Back to Primary Sources by State
The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Maryland resources available for free on the Library's Web site.
Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections.
Primary Sources
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Bird's eye view of Cumberland, Maryland 1906
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Maryland State House, State Circle, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD, c1933
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Complete circle view of Baltimore from the Emerson Tower, c1913
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Annapolis and the Naval Academy from the State House dome, c1911
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Dr. Merle T. Adkins, 1911
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Battle of Antietam, Md, 1862-5
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View of Ellicotts Mills, MD. / lith. and print by E. Sachse & Co, c1854
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Benjamin Banneker's Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Almanack and Ephemeris...

Maryland, My Maryland
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