Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 7 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its sixth...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block South Bond Street between Gough and Pratt Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses are mostly vacant, scheduled to be demolished as part of the...
Photographs combined in a triptych to show a panoramic view of the burnt district seen from the roof of the Wise Brothers (Edward H. and Leo H. Wise) Factory located at numbers 126-132 West Fayette Street near Sharp (also known as Little Sharp)...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Streets--New York (State)--New York; Buildings--New York (State)--New York; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.);
Hand colored print after the painting by Jennie Brownscombe that was published by the Klackner Galleries of New York in 1913. The picture represents a view of Wall Street, from a point a little east of Hanover Street, in the year 1790, or during...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Dynamite; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the collapsing wall of a building on Baltimore Street near South Charles Street shortly after dynamite charges were set off. Whether this was done during the fire, to prevent its spread, or done after the fire, to remove...
Photograph taken looking northwest from South Street at rubble between Water and German Streets. In the foreground are the ruins (from left to right) of the William J. Hooper Manufacturing Company and the W. A. Simpson Company. Located on the west...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Journalists--United States;
Document showing the early newspaper stories written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and published in the Baltimore Morning Herald newspaper between February 24 and March 1, 1899. Page 1 shows all of the stories collected in a three-column spread on...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American boys--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City;...
Photograph of Cloney Street at its intersection with Amity Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This area (known as Area 14) was scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing Authority's slum clearance program. In the ground floor window of...
Signs and sign-boards; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobile repair shops--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; Electric lines; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with East Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This street consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. In a one-story...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the upper story of a building near German and Liberty Streets at the southwest edge of the fire line on West Lombard Street. This view is taken near the source of the fire at John E. Hurst and Company, a dry...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Grocery trade--Maryland--Baltimore; Spectators--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking south from Mulberry Street at a fallen tree blocking the 300 block North Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the west (right) side of the street, a crowd of onlookers watches as two African American men standing on...
Photograph taken looking south at the 200 block South Caroline Street from its intersection with East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Many African Americans are walking along the sidewalks or sitting in chairs or on the front steps of the...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 300 block North Caroline Street from its intersection with Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists of several two- and three-story brick row houses. On the first floor of...
Photograph taken looking south from East Eager Street at North Ensor Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These buildings consist mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. Facing Eager Street are several row houses with stores on the ground floor....
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking east at the south side of the 200 block West Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This picture documents these two-, three-, and four-story brick row houses before demolition to make way for the extension of Howard Street....
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...
Photograph taken looking southwest from Baltimore and Frederick Streets at the burnt district on the south side of East Baltimore Street. Among the ruins on the left are the walls of the Chamber of Commerce Building (note arched windows in upper...
Photograph taken looking at Charles Street north of Wine Street before the 1904 fire. On the left is Oehm's Acme Hall Clothing House located on the southwest corner of Baltimore and Charles Streets. On the right are several small businesses,...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire engines; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at fire fighters spraying water from a steam pumper on buildings along German Street just west of Hanover Street early during progression of the fire. On the right is S. Neuberger and Brother, a dry goods store located at...
