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...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Towson (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Towson University; Landscape construction; Stonemasonry;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 319. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Towson. Baltimore County. Improving the State Teachers College. Showing outdoor...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Williamsport (Md.); Washington County (Md.); Streets; Curbs; Roadside improvement;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 6. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Williamsport, Washington County. View showing concrete curbs and grass plot...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Towson (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Towson University; Landscape construction; Ponds;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 319. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Towson. Baltimore County. Improvements to the State Teachers College. The pond...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Towson (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Towson University; Stonemasonry;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 319. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Towson. Baltimore County. Improvements to the State Teachers College. Showing the...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in mid-1800's, that features Fort Marshall in Baltimore. This lithograph is one in a series of Civil War scenes in and around Baltimore by Sachse. Fort...
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 taken looking east from North Gay Street at the Phoenix Shot Tower located at number 801 East Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Constructed in 1828 of 1.1 million bricks without the use of scaffolding by the Phoenix Shot Tower...
Frederick Douglass High School (Baltimore, Md.)--Buildings; African American schools--Maryland--Baltimore; High school buildings--Design and construction--Maryland--Baltimore; Owens, Benjamin Buck, 1841-1918; Perring, Henry G., 1881-1946; Sisco,...
Photograph of an architectural sketch showing the southwest façade of the old Frederick Douglass High School at North Calhoun and Baker Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Prepared by Owens & Sisco Architects [Benjamin Buck Owens (1841-1918); Spencer...
Wyman Park (Baltimore, Md.); Parks--Maintenance and repair; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Feed-water pumps
Photograph of two African American men draining water from a ditch at Wyman Park in Baltimore, Maryland. The men are operating a pump to drain water from the trench where a new bank of stone is being constructed. (Photograph taken from the Enoch...
Beaches--Maryland--Ocean City; Shore protection--Maryland--Ocean City; African Americans--Maryland--Ocean City
Photograph of the beach at Ocean City, Maryland. An African American woman is watching over a group of children playing on the sand. Jutting out to their right is a barrier constructed to prevent erosion of the beach.
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...
Photograph taken looking south from the roof of the Calvert Building at the burnt district between Calvert and Light Streets. The twelve-story Calvert Building located on the southeast corner of Fayette and St. Paul Streets provides an aerial view...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district along East Pratt Street between Light and Calvert Streets. Anchored on the left are the Anthony Groves, Jr., a steamboat out of Philadelphia, and the Cannan,...
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wetherald...
Photograph of an etching of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located on Baltimore Street and Centre Market Space (opposite Harrison Street) before the 1904 fire. Designed by Reasin...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district near East Pratt and Hollingsworth Streets. Docked at Pratt Street (left foreground) is a steamboat named the "City of Philadelphia" out of Philadelphia. Behind...
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...
City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Newspaper buildings; Post office buildings--Maryland; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking northwest from Post Office Avenue and Baltimore Street at the burnt district south of City Hall. In the foreground are the ruins of Der Deutsche Correspondent (The German Correspondent) newspaper. Located on the southwest...
Photograph taken looking southwest at the ruins of the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Annex Building (left center) located on the south side of German Street between Calvert and Grant Streets. Its walls were so damaged it had to be...
