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...
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...
Cityscapes; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Government buildings; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.);
Engraving painted and engraved by William J. Bennett, published by H. J. Megarey of New York and printed by J. & G. Neale at Illman & Pillbrow's, that features a view of Baltimore from Federal Hill. This print was published in 1831 as one of a...
Photograph of the interior of the North Avenue Market in Baltimore, Maryland. Although the exterior of the building features Moorish-style towers (not shown), the central section appears modern, clean, and sanitary. Large skylights supplement the...
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...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
Broadway (Baltimore, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore; Central business...
Photograph taken looking south at the 500 block South Broadway Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the right in this block are three-story brick row houses with businesses on the ground floor. Several people are standing in front of the first...
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wetherald...
Photograph of an etching of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located on Baltimore Street and Centre Market Space (opposite Harrison Street) before the 1904 fire. Designed by Reasin...
Built in 1906 by architects Otto Simonson and Theodore Wells Pietsch, the fish market served Baltimore as the epicenter for wholesale fish distribution until 1984 when the fishmongers moved to Jessup. In the years that followed, the building was...
Buildings; Church buildings; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Monuments; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Ships in art;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features various views of Baltimore prior to 1853. The center view is from Federal Hill but differs somewhat from others in the...
African American children; African American men; African American women; Annapolis (Md.); Architecture, domestic; Cobblestones; Dwellings; Electric lines; Government buildings; Row houses; Wooden-frame houses;
Photograph of Cornhill (left) and Fleet (right) Streets from Market Space in Annapolis, Maryland. On both sides of these stone-embedded streets are Revolutionary era two-story clapboard row houses. At their intersection is a small (perhaps...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the northwest corner of the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or Great Mechanics' Hall) located on Baltimore Street and Centre Market Space (opposite Harrison Street)....
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking south from Harrison and Fayette Streets at the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located at Baltimore Street and Market Space. Designed by Reasin...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking south from Baltimore and Harrison Streets at two Maryland National Guardsmen patrolling the burnt district on the west side of Centre Market Space. In the left foreground are the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Maryland. National Guard;...
Photograph taken looking west at a Maryland National Guardsman patrolling the burnt district along East Baltimore Street from just west of the Baltimore Street Bridge over the Jones Falls. In the left foreground are the ruins of the Maryland...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking south from Harrison and Fayette Streets at the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located at Baltimore Street and Market Space. Designed by Reasin...
Boards of trade; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States Customhouse...
Photograph taken looking northwest from Pratt Street and Centre Market Space at the burnt district. In the foreground are several horse-drawn wagons waiting to be hired to help clean up the debris. In the background are (from left to right) several...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.);
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 196. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Repairs to the Market Space north from Pratt Street."
