Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Power-plants; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United railways and...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the burnt district from the roof of the Courthouse located on the northwest corner of Fayette and Calvert Streets. Among the ruins, three structures stand out: the one-story Safe Deposit and Trust Company...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Boards of trade; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking northwest at the burnt district from the upper story of a building near Lombard Street and the Jones Falls. In the foreground beyond the rubble are (from left to right) several structures with walls still standing: the...
Photograph taken looking northeast across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the burnt district near the 200 block East Pratt Street between Calvert Street and Cheapside. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses including grocers and...
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...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
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 at the burnt district on Charles Street north of Lombard Street. In the foreground are the ruins of many small businesses and warehouses in the wholesale dry goods district on Charles Street. In the background are two...
Building, Fireproof; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Sperry, Joseph...
Photograph taken looking west at the ruins of the Hotel Rigbie (left foreground) and at the Equitable Building (right background) as a crowd walks along East Fayette Street. Located at 211 East Fayette Street, the Hotel Rigbie was situated in the...
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...
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from Light Street at the burnt district on the north side of the 100 block of East Pratt Street between Light and Ellicott Streets. Included among these ruins are structures that once housed workshops, warehouses, and...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. On duty in the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman. Beyond the rubble in the background are two buildings that survived the fire: the Fidelity Building...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Hanover and Lombard Streets. On duty in the foreground is a Maryland National Guardsman. Beyond the rubble in the background are two buildings that survived the fire: the Fidelity Building...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Williamsport (Md.); Washington County (Md.); Streets;
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. Showing sections of Frederick St. original conditions...
Fund raising; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster that in the foreground shows an American soldier in full combat gear holding a rifle with fixed bayonet and charging the enemy, while in the background are depictions of a farmer plowing a field and factory workers building military...
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Patriotism; United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1939-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that shows a sailor in a Summer white uniform (center foreground) carrying a rifle with fixed bayonet as he stands guard in front of a U.S. Navy warship (center background), with a large portrait of Robert E. Lee dressed in uniform...
Churches--Massachusetts--Concord; Freedom; French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by JA (Jonathan Atherton, 1900-1952) that shows the Concord, Massachusetts Minute Man statue in the foreground and a large white church with clock tower in the background. Sculpted by Daniel Chester French, the "Minute Man" statue...
Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by H. Macke that shows the portrait of an attractive young woman (background) holding a quarter in one hand and a savings stamp in the other hand while appearing behind the darkened image of a soldier (middle ground) running with his...
Flags--United States; Shipping; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States; World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States;
Color poster by Herbert (Herbert William) Meyer (1882-1960) that shows in its upper quadrant the scene of a busy shipyard with a United States flag and a flag of the United States Shipping Board displayed prominently in the foreground. Below this...
Soldiers--United States; United States. War Production Board; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster showing a factory worker testing a rifle in the foreground while in the background are images of three soldiers standing and aiming their bayonet-fixed rifles. Printed across the images of the soldiers are the words, "The battle begins...
Baltimore County (Md.)--Pictorial works; Bollman, W. (Wendel), 1814-1884; Bridges--Maryland--Jones Falls; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Northern Central Railway Company; Truss...
Photograph taken by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken of a foot bridge over a brook running behind Cylburn Station, at West Belvedere Avenue (now Northern Parkway) in the Mount Washington section of then Baltimore County, Maryland. Between 1890 and 1898,...
