Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Original etching by Leon Louis Dolice inscribed to George Cator, Esquire that features the William Wallace Monument in Druid Hill Park. This statue was given to the city by William Wallace Spence and unveiled on St. Andrew's Day in 1893. It is...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Magazine 88 pages long that contains an editorial and four articles about the Baltimore fire of February 7and 8, 1904. This March 1904 issue focuses on the aftermath of the fire, what lessons were learned, and how the fireproofing technology of the...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Parks;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 21. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Improvements to Federal Hill. View showing old granite block walks."
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Maryland Institute, Renaissance revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Baltimore; Corbett, Harvey Wiley, 1873-1954; Pell, Francis Livingston, 1873-1945; Gothic revival (Architecture)--Maryland--Baltimore; College of Art;...
View of the main building of the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts and the Schools of Art and Design, as it was then known (in 1959 changed its name to Maryland Institute, College of Art). Designed by architects Pell &...
Londonderry Manor, a Gothic revival house located on the south bank of the Tred Avon River in Easton, was designed by a prominent architect Richard Upjohn in either 1860's or 1870's. Made of granite, it was constructed for Dr. and Mrs. Ninian...
Postcards—Maryland--Annapolis; Post office buildings--Maryland--Annapolis; Annapolis (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The Annapolis post office opened January 1, 1902. Located at 1 Church Circle, the building was designed by James Knox Taylor, a renowned architect, who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, and oversaw construction of other post...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Burnside's Bridge (Sharpsburg, Md.); Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Antietam Creek (Pa. and Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Sharpsburg
Burnside's Bridge is a landmark of Civil War history and a part of the Antietam National Battlefield. On September 17, 1862 over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or listed as missing, making it the bloodiest day of the Civil war....
Postcards—Maryland--Baltimore; Mount Royal Station (Baltimore, Md.); Baldwin, Ephraim Francis, 1837-1916); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Railroad stations--Maryland--Baltimore--History; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History
View of former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Mount Royal Station in Baltimore. It was B & O's third station in the city. Designed by Baltimore architect Ephraim Francis Baldwin in a mixed Romanesque and Renaissance style, the station was built in...
Postcards--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Methodist church buildings--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Havre de Grace (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Plack, William L., 1854-1944
Located at 101 South Union Avenue, the former Methodist Episcopal Church (currently called United Methodist Church) in Havre de Grace was built of rock, granite and limestone in 1901-1902 by a Philadelphia architect William Plack. It was a gift to...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Wallace, William, Sir, ca. 1272 -1305--Statues; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Statues--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Lake (Baltimore, Md.);...
The monument to Scotland's national hero, William Wallace, was dedicated on November 30, 1893. Erected thanks to efforts and funds of Mr. William Wallace Spence, a Scotsman himself, and a businessman who made his fortunes in Baltimore. Located at...
Correspondence; Figure skaters; First National Bank (Baltimore, Md.); Travel costs; Western Union Telegraph Company; Winter sports;
Telegram from Cecil [Smith] to Frederick [sic] Lee concerning expenses for an upcoming trip to Baltimore, Maryland. In her telegram Miss Smith asks Mr. Lee, located at the First National Bank building in Baltimore, to send money for travel. The...
