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...
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America; Baltimore (Md.); Harbors; Hotels; Maps; Parks; Patapsco River (Md.); Railroad stations; Streets;
Street map of Baltimore that shows streets, automobile routes, hotels, railroad stations, Pullman car cities, berths for housing boats and points of interest. This map was prepared for the convenience of visitors to the 65th Annual Imperial Council...
Signs and sign-boards; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobile repair shops--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; Electric lines; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with East Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This street consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. In a one-story...
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...
Photograph taken looking northwest from the intersection of Calvert and Fayette Streets at the Battle of North Point Monument (or Battle Monument) (front center) and the Courthouse (background) on North Calvert Street. Designed by Maximilian...
Buildings; Church buildings; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Monuments; Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.); Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Baltimore City from the North. A bird's eye view from North Washington Place, affording an excellent glimpse...
Photograph taken looking east from North Bond Street at the north side of Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. On the ground level of the corner building (left) is what was...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Signs and signboards--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking west from North Bond Street at the north side of Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists of two- and three-story brick row houses. In the ground level building on the near corner is the "Poor Boy Lunch...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 300 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists of several two- and three-story brick row houses. On the first floor of...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Pickup trucks; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the north side of Baker Street between Vincent Court (right) and North Mount Street (left) in Baltimore, Maryland. Three-story row houses are situated along this sunny, tree-lined street. A few wooden half-whiskey barrel planters are...
African American life--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works; African American--Dwellings--Maryland--Baltimore; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore;Laundry
Photograph taken looking north at the back yards of brick and frame row houses on Bond Street north of Miller Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This view was from the back of the former Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 5 located on Miller and...
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Photograph taken looking southeast past the Battle of North Point Monument (or Battle Monument) located on North Calvert Street (north of Fayette) at ruins in the burnt district. In the foreground is the Battle Monument, with the United States Post...
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; Ordnance--France--History; Spanish-American War, 1898--Artillery; Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The cannon is located in Bloom Park at North Potomac Street and North Avenue in Hagerstown. It was captured during the battle of Santiago, Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish-American war and given to Hagerstown because Washington County had more...
Shipping; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--English Channel--Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945--North Sea--Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster from Great Britain of a map that shows the quantity of Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan) shipping lost, damaged, or captured in the North Sea and English Channel circa 1943, with the words "Over 1,000,000 tons of Axis shipping sunk in...
Photograph of people viewing tornado damage to the building at number 1001 North Broadway at Eager Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The tornado touched down on the afternoon of July 12, 1903 and destroyed an area 12 blocks long and 6 blocks wide,...
Baltimore (Md.); Cemeteries; Harbors; Maps; Maryland; Parks; Patapsco River (Md.);
Map of Baltimore City dated 1907 that includes street names and features such as parks, cemeteries, railroad lines and stations, and some neighborhoods. On this map the city limits stretch to the north just above 41st Street, to the south along the...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Wagons--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking north from Edmondson Avenue at North Calverton Road in Baltimore, Maryland. Shortly after this picture was taken, the south entrance of Calverton Road into Edmondson Avenue was eliminated. On the left in front a wooden...
Photograph taken looking south from East Eager Street at North Ensor Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These buildings consist mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. Facing Eager Street are several row houses with stores on the ground floor....
Photograph taken looking north at the west side of the 100 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This street consists mostly of three-story brick row houses, some of which have stores on...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Brick wall signs--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking west from about number 1637 East Fayette between North Bond and Broadway Streets at the north side of the 1600 block East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1936-1937, these two- and three-story brick row houses were...
