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...
Bridges; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Railroads;
Original etching by Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, a native of Philadelphia who taught at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. This is a signed artist's proof that features a view of the North Avenue bridge in Baltimore looking southwest from 21st...
Lithograph by Thomas S. Sinclair of Philadelphia, after the drawing by F. F. Schell, that features a view of the railroad track across the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace in Maryland. At this date the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Landscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Railroads; Viaducts;
Print that features two views of Baltimore: the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad viaduct and the Battle Monument. The upper view shows the Patapsco viaduct of the Baltimore and Ohio at Relay, one of the greatest engineering feats of its time (ca. 1834)....
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...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Choptank River...
Map of Maryland and Delaware by the Rand McNally Company that appeared in their Indexed Atlas of the World. Dated 1882 this map shows all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City (city limits shown by grid and...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Choptank River...
Map of Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) by John F. Weishampel, Jr., a Baltimore bookseller and stationer. This map is dated 1875 and features all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel,...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Choptank River...
Map of Delaware and Maryland by Johnson & Browning, dated 1862, that shows twenty-one Maryland counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel") Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard,...
Allegany County (Md.); Annapolis (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.);...
Map of Maryland by Frank A. Gray, dated 1879, that shows all twenty-four of Maryland's counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City (city limits shown by lines of demarcation), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester,...
Photograph taken looking east from Light Street at the 100 block East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Traffic on the street includes pedestrians, a streetcar, and horse-drawn wagons and carriages. It is thought that this photograph was taken...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Horses; Livery; Maryland; Metis; Native Americans; Ox driving; Oxen; Railroads; United States History; Wagons;
Photograph of Red River oxcarts hauling hides, an exhibit from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company's "Fair of the Iron Horse", a celebration of its one hundredth birthday held from September 24 to October 15, 1927 at outdoor fairgrounds in...
Photograph of a float, most likely carrying bells of the McShane Bell Foundry, in a parade on Baltimore Street just east of Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Four pairs of horses are pulling a float on which one large bell and several smaller...
Postcards—Maryland--Salisbury; Williams Street (Salisbury, Md.); Streets--Maryland--Salisbury--Pictorial works; Salisbury (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Residential area of Williams Street viewed from Division Street. On the right one can see the Arthur Leonard House, which later was replaced by John Downing House. On the left the steps of the Grier-Gillis House are visible. Salisbury is the county...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Bloomington; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--History; Railroads--Maryland; Bloomington (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
Seventeen Mile Grade is a 17 mile (27.3 km) steep section of railroad tracks between the small town of Piedmont, West Virginia and the summit of Altamont, Maryland. It is so steep that in some places it reaches 116 feet (35.4 m) per mile. The track...
Postcards—Maryland--Williamsport; Potomac River; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.); Williamsport (Md.)--History--Pictorial works;
A view of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from the Doubleday's Hill (named for the monument to General Doubleday) in Williamsport. The Potomac is the 21st biggest river in the United States. It flows mostly through Maryland and...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
Baltimore County (Md.); Dwellings; Housing; Irish Americans; Quarries and quarrying; Railroads;
Photograph of the town of Texas in Baltimore County, Maryland. These three-story stone houses, built alongside Northern Central Railway tracks that carried stone and marble harvested from nearby quarries for the Washington Monument in Baltimore or...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Railroads; Railroad trains;
Pen and ink and crayon drawing by Aaron Sopher of trains in a rail yard. The artist's initials are written in the bottom right corner.
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Railroads; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of workers loading and unloading items from railroad cars. One car has "B&O" written on the back. The artist's initials are written in the bottom right corner. (Editor's note: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad...
