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...
Photograph of an illustration by Torschesc (note the letters in the stone street) of the Armstrong, Cator and Co. Building circa 1886. Located on the south side of West Baltimore Street at numbers 237-239, Armstrong, Cator and Co. was the oldest...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Fire engines; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of firemen filling Baltimore City Fire Department steam pumpers with water from a fire plug at the corner of Calvert and Lombard Streets. To their left are a few spectators--all in shirt sleeves and straw hats. In the background is the...