Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken of ice-encrusted ruins on West Falls Avenue west of Fleet Street. West Falls Avenue, which represents the eastern edge of the fire line, lies immediately west of the Jones Falls waterway. Using water from the Jones Falls, fire...
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...
Bridges; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Jones Falls (Md.); Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on West Falls Avenue southwest of the Lombard Street Bridge over the Jones Falls. Closest to the bridge on West Falls Avenue are the ruins of the Asendorf and Dreyer box factory located at number 100...
Commercial buildings--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Jones Falls (Md.); Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking west across the Jones Falls from President Street at the ruins of businesses on West Falls Avenue. This shows the southeastern edge of the fire line.
(Editor's note: Whether this view looks west from the vicinity of...
Bridges; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Jones Falls (Md.); Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking west across the Lombard Street Bridge over the Jones Falls at the burnt district. Designed and built by Wendel Bollman in 1877, this is a truss-type cast-iron bridge and carries both traffic (people and vehicles) and water...
A view of Gwynns Falls Creek inside the Gwynns Falls Park ca. 1910. Franklin Road, currently called Franklintown Road, is located on the left side of the creek, but here it crosses the creek to the other side. The park was envisioned in the Olmsted...
Jones Falls (Md.); Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore;
Aquatint by John Hill after the painting by John Shaw, 1820, that features a view of the Jones' Falls in Baltimore. One of the best-known works of Hill is the Landscape Album, first issued by M. Carey & Son of Philadelphia, 1820 (reissued in 1835),...
A view of Gwynns Falls Creek inside the Gwynns Falls Park ca. 1908. The park was envisioned in Olmsted Brothers plan for Greater Baltimore Public Grounds of 1904, and within the Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park complex is composed of 1200 acres (105.6 ha)...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Cedar Avenue Bridge (Baltimore, Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Baltimore; Jones Falls (Md.); Rivers--Maryland; Gristmills--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
The Cedar Avenue Bridge, crossing the Northern Central Railroad, the Jones Falls valley, and Falls Road lead east out of Druid Hill Park in Baltimore. Built in 1889-1890, it was a three-hinged metal arch bridge designed by Charles Latrobe. The...
Baltimore (Md.); Canton (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by James Poupard of Philadelphia after a drawing by A. P. Folie that features a plan of the town of Baltimore and its environs around 1792. This is said to be one of the earliest known detailed maps of Baltimore showing the three units...
Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Hotels; Jones Falls (Md.); Round towers;
Lithograph by Philip Haas after Swett, published by N. Hickman of Baltimore in 1837, that features a view of Baltimore circa 1837. This rare print shows the city from the north near the Jones Falls, and affords fine glimpses of the old Jail, the...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Slaves--Dwellings--Maryland--St. Mary's County;African Americans--Dwellings;Farmhouses--Maryland--Deep Falls;Horses--Maryland
Photograph of a farmhouse (formerly slave quarters) at Deep Falls in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The farmhouse is a two-story frame building surrounded by a white picket fence and flanked on the far and rear sides by tall, leafless trees (it is...
Baltimore County (Md.)--Pictorial works; Bollman, W. (Wendel), 1814-1884; Bridges--Maryland--Jones Falls; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Northern Central Railway Company; Truss...
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of "Bollman Bridge" on West Belvedere Avenue (now a section of Northern Parkway) over the Jones Falls waterway in the Mount Washington section of then Baltimore County, Maryland. Between 1890 and...
Baltimore (Md.); Buildings; Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by Francis Shallus of Philadelphia, Warner and Hanna's plan of the city and environs of Baltimore, respectfully dedicated to the Mayor, City Council and citizens thereof, by the proprietors, 1801. One of the most interesting maps of...
Cityscapes---Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.);
Engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie for W. Alvin Lloyd's Steamboat and Railroad Guide, New York, 1859, that features a bird's-eye view of Baltimore City. Conspicuous in the foreground are unimproved areas near Federal Hill. To the left are the...
Buildings; Church buildings; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Monuments; Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.); Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Baltimore City from the North. A bird's eye view from North Washington Place, affording an excellent glimpse...
Baltimore (Md.); Cemeteries; Harbors; Maps; Maryland; Parks; Patapsco River (Md.);
Map of Baltimore City dated 1907 that includes street names and features such as parks, cemeteries, railroad lines and stations, and some neighborhoods. On this map the city limits stretch to the north just above 41st Street, to the south along the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States...
Photograph taken looking northwest at the burnt district from the upper story of a building near Lombard Street and the Jones Falls. Streets running east to west (i.e., away from the camera) are (from left to right) Lombard, Water, Baltimore, and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Boards of trade; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking northwest at the burnt district from the upper story of a building near Lombard Street and the Jones Falls. In the foreground beyond the rubble are (from left to right) several structures with walls still standing: the...
