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...
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...
Automobile industry and trade--Maryland; Automobiles--Equipment and supplies; Automobiles--Maryland; Automobiles--Parts; Letterheads--Pictorial works; Stationery--Pictorial works;
Document showing an unsigned order for a 4-cylinder, 5-passenger Spoerer commercial vehicle. Typed on Carl Spoerer's Sons Co. stationery and dated July 27th, 1908, this unsigned order gives the description of and the parts to be used in this...
Columbus, Christopher--Pictorial works; Engraving, English--18th century; Geography--Early works to 1800; Illustration of books--England--18th century; Indians of the West Indies--Pictorial works; Rafts--Pictorial works; Tule boats--Pictorial works;
Copper engraving titled The first interview of Christopher Columbus with the natives of America from the book titled A new and complete system of geography written by Charles Theodore Middleton and printed in 1777 for J. Cooke at...
Engraving, English--18th century; Geography--Early works to 1800; Illustration of books--England--18th century; Indians, South American--Peru--Pictorial works; Rafts--Pictorial works; Tule boats--Pictorial works;
Copper engraving titled Various boats, barks, etc. in the rivers and on the coasts of Peru in South America from the book titled A new and complete system of geography written by Charles Theodore Middleton and printed in 1777 for J. Cooke at...
Buildings; Cityscapes; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Government buildings; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.);
Aquatint signed by Louis Garneray that features a view of Baltimore harbor around 1834. Of this scene Charles Varle in his book Complete View of Baltimore, 1833, wrote, "We would recommend to the stranger a visit to Federal Hill, situated on the...
Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, Baron, 1731-1771; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Named for his father's friend, Frederick, Prince of Wales, the last Lord Baltimore...
Photograph taken looking east from North Bond Street at the north side of Mullikin Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This block consists mostly of two- and three-story brick row houses. On the ground level of the corner building (left) is what was...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking east at the south side of the 200 block West Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Taken from numbers 221-223 West Biddle Street, this picture documents these three-story brick row houses before demolition to make way for...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking east at the south side of the 200 block West Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. This picture documents these two-, three-, and four-story brick row houses before demolition to make way for the extension of Howard Street....
African American men--Maryland--Baltimore;Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore;Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east at the south side of the 200 block West Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Taken from number 255 West Biddle, this picture documents these two- and three-story brick row houses before demolition to make way for the...
Photograph of the east side of the 300 block North Bond Street from just south of Orleans Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the left center of the picture is an alleyway known as Mullikin Court. To its left is a wooden garage; hanging above the...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district north of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. In the foreground is a man looking at the rubble of several small businesses. In the background are (from left to right) the ruins of the John E. Hurst and...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. Among the ruins pictured are (from left to right) the Ambach Brothers and Company Building (note tall ringed structure left of center) located on the...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district in the 100 block of North Charles Street just south of Lexington Street, showing the northernmost advance of the fire. In the left foreground are the ruins of the Kranz-Smith Piano Company Building...
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...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast at businesses such as the Federal Savings Bank and G. Inverson's located on the north side of the unit block of West Lombard Street. The building housing the Federal Savings Bank is located on the northeast corner...
Photograph taken looking northeast from Charles and West Baltimore Streets at the Union Trust Building located on the northeast corner of Fayette and Charles Streets. Built in 1899, this eleven-story building survived the fire because of the...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the burnt district on the east side of the 100 block of North Charles Street just south of Lexington Street, showing the northernmost advance of the fire. This view from Charles and Lexington Streets shows the...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district southwest of Holliday and Fayette Streets. This elevated view, taken from the northern edge of the fire line on Fayette Street, shows the ruins of small businesses on the south side of the 300 block of...
