Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Building, Fireproof; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Post office...
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...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of the roof of the Darby Building. In the foreground is the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building located at number 7 Hopkins Place, the only building within the western fire line to survive...
Boards of trade; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Insurance companies; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking west at the east and south sides of the Savings Bank of Baltimore Building on the northwest corner of Water and Gay Streets. This building was damaged extensively, so the bank eventually moved its operations to a new...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northwest of Charles and Fayette Streets. This image shows the northwestern edge of the fire line. To the right, behind the ruins in the foreground, is the O'Neill and Company Building (note water...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northwest of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. Among the ruins are the John E. Hurst and Company Building (multistoried structure on left) located at number 20 Hopkins Place. For a more complete view...
Photograph of a group of businessmen and workers examining the ruins of an unidentified site. The presence of a policeman in their midst suggests they are checking on the contents of a safe.
(Editor's note: This image is reversed from its...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. Among the ruins pictured are (from left to right) the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building (note three-windowed structure on far left) located on the east...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Fire engines; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of firemen filling Baltimore City Fire Department steam pumpers with water from a fire plug at the corner of Calvert and Lombard Streets. To their left are a few spectators--all in shirt sleeves and straw hats. In the background is the...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the intersection of Fayette and North Streets at the ruins of the Baltimore American Building located on the southwest corner of Baltimore and South Streets. (Note that North Street becomes South Street at...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Cityscapes; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking southwest at the Baltimore skyline ablaze near Calvert and Baltimore Streets at 3:00 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. The needle-like structure on the center right of the photograph is the Phoenix Shot Tower. A note...
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...
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland one-third dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed Wm [William] Eddis and J [John] Clapham: serial number 631.
Couden, Robert, 1708-; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Printing. United States. History; Sparrow, Thomas, 1746-1784;
Maryland four dollar note dated January 1, 1767 and signed R [Robert] Couden and J [John] Clapham: serial number 1095 ("0" is best guess).
Couden, Robert, 1708-; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Green, William, d. 1770; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;...
Maryland eight dollar note dated March 1, 1770 and signed R [Robert] Couden and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5727.
Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Continental period, 1775-1780; Printing. United States. History;
Maryland four dollar note dated December 7, 1775 and signed Chas. [Charles] Irvine and Al. [Alexander] Irvine: serial number 1026.
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland one-sixth dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed Wm [William] Eddis and J [John] Clapham: serial number 6954.
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland two-thirds dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed J [John] Clapham and Wm [William] Eddis: serial number 6836.
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Caricatures and cartoons; Smart set (New York, N.Y.); Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Pen and ink drawing made in November of 1915 by W. F. Pensel of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. In this caricature, Mencken is dressed as a knight seated on a well-ridden work horse or nag. Projecting out of the brim of Mencken's hat is a plume or...
Baltimore (Md.); Bloom, Marion; Letters; Marriage; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Marion Bloom ca. August 1923. Mencken and Marion Bloom were intimate for years, but the relationship grew rocky for a variety of reasons. Mencken wrote this cursory letter when he learned of her marriage to Mr. Lou...
