Description: This image shows the Major General Baron deKalb statue that sits on the grounds of the Maryland State House. This is the oldest state capitol building still in use and it was the only state capitol that also served as the nation's capitol. It is the third building to stand on this site and is an example of Georgian architecture. deKalb was a German soldier who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_540
Subjects: Capitols--Maryland; Statues--Maryland; National Register of Historic Places; porches; pediments; cornices; balustrades; Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
Places: Annapolis (Maryland); 100 State Circle
 

Description: The only state flag based on heraldry, its design is the banner of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore adopted in 1904. The Maryland colony was founded by Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. The black and gold portion was taken from the shield of the Calvert family coat of arms (his paternal line). The red and white cross bottony is the coat of arms of the Crossland family (his maternal line). During the Civil War there was bitter debate over which of the two would be flown in battle. After the war the two motifs merged to alternate in quarters on a rectangular field. Maker's mark indicates it was manufactured by the Dettras Flag Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65498_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Textile--cotton; State Flags --Maryland; American Colonies; Civil War, 1939-1945;
Places: Maryland; United States
 

Description: This image shows the rear facade of the Maryland State House. This is the oldest state capitol building still in use and it was the only state capitol that also served as the nation's capitol. It is the third building to stand on this site and is an example of Georgian architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_541
Subjects: Capitols--Maryland; National Register of Historic Places; porches; pediments; cornices; balustrades; Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
Places: Annapolis (Maryland); 100 State Circle
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Maryland State House. This is the oldest state capitol building still in use and it was the only state capitol that also served as the nation's capitol. It is the third building to stand on this site and is an example of Georgian architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_538
Subjects: Capitols--Maryland; National Register of Historic Places; porches; pediments; cornices; balustrades; Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
Places: Annapolis (Maryland); 100 State Circle
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Maryland State House. This is the oldest state capitol building still in use and it was the only state capitol that also served as the nation's capitol. It is the third building to stand on this site and is an example of Georgian architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_537
Subjects: Capitols--Maryland; National Register of Historic Places; porches; pediments; cornices; balustrades; Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
Places: Annapolis (Maryland); 100 State Circle
 

Description: This image shows a plaque that sits on the grounds of the Maryland State House. It provides some historical background on the building. This is the oldest state capitol building still in use and it was the only state capitol that also served as the nation's capitol. It is the third building to stand on this site and is an example of Georgian architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F07_539
Subjects: Capitols--Maryland; National Register of Historic Places; porches; pediments; cornices; balustrades; Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
Places: Annapolis (Maryland); 100 State Circle
 

Description: John and Annie Glenn relax on a deck over the Patuxent River in Maryland, likely in May, 1945. At the time, John Glenn was stationed at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. In July, 1945, John was promoted to captain and reassigned. The John and Annie Glenn collection is comprised of photographs, slides, books and ephemera documenting the career of John Glenn as an astronaut and U.S. Senator. The collection also documents his life with his wife Annie Glenn née Castor, family and friends, such as Robert and Ethel Kennedy and fellow astronauts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV329_B25F24_01
Subjects: Glenn, John, 1921-2016; Glenn, Annie, 1920-2020; Vacations
Places: California (Maryland); St. Mary's County (Maryland);
 

Description: United States Road handbill, 1819. The notice is a request for bids from contractors interested in working on the National Road (also called the Cumberland Road or the U.S. Road), the first federally sponsored roadway. The notice states that David Shriver, Jr., superintendent of the National Road, is accepting bids for construction of the road segment that would link Uniontown and Washington, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Congress commissioned the National Road in 1806 as a conduit to the West, linking the Potomac River and Cumberland, Maryland, to St. Louis, Missouri, and the Mississippi River. The road opened Ohio and the Northwest Territory to settlement and trade with the eastern U.S. By 1838 the Cumberland Road had reached Springfield, Ohio; three years later it reached Vandalia, Illiinois, where construction stopped due to a funding shortfall. By this time the railroads attracted travelers and business shipping away from the National Road, and the project was abandoned. A century later the advent of the automobile made the National Road popular once again. The National Road bisected Ohio along what is now U.S. 40. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05817
Subjects: Cumberland Road--History; Transportation--Ohio--History; Roads--United States--History; Shriver, David, 1769-1852; Handbills, Advertising
Places: Cumberland (Maryland); Allegany County (Maryland);
 

Description: The dining tent and its diners that was set up during a camping trip taken by rubber manufacturer Harvey Firestone, inventor Thomas Edison and automobile manufacturer Henry Ford in 1921. This trip was one of many that Ford, Firestone, and Edison took together between 1916 and 1924. Harding was invited to their camping trip in Maryland in July of 1921, which became known as "Camp Harding." The circular dining table was nine feet in diameter and had a Lazy Susan on the top so that diners could reach any of the dishes they wanted. It also folded so that it could be transported easily. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03564
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Industrialists--Ohio; Inventors
Places: Pecktonville (Maryland); Pecktonville (Maryland)
 

Description: The dining tent and its diners that was set up during a camping trip taken by rubber manufacturer Harvey Firestone, inventor Thomas Edison and automobile manufacturer Henry Ford in 1921. This trip was one of many that Ford, Firestone, and Edison took together between 1916 and 1924. Harding was invited to their camping trip in Maryland in July of 1921, which became known as "Camp Harding." The circular dining table was nine feet in diameter and had a Lazy Susan on the top so that diners could reach any of the dishes they wanted. It also folded so that it could be transported easily. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03565
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Industrialists--Ohio; Inventors
Places: Pecktonville (Maryland); Pecktonville (Maryland)
 

Description: Photograph of the Booth family plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. The obelisk pictured is in memorial to Junius Brutus Booth, Sr. His son, John Wilkes Booth, is buried in an unmarked grave behind the obelisk. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, April 14, 1865, before dying of a gun shot wound 12 days later. The photograph on a post card was taken by C.B. Galbreath of Baltimore, Maryland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F01_007
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Baltimore (Maryland)
 

Description: A black and white photograph of President Abraham Lincoln along with officers of the Union armies at Antietam, Maryland. The photograph was taken by Alexander Gardner in 1862. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F12_006_01
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Antietam (Maryland)