Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Picknicking; Outdoor cookery; Rocks; Forests and Fields; Trees;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of people picnicking in the woods. In the foreground, a woman is shown from behind sitting next to a large log. Next to her, several other people stand and sit on top of a large, flat...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 12 pages long containing the seventh and final semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission, ending September 11, 1907. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Baby's Got A Tooth" from a song written by Charley Reed and arranged by H. Wannemacher (music not included). This broadside tells the story of an eight-month-old baby boy who has just received his first...
Broadsides; Millard, H. (Harrison), 1830-1895; Love songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Whip-poor-will's Echo Song" written by H. Millard about 1865. The speaker of this broadside asks his love to meet him in the evening in the woodland when the first whip-poor-will calls, so he can tell...
Postcards—Maryland--Hagerstown; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Hagerstown (Md.)--History--Pictorial works
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Williamsport. The houses on the right are part of the Cushwa Warehouse, used mostly for coal transport, but also for other commodities like fertilizers, cement, grain, etc. The...
Colored photograph taken shortly before the old tavern was torn down in 1871 to make way for the Carrollton Hotel. It stood on Light St. near the intersection with East Baltimore St. Here Washington and staff stopped in September 1781 when on their...
African American children--Maryland--Baltimore;African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Group games; United States. Works Progress Administration;
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In the foreground, most of the children are standing in a circle around another child, participating in some kind of game or play activity. Their activity is...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;African American children--Recreation--Maryland--Baltimore;Checkers; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland;
Photograph of two African American boys playing a game of checkers on a sidewalk in Baltimore, Maryland, under the auspices of the Operations Division of the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) of Maryland. The checker board sits on top of an...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northwest at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland stocked dynamite, turpentine, and...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast from Pratt Street and Calhoun Alley at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northwest at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland stocked dynamite, turpentine, and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fireboats; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the Baltimore Fire Department fireboat Cataract spraying water on buildings along the East Pratt Street wharves as the fire moves east on Monday, February 8, 1904. The Cataract,...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northwest at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland stocked dynamite, turpentine, and...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast from Pratt Street and Calhoun Alley at fire fighters spraying water on the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast from Pratt Street and Calhoun Alley at fire fighters spraying water on the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast from Pratt Street and Calhoun Alley at fire fighters spraying water on the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northwest at a crowd staring at the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores of its day, Anderson and Ireland stocked dynamite,...
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...
Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from Light Street at the burnt district on the north side of the 100 block of East Pratt Street between Light and Ellicott Streets. Included among these ruins are structures that once housed workshops, warehouses, and...
