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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).
- Black Maria, the name of the truck that stops to aid the lone survivor in the film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
- 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
- The Black Maria, a book of poetry by Aracelis Girmay
- 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
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