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...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore; Alleys--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken posing with neighborhood children in the alley behind Hollins Street. This alley was, and still is, named Booth Street. This brazen, booming writer who terrified some opponents and infuriated...
Urban African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Bartlett Hayward Company
Photograph taken looking from Callender Alley at the south side of Ramsey Street in Baltimore, Maryland. When the United State entered World War I in November 1917, the Bartlett Hayward Company, which had been producing munitions for the Russian...
Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Housing--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Poverty--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of Creek Alley in the rear of houses on Hamburg Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These abandoned two- and three-story brick row houses, scheduled to be razed as part of Baltimore's slum clearance program, have broken or boarded-up windows,...
Photograph taken looking north from Hamilton Street at Courtland Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Parked on both sides of the street are horse-drawn wagons and carriages, several of which appear to be cabs. In the right foreground is an African...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking west toward Rock Street from Cove Alley at the north side of Cloney Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These three-story brick row houses with wooden stairs in front were scheduled to be razed in 1939 as part of the Baltimore...
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...
Construction and demolition debris--Maryland--Baltimore;Service stations--Maryland--Baltimore;City planning--Maryland--Baltimore;St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Baltimore, Md.);Lutheran church...
Photograph of High Alley at North Central Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The Lord Baltimore Filling Station (center) and St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church (center, behind filling station, with its front on Fayette Street) were razed in 1937...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 12 pages long containing the seventh and final semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission, ending September 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast from Pratt Street and Calhoun Alley at fire fighters spraying water on the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores...
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...
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...
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...
Hand colored lithograph drawn by Thomas Coke Ruckle and printed by A. Hoen & Co., of Baltimore that features a view of the old Light Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore around 1779. This church was at the northwest corner of Light Street...
Photograph taken looking east from North Bond Street south of Orleans Street into Costella Court in Baltimore, Maryland. Except for a few two-story brick row houses on its north side, this narrow street appears to be an alley with garages. Perhaps...
Photograph of Colvin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Between these two-story brick row houses is an alley or passageway bridged by an archway between the houses. Flyers are hanging in the front window of the house on the left, while a small dog is...
Photograph of the interior of the North Avenue Market in Baltimore, Maryland. Although the exterior of the building features Moorish-style towers (not shown), the central section appears modern, clean, and sanitary. Large skylights supplement the...
Photograph taken looking west from Cove Alley at Born Court in Baltimore, Maryland. These two-and-one-half-story row houses were scheduled to be razed in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing Authority's slum clearance program. On the left in the...
