Advertising; American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team); Baseball; First National Bank (Baltimore, Md.); Gentile, Jim (James Edward), 1934-; Scheduling;
Schedule of home and away games for the 1961 season of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. On the front page is an advertisement featuring a drawing of the First National Bank building and its main offices in Baltimore, Maryland. On page 3 is a...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Office buildings--Baltimore (Md.)--1900-1910; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Rogers, James Gamble, 1867-1947; Thomas, Douglas Hamilton, 1872-1915; Parker,...
When the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad building was lost in the great fire of 1904, the company turned to a renowned architectural firm of Parker and Thomas to design the new headquarters. In collaboration with another architect, James Gamble...
Advertisement for the Food Stamp Plan dating from 1941. The advertisement explains that the Food Stamp Plan, operated by the United States Dept. of Agriculture in conjunction with local agencies and businesses, distributes surplus farm and food...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken about 1910 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken joking with colleagues on the sidewalk outside Wegner's Restaurant on German (now Redwood) Street behind the Baltimore Sun offices. Standing from left to right are H. L. M., McKee Barclay...
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore during the mid-1800's, that features a view of Market Street in Baltimore, and frequently called the Museum Print. One of eight known copies, it is...
Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Company; Railroad stations; Railroads; Views;
Colored lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., probably 1897, that features a view of Bay Line Railroad's new terminal. This structure was built when the company first occupied piers on Light Street, about 1897, after moving from Pratt Street. The bridge...
Medical offices--Maryland--Annapolis; African Americans--Maryland--Annapolis; Wooden-frame houses--Maryland--Annapolis; Boys--Maryland--Annapolis
Photograph of Dr. J. J. Murphy's office at number 17 State Circle in Annapolis, Maryland. Built around 1850 as the law office of James Shaw Franklin, a descendant of the noted Annapolis cabinet maker John Shaw, this two-room wood-frame building...
African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;Athenaeum Building (Baltimore, Md.);Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the Athenaeum building located on the northwest corner of Saratoga and St. Paul Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Jr. (1810-1849) in the Italianate style, the building became home to the Mercantile Library...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet 34 pages long containing photographs of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. Includes a few striking facts about the Baltimore fire and a list of some of the greatest fires in the United States that occurred between 1820 and...
Photograph taken looking south from Baltimore Street at the west side of South Street and the front of the National Bank of Commerce Building. Located at number 26 South Street (right center), the National Bank of Commerce Building contained bank...
Photograph taken of African-American workers clearing rubble from the ruins of the Baltimore American Building on the southwest corner of Baltimore and South Streets. Located at number 225 East Baltimore Street, this building housed newspaper...
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east on Pratt Street at the Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company Building located on the southeast corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Fire hoses are stretched across the street as a crowd of people standing to the...
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...
Photograph taken looking northeast from the intersection of South and German Streets at the west side of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building located at number 13 South Street. Erected in 1876 and expanded in 1903 to accommodate bank offices...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the intersection of South and Baltimore Streets at the north (left) and west (right) sides of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company Building located at number 13 South Street between Baltimore and German...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
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...
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...
