Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Floor plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing of the second-floor plan of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David Maulden...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wetherald...
Photograph of an etching of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located on Baltimore Street and Centre Market Space (opposite Harrison Street) before the 1904 fire. Designed by Reasin...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; Hutzler's (Firm); Memorial Stadium (Baltimore, Md.); National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; Scheduling; Stadiums;
Schedule of games for the 1954 American League (AL) baseball season. This schedule includes not only the dates of all games but also the names of all of the coaches and teams in the AL: the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers, the Cleveland...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Price Brothers Company (Frederick, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the workers of Price Brothers Company in Frederick, Maryland on April 28, 1944. The program includes a copy of a letter dated April 1, 1944 from U.S. Under...
Borrowing and lending; Dow, Jesse E. (Jesse Erskine), 1809-1850; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Thomas, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1806-1866;
In this letter dated March 16, 1843 and written from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Edgar Allan Poe informs his friends Jesse E. Dow and Frederick W. Thomas that he has arrived in Philadelphia safely and thanks them for all they have done for him. In...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
Original etching by Anton Schutz. This signed artist's proof shows a view of the Baltimore Post Office as seen from the east entrance of the Equitable Building not long before the Post Office was razed to make way for the new Federal Building. This...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Floor plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing of the first-floor plan of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David Maulden...
Signs and sign-boards; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobile repair shops--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; Electric lines; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with East Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This street consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. In a one-story...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the northwest corner of the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or Great Mechanics' Hall) located on Baltimore Street and Centre Market Space (opposite Harrison Street)....
Photograph taken looking southeast at the Baltimore Sun Building, also known as the Sun Iron Building, before the 1904 fire. Located on the southeast corner of Baltimore and South Streets, this five-story building housed the Baltimore Sun newspaper...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the roof of the Fidelity Building at the Baltimore business district before the 1904 fire. The Fidelity Building, which is located on the northwest corner of Charles and Lexington Streets, affords an elevated...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking south from Harrison and Fayette Streets at the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located at Baltimore Street and Market Space. Designed by Reasin...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Power-plants; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867;...
Photograph taken looking south at a Maryland National Guardsman on duty before the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located at Baltimore Street opposite Harrison Street....
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking south from Harrison and Fayette Streets at the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located at Baltimore Street and Market Space. Designed by Reasin...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Steamboats;...
Photograph taken looking northeast across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district near the 200 block East Pratt Street between Cheapside and Gay Street. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses including wholesale...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the upper story of a building near German and Liberty Streets at the southwest edge of the fire line on West Lombard Street. This view is taken near the source of the fire at John E. Hurst and Company, a dry...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Machinery; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking east at the burnt district on Baltimore Street from the upper story of a building near Hopkins Place. In the foreground is a businessman standing on a pile of rubble with several Maryland National Guardsmen watching. In the...
