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Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween from the Underbelly staff! Enjoy these scary photos from the bowels of the Maryland Historical Society’s archives. Halloween at the White House in 1971. President Nixon is in the dog...
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A Hutzler’s Christmas
Hutzler’s Christmas Catalog from 1952. The holiday season at Hutzler’s, the famed Maryland department store chain, was always merry and bright. Each location was trimmed to the nines—bedecked with...
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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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43rd Annual Monument Lighting and MdHS Open House
An image of the Washington Monument from Mayor Schaefer’s 1973 holiday card. Original pen and ink drawn by Baltimoer artist Betty Wells. Ephemera, Series I, MdHS Like so much of the City of Baltimore,...
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Designing the Washington Monument
An early design by Mills. Washington Monument, Elevation of Front by Robert Mills. Washington Monument Competition. From MS 876: Washington Monument Papers, 1810-1843. MdHS, 1991-49-3. This...
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Here at Last He is Happy: The Death and Burial of Edgar Allan Poe
A slightly ghoulish image. A girl and her dog with Poe’s remains. Poe’s Memorial Grave, October 21, 1956, A. Audrey Bodine, B209-4, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, MdHS. “There are some secrets...
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Growing Up in Fell’s Point: Jennie Sokolowska’s Stories
The Anchorage, Broadway Market, and Port Mission [detail], 1913, MdHS CollectionMy mother Jane Schoeberlein, known in her youth as Jennie Sokolowska, passed away in December 2014. As a means of...
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“It’s Groundhog Day!”
Punxsutawny, Pennsylvania. Ground Hog Day. 1957.A. Aubrey Bodine Collection, B2014, MdHS. Groundhog Day is a much celebrated American holiday, but its roots stem from older traditions in Europe when...
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The Velvet Kind: The Sweet Story of Hendlers Creamery
One of Maryland’s most famous ice cream brands: Hendlers Creamery. Moses Advertising: Hendlers sign, Hughes Studio, 1955, PP30-225F-55, MdHS. Originally posted July 18, 2013 July in Maryland can be...
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Electrifying and Animating Maryland’s Christmas Gardens
Christmas, West Arlington, Md., 1900. Unidentified child with Christmas tree and toys. Unidentified photographer, 1900. Clara Lips Album. PP149.06, MdHS. The image of an electric train going around a...
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