Broadsides; McComas, Henry G., 1796-1814; Monuments; Political ballads and songs; United States History War of 1812; Wells, Daniel, 1795-1814;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Wells and McComas Funeral and Monument Song, Baltimore, September 13, 1858," sung to the same tune as the "Star-spangled Banner." This broadside tells the story of Daniel Wells and Henry G. McComas, two...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Urban Parks;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of Riverside Park in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground is a large tree. Several people sit or lie beneath the tree, including a boy who reclines while flying a kite. In the left foreground, two people ride...
Baltimore (Md.); Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Maps; Parks; Patapsco River (Md.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Map of historic Baltimore by Edwin Tunis, dated 1936, that shows main traffic routes and points of interest inside the City's 1918 boundaries. The principal points of interest are marked on the map with numbered orange circles and indexed with a...
Photograph taken looking east from Light Street at the 100 block East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Traffic on the street includes pedestrians, a streetcar, and horse-drawn wagons and carriages. It is thought that this photograph was taken...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Power-plants;...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from Federal Hill at a panoramic view of the Baltimore City skyline after the 1904 fire. Smoke can still be seen rising from the rubble. Directly across the harbor are the East...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
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...
Postcards—Maryland--Annapolis; Post office buildings--Maryland--Annapolis; Annapolis (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
The Annapolis post office opened January 1, 1902. Located at 1 Church Circle, the building was designed by James Knox Taylor, a renowned architect, who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury, and oversaw construction of other post...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Howard Peter Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.); Conservatories--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;...
Baltimore City's Conservatory (now called Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore) was designed and built by George A. Frederick in 1888 in Victorian style. It is the only remaining conservatory in the city. The...
