Baltimore (Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Customhouses; Fells Point (Baltimore, Md.); Hospitals; Hotels; Jails; Monuments; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Watercolor drawing signed by T. Tanssen and dated 1831. A panorama from near what is today the corner of St. Paul and Madison Streets, at that time the southern edge of Howard's Park. The picture was found in Australia by an American sailor, a...
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...
Original etching by Leon Louis Dolice inscribed to George Cator, Esquire that features Shot Tower just showing through light fog at the end of a street in Baltimore. Built by the Phoenix Shot Tower Company in 1828 without the use of scaffolding and...
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Church architecture; Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
Engraving by the Fenner Sears & Company from a drawing by William Goodacre, Jr., of New York that features a view of the interior of the Catholic Cathedral (Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in Baltimore. This plate was...
Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Maryland Hospital; Monuments; Round towers; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Steel engraving by James Smillie after the drawing by T. K. Wharton, taken from the New York Mirror, 1835, that features a view of the Washington Monument. This view is from near the present intersection of Monument Street before Mount Vernon Place...
Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Parsonages;
Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. drawn by Thomas Coke Ruckle that features a view of the old parsonage on Light Street in Baltimore taken from Roberts' book Centenary Pictorial Album. This print is the same as Cator Print 86 except that it is uncolored....
Buildings; Cityscapes; Monuments; Streets; War memorials;
Engraving by Henry Griffiths after the painting by William Henry Bartlett taken from Willis' book American Scenery published in 1840. This is the same as Cator Print 60 except that Griffith's engraving is uncolored. At this period Monument Square,...
Engraving after the drawing by T. L. Bogueta. An improvement on Moale's view by an artist of whom nothing in known. The marginal lettering tallies with that in the print published by Coale of Baltimore in 1817 (Cator Print 128) except for...
Baltimore, Charles Calvert, Baron, 1699-1751; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of Charles Calvert, Third Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Born during the trying period when his father was straining his resources to maintain...
Photograph taken looking east from North Bond Street south of Orleans Street into Costella Court in Baltimore, Maryland. Except for a few two-story brick row houses on its north side, this narrow street appears to be an alley with garages. Perhaps...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Brick wall signs--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking west from about number 1637 East Fayette between North Bond and Broadway Streets at the north side of the 1600 block East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1936-1937, these two- and three-story brick row houses were...
Photograph of the north side of the 800 block Ashland Avenue at Hillman Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses appear to be deserted, except for the corner grocery store, with signs advertising Pepsi-Cola,...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district north of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. In the foreground is a man looking at the rubble of several small businesses. In the background are (from left to right) the ruins of the John E. Hurst and...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. Among the ruins pictured are (from left to right) the Ambach Brothers and Company Building (note tall ringed structure left of center) located on the...
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 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...
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...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building near Fayette and Calvert Streets at the northeastern façade of the Continental Trust Building (right, tallest structure). Located on the southeast corner of Baltimore and...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Charles and Lombard Streets. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses located in the unit block of East Lombard Street. In the background are (from left to right) several...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Baltimore and Hanover Streets after rebuilding has begun. Streetcar service has been restored, and much of the rubble has been removed. In the background are (from left to right) several...
