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...
Fishery processing plants--Maryland--Crisfield;African American women employees--Maryland--Crisfield;Canned crab meat--Maryland--Crisfield;Crab meat--Preservation
Photograph of crab pickers at a seafood processing plant in Crisfield, Maryland. African American women sit around huge tables that contain piles of steamed hard-shelled blue crabs, picking the meat from the crabs and depositing it into small metal...
Fires--Maryland--Cambridge; Ruined buildings--Maryland--Cambridge; Rubble--Maryland--Cambridge; African American men--Maryland--Cambridge; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maintenance and repair--Maryland--Cambridge
Photograph of ruins from the fire of July 31, 1910 in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. On the right side of these ruins is a sign that reads McCormick Harvesting Machines. Several African American men are sifting through and removing objects...
Medical offices--Maryland--Annapolis; African Americans--Maryland--Annapolis; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Annapolis; Boys--Maryland--Annapolis
Photograph of Dr. J. J. Murphy's office at number 17 State Circle in Annapolis, Maryland. Built around 1850 as the law office of James Shaw Franklin, a descendant of the noted Annapolis cabinet maker John Shaw, this two-room wood-frame building...
Photograph of the interior of Fennell's (misspelled Fennel's on label) Greater Pharmacy located on the corner of Druid Hill Avenue and Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to drugs, this particular store sells items such as cigars and...
Broadway (Baltimore, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore; Central business...
Photograph taken looking south at the 500 block South Broadway Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the right in this block are three-story brick row houses with businesses on the ground floor. Several people are standing in front of the first...
Photograph of the east side of Courtland Street as seen from Pleasant to Mulberry Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. A few African Americans are sitting on the front steps of a brick row house (center right) while another woman looks down on the...
Photograph of the Enoch Pratt Free Library book wagon during a visit to the 1000 block Dallas Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Gathered around this horse-drawn wagon and looking over the books before making a selection are numerous African American...
African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Dining rooms; United States. National Youth Administration of Maryland; Recreation centers--Maryland--Baltimore; Waiters and waitresses--Maryland--Baltimore
Domestic service department of an African American recreation center located on Druid Hill Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. This center was run as part of a program of the National Youth Administration (NYA) of Maryland. Three young African American...
African Americans; Baltimore (Md.); Mayors; Schaefer, William Donald;
Photograph of Mayor William Donald Schaefer (front row, right) at a public meeting launching "The Great Baltimore Land Rush" and held at the War Memorial building at Gay and Lexington Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting provided...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Group games; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, most of the children are standing in a circle around another child, participating in some kind of game or play activity. Their activity is...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Circus--Maryland--Baltimore;Parades--Maryland--Baltimore;Circus animals--Maryland--Baltimore; Children--Maryland--Baltimore;Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of a circus parade on a May afternoon in Victorian era Baltimore, Maryland. A crowd of spectators, including many Caucasian and African American children, watch from the street or from covered coaches (the one on the left is from the...
Photograph of the west side of the 200 block North Poppleton Street in Baltimore, Maryland. These three-story brick row houses were scheduled to be razed in 1939 as part of the Baltimore Housing Authority's slum clearance program. In the corner...
Photograph of the west side of the 400 block Pine Street north of Mulberry Street in Baltmore, Maryland. These two-story brick row houses have chimneys set into the roof on the front and back of the building and an attic with a dormer window. On...
Photograph of the interior of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Branch number 1 on the northeast corner of Pitcher Street and Fremont Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The interior features an arched, high ceiling with bookshelves lining the walls and...
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 the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland...
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...
Boards of trade; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southwest from Gay Street near Baltimore Street at the north and east sides of the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained more than sixty-six percent...
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 northwest at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland stocked dynamite, turpentine, and...
