Baltimore County (Md.)--Pictorial works; Bollman, W. (Wendel), 1814-1884; Bridges--Maryland--Jones Falls; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Northern Central Railway Company; Truss...
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of "Bollman Bridge" on West Belvedere Avenue (now a section of Northern Parkway) over the Jones Falls waterway in the Mount Washington section of then Baltimore County, Maryland. Between 1890 and...
Riverside Hotel is located on the Chester River in Kingstown, across the Chester River from Chestertown, built ca. 1820. The first wooden Chester River Bridge was built in 1821. The bridge was replaced twice by new wooden bridges, once after a...
Baltimore County (Md.)--Pictorial works; Bollman, W. (Wendel), 1814-1884; Bridges--Maryland--Jones Falls; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Northern Central Railway Company; Truss...
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of a foot bridge over a brook running behind Cylburn Station, at West Belvedere Avenue (now Northern Parkway) in the Mount Washington section of then Baltimore County, Maryland. Between 1890 and 1898,...
Bridges; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Railroads;
Original etching by Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, a native of Philadelphia who taught at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. This is a signed artist's proof that features a view of the North Avenue bridge in Baltimore looking southwest from 21st...
Baltimore (Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Customhouses; Fells Point (Baltimore, Md.); Hospitals; Hotels; Jails; Monuments; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Watercolor drawing signed by T. Tanssen and dated 1831. A panorama from near what is today the corner of St. Paul and Madison Streets, at that time the southern edge of Howard's Park. The picture was found in Australia by an American sailor, a...
Photograph of a terraced garden on Mt. Royal Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The garden, a small landscaped park with footpaths and benches, overlooks the Jones Falls waterway. The railroad tracks lead to Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station (second...
Photograph of a temporary toll ferry and the ruins of the highway bridge across the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The bridge was swept away during the severe flood that occurred in March 1936. An African American man is operating...
African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore;Bridges--Maryland--Baltimore;Patapsco River (Md.);Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore;Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of Long Bridge near the Ferry Bar resort on the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland. Located at the end of Light Street and once the departure point for ferry boats, this wooden bridge carried streetcars as well as...
Bridges; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Jones Falls (Md.); Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking west across the Lombard Street Bridge over the Jones Falls at the burnt district. Designed and built by Wendel Bollman in 1877, this is a truss-type cast-iron bridge and carries both traffic (people and vehicles) and water...
Bridges; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Jones Falls (Md.); Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on West Falls Avenue southwest of the Lombard Street Bridge over the Jones Falls. Closest to the bridge on West Falls Avenue are the ruins of the Asendorf and Dreyer box factory located at number 100...
Baltimore (Md.); Broadsides; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "God will Repay." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and signed by "H. Rebel," this broadside focuses on the Civil War in Baltimore in 1861 and refers to such notable Baltimore figures as Severn...
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.
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Bridges;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 19. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Showing men applying paint to Russell St. bridge."
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Darlington (Md.); Harford County (Md.); Bridges;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 297. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Harford County. Improvement of Nobles Mill Bridge. View of bridge from west end,...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Cumberland (Md.); Allegany County (Md.); Streets; Bridges; Flood control;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 496. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Cumberland, Allegany County. Last sub-project- 'Flood control. Looking east on...
Postcards--Maryland--Gwynn Oak; Gwynn Oak Park (Gwynn Oak, Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Gwynn Oak; Gwynn Oak (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of a bridge over Gwynn Falls Creek in Gwynn Oak, Baltimore County. Gwynn Oak Park was originally a privately owned amusement park, with a carousel, a rollercoaster, a lake for boating and Dixie Ballroom, among other features, serviced by...
Postcards--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Union Avenue (Havre de Grace, Md.); Railroad bridges--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Streets--Maryland--Havre de Grace; Havre de Grace (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Union Avenue, located at the heart of the city in Havre de Grace, was at one time a broad residential street lined with trees, dotted with churches. It is mostly commercial today. The Harford House was a hotel, and served as a sort of informal...
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick County; Jug Bridge (Frederick County, Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Frederick County; Frederick County (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The Jug Bridge across the Monocacy River east of Frederick was built by a local mason, Leonard Harbaugh, in 1808 for the cost of $55,000. It was a 65 foot (20 meters) stone arch bridge that took its name from a stone monument in a shape of jug, or...
A view of an old Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail Road bridge over the Potomac River and a panorama of Westernport, a port located along the Georges Creek Valley where George's Creek empties into the Potomac in Allegany County. Known since 1774 as...
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...
