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...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Patterson Park (Baltimore, Md.); Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features the 10th Maine Regiment at Camp Washburn under the command of Colonel George L. Beal. Camp Washburn was located in...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;Patterson Park (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications--Maryland--Baltimore;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features Patterson Park, the nucleus for which were "two squares of ground on Hampstead Hill" given to the city by William...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features an unnamed camp near Fort Marshall. It was evidently drawn from the ramparts of Fort Marshall overlooking a temporary...
Steel engraving by James Smillie after a drawing by T. K. Wharton that features a view of the Washington Monument in Baltimore. This is a hand colored print that appeared in the New York Mirror in 1835. It was apparently drawn soon after the...
Baltimore (Md.); Canton (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Maps;
Engraving by James Poupard of Philadelphia after a drawing by A. P. Folie that features a plan of the town of Baltimore and its environs around 1792. This is said to be one of the earliest known detailed maps of Baltimore showing the three units...
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...
Cityscapes---Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.);
Engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie for W. Alvin Lloyd's Steamboat and Railroad Guide, New York, 1859, that features a bird's-eye view of Baltimore City. Conspicuous in the foreground are unimproved areas near Federal Hill. To the left are the...
Canton (Baltimore, Md.); Fortifications; Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Locust Point (Baltimore, Md.); Ships in art;
Colored lithograph published by A. Hoen & Co. about 1860 that features twin views of Baltimore harbor near Canton and Locust Point. The view on the left shows the railroad yards and elevators at Locust Point, adjoining Fort McHenry, which can be...
Engraving drawn by George Beck and engraved by T. Cartwright of London, published January 1, 1802, by Atkins & Nightingale located at 143 Leadenhall Street, London, and 100 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. This is one of the colored aquatints of...
Church buildings; Hospitals; Landscapes; Military camps; Military hospitals;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Camp Andrew in Baltimore. An interesting view of southwest Baltimore at this period, with key to prominent...
Original etching by Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, a native of Philadelphia who taught at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. This is a signed artist's proof that shows the Phoenix Shot Tower at the end of the street in the distance. Built by the...
Main Street (Annapolis, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Annapolis; African American men--Maryland--Annapolis; Ox driving--Maryland--Annapolis; Wagons
Photograph of Main Street in Annapolis, Maryland about 1870. In the foreground is a team of four oxen being driven over unpaved road by an African American worker. Wearing what looks like a special uniform (not the typical clothes of a farmhand),...
African American men--Maryland; Wagons--Maryland; Ox driving--Maryland; Oxen--Maryland; Rural roads--Maryland
Photograph of a team of four oxen pulling a load of logs on Main Street in Annapolis, Maryland. The team is being handled by one African American man in the driver's seat and a second walking alongside the road. Grassy fields flank the road, with...
Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; Used furniture industry--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken from Pennsylvania Avenue of the west side of Oxford Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On both sides of the street are two- and three-story brick row houses. In the left foreground is a used furniture store operated out of a garage,...
Photograph taken looking south at the 1000 block Druid Hill Avenue from its intersection with Hoffman Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the sidewalk to the right are numerous African Americans: two children are playing at the corner; behind them,...
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...
Tobacco--Harvesting--Maryland--Anne Arundel County; Tobacco farms--Maryland--Anne Arundel County; African American men--Maryland--Anne Arundel County; Carriages and carts
Photograph of an African American farmer harvesting his tobacco crop on Bay Ridge Avenue near Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The farmer is loading tobacco leaves onto a cart pulled by two horses. In the distance (left to right) are a...
Horse sports--Maryland--Baltimore County; African American young men--Maryland--Baltimore County; Horses--Maryland--Baltimore County; Automobiles--Maryland-- Baltimore County
Photograph of a horse and rider taking a jump at an equestrian event in Baltimore County, Maryland. Three men in ties, shirtsleeves, and straw hats or cap, standing off to the side, appear to be judging the event. A young African American man is...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views;Consolidated Gas, Electric Light, and Power Company of Baltimore--Pictorial works;Electric power-plants--Maryland--Baltimore;Gas power plants--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of a panoramic view of South Baltimore featuring the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light, and Power Company of Baltimore (subsequently renamed the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company). In this westward-looking view South Baltimore is in the...
