Subject: Maryland

This billhead from Ben S. Greensfelder, a wholesale and retail dealer in picture frames, chromos, engravings, looking-glasses, easels, lamps, vases, and wall-brackets and novelties, details items purchased by Mrs. Hugg on April 1, 1891. The transaction lists one 22x28 silver frame for $1.00, one 19x24 silver frame for $1.00, and two 8x10 items for $0.50 each, totaling $3.00. The billhead indicates "Recd. Payment" and is signed "B. S. Greensfelder". The document features a decorative "Bought of" graphic to the left of the business name and ornate lettering for the business title, typical of late 19th-century commercial design.

This billhead from Cohen & Stern, Importers and Jobbers of Hosiery, Notions, and White Goods, records a transaction with Messrs. Jones Bros. in Baltimore, Maryland, dated December 5, 1889. The item lists the sale of 13 dozen muffs at $1.50 per dozen and 7 dozen of another item (likely muffs, based on the context) at $1.00 per dozen. The total amount is $2.50, with a calculation error that leads to a corrected total of $2.45. The billhead features ornate Victorian-style lettering for the business name and a distinctive company logo depicting a flag with text "AUCTION JOBS A SPECIALTY" and "ONE PRICE HOUSE." The document includes terms of sale: "Net 30 days" and "2 percent off 10 days," and is stamped "PAID" with the date "DEC 5 1889."

This broadside contains "Worte des Trostes" (Words of Consolation), a eulogy delivered by Rabbi Benjamin Szold of the Oheb Shalom-Gemeinde in Baltimore on August 9, 1885, for Moses Oettinger. The text is in German and is presented within a simple decorative border, featuring ornate Gothic-style lettering for the main headings. 3.

A sepia-toned carte-de-visite (CDV) showing a street view of the Hebrew Hospital and Asylum in Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1868. The photograph depicts a large, multi-story brick building with a cupola on the roof and a prominent entrance. A wooden fence runs along the front of the building, and a group of five men, dressed in suits and bowler hats, are visible standing near the fence. The item shows light toning and scratches, creasing to the top left corner, and some loss to the photograph at the lower left corner. A small hole is punched at the lower margin. 3.

This legal document records the sale of two quarter lots in the Fells Point Hebrew Friendship Congregation Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, to Samuel Weinberg for $125. The deed is dated March 28, 1881, and is signed by Seligman Herzberg, President of the congregation. The document features ornate Victorian-style lettering for the congregation's name and is embossed with a circular seal. 3.

This item consists of a broadside advertising "COHEN'S OFFICES" and the "CATHEDRAL CHURCH LOTTERY," sent as a stampless letter. The broadside, dated Baltimore, June 1820, announces the lottery drawing schedule and details the prize structure, with a highest prize of $40,000 and other prizes ranging down to $5,000. It states that $35,000 will be distributed in prizes without deduction. Whole tickets were sold for $20, with fractional tickets also available. The broadside features ornate typography typical of early 19th-century public announcements, utilizing varied font sizes, bolding, and decorative elements to highlight key information, particularly prize amounts. The reverse side contains a handwritten letter from J. I. Cohen, Jr. to Elie Beatty concerning financial transactions, dated July 2, 1820, from Baltimore, MD to Hagerstown, MD. 3.

A trade card for R. Laupheimer & Bro., dealers in parlor and chamber furniture, carpets, oil cloths, matting, mattresses, bedding, window shades, and stoves, located at 303 North Gay Street, near Aisquith Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The verso indicates that weekly and monthly payments were accepted. The obverse features a whimsical illustration of a young boy, possibly a clown or in a period costume, blowing bubbles, set against a background of large, circular shapes suggesting light or additional bubbles. The text on both sides is presented in various decorative and stylized fonts typical of the period. 3.