Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Portrait drawing; Walker, Ferdinand Graham, 1859-1927;
Print of drawing of Edgar Allan Poe done in 1932 by an unknown artist from a portrait of Poe painted by F. G. (Ferdinand Graham) Walker (1859-1927). When Walker painted Poe is not known. Above Poe's head are the likenesses of a bird, possibly a...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in mid-1800's, that features Fort Marshall in Baltimore. This lithograph is one in a series of Civil War scenes in and around Baltimore by Sachse. Fort...
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 12 pages long containing the seventh and final semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission, ending September 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
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...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 7 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its sixth...
Advertisement for the Food Stamp Plan dating from 1941. The advertisement explains that the Food Stamp Plan, operated by the United States Dept. of Agriculture in conjunction with local agencies and businesses, distributes surplus farm and food...
Boardinghouses; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Travel;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Maria Clemm dated April 7, 1844. In this letter, Poe recounts his latest journey with Virginia, including details about their arrival, search for a place to stay, and the meals they ate once they'd found lodging,...
