Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Streets--New York (State)--New York; Buildings--New York (State)--New York; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.);
Hand colored print after the painting by Jennie Brownscombe that was published by the Klackner Galleries of New York in 1913. The picture represents a view of Wall Street, from a point a little east of Hanover Street, in the year 1790, or during...
Buildings; Church buildings; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Inner Harbor (Baltimore, Md.); Jones Falls (Md.); Monuments; Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.); Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Colored lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., one of two prominent lithography companies in Baltimore in the mid-1800's, that features a view of Baltimore City from the North. A bird's eye view from North Washington Place, affording an excellent glimpse...
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...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the northwest corner of the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or Great Mechanics' Hall) located on Baltimore Street and Centre Market Space (opposite Harrison Street)....
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Wetherald...
Photograph of an etching of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located on Baltimore Street and Centre Market Space (opposite Harrison Street) before the 1904 fire. Designed by Reasin...
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from Howard Street at fire fighters spraying water on buildings at German and Liberty Streets. On the southwest corner of this intersection (right) is a one-story wooden building housing (Thomas) Burke's Saloon. East...
Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland. National Guard; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southeast from Liberty and Baltimore Streets at two Maryland National Guardsmen standing before the ruins opposite the Hopkins Place Savings Bank Building. Among the ruins on the west side of Hopkins Place (foreground) are...
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...
Exhibition buildings; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts; Power-plants; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Reasin, William H., 1816-1867;...
Photograph taken looking south at a Maryland National Guardsman on duty before the ruins of the Maryland Institute Hall (also known as the Centre Market Building or the Great Mechanics' Hall) located at Baltimore Street opposite Harrison Street....
Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from Howard Street at fire fighters spraying water on buildings at German and Liberty Streets. On the southwest corner of this intersection (right) is a one-story wooden building housing (Thomas) Burke's Saloon. East...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from the upper floor of a building on Eutaw and German Streets at fire fighters spraying water on the John E. Hurst and Company Building (right) and, on the opposite corner (left), the Merchants' Protective Credit and...
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...
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...
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 northeast corner of the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building at Holliday and Water Streets. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained 66 percent damage. At the base of the building is a...
Document containing the broadside entitled "[As Pretty as a] Picture!" from a song composed by Thomas Brigham Bishop (1835-1905) with words written by George Cooper (1840-1927). This broadside tells the story of a young man who meets and falls in...
Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.); Business enterprises; Maps;
Photograph of a panoramic map entitled E. Sachse & Co's Bird's Eye View of the City of Baltimore 1869, a lithograph produced in 12 parts by E. Sachse & Co. located at 104 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slaveholders; Slavery;
Document, bill of sale for slave woman named Philis. A typical bill of sale, the above document is a preprinted form with the essential information written in by hand. For the amount of $300, Philis is sold to David L. Maulsby by Eliza Ann Bennett....
Letter from Cecil [Smith] to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., discussing the routines for the upcoming [ice] carnival sponsored by the club. In her letter she details lighting arrangements and the music to be used for...
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...
