Photograph taken looking northeast from the unit block of East Baltimore Street at the shells of buildings still standing. Among the structures that survived the fire are the Calvert Building (tall structure to left), the Chesapeake and Potomac...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building near Fayette and Calvert Streets at fire fighters spraying water on embers in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Headquarters Building (left center) on North Calvert Street....
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Sperry,...
Photograph taken of damage to the upper floors of the Equitable Building. Located on the southwest corner of Fayette and Calvert Streets, this ten-story building, designed by Carson and Sperry and built in 1891, was once considered Baltimore's...
Photograph taken looking northeast at the burnt district from the unit block of West German Street. Standing amid the rubble are several buildings that survived the fire: the Union Trust Building (tall building, left center) located on the...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Fire engines; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of firemen filling Baltimore City Fire Department steam pumpers with water from a fire plug at the corner of Calvert and Lombard Streets. To their left are a few spectators--all in shirt sleeves and straw hats. In the background is the...
Photograph taken looking north from Baltimore and St. Paul Streets at ruins of Durham's Hotel located at 6-8 St. Paul Street. Surrounding the ruins are buildings that survived the fire: the Herald (left center), the Courthouse (low structure, right...
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...
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...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on Charles Street north of Lombard Street. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses and warehouses in the wholesale dry goods district on Charles Street. In the background are two...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the ruins of the Manufacturers' National Bank Building (center) located on the northeast corner of Baltimore and Liberty Streets. Standing about are men in business suits, a policeman, and Maryland National Guardsmen on...
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...
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...
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from Light Street at the burnt district on the north side of the 100 block of East Pratt Street between Light and Ellicott Streets. Included among these ruins are structures that once housed workshops, warehouses, and...
Boards of trade; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the northeast corner of the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building at Holliday and Water Streets. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained 66 percent damage. At the base of the building is a...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. On duty in the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman. Beyond the rubble in the background are two buildings that survived the fire: the Fidelity Building...
Photograph taken looking east of Fayette and McClellan Streets at the Union Trust Building (center) located on the northeast corner of Fayette and Charles Streets. Built in 1899, this eleven-story building survived the fire because of the fireproof...
Photograph taken looking at the Farmers and Merchants' National Bank Building on the northwest corner of South and Lombard Streets. Located at numbers 42-46 South Street, this five-story brownstone building was built in 1888-1889, possibly by...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. On duty in the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman. Beyond the rubble in the background are two buildings that survived the fire: the Fidelity Building...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dear Liberty or Maryland Will Be Free" sung to the tune "Carry me back to old Virginny." This broadside proclaims that Maryland citizens have lost their liberty but that one day soon the Civil War will...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Death; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Dying Confederate's Last Wish." Signed and/or published by "Maryland," this broadside tells the story of a dying Confederate soldier bidding farewell to his comrades in arms and asking them not to...
