Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; War memorials--Maryland--Baltimore; Battle Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Original watercolor drawing by an unknown artist that features a view of the Battle Monument, possibly prior to 1830. This view is identical to that of Goodacre's engraving (Cator Print no. 147). The monument was begun in 1815 to commemorate the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Monuments--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office buildings--Maryland--Baltimore;
Original etching by Anton Schutz. This signed artist's proof shows a view of the Baltimore Post Office as seen from the east entrance of the Equitable Building not long before the Post Office was razed to make way for the new Federal Building. This...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Police; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking southeast from Fayette Street at the John S. Gittings and Co. Building located on the southeast corner of North and Fayette Streets. Maryland National Guardsmen are patrolling the streets, and a policeman is standing in...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Dynamite; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the collapsing wall of a building on Baltimore Street near South Charles Street shortly after dynamite charges were set off. Whether this was done during the fire, to prevent its spread, or done after the fire, to remove...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east on German Street at the John E. Hurst and Company Building engulfed in flame soon after the start of the fire. Located on the south side of German Street between Liberty Street and Hopkins Place, the John E. Hurst and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Crowds; Dynamite; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Street-railroad...
Photograph taken looking west from the upper story of a building near Light and German Streets at the dynamite line on Charles and German Streets about 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 7, 1904. As businessmen (foreground) load and haul away important...
Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Post office buildings--Maryland; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district on Calvert Street north of Cheapside and Lombard Streets. In the foreground beyond the cleared rubble are (from left to right) several structures that survived the fire: the Maryland Trust Company...
Photograph taken looking north from Lombard and Calvert Streets at the burnt district along Calvert Street. Beyond the rubble in the foreground are several structures that survived the fire (from left to right): the Maryland Trust Company Building...
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...
Photograph taken looking northwest from the intersection of Calvert and Fayette Streets at the Battle of North Point Monument (or Battle Monument) (front center) and the Courthouse (background) on North Calvert Street. Designed by Maximilian...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Postcards--Maryland--New Windsor; New Windsor College (New Windsor, Md.); Universities and colleges--Maryland--New Windsor; New Windsor (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
In 1849, Andrew H. Baker, a graduate of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg and later a teacher, built two buildings on a land he bought in New Windsor, Carroll County. The following year, he opened Calvert College there under the auspices of the...
World War, 1939-1945; Civil Defense; Air raid wardens
Booklet dating from January 1943 titled "A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens," which was one of a series of handbooks published by the United States Office of Civilian defense instructing civil defense workers in their duties. The handbook includes...
