Goucher College; Woman's College of Baltimore; Universities and colleges--Maryland--Baltimore;
Lithograph after a drawing by P. F. Goist of Philadelphia that features a view of the southwest quarters of the campus of the Woman's College of Baltimore. This view shows the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Goucher Hall, Bennett Hall, and the...
Buildings; Hotels; Monuments; Museums; Streets; Views; War memorials;
Colored lithograph from the cover of the sheet music for "The Very Last Polka" by Francois Bernard, lithographed by E. Weber & Co. (later A. Hoen & Co.) of Baltimore, and published by F. W. Benteen, circa 1843. This lithograph features a view of...
Frederick Douglass High School (Baltimore, Md.)--Buildings; African American schools--Maryland--Baltimore; High school buildings--Design and construction--Maryland--Baltimore; Owens, Benjamin Buck, 1841-1918; Perring, Henry G., 1881-1946; Sisco,...
Photograph of an architectural sketch showing the southwest façade of the old Frederick Douglass High School at North Calhoun and Baker Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Prepared by Owens & Sisco Architects [Benjamin Buck Owens (1841-1918); Spencer...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Woman's College of Baltimore; Women's colleges--Maryland--Baltimore; Goist, Phares F., 1841-1913; White, Stanford, 1853-1906; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The postcard is a reproduction of a lithograph (see also Cator print 119) after a drawing by Phares F. Goist of Philadelphia that features a view of the southwest quarters of the campus of the Woman's College of Baltimore. This view shows the...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Courthouses--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Office buildings--Baltimore (Md.)--1900-1910; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore...
An aerial view of the Baltimore city center and panorama. The Baltimore courthouse can be seen at its location on Monument Square. Built by noted local architects, J. B. Noel Wyatt and William G. Nolting, it opened in 1900. Behind the courthouse,...
Baltimore (Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Customhouses; Fells Point (Baltimore, Md.); Hospitals; Hotels; Jails; Monuments; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Watercolor drawing signed by T. Tanssen and dated 1831. A panorama from near what is today the corner of St. Paul and Madison Streets, at that time the southern edge of Howard's Park. The picture was found in Australia by an American sailor, a...
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...
Buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; House of Refuge (Baltimore, Md.);
Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. that features a view of the House of Refuge in Baltimore. This building, a home for unruly boys, stood on the hill west of Gwynns Falls near Frederick Avenue. At the laying of the cornerstone, October 27, 1851, Chief...
Baltimore (Md.); Buildings; Hotels; Monuments; War memorials; Views;
Colored lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., the cover of sheet music that features a view of the Gilmor House and Battle Monument, Monument Square, Baltimore. The Gilmor House was opened in 1856 and flourished until 1871 when it changed hands and for a...
Photograph of the Patterson Theater located at number 3134 Eastern Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. After the first theater was razed in 1929, the second theater (also known as the New Patterson) opened on the same location in September 1930....
Dixon, William B., 1890-1963--Portraits; African American businesspeople--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Blackstone Studios (Baltimore, Md.)
Photographic portrait of William B. Dixon (1890-1963), made at Blackstone Studios, Inc. In 1937, he and two other African American men opened Metropolitan Finance Corporation, the first African American owned and operated loan business licensed in...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Annapolis; African American men--Maryland--Annapolis; Electric lines; Streets--Maryland--Annapolis;
Photograph taken from College Avenue of the Forbes (McIlHenny) House on Church Circle in Annapolis, Maryland. Torn down between 1893 and 1900, it became the site of the Annapolis Main Post Office, which opened January 1, 1901. Standing in front of...
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...
Photograph of the exterior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 1 on the northeast corner of Pitcher Street and Fremont Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. This building and the buildings for Branch numbers 2, 3, and 4 and Central were...
Enoch Pratt Free Library;Branch libraries--Maryland--Baltimore;Library users--Maryland--Baltimore;Library employees--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 11 at number 6 South Central Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Funded by the Maccabeans, a Jewish philanthropic group concerned about the numerous immigrants living in this area...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States Customhouse (Baltimore, Md.);
Photograph of two detectives standing at the gates and of some "regulars", probably troops of the Maryland National Guard, standing on the steps of the temporary United States Customhouse located at Fayette and North Streets. Between 1900, when...
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...
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...
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...
