Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
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...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
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...
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...
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...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Price Brothers Company (Frederick, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the Army-Navy "E" Award for Excellence in War Production to the workers of Price Brothers Company in Frederick, Maryland on April 28, 1944. The program includes a copy of a letter dated April 1, 1944 from U.S. Under...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
Black and white photograph of a color lithograph by Metcalf & Clark of Baltimore, Maryland, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and...
Abolitionists; African Americans; Civil rights; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Constitutional amendments; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Parades; Politicians;
Colored lithograph by Metcalf & Clark, 687 West Baltimore Street, dated 1870 and entitled, "The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishment, and Celebration on May 19th...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Group games; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, most of the children are standing in a circle around another child, participating in some kind of game or play activity. Their activity is...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Group games; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, a group of about twelve young African American girls engage in a game or play activity with a Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)...
African American children's games--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The activities of various groups of children are being lead by adult Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) supervisors. In the background to the left is the...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;African American children--Recreation--Maryland--Baltimore;Checkers; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland;
Photograph of two African American boys playing a game of checkers on a sidewalk in Baltimore, Maryland, under the auspices of the Operations Division of the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) of Maryland. The checker board sits on top of an...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works; African American young men--Recreation--Maryland--Pictorial works; Streetball--Maryland--Pictorial works;United States. National Youth Administration of Maryland;United States. Works Progress...
Photograph of the tip-off to a basketball game played in Baltimore as part of National Youth Administration (NYA) recreation program sponsored by the Operations Division of the Works Progress Administration of Maryland. The NYA leader, an African...
African American young men--Maryland--Baltimore; Recreation centers--Maryland--Baltimore; Cleaning; United States. National Youth Administration--Maryland; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of three African American young men cleaning up one of the rooms in a recreation center located on Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Two of the young men use mops on the floor while the third uses a cloth to wipe down a small...
Photograph of number 441 Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. This two-story brick row house is like other older houses in the city, i.e., frequently seen with newer buildings on each side. In the ground-floor windows are signs that read Druid...
Photograph of St. Mary's Street in Baltimore, Maryland. To the left at the end of the block is Tessier Street. The three- and two-story row houses at numbers 562 and 564 St. Mary's Street (third and fourth houses from left), respectively, are...
