On December 11, 1936, Britain’s king made a live broadcast on BBC Radio in which he publicly abdicated the…
In celebration of our new exhibition, “Reflections: A Brief History of Looking at Ourselves,” we wanted to share a few photographs…
In high school, I volunteered at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, rooting…
A common refrain is that “chivalry is dead.” For a small contingent of Marylanders though, chivalry and other medieval…
Starting January 2019, the content featured in our Aspect Ratio photography and film blog will merge with underbelly. Please look for series such as: “Devil In…
The image of an electric train going around a Christmas tree is now almost as iconic to the holiday as…
The Lord Baltimore Fellowship was a wonderful way to expand my own research on the history of fossil display in…
On March 16, 1777, twenty-seven year old Anna Maria Tilghman wrote to her father, James, “I was made happy by…
The Maryland Historical Society has in its collection a small, tattered letter book written in the hand of famed abolitionist…
A few weeks ago, we shared a photograph of an unidentified building which had long stumped the Library staff. We…
One of the best parts about working in the Special Collections Department is trying to identify subjects in old photographs.…
On August 13, 1919, John J. Carlin advertised the opening night of his latest business venture—an amusement park he billed…
Happy play in grassy places; That was how in ancient ages Children grew to kings and sages. (1) As the…
Last July 14, longtime MdHS volunteer and member of the library committee Cathy M. McDermott passed away. On April 14,…
1844 – Alarmed by the disgraceful condition of the state’s historical documents, Brantz Mayer and twenty-two civic-minded Baltimoreans organized the…