African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;Athenaeum Building (Baltimore, Md.);Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the Athenaeum building located on the northwest corner of Saratoga and St. Paul Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Jr. (1810-1849) in the Italianate style, the building became home to the Mercantile Library...
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...
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.
African Americans; Architecture, domestic; Automobiles; Baltimore (Md.); Refuse; Street lighting;
Photograph of the narrow entrance to "Little Rock Street", reportedly the smallest street in Baltimore, Maryland. This street, which is east of Poppleton between the 800 block West Saratoga and West Lexington Streets, is a block long and, because...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Cityscapes; College of Physicians and Surgeons (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland;...
Hand-colored photograph taken looking south from an upper story of City Hospital at the Baltimore skyline ablaze at 1:30 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. Located at Saratoga and Calvert Streets, Baltimore City Hospital provides an elevated look at...
Colored lithograph by Laurent Deroy after August Kollner's drawing that features a view of the City Spring in Baltimore. This print was published in 1852 by Goupil Vibert & Co. of New York and Paris as one of a set of six Baltimore scenes. This...
Baltimore (Md.); Canton (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by James Poupard of Philadelphia after a drawing by A. P. Folie that features a plan of the town of Baltimore and its environs around 1792. This is said to be one of the earliest known detailed maps of Baltimore showing the three units...
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.); Buildings; Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by Francis Shallus of Philadelphia, Warner and Hanna's plan of the city and environs of Baltimore, respectfully dedicated to the Mayor, City Council and citizens thereof, by the proprietors, 1801. One of the most interesting maps of...
Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. that features a view of the YMCA building located at the northwest corner of Charles and Saratoga Streets. This edifice is now modernized and known as the Morris Building. It was erected about the year 1877.
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 of Born Court located south of Saratoga Street and west of Fremont Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. These two-and-one-half-story row houses (at the end of the alley) were scheduled to be razed in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Cityscapes; Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Hand-colored photograph taken looking south from City Hospital at the Baltimore skyline ablaze between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. Located at Saratoga and Calvert Streets, Baltimore City Hospital provides an elevated look at the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Cityscapes; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Hand-colored photograph taken looking southeast from City Hospital at the Baltimore skyline ablaze between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. Located at Saratoga and Calvert Streets, Baltimore City Hospital provides an elevated look at...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Cityscapes; College of Physicians and Surgeons (Baltimore, Md.); Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night...
Hand-colored photograph taken looking southwest from an upper story of City Hospital at the Baltimore skyline ablaze at 1:30 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. Located at Saratoga and Calvert Streets, Baltimore City Hospital provides an elevated...
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...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Bereavement; Broadsides; Children and death; Songs;
Document containing the 5th edition (shown top center) of the broadside entitled "Little Footsteps," a 1868 ballad composed by J. A. Barney with lyrics by M. B. Leavitt (not shown). This broadside is a lament on the loss of a small child, the...
Document containing the 9th edition (shown top center) of the broadside entitled "Little Sweetheart Come and Kiss Me!" This broadside is from a song written by Arthur W. French with music by W. H. Brockway (1835-1888). The speaker tells his "little...
