Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Crowds; Dynamite; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Street-railroad...
Photograph taken looking west from the upper story of a building near Light and German Streets at the dynamite line on Charles and German Streets about 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 7, 1904. As businessmen (foreground) load and haul away important...
Photograph taken looking northwest at the ruins of the National Exchange Bank Building located on the northwest corner of Hopkins Place and German Street.
(Editor's note: Although the note on the back of the photograph places the ruins of...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east on German Street at the John E. Hurst and Company Building engulfed in flame soon after the start of the fire. Located on the south side of German Street between Liberty Street and Hopkins Place, the John E. Hurst and...
Cruisers (Warships)--Germany; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works;
Photograph taken January 1, 1915 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken on board the interned German raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Standing next to Mencken is German Captain Mundt. Before World War I, this ship had been a German passenger liner, but in...
Illustration of books--Germany--16th century; Wood-engraving, German; German--15th century; Satire, German; Folly in art;
Woodcuts known as Stroking the fallow stallion (front, recto of page) and The wise men (back, verso of page) by Albrecht Dürer from the book titled Navis Stultifera (also known as Das Narrenschiff in German and Ship of Fools in English), a book...
Photograph taken looking south from Liberty and German Streets at the ruins of the John E. Hurst and Company Building. Located between Liberty and German Streets and Hopkins Place, this building, which housed a dry goods business, was where the...
Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Maryland--Baltimore; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken in 1912 looking northeast from Liberty Street at the site where the John E. Hurst and Company Building once stood on the corner of German Street and Hopkins Place. Eight years after the fire, the site is being readied for a...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire engines; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking west from German and Hanover Streets at fire fighters spraying water on buildings on German Street early during progression of the fire. Using a steam pumper and hoses, fire fighters are attempting to extinguish firebrands...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district south of German and Calvert Streets. It is believed that the building on the left is the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company Building located on the northeast corner of German and Calvert...
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...
Clothing and dress--Germany--Pictorial works; Costume--Europe--16th century; Engraving, German--16th century; Illustration of books--Germany--16th century; Prints, German--16th century;
Copper engraving displaying the attire of four German women by Abraham de Bruyn from the catalog titled Omnium Poene Gentium Imagines (Images of almost all nations) published by Abraham de Bruyn in 1577. This print, catalog number 3709, later...
Photograph taken looking west from the upper story of a building near Hanover Street at the burnt district near Liberty and German Streets, revealing the western edge of the fire line. In the right foreground at the corner of Hopkins Place, German...
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...
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...
Photograph taken looking at the ruins of the John E. Hurst and Company Building (center foreground) northeast of Liberty Street just south of German Street. Located on the south side of German Street between Liberty Street and Hopkins Place, John...
Photograph taken looking northwest from South Street at rubble between Water and German Streets. In the foreground are the ruins (from left to right) of the William J. Hooper Manufacturing Company and the W. A. Simpson Company. Located on the west...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire engines; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at fire fighters spraying water from a steam pumper on buildings along German Street just west of Hanover Street early during progression of the fire. On the right is S. Neuberger and Brother, a dry goods store located at...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the upper story of a building near German and Liberty Streets at the southwest edge of the fire line on West Lombard Street. This view is taken near the source of the fire at John E. Hurst and Company, a dry...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east on German Street at fire fighters spraying water on the John E. Hurst and Company Building and other nearby buildings soon after start of the fire. Located on the south side of German Street between Liberty Street and...
Rare map of Silesia, centered on the city of Wrocław (German name: Breslau). Although, in the Middle Ages Silesia was part of the Kingdom of Poland, later on it was divided among many independent duchies ruled by various Silesian dukes of the...
