Engraving of a sketch based on John Moale's drawing that features a view of Baltimore circa 1752. The scope of the view is from about Liberty and Lombard Streets east to Calvert Street and the Basin. A penciled notation indicates this reproduction...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Boards of trade; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the east side of the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building on Post Office Avenue west of Gay Street. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained more than sixty-six percent damage. In the...
Photograph of an illustration by Torschesc (note the letters in the stone street) of the Armstrong, Cator and Co. Building circa 1886. Located on the south side of West Baltimore Street at numbers 237-239, Armstrong, Cator and Co. was the oldest...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Stonemasonry; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking south at ruins of the William A. Gault and Son Building on East Lexington Street between Charles and St. Paul Streets. The posted sign indicates that William A. Gault and Son operated a stonemasonry business from offices at...
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...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Roads; Reservoirs;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 29. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. Constructing roadway to Pikesville Reservoir. Showing concrete...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Cumberland (Md.); Allegany County (Md.); Streets; Flood control;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 496. Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Cumberland, Allegany County. Last sub-project- 'Flood Control.' Unidentified street. [Editor's note: The label on the back of the...
Figure skating; Financial statements; Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc.;
Document containing the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. annual report for the 1936-1937 season, signed by Paul T. MacKie, the treasurer. Among the club receipts listed are dues and refunds. Among the club expenditures listed are rent, salaries, taxes,...
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Civil Defense--Baltimore (Md.); Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated. Baltimore Division;
Program for the presentation of the National Security Award to the workers of the Baltimore plant of Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 1, 1944. Included in the program is a listing of award ceremony...
Advertising--Tobacco--United States; August Mencken and Brother; Cigar industry--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Vienna International Exhibition (1873); Women in advertising--United States;
Color advertisement for "Marguerite" cigars printed by Geo. S. Harris and Sons of Philadelphia for H. L. Mencken's father's business, August Mencken and Brother, manufacturers of fine cigars. On the right sitting on a cloak covering a rock is a...
In this undated letter believed to have been written in December 1854 from Lowell, Massachusetts, Annie (Mrs. Nancy Heywood) Richmond in a playful but sympathetic tone wishes Muddie (Maria Clemm) better health, trying to raise her spirits by...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a view of South Sharp Street in Baltimore. Titled, signed, and dated by the artist in the bottom right corner. (Editor's note: One of the signs on a building on the left hand side of the drawing...
