Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A busy scene at the Baltimore wharves. These are the places along the harbor that were occupied by docks and piers. Small store owners used to come here on their carts and pulleys to buy fruits, produce, oysters, fish and other products supplied by...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Public buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Tugboats; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at wharves along East Pratt Street at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. On the left are the ruins of the C. A. Gambrill Manufacturing Company, which operated a flour mill at this...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;Potomac River; Wharves--Maryland
Photograph of African-American children scrambling for money at one of the Potomac River landings between Baltimore and Washington (D.C.). This photograph was taken from the deck of a steamer as it passed the landing on a trip between Baltimore and...
Photograph taken looking southwest, probably from Dugan's Wharf, at the ruins at the foot of O'Donnell's Wharf and at the south side of the Baltimore Basin (Harbor). Among the ruins in the foreground would be the State Tobacco Warehouse (left, west...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Photograph taken looking northwest across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district. In the foreground are the ruined buildings on Smith's Wharf at the foot of Gay and Pratt Streets and the C. A. Gambrill Manufacturing Company, which...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Power-plants; United railways and electric company of Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the Baltimore business district between the Jones Falls on the east (left) and South Street on the west (right) and Exchange Place on the north (foreground) and the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) on the south...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district near East Pratt and Hollingsworth Streets. Docked at Pratt Street (left foreground) is a steamboat named the "City of Philadelphia" out of Philadelphia. Behind...
Photograph taken looking at ruins of the Baltimore Pearl Hominy Company warehouse located at McElderry's Wharf and Chestnut Street east of the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) during reconstruction. Workers are preparing to pull down the western wall of...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Boats and boating; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Steamboats; Tugboats; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast at the west side of Bowley's Wharf and the burnt district as seen from across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway (B C and A) on Light at Camden Streets. In the center...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Power-plants;...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from Federal Hill at a panoramic view of the Baltimore City skyline after the 1904 fire. Smoke can still be seen rising from the rubble. Directly across the harbor are the East...
Photograph taken looking northeast at the west side of Bowley's Wharf and the burnt district as seen from across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway (B C and A) on Light at Camden Streets. Tied up at the...
Photograph taken looking northeast across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district near the 200 block East Pratt Street between Calvert Street and Cheapside. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses including grocers and...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A scene at the Baltimore docks showing goods being loaded and unloaded from onto horse-drawn carts. In the distance, factories and steamboats are visible.
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Skipjacks--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Steamboats;...
Photograph taken looking west across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the Light Street wharves on Monday, February 8, 1904. In the center foreground are the blackened remains of a wharf along East Pratt between South Calvert Street and the Jones...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fireboats; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the Baltimore Fire Department fireboat Cataract spraying water on buildings along the East Pratt Street wharves as the fire moves east on Monday, February 8, 1904. The Cataract,...
Photograph taken looking northeast at the west side of Bowley's Wharf and the burnt district as seen from across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway (B C and A) on Light at Camden Streets. Directly in...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Steamboats; United railways and electric...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from Federal Hill at a panoramic view of the Baltimore City skyline before the 1904 fire.
(Editor's note: The date given on the back of the original photograph, i.e., 1890,...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Pratt Street (Baltimore, Md.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Piers & wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Oyster fleet at the piers on Pratt Street. Two tall buildings are identifiable: the Continental Trust Company building (at One Calvert Plaza) to the left and the Baltimore American building (corner of Baltimore and South Streets) to the right. The...
