Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building on Gay Street at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street. In the right center background are the ruins of several structures, including buildings that housed the Baltimore...
City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Newspaper buildings; Post office buildings--Maryland; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking northwest from Post Office Avenue and Baltimore Street at the burnt district south of City Hall. In the foreground are the ruins of Der Deutsche Correspondent (The German Correspondent) newspaper. Located on the southwest...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on Charles Street north of Lombard Street. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses and warehouses in the wholesale dry goods district on Charles Street. In the background are two...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on German Street east of Howard Street. Among the ruins are (left to right) the Merchants' Protective Credit and Collection Bureau Building (note turret on corner of structure), the National Exchange...
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from Light Street at the burnt district on the north side of the 100 block of East Pratt Street between Light and Ellicott Streets. Included among these ruins are structures that once housed workshops, warehouses, and...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. On duty in the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman. Beyond the rubble in the background are two buildings that survived the fire: the Fidelity Building...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. On duty in the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman. Beyond the rubble in the background are two buildings that survived the fire: the Fidelity Building...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing showing the south front 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 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 12 pages long containing the seventh and final semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission, ending September 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Document 42 pages long containing photographs taken by Jack Hement (John C. Hemment) of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. This souvenir booklet includes a narrative that provides an overview of the events of the fire and a map that...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the roof of the Calvert Building at buildings located on Calvert Street between Baltimore and German Streets that survived the fire. Among these structures are (from left to right) the Baltimore and Ohio...
Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking southwest at the ruins of the Church of the Messiah. Located on the southwest corner of Gay and Fayette Streets, the church was on the northeastern edge of the fire line. Built in 1835 as Christ Episcopal Church and serving...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Dynamite; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the collapsing wall of a building on Baltimore Street near South Charles Street shortly after dynamite charges were set off. Whether this was done during the fire, to prevent its spread, or done after the fire, to remove...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baldwin, Ephraim Francis, 1837-1916; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Pennington, Josias,...
Photograph taken looking west at the unit block of East Lexington Street including the ruins of the Law Building (left foreground) from an upper story of the Courthouse. Located on the southwest corner of St. Paul and Lexington Streets, the...
Photograph of a group of detectives (wearing hats) posing for the camera in front of the entrance to the Baltimore Herald Building on the northwest corner of Fayette and St. Paul Streets. Coming from Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C.,...
Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Nolting, William G., 1866-1940; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wyatt, J....
Photograph taken looking west from just east of St. Paul Street at the unit block of East Lexington Street including the ruins of the Law Building (center). Designed by Charles E. Cassell and built in 1893, the seven-story Law Building located on...
Photograph of a group of detectives (holding hats in hand) posing for the camera in front of the entrance to the Baltimore Herald Building on the northwest corner of Fayette and St. Paul Streets. Coming from Philadelphia, New York, Washington,...
