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 west at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street west of Gay Street. In the foreground is a man looking at a piece of fire hose left in the street. Farther along the street are wagons parked in the middle while...
Broadsides; Heaven; Hymns; Macarthy, Harry, 1834-1888; Weishampel, J. F. (John F.), Sr.;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Happy Journey to the Promised Land," sung to the air "Bonnie Blue Flag." This hymn compares contemporary Christian salvation to the journey of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land,...
Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "I Carry Along! The Despot's Song!" Written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." (i.e., an old secessionist), this broadside proclaims a Confederate view of Abraham Lincoln in which...
Photograph of the north side of the 800 block West Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story row houses were scheduled to be demolished in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing Authority's slum clearance program. In the...
Photograph taken looking south from Orleans Street at the west side of the 300 block North Bond Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists of three-story brick row houses with a store on the ground floor of each corner house. To the right...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Pickup trucks; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the north side of Baker Street between Vincent Court (right) and North Mount Street (left) in Baltimore, Maryland. Three-story row houses are situated along this sunny, tree-lined street. A few wooden half-whiskey barrel planters are...
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...
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...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district along East Pratt Street between Light and Calvert Streets. Anchored on the left are the Anthony Groves, Jr., a steamboat out of Philadelphia, and the Cannan,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fireboats; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the Baltimore Fire Department fireboat Cataract spraying water on buildings along the East Pratt Street wharves as the fire moves east on Monday, February 8, 1904. The Cataract,...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Maryland. National Guard;...
Photograph taken looking west at a Maryland National Guardsman patrolling the burnt district along East Baltimore Street from just west of the Baltimore Street Bridge over the Jones Falls. In the left foreground are the ruins of the Maryland...
Photograph taken looking north from Lombard and Calvert Streets at the burnt district along Calvert Street. Beyond the rubble in the foreground are several structures that survived the fire (from left to right): the Maryland Trust Company Building...
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...
Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Newspaper buildings; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street west from Gay Street. Among the buildings that survived the fire are (from left to right) the Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building (left), the Maryland Trust Company...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building amid ruins. Located on the east side of Hopkins Place at number 7, the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building, which was designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built of...
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...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building on Gay Street at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street. In the right center background are the ruins of several structures, including buildings that housed the Baltimore...
Bereavement; Broadsides; Love; Milburn, Richard James; Songs; Winner, Septimus, 1827-1902;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Listen to the Oriole Bird" sung to an 1855 song entitled "Listen to the Mocking Bird" composed and published by Septimus Winner, with credit for the tune given to African American Richard Milburn (born...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Listen to the Oriole Bird" sung to the 1855 song "Listen to the Mocking Bird" composed by Septimus Winner (1827-1902) from a tune by the African American Richard James Milburn (born ca. 1814). In this...
