Photograph taken looking west from Harrison and Fayette Streets at a panoramic view of the Baltimore skyline before the 1904 fire. This elevated view shows much of the business district that would be destroyed in the fire. Fayette Street, between...
Photographs combined in a triptych to show a panoramic view of the burnt district seen from the roof of the Wise Brothers (Edward H. and Leo H. Wise) Factory located at numbers 126-132 West Fayette Street near Sharp (also known as Little Sharp)...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the northwest corner of East Fayette and Colvin Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick buildings were scheduled to be razed as part of the Fayette Street widening project. The second building on the left at...
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...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; 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 at the burnt district southwest of Gay Street between Baltimore and Fayette Streets. In the distance beyond the rubble are (from left to right) several buildings that survived the fire: the Continental Trust Building...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and German Streets. In this elevated view, several buildings that survived the fire can be seen (from left to right): the eleven-story Union Trust Building located on the northeast...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district southwest of Holliday and Fayette Streets. This elevated view, taken from the northern edge of the fire line on Fayette Street, shows the ruins of small businesses on the south side of the 300 block of...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district south of Holliday and Fayette Streets. This elevated view, taken from the northern edge of the fire line on East Fayette Street, shows the ruins of small businesses on the west side of the unit block...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district southeast of Fayette and McClellan Streets. On the right is the jewelry store of the diamond broker and jewelry maker Julius J. Jenkins, which, although its windows are broken, survived the fire....
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district north of the unit block of East Baltimore Street. In the foreground are the ruins of several small businesses located on the north side of East Baltimore Street and the south side of East Fayette...
Photograph taken looking east at the burnt district on Fayette Street from the upper stories of a building near Fayette and Hanover Streets. Among the buildings still standing are (from left to right) the Union Trust Building, the Herald Building...
Photograph taken looking east of Fayette and McClellan Streets at the Union Trust Building located on the northeast corner of Charles and Fayette Streets. In this busy scene, people, a wagon and a streetcar are busy moving about a crowded Fayette...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Post office buildings--Maryland; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northwest of Gay and Baltimore Streets. In the background are (from left to right) several buildings that survived the fire: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Headquarters Building located on the...
Building, Fireproof; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Sperry, Joseph...
Photograph taken looking west at the ruins of the Hotel Rigbie (left foreground) and at the Equitable Building (right background) as a crowd walks along East Fayette Street. Located at 211 East Fayette Street, the Hotel Rigbie was situated in the...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a view looking west on Fayette Street in Baltimore. Titled, signed, and dated by the artist in the bottom left corner. (Editor's note: The view appears to be of the intersections of East Fayette...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Service stations--Maryland--Baltimore;St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Baltimore, Md.);Lutheran church...
Photograph of the American Gas Station on the corner of North Central Avenue and East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1937, the Lord Baltimore Filling Station (center) and St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (center behind the...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Service stations--Maryland--Baltimore; Churches--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking east from North Central Avenue at numbers 1314-1318 East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. To widen Fayette Street, all of the buildings on the north side were torn down in 1936-1937. The building to the left is St....
Construction and demolition debris--Maryland--Baltimore;Service stations--Maryland--Baltimore;City planning--Maryland--Baltimore;St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Baltimore, Md.);Lutheran church...
Photograph of High Alley at North Central Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The Lord Baltimore Filling Station (center) and St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (center, behind filling station, with its front on Fayette Street) were razed in 1937...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of the south side of the 1200 block West Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the divided tree-lined boulevard in this picture are several large three-story brick row houses. The American poet and author of fantasies and historical...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore;City planning--Maryland--Baltimore;St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Baltimore, Md.);Lutheran church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;Service stations--Maryland--Baltimore;Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of East Fayette Street at North Central Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1937, the Lord Baltimore Filling Station (center left) and St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (center, behind the filling station) were razed as part of...
