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...
Bethlehem Steel Company; African American men--Maryland--Sparrows Point; Blue collar workers--Maryland--Sparrows Point; Rolling-mills--Maryland--Sparrows Point; Steel industry and trade--Maryland--Sparrows Point
Photograph of the cold-rolling of steel inside the Bethlehem Steel Company Sparrows Point plant in Baltimore County, Maryland. Standing at the finishing end of three rolling-mill machines are African American workers stacking the sheet metal on...
Canton (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Locust Point (Baltimore, Md.); Ships in art;
Colored lithograph published by A. Hoen & Co. about 1860 that features twin views of Baltimore harbor near Canton and Locust Point. The view on the left shows the railroad yards and elevators at Locust Point, adjoining Fort McHenry, which can be...
Bethlehem Steel Company; Steel works--Maryland--Sparrows Point; African American Iron and steel workers--Maryland--Sparrows Point; Rolling-mill machinery
Photograph of the discharge end of tin plate from the cold mill at Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland. Two African American men wearing aprons and gloves are pulling the processed tin plates. They are working at cold mills numbered 8...
Bethlehem Steel Company; Steel pipe industry; Steel works--Maryland--Sparrows Point; Iron and steel workers--Maryland--Sparrows Point;
Photograph of pipe being loaded for shipment at the Pipe Mill at Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland. Two African American men are handling a large bundle of pipe, using a block and tackle. A Caucasian man standing on a bed of pipe is...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Barks (Sailing ships); Locust Point (Baltimore, Md.); Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Piers--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of the May Flint, a four-masted iron bark docked at Locust Point in Baltimore, Maryland in March of 1895. Formerly the British iron steamer known as Persian Monarch, the ship had been bought,...
Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Landscapes; Locust Point (Baltimore, Md.);
Engraving by William Wellstood from the Ladies Repository that features an interesting view of Baltimore from Whetstone Point, known today as Locust Point. On Federal Hill may be seen the signal house, originally set up in 1797 by Captain David...
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...
Baltimore (Md.); Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Landscapes; Round towers; Ships in art;
Engraving painted and engraved by William J. Bennett, published by H. J. Megarey of New York and printed by J. Neale at Illman & Pilbrow's in 1831, that features a view of Baltimore taken near Whetstone Point. This is one of the celebrated Bennett...
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...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
View of North Broadway in the Fells Point section of Baltimore ca. 1911. The middle of the street that separates the opposing traffic was neatly landscaped with grass, shrubs and paths for pedestrians. Also known as Broadway Squares, it was...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Rationing; Tokens;
Blue one point ration token issued by the Office of Price Administration. The token has "OPA" and the words "BLUE" and "POINT" stamped around the edge. In the center is the number "1." On either side of the "1," though barely visible, is the letter...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Rationing; Tokens;
Red one point ration token issued by the Office of Price Administration. The token has "OPA" and the words "RED" and "POINT" stamped around the edge. In the center is the number "1." On either side of the "1," though barely visible, are the letters...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features an unnamed camp near Fort Marshall. It was evidently drawn from the ramparts of Fort Marshall overlooking a temporary...
Assau Baines Company;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore;Canned foods industry--Maryland--Baltimore;Fire engines
Photograph of the rear of the Assau Baines Company plant at numbers 1715-1717 Thames Street and Commercial Wharf in Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland. Specializing in the canning of fruits and vegetables, the company was located on Granby Street...
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...
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...
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...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dedicated to the Baltimore Light Artillery, CSA." There appears to be a playful irony in the dedication of this piece: Captain Alexander, the supposed author of the piece, was the man ordered by President...
