Coon hunting--Maryland; African Americans in art; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Women hunters--Maryland
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 204 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of May 17, 1884, showing ladies on a coon hunt in Maryland. Frank Leslie (1821-1880) (real name, Henry Carter) shortened the time it took to...
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...
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...
Allied Powers (1919- ); Flags--United nations (1942- ); Great Britain. Ministry of Information; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster of two groups of soldiers that stand facing each other, with the words "Freedom shall prevail!" emblazoned below. Each soldier wears the uniform of an Allied Power fighting in World War II. There are twenty soldiers and nations...
Newspaper print that features a view of the south side of Baltimore Street west of Charles Street circa 1854. The caption reads, "This old print shows the warehouses that stood on the south side of Baltimore Street just west of Charles Street 53...
Photograph of the 1959 Baltimore Orioles baseball team, their trainers and coaches, batboys, and announcers posing in front of the center-field scoreboard sponsored by the Gunther Brewing Company at Memorial Stadium on 33rd Street in Baltimore,...
Automobile occupants--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Ford automobile; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Trees in cities--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of early automobilists in an early-model Ford motor car in front of the Hotel Edgewood at number 1501 Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The caption accompanying the photograph, published in the Baltimore Evening Sun on August...
Photograph of a group of detectives (wearing hats) posing for the camera in front of the entrance to the Baltimore Herald Building on the northwest corner of Fayette and St. Paul Streets. Coming from Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C.,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Public buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Tugboats; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at wharves along East Pratt Street at 10 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. On the left are the ruins of the C. A. Gambrill Manufacturing Company, which operated a flour mill at this...
Photograph taken looking west from Harrison and Fayette Streets at a panoramic view of the Baltimore skyline before the 1904 fire. This elevated view shows much of the business district that would be destroyed in the fire. Fayette Street, between...
Photograph taken looking southeast toward the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building located on the east side of the street at number 7 Hopkins Place. Designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built in 1893, this building survived the fire because of the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from the upper floor of a building on Eutaw and German Streets at fire fighters spraying water on the John E. Hurst and Company Building (right) and, on the opposite corner (left), the Merchants' Protective Credit and...
Photograph of "souvenir hunters" looking through a safe salvaged from the ruins. In the background is a sign for Levenson and Zenitz, furniture manufacturers located at number 3 North Gay Street. This view, therefore, is looking east on Baltimore...
Photograph taken looking at a panoramic view of the burnt district southwest of Baltimore and St. Paul Streets. In the left foreground are the ruins of the Adams Express Company Building located at number 21 East Baltimore Street. Printed in the...
Photograph taken looking at the ruins of Habliston's drugstore located on the northeast corner of Baltimore and Gay Streets. Located at number 500 East Baltimore Street, this was the only structure on east side of the unit block of North Gay Street...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northwest of Charles and Fayette Streets. This image shows the northwestern edge of the fire line. To the right, behind the ruins in the foreground, is the O'Neill and Company Building (note water...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district south of German and Calvert Streets. It is believed that the building on the left is the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company Building located on the northeast corner of German and Calvert...
Photograph taken looking at Charles Street north of Wine Street before the 1904 fire. On the left is Oehm's Acme Hall Clothing House located on the southwest corner of Baltimore and Charles Streets. On the right are several small businesses,...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east on German Street at fire fighters spraying water on the John E. Hurst and Company Building and other nearby buildings soon after start of the fire. Located on the south side of German Street between Liberty Street and...
