undated | MB1242.2 | Caption: J.P. Kennedy. Wilson. A.B. Walter. | |
Engraving of Peter Cooper | undated | MB1461 | Name on print is in script. Printed mounted on board. | |
Engraving of The Baltimore American Building | undated | clipping | MB1481 | The Baltimore American Building, 126 & 128 West Baltimore Street. JO Ehlers Co. |
Engraving of Sharp Street Methodist Episcopal Church | undated | clipping | MB1497 | Caption: Sharp Street M. E. Church, (Colored) Between Lombard and Pratt Street. Sharp Street Methodist Church, now Sharp Street Memorial United Methodist Church. |
Engraving of Franklin Street Presbyterian Church | undated | clipping | MB1502 | Located at Franklin and Cathedral Streets. On verso: engraving of State Normal School, Lafayette Square. |
Engraving of Joseph Henry Stickney | undated | clipping | MB1518 | Caption: J. Henry Stickney. B.M Snyder. A biography of Joseph Henry Stickney is on the back (incomplete). |
The Early History of Oil Refining in Baltimore and The Esso Baltimore Refinery after 90 Years of Progress | circa 1957 | pamphlet | MD2372 | Acc. 49.33. Eight page booklet. A business card for Esso public relations manager William H. Long is included. |
The Great Flag Song | undated | MD2448.2 | Printed by William J. Schmidt, Illustrated Song Publishers, 278 Saratoga St., Baltimore, Md. | |
Dedication Ceremonies at the Baltimore Refinery of the Standard Oil Company | 1943 | program | MD2469.1 | Dedication ceremonies for installation of new equipment at the Baltimore Refinery. December 1, 1943. Includes corporate staff listing. |
Ticket to Dedication Ceremonies at the Baltimore Refinery of the Standard Oil Company | 1943 | ticket | MD2469.2 | Dedication ceremonies for installation of new equipment at the Baltimore Refinery. December 1, 1943. |
Program and order form for The Maryland Theatre | circa 1943 | program | MD2449 | Announcing the summer play at The Maryland Theatre, "Let Us Be Gay." Includes program description, cast biographies, and ticket ordering information. The Maryland Theatre was located at 320 West Franklin Street. |
U.S.A. War Ration Book Two | circa 1942 | program | MD2460 | Issued by the Office of Price Administration to Richard and Sara Medford. No stamps remain. |
Hutzler Brothers 1944 calendar | 1944 | calendar | MD2462 | Includes black and white reproductions of art from Maryland galleries and collections. Pages are bound with brown string. |
Box 3
Title | Date | Physical Description | Call Number | Notes |
Name card for James H. Preston, table seating chart, and advertisement for Henry A. Kries and Sons Company. | circa 1929 | MD1925.9.1 | Kries and Sons Company advertisement includes poem, "A Just Sentence." Listing of names may be a seating chart for 1929 Busick Testimonial Dinner. | |
Turner's Dramatic Library of Acting Plays, "The Man and the Tiger" | undated | pamphlet | MD1124 | Text and description of a one act play, "The Man and the Tiger." |
Barth's Universal Stage; Theatrical Promp Book, "My Friend The Captain." | undated | pamphlet | MD1123 | Text and description of a one act play, "My Friend the Captain." |
Hutzler Brothers 1942 calendar | 1942 | calendar | MD2150.2 | Includes industrial themed drawings by "young Marylanders." Tied together with brown string. |
Hutzler Brothers 1938 calendar | 1938 | calendar | MD2150.1 | Includes etchings by artist Dano Jackley. Tied together with brown string. |
Hutzler Brothers 1943 calendar | 1943 | calendar | MD2150.3 | Includes etchings by artist Howard F. Frech. Tied together with gray string. |
Invitation to the Friday Night German | circa 1874-1875 | MD1932 | Mounted on board. Includes committee members for Friday Night German. | |
Fisher's National Primer | circa 1850 | pamphlet | MD1898 | Printed by Fisher & Brother, Philadelphia and 64 Baltimore Street, Baltimore. |
Ticket for the Oriole Academy of Music | 1882 | ticket | MD1936.2 | Dated September 14, 1882. Ticket for Mr. David Fowler. |
Ticket for the Oriole Academy of Music | 1882 | ticket | MD1936.1 | Dated September 14, 1882. Ticket for Mrs. David Fowler. |
Program for Testimonial Dinner to Harry Busick | 1929 | program | MD1925.9.2 | Dinner at the Lord Baltimore Hotel on April 8, 1929. Includes guest list and menu. |
Program for Luncheon in honor of the Queen of Romania | 1926 | program | MD1925.20 | Includes program schedule and menu. |
Roland Park Civic League Annual Banquet | 1919 | program | MD1925.29 | Includes program schedule, menu, song lyrics, and list of officers. Tied together with red ribbon, very tightly bound. |
The Southern Maryland Society Annual Dinner | 1929 | program | MD1925.32.1 | Includes schedule, officers, and menu. |
The Southern Maryland Society Annual Dinner | 1929 | program | MD1925.32.2 | Includes schedule, officers, and menu. |
The Southern Maryland Society Annual Dinner | 1923 | program | MD1925.32.3 | Includes schedule, officers, and menu. Handwritten notes included. |
Soroptimist Club of Baltimore Charter Banquet | 1931 | program | MD1925.33 | Includes program schedule, menu, song lyrics, and list of officers. Tied together with ribbon. |
Steuben Society of America Anniversary Banquet | 1927 | program | MD1925.34 | From title page: Banquet in celebration of 150th anniversary of the landing on American soil of General Baron von Steuben. Includes song lyrics, schedule, menu, officers, and Society mission. |
Dinner in Honor of Captain P. Miltzlaff and the Officers of the North German Lloyd SS "Yorck." | 1926 | program | MD1925.35 | Includes menu and program. |
Official Dinner in Honor of the German Educators | 1928 | program | MD1925.36 | "Official Dinner in Honor of the German Educators, Visiting the United States under the Auspices of The International Institute of Teachers College Columbia University." Includes menu and program schedule. |
University of Baltimore Dinner to the Graduating Class of 1929 | 1929 | program | MD1925.39 | Includes menu and program. |
Western Maryland Railway Company dinner | 1930 | program | MD1925.40 | Dinner in honor of George P. Bagby, Chas. W. Brown, E.R. Bardgett. Includes menu, program, and committee members. |
"Saratoga" Grecian Bend silhouettes | undated | MD1940 | Cartoon silhouettes of walking and parlor dresses. | |
Inaugural Ceremonies of Mayor-Elect Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin | 1943 | program | MD2014 | Lists official party and program schedule. Duplicate. |
Postcard from Albert Ritchie to George Schad, Esq. | 1887 | postcard | ML2144 | Postcard from Albert Ritchie, 108 East Lexington St, Baltimore, MD. May 12, 1887. |

