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...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Hawks, Wells, 1871-1941; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting at his desk at the Baltimore Herald office about 1901, talking with Wells Hawks who is standing next to him. This picture was a ruse: As Mencken explains, Wells Hawks, press agent for the...
