Black Tie Folk Festival, Lyric Theatre, 1963 November 23
Content Description
Presented by the Blue Dog Cellar, which was a Baltimore City coffeehouse located at 103 ½ 22nd Street owned by “singer-jokester” George Stevens (c.1937-1973), the poster lists the names of the local folk singers performing at the concert. This includes Johns Hopkins University student Bob Sessions, Jim G. “Hos” Hoswell, and Patches & Liz, who were television personalities that established a cellar coffeehouse on York Road in Timonium called Patches’ 15 Below.
Dates
- Event: 1963 November 23
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
1 Items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession # 2023-017-LIB
Scope and Contents
The earliest posters in the collection feature Leonora Jackson, one of the first female violinists to gain international fame, circa 1900-1915. The most recent poster is a 2020 Black Lives Matter poster. In between is everything from a 1968 Nixon/Agnew campaign poster, to Baltimore City Fair posters from the 1970s, to a poster from the U.S. Pro Cycle Championship held in Baltimore in 1982.
The bulk of the posters in the collection, over 1,000, are World War I and World War II era propaganda posters. Most were produced by the U.S. Government; the collection also consists of privately printed posters, both from the United States and abroad.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org