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Items associated with name 'Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Md.)'
Della Andrew Postcard Collection
by Artvue Post Card Co.; Dexter Press, Inc.; H. S. Crocker., Inc.; Pulling, Richard C.; Sweet, Ozzie; Tawes Photographic; The Collotype Co.; The Harry P. Cann & Bro. Co.; The Mayrose Co.; Traub, David E. (1940 – 1960)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains various postcards from the 1940s and 1950s and contains correspondence between Della Andrew and her family and friends.
Eastern Shore Magazines
by Baltimore Association of Commerce; Queen Anne's Day Steering Committee; The Salisburian (1952 – 1980)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Three issues of published magazines on the commemoration of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge entitled "Baltimore," a commemorative press book from the 1977 visit of Princess Anne to the Eastern Shore, and a 1980 Salisburian magazine on the city its economics and history.
Folklife Collection - Urban Legend: The Workman in Concrete
by Salisbury University Students (1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the year 1972, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the urban legend about a construction worker who dies when he falls while they were pouring concrete thus getting stuck in a column. Some stories say this occurred at the Chesapeake Bay bridge. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Jim Jackson Delmarva ephemera collection
by Jackson, Jim (1851 – 1992)
4 boxes, 1 oversize box (5.5 linear feet)
This collection consists of assorted local paper ephemera from 1852 to 1990. Most of the items originated from the George Bounds & Company of Hebron, the J. H. Farlow & Brother of Salisbury and the Wimbrow & Company of Whaleyville and William and Edwin Sirman. Included are cannery tokens from the Harold B. Kennerly & Son in Nanticoke, Maryland. Also included are over 925 postcards of Salisbury from the 19th to the 21st century arranged by subject.
Maryland Tercentenary and Chesapeake Bay Bridge Dedication programs
by Unknown (1934, 1952)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection consists of two event programs: one for the Maryland Tercentenary in 1934 and the other for the 1952 dedication of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
US 50/Route 301 Property Dispute records
by Whittle, Margaret (1951 – 1999)
1 carton, 1 oversize folder (2.5 linear feet)
The US 50/Route 301 Property Dispute records documents the process Margaret Whittle went through to sell, her mother, Jeannette Nash’s estate and property on Kent Narrows in Kent Island. The records details correspondence with Margaret and the Maryland Department of Transportation regarding the trunk line and Bay Bridge expansion from 1951-1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1976-1999 wherein Margaret was left with little ability to sell the estate.
Wicomico High School Class of 1942 records
by Unknown (1930 – 2002)
17 folders (0.17 linear feet)
Wicomico High School Class of 1942 records document the class particularly Anita Dise Brown and James L. Brown and includes reunion programs from 1957-2002, newspaper clippings, celebratory cards from wedding and birth of a child. Also included are records about infant care, the Bay Bridge dedication and a menu from English Grills and Chicken House.