Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Washington Street (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A pictorial view of Washington Street in Cumberland, ca. 1910, with large trees on both sides. Cumberland, with a population of approximately 20,000 inhabitants, is an important commercial and business center in western Maryland, and the county...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Washington Street (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A pictorial view of Washington Street in Cumberland, ca. 1910, with large trees on both sides. Washington Street is part of the historic district of Cumberland, a residential area of 19th and 20th century houses in a variety of styles. Cumberland,...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Grand Avenue (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A view of Grand Avenue residential area in South Cumberland, ca. 1914, with trees on both sides. South Cumberland, also known as South End, is the largest community in Cumberland. It has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
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--Cumberland; Baltimore Street (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A view of Baltimore Street in downtown Cumberland, ca. 1908, a busy, commercial street at the time. Cumberland was officially established as town in 1787. Baltimore Street is part of the historic district of Cumberland.
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Railroad bridges--Maryland--Cumberland; Western Maryland Railroad Company--History; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of Western Maryland Railroad steel truss bridge over the National Road in the Narrows near Cumberland. The bridge, constructed around 1910, consists of two spans, each 150 feet (45.7 m) in length. It now serves the Great Allegheny Passage...
Postcards—Maryland--Cumberland; Queen City Hotel (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Hotels--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History
The Queen City Hotel and Station was for 100 years a landmark of Cumberland's railroad history. Constructed in 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, it served both as a railroad station and a luxurious hotel for vacationers. Located in a...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Riverside Park (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
Land for Riverside Park was donated to the city in 1893. It is situated on the former site of Fort Cumberland, where a log cabin was built to serve as the headquarters for then Colonel George Washington during the French and Indian War. In the...
Cumberland Dugan & Company; Dugan, Cumberland, 1830-1914; St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (Baltimore, Md.); Factories--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines; Telephone lines; Wagons; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Brick wall...
Photograph of the building housing Cumberland Dugan & Company (formerly the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church) on the northeast corner of Howard and Barre Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Established by Cumberland Dugan (1830-1914), a wealthy...
A panoramic view of Cumberland, ca. 1910. The church to the right, most likely the Emmanuel Church standing at the eastern end of the Washington Street Historic District, is one of Maryland's most outstanding examples of early Gothic Revival...
Postcards—Maryland--Cumberland; Carroll Hall (Cumberland, Md.); Clubhouses--Maryland--Cumberland--1900-1910; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Carroll Hall was erected in 1903 and initially housed social and sports centers, such as the Carroll Club. It housed the all-boys LaSalle Institute (established in 1907) and it became LaSalle High School in 1938. It served in this capacity until...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A view of an unidentified house in a residential area of Cumberland, ca. 1906. On the front of the postcard, the sender of has identified it as his home.
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Cumberland (Md.); Allegany County (Md.); Athletic fields;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 60. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Cumberland, Allegany County. Completion of grading of North Cumberland recreation...
A view of an old Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail Road bridge over the Potomac River and a panorama of Westernport, a port located along the Georges Creek Valley where George's Creek empties into the Potomac in Allegany County. Known since 1774 as...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Cumberland (Md.); Allegany County (Md.); Streets; Flood control;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 496. Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Cumberland, Allegany County. Last sub-project- 'Flood Control.' Unidentified street. [Editor's note: The label on the back of the...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Cumberland (Md.); Allegany County (Md.); Streets; Bridges; Flood control;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 496. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Cumberland, Allegany County. Last sub-project- 'Flood control. Looking east on...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Railroads; Railroad yards; Railroad switches;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of the Cumberland Railroad Yard in Cumberland, Maryland. In the foreground, a railroad switch operator is shown pulling a lever to move an approaching train from one track to another. In the background, railroad...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Frederick County (Md.); Harford County (Md.); Kent...
Map of Maryland by Samuel Lewis, dated 1795, that shows eighteen Maryland counties: Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick (spelled "Frederic"), Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Prince...
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...
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...
