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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 12 pages long containing the seventh and final semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission, ending September 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued...
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.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
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...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet 34 pages long containing photographs of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. Includes a few striking facts about the Baltimore fire and a list of some of the greatest fires in the United States that occurred between 1820 and...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 7 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its sixth...
Document advertising a three hundred dollar reward for the return of a slave. When slaves ran away, the slave owners would publish such advertisements in the local newspapers, as well as in large cities, like Baltimore, along with posting separate...
World War, 1939-1945; Air defenses; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.);
Air raid warning driving permit issued on March 2, 1943 by the Baltimore Committee on Civilian Defense. The permit number (4449) is in red in the top right corner, and the permit appears to have been issued to a gas detection officer in the a...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Debt; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Travel; United States. History. War of 1812;
In this letter dated April 5, 1860 and written from Alexandria, Virginia, Maria Clemm thanks Neilson Poe for his help in selling the land warrant she inherited from her late husband, payment for his service in the War of 1812. She also tells...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A busy scene at the Baltimore wharves. These are the places along the harbor that were occupied by docks and piers. Small store owners used to come here on their carts and pulleys to buy fruits, produce, oysters, fish and other products supplied by...
A panoramic view of Cumberland, ca. 1910. The church to the right, most likely the Emmanuel Church standing at the eastern end of the Washington Street Historic District, is one of Maryland's most outstanding examples of early Gothic Revival...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Washington Street (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A pictorial view of Washington Street in Cumberland, ca. 1910, with large trees on both sides. Cumberland, with a population of approximately 20,000 inhabitants, is an important commercial and business center in western Maryland, and the county...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Washington Street (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A pictorial view of Washington Street in Cumberland, ca. 1910, with large trees on both sides. Washington Street is part of the historic district of Cumberland, a residential area of 19th and 20th century houses in a variety of styles. Cumberland,...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wharves--Maryland--Baltimore; Boat ramps--Maryland--Baltimore; Markets--Maryland--Baltimore; Oyster fisheries--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Ships;
A scene at the Baltimore docks showing goods being loaded and unloaded from onto horse-drawn carts. In the distance, factories and steamboats are visible.
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--Baltimore; Lexington Street (Baltimore, Md.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore--Pictorial works; Central business districts--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of Baltimore's Lexington Street shopping district at night. Many department stores and small retail businesses were located in the area. The only recognizable places on the postcard are the White Dental Parlor on the right side, and the J....
