Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
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...
African American life--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works;African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Ragpickers--Maryland--Baltimore; Scrap...
Photograph of the south side of the 1000 block Ashland Avenue between Ensor and Aisquith Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These mostly two-story brick row houses are small and in poor repair. On the nearest corner, a Caucasian man is standing in...
American Red Cross; War posters, American; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster revealing the accomplishments of American Red Cross workers around the world during World War I, recognized by President Woodrow Wilson with the sentence that begins this mostly textual poster, "It is a remarkable story." Printed to...
Photograph taken looking south from East Eager Street at North Ensor Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These buildings consist mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. Facing Eager Street are several row houses with stores on the ground floor....
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block South Bond Street between Gough and Pratt Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses are mostly vacant, scheduled to be demolished as part of the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Yacht clubs--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a view from the Maryland Yacht Club in Baltimore. The view looks out over the water, where a few small boats are anchored in the distance. On the opposite shore are mostly several factories and...
Colored lithograph that features a view of the Hill Buildings in Baltimore framed with a second lithograph that features certain commercial buildings on West Baltimore and South Charles Streets. In the lower margin of the Hill Buildings print is a...
Map of Cornwall in south-western England showing towns, villages and roads with relief shown pictorially. First appeared in the 1695 edition of William Camden's Britannia, revised and translated from the original Latin by Edmund Gibson. Britannia...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Hungary--Maps--Early works to 1800;Balkan Peninsula--Maps--Early works to 1800; Poland--Maps--Early works to 1800
The map shows the borders of the Kingdom of Hungary and other countries, non-existing independently and mostly under Ottoman Turkey's occupation, on the Balkan Peninsula in the first half of the 18th century. It lacks explanatory notes, so only...
Map of Kent in southern England showing towns, villages and roads with relief shown pictorially. First appeared in the 1695 edition of Camden's Britannia, revised and translated from the original Latin by Edmund Gibson that included fifty maps,...
Mahón (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800;Fortification--Minorca (Spain)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Map shows plans of the city of Mahón and the fortress Castillo de San Felipe on the island of Minorca, one of the Balearic Islands near the coast of Catalonia. Inset map shows a plan of Fort St. Philippe, as it was called by the French, at the...
Merchant ships--Maryland--Baltimore; Loading and unloading--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Banana trade--Maryland--Baltimore; Food inspectors--Maryland--Baltimore; United Fruit Company
Sepia-toned photograph of bananas being unloaded from a United Fruit Company boat docked at Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. United States Department of Agriculture Inspector John F. Earnshaw (taller Caucasian man dressed in a suit, white...
Pomerania (Poland and Germany)--Maps--Early works to 1800.;Brandenburg (Brandenburg, Germany)--Maps--Early works to 1800.;Wielkopolska (Poland)--Maps--Early works to 1800.;Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Historical map of northern part of Germany and Poland with relief shown pictorially. Dedicated to Prussian prince and Brandenburg elector, Friedrich Wilhelm, and other regional electors and princes, including those of Pomerania and Margraviate of...
Postcards—Maryland--Bay Shore Park; Bay Shore Park (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Railroad stations--Maryland--Bay Shore Park--History; United Railway and Electric Company--History
A view of Bay Shore Park train station in North Point State Park, Baltimore County. Bay Shore was an amusement park built in 1906 in an undeveloped area along the Chesapeake near Edgemere, just south of Baltimore. The park was a destination for...
Postcards—Maryland--Hagerstown; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Williamsport. The houses on the right are part of the Cushwa Warehouse, used mostly for coal transport, but also for other commodities like fertilizers, cement, grain, etc. The...
Postcards—Maryland--Williamsport; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Williamsport (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the Doubleday's Hill (named for the monument to General Doubleday) in Williamsport. The Potomac is the 21st biggest river in the United States. It flows mostly through Maryland and...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Postcards—West Virginia--Ridgeley; Potomac Club (Ridgeley, W. Va); Cumberland (Md.)--Social life and customs; Country clubs--Maryland--Cumberland; Country clubs--West Virginia--Ridgeley
View of the Potomac Club in Cumberland. In 1904, a group of mostly Cumberland enthusiasts organized the Potomac Club. They leased the old Perry Mansion (earlier called Calmes Mansion), located on Carpenter's Hill in Ridgeley, West Virginia, just...
Postcards--Maryland--Gwynn Oak; Gwynn Oak Park (Gwynn Oak, Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Gwynn Oak; Gwynn Oak (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of a bridge over Gwynn Falls Creek in Gwynn Oak, Baltimore County. Gwynn Oak Park was originally a privately owned amusement park, with a carousel, a rollercoaster, a lake for boating and Dixie Ballroom, among other features, serviced by...
