Half-length standing portrait shows Samuel Smith with gray hair, seen in three-quarter view, facing right with eyes forward. He wears blue and yellow War of 1812 uniform with double-breasted jacket. Oil on canvas by Rembrandt Peale, 1817-1818.
Half-length standing portrait shows George Armistead with short curly dark hair, resting left arm on wheel of cannon. He wears War of 1812 uniform: dark blue military jacket with bold buttons and epaulettes, wide red sash, white pants and shirt, and…
Photographs of monument "Where General Ross Fell," Hampstead Hill, and the Old Methodist Meeting House excerpted from a Baltimore souvenir booklet created by the National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Commission.
Drawing shows the ruins of the U.S. Capitol following British attempts to burn the building; includes fire damage to the Senate and House wings, damaged colonnade in the House of Representatives shored up with firewood to prevent its collapse, and…
An advertisement from Baltimore Mayor Edward Johnson and James A. Buchanan calling for Baltimore to form a Committee of Vigilance and Safety. The advertisement reads:
"At a meeting of a number of persons convened at the City Council Chamber by the…