Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baldwin, Ephraim Francis, 1837-1916; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Pennington, Josias,...
Photograph taken looking west at the unit block of East Lexington Street including the ruins of the Law Building (left foreground) from an upper story of the Courthouse. Located on the southwest corner of St. Paul and Lexington Streets, the...
Original etching by Sears Gallagher that features a view of Lexington Market in Baltimore. This covered market has been a Baltimore tradition since 1782, when land donated by General John Eager Howard (1752-1827), a soldier in the American...
Photograph of the interior of Lexington Market in Baltimore, Maryland. This covered market has been a Baltimore tradition since 1782, when land donated by General John Eager Howard (1752-1827), a soldier in the American Revolution, brought farmers...
Lexington Market (Baltimore, Md.);Covered markets--Maryland--Baltimore;Grocery shopping--Maryland--Baltimore; African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works
Photograph of the main entrance to Lexington Market at number 400 West Lexington Street at its intersection with North Eutaw Street in Baltimore, Maryland. At that time the Market consisted of a rectangular open-air shed with awnings that extended...
Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Nolting, William G., 1866-1940; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wyatt, J....
Photograph taken looking west from just east of St. Paul Street at the unit block of East Lexington Street including the ruins of the Law Building (center). Designed by Charles E. Cassell and built in 1893, the seven-story Law Building located on...
Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Nolting, William G., 1866-1940; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wyatt, J....
Photograph taken looking west from just east of St. Paul Street at the south side of the unit block of East Lexington Street including the ruins of the Law Building (center). Designed by Charles E. Cassell and built in 1893, the seven-story Law...
Fourth of July; Fund raising; Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792; Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775; Liberty; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Lexington; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; United States. Continental...
Four separate color posters on one sheet by JD or J. (James Henry) Daugherty (1889-1974) that shows four historical scenes meant to inspire Americans to "buy war stamps & bonds."
Upper left: In this poster, minutemen are portrayed fighting...
Buildings; Monuments; Streets; Views; War memorials;
Colored lithograph by Deroy, after a drawing by August Kollner, that features a view of the Battle Monument in Baltimore. The building on the extreme right, occupying part of the site of the present Munsey Building, was the Mechanics Bank. Beyond...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Document 42 pages long containing photographs taken by Jack Hement (John C. Hemment) of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. This souvenir booklet includes a narrative that provides an overview of the events of the fire and a map that...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Stonemasonry; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking south at ruins of the William A. Gault and Son Building on East Lexington Street between Charles and St. Paul Streets. The posted sign indicates that William A. Gault and Son operated a stonemasonry business from offices at...
Lexington Market (called Western Precincts Market before it took its current name) is a historic Baltimore icon. It has been in existence since 1782 when General John Eager Howard donated land for the purpose of having a market for farmers bringing...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Lexington Street (Baltimore, Md.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works; Central business districts--Maryland--Baltimore; Department stores--Maryland--Baltimore--History; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial...
A view of Baltimore's Lexington Street shopping district near Howard Street. Numerous downtown Baltimore department stores were located in this area. The white building on the right housed the Stewart Company's department store. Designed in 1899 by...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of the house at number 811 West Lexington Street where H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken was born. On September 12, 1880, when Mencken was born, this house was numbered 380 West Lexington Street; by 1940, when Mencken commented on this picture...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district in the 100 block of North Charles Street just south of Lexington Street, showing the northernmost advance of the fire. In the left foreground are the ruins of the Kranz-Smith Piano Company Building...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the burnt district on the east side of the 100 block of North Charles Street just south of Lexington Street, showing the northernmost advance of the fire. This view from Charles and Lexington Streets shows the...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Lexington Street (Baltimore, Md.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works; Central business districts--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of Baltimore's Lexington Street shopping district at night. Many department stores and small retail businesses were located in the area. The only recognizable places on the postcard are the White Dental Parlor on the right side, and the J....
Lithograph by painter, etcher, and illustrator Herbert Pullinger, a native of Philadelphia and a pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts that features a view of Lexington Street looking west from Charles Street in Baltimore. This signed...
Photograph of Rock Street from its intersection with the 800 block West Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story row houses were scheduled to be razed in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing Authority's slum clearance...
Photograph of the north side of the 800 block West Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story row houses were scheduled to be demolished in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing Authority's slum clearance program. In the...
