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 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.)--Pictorial works; Jarvis U.S.A. General Hospital (Baltimore, Md.); Military hospitals--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 a view of the Jarvis U.S.A. General Hospital in Baltimore. This hospital occupied the estate of Major General George H....
Color lithograph drawn from nature by August Kollner, lithographed by Deroy, printed by Cattier, and published by Goupil, Vibert, & Co., New York & Paris, 1848, that features a view of Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore. The cemetery was dedicated in...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Cavalry; 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 Camp Carroll in Baltimore. This camp was thought to have most likely occupied a portion of the Mt. Clare estate near the...
African Americans--Maryland--Havre de Grace;Vernacular architecture--Maryland--Havre de Grace;Porches--Maryland--Havre de Grace
Photograph of the "old ordinary" at number 100 St. John Street in Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland. Built ca. 1814 as an ordinary, i.e., an inn or tavern that offered lodging to travelers, this brick building with a wide wooden veranda off...
Anderson, William, 1820-1892; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore County; Freedmen--Maryland--Baltimore County; Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Slavery--Maryland--Baltimore County--History; Perine family
Photograph of William Anderson (1820-1892), also known as "Uncle Bill", sitting on a rock in a field at Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. A former slave, he served the Perine family first as the coachman...
Anderson, William, 1820-1892; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore County; Freedmen--Maryland--Baltimore County; Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Slavery--Maryland--Baltimore County--History; Perine family
Photograph of William Anderson (1820-1892), also known as "Uncle Bill", standing by a tree at Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. A former slave, he served the Perine family first as the coachman and, then,...
Photograph of Goldsmith, a thoroughbred gelding horse sired by Goldsmith the Volunteer of New York, owned by David Maulden Perine, and kept at Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. (Photograph taken from the...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore County; African American agricultural laborers--Maryland--Baltimore County--History; Wagons--Maryland--Baltimore County; Perine family
Photograph of a farm team with Josh Petticord, the manager, at work at Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. One young African American man stands in the wagon and forks compost over the side to cultivate the...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing showing the south front of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David Maulden...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Floor plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing of the first-floor plan of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David Maulden...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Floor plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing of the second-floor plan of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David Maulden...
Photograph of a copy of an architect's drawing showing the south front of original Homeland (17__-1839), the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. The drawing was done in 1917 by architect Howard Sill (1867-1927). In the...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing showing the west flank (side) of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David...
African American men--Maryland--Baltimore County; Boys--Maryland--Baltimore County; Carriages and carts; Horses; Parsons, James; Webb, R. Prescott--Estate--Maryland--Baltimore County
Photograph of a Victorian-style two-horse carriage characteristic of those seen in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1890s. In this Webb family carriage are seated R. Prescott Webb and the African American coachman thought to be James Parsons. The...
Mural painting and decoration, American--Maryland--Catonsville; African Americans m art--Maryland; Bahr, Leonard Marion, 1905-1990; High school libraries--Maryland--Catonsville; Caton, Mary (Polly) Carroll, 1770-1846; Caton, Richard, 1763-1845;...
Photograph of a 1934 mural entitled "Arrival of Mary Carroll Caton at Castle Thunder" by Leonard Marion Bahr (1905-1990) located on the wall of the Catonsville High School library in Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The mural was...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Slaves--Dwellings--Maryland--Howard County;Doughoregan Manor (Md.);Log cabins--Maryland;
Photograph of a log cabin that sits alongside the main house at Doughoregan Manor in Howard County, Maryland. Doughoregan Manor was the ancestral home of the Carroll family, including Charles Carroll (1737-1832), of Carrollton, one of the original...
Payne, J. Howard, 1887-1960;African American lawyers--Maryland--Baltimore;Catholics--Maryland--Baltimore
Photographic portrait of J. Howard Payne (1887-1960), a distinguished Baltimore African American politician and attorney. Educated in Baltimore public schools, he attended and was a graduate of Howard University Law School. Admitted to the bar of...
