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...
Lithograph that was both lithographed and published by Isaac Friedenwald. The latest panorama of the city in the collection. A great part of the suburban countryside shown in earlier views has been engulfed by the spreading city. On the north the...
Cityscapes---Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.);
Engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie for W. Alvin Lloyd's Steamboat and Railroad Guide, New York, 1859, that features a bird's-eye view of Baltimore City. Conspicuous in the foreground are unimproved areas near Federal Hill. To the left are the...
African Americans in art; African American fishers--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Fishing boats; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Turtle fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 28 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of September 13, 1879, showing two African American men using bated poles to catch terrapin from a skiff on an inlet near Annapolis,...
African Americans in art; African American fishers--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Turtle fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Fishing boats; Trees
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 28 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of September 13th, 1879, showing three African American men hauling a net filled with terrapin into a skiff near Annapolis, Maryland. Frank...
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...
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.)--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...
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; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;
Hand-colored photograph taken looking north from Federal Hill across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the Baltimore skyline ablaze at 3:30 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. Situated south of Baltimore City across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor),...
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;
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...
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.
Postcards--Maryland--Hagerstown; City Park (Hagerstown, Md.); Hager House (Hagerstown, Md.); Lakes--Maryland--Hagerstown; Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The lake (also known as Lower Lake), is located at the City Park in Hagerstown. Converted from a marshy area and established in 1916 as a 50 acre (20.2 ha) park, it is a charming spot, with swans, tree shaded picnic areas and a children's...
Postcards—Maryland--Solomons Island; Islands--Maryland; Solomons Island (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A bird's eye view, looking south on the Solomons Island and the bridge connecting it with the mainland Calvert County. It is located at the north side of the mouth of Patuxent River. Called at various early times Bourne's Island, Somervell's Island...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Railroad bridges--Maryland--Cumberland; Western Maryland Railroad Company--History; Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of Western Maryland Railroad steel truss bridge over the National Road in the Narrows near Cumberland. The bridge, constructed around 1910, consists of two spans, each 150 feet (45.7 m) in length. It now serves the Great Allegheny Passage...
Blueprint of an unidentified Spoerer motor vehicle part on sheet number 1 dated May 31, 1909. On several areas of the blueprint are additions or corrections made in pencil. Scale: full size. C. S. S. Co. stands for Carl Spoerer's Sons Company.
Allied Powers (1919- ); Soldiers--Soviet Union; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Maps; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Maps; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea--Maps; World War,...
Two color posters on one sheet: the Newsmap (war fronts maps) for February 1, 1943 (for week of January 22 to January 29) is on the obverse side; and photographs and descriptions of the Soviet infantry and its weaponry are on the reverse side....
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...
