Map of Baltimore City with map of Maryland and certain pieces of descriptive information about Maryland, Washington D.C., and Delaware. These two pages appeared in the Rand, McNally & Company Indexed Atlas of the World.
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; 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....
Jones Falls (Md.); Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore;
Aquatint by John Hill after the painting by John Shaw, 1820, that features a view of the Jones' Falls in Baltimore. One of the best-known works of Hill is the Landscape Album, first issued by M. Carey & Son of Philadelphia, 1820 (reissued in 1835),...
Lithograph that was both lithographed and published by Isaac Friedenwald. The latest panorama of the city in the collection. A great part of the suburban countryside shown in earlier views has been engulfed by the spreading city. On the north the...
City halls; Government buildings; Maps--Maryland--Baltimore; Monuments;
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., a prominent lithography company in Baltimore in the mid-1800s, and published by John F. Weishampel, Jr., in 1872 that features a map of Baltimore City based on Surveys by William H. Shipley. Insets around the...
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...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Choptank River...
Map of Maryland and Delaware by the Rand McNally Company that appeared in their Indexed Atlas of the World. Dated 1882 this map shows all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City (city limits shown by grid and...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Choptank River...
Map of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) by John F. Weishampel, Jr., a Baltimore bookseller and stationer. This map is dated 1875 and features all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel,...
Allegany County (Md.); Annapolis (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.);...
Map of Maryland and Delaware by J. L. Hazzard published by Charles Desilver of Philadelphia. Dated 1856, five years after the creation of Baltimore City and Howard County, this map shows twenty-two Maryland counties: Allegany (spelled "Alleghany"),...
Allegany County (Md.); Annapolis (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.);...
Map of Maryland by Frank A. Gray, dated 1879, that shows all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City (city limits shown by lines of demarcation), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester,...
Baltimore (Md.); Cemeteries; Harbors; Maps; Maryland; Parks; Patapsco River (Md.);
Map of Baltimore City dated 1907 that includes street names and features such as parks, cemeteries, railroad lines and stations, and some neighborhoods. On this map the city limits stretch to the north just above 41st Street, to the south along the...
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...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Bloomington; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Railroads--Maryland; Bloomington (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Seventeen Mile Grade is a 17 mile (27.3 km) steep section of railroad tracks between the small town of Piedmont, West Virginia and the summit of Altamont, Maryland. It is so steep that in some places it reaches 116 feet (35.4 m) per mile. The track...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Calvert Street Bridge (Baltimore, Md.); Latrobe, Charles Huzlehurst, 1833-1902; Bridges--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A full view of the old Calvert Street Bridge. Built in 1880, the bridge had decorative ironwork on it, including arches, lamps, and lions at the ends. The bridge, designed by Charles H. Latrobe and built at the time on the edge of the settled city...
Amusement parks Maryland; Figure skating; Ice dancing; Programs; Winter sports;
Official souvenir program for the Eleventh Annual Costume Ice Carnival of the Manhattan Figure Skating Club held at Iceland, 304 West 50th Street in New York City on Sunday April 24, 1938. This show was later brought to the Iceland skating rink at...
Amusement parks Maryland; Figure skating; Ice dancing; Programs; Winter sports;
Official souvenir program of the appearance of Evelyn Chandler and Bruce Mapes at the Iceland skating rink at Carlin's Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Billed as the world's greatest professional figure skaters, Evelyn Chandler and Bruce Mapes perform...
