Black Maria

Black Maria may refer to:

• Black Maria, a slang term for a police van used to transport prisoners, originally these were horse drawn and so could take some time to arrive at a crime scene. “Black Maria” was a famous racehorse of the day, born in Harlem USA in 1826. The name was sardonically applied to the police carriages (which were also usually colored black).
• Edison's Black Maria, a film studio created by Thomas Edison

Music

• The Black Maria, a Canadian rock band
• "Black Maria", a song by Todd Rundgren from the 1972 album Something/Anything?
• "Big Black Mariah", a song by Tom Waits from the 1985 album Rain Dogs

Art and literature

• Black Maria, an anthology of drawings by Charles Addams
• Black Maria, a 1991 novel by Diana Wynne Jones
• Black Maria, a book of poetry by Kevin Young
• Black Maria, a character in the book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
• Black Mariah (comics), a character in the Luke Cage comics series
• The Black Maria, a book of poetry by Whiting Award winner Aracelis Girmay

Transportation

• ALCO DL-202-2 and DL-203-2, experimental diesel-electric locomotives known informally as the Black Maria
• "Black Maria", the first parking meter
• Black Maria (IFF), a fighter aircraft IFF (identification friend or foe) interrogator
• Black Maria, the airplane flown by Canadian World War I ace Raymond Collishaw
• Black Maria (horse), an American racehorse

Other

• Hearts (card game), a card game also known as Black Maria

See also

• Maria (disambiguation)
• Black (disambiguation)