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A report outlining the proposed “Poe Amendment” to the Maryland Constitution that sought to disenfranchise Black voters. The report concludes…
Pamphlet containing a copy of “An Act to Incorporate a House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children” presented at…
Andrew Boyd Cross was a strongly polarizing figure in the divisive public issues confronting the United States, the state of…
The anti-alcohol crusade of the nineteenth century lives on as one of the most notable and far reaching reforms of…
Daguerreotype portrait of Reverend John Mason Duncan (1790-1851), a Baltimore clergyman. He served as pastor of the Associate Reformed Church,…
Daguerreotype portrait of Reverend John Mason Duncan (1790-1851), a Baltimore clergyman. He served as pastor of the Associate Reformed Church,…
Daguerreotype portrait of Reverend John Mason Duncan (1790-1851), a Baltimore clergyman. He served as pastor of the Associate Reformed Church,…
Portrait of Baltimore, Maryland, businessman and social reformer Sidney Hollander seated at a desk with pipe in mouth.
The tea gown has had many influences and inspirations. While the tea gown is very much a Victorian-era creation and a response to late nineteenth century culture, the tea gown also largely influenced fashion well into the twentieth century.
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