Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building near Fayette and Calvert Streets at fire fighters spraying water on embers in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Central Headquarters Building (left center) on North Calvert Street....
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Sperry,...
Photograph taken of damage to the upper floors of the Equitable Building. Located on the southwest corner of Fayette and Calvert Streets, this ten-story building, designed by Carson and Sperry and built in 1891, was once considered Baltimore's...
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...
Building, Fireproof; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Sperry, Joseph...
Photograph taken looking west at the ruins of the Hotel Rigbie (left foreground) and at the Equitable Building (right background) as a crowd walks along East Fayette Street. Located at 211 East Fayette Street, the Hotel Rigbie was situated in the...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
