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...
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...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Sweet Maggie Gordon" from an 1880 song composed by Ned Straight (credited only as the arranger here) and published by Mrs. Pauline Lieder. This broadside tells the story of a young man who wonders why his...
Broadsides; Family; Irish Americans; Kerrigan, J. F.; McCarthy, Dan; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Give an Honest Irish Lad a Chance" from a song written by Dan McCarthy with music by J. F. Kerrigan. This broadside tells in story how difficult it was for many Irish immigrants arriving in New York in...
Correspondence; Figure skaters; First National Bank (Baltimore, Md.); Travel costs; Western Union Telegraph Company; Winter sports;
Telegram from Cecil [Smith] to Frederick [sic] Lee concerning expenses for an upcoming trip to Baltimore, Maryland. In her telegram Miss Smith asks Mr. Lee, located at the First National Bank building in Baltimore, to send money for travel. The...
Baltimore (Md.); California State Prison at San Quentin; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942; Newspapers; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Hamilton Owens dated June 1929. Hamilton Owens (1888-1967), distinguished author, editor, and journalist, was then editing the Baltimore Evening Sun, to which Mencken contributed his "Monday Articles" from 1920 to 1938....
Baltimore (Md.); Burial; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Letter from Neilson Poe to Maria Clemm dated October 11, 1849. In this letter, Neilson Poe expresses his condolences at the passing of Edgar Allan Poe and his (Neilson's) regrets that he was unable to reach Mrs. Clemm to inform her of the day and...
African American postal service employees;Parcel post--Maryland--Baltimore;Mail-chutes--Maryland--Baltimore;Post office stations and branche--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph of Christmas mail received on December 15, 1961 at the United States Parcel Post Station on St. Paul Street just north of Mt. Royal Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. Built in 1929, it once handled all postage for the United States. In this...
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...
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...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
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;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Baltimore (Md.); Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Jones, Edward Franc, 1828-1913; Riots; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Baltimore Boys' Own" sung to the tune "Charley Cole." This broadside is a call to the sons of the South to take arms against their Northern foes. It particularly refers to the Baltimore riot of 1861 in...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Dix's manifesto" sung to the tune of "Dearest Mae." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B" (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist), this broadside...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Do Not Turn Me From Your Door." An only child is begging for money or food for herself and her widowed, sick mother. The title and all of the verses are displayed within a decorative border. Above the...
Broadsides; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Fourth of July Union Song" sung to the tune "Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled." (The lyrics to the Scottish tune were written in 1793 by the Scottish poet Robert Burns about the Battle of Bannockburn in...
Broadsides; Flags; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing an untitled broadside beginning with the words "I left New Kent Court-house, all in the month of May." This broadside, written by Edwin Rosell of Company G of the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers (known originally as "The Luzerne...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885; McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Retreat of the Grand Army From Bull Run" written by Ernest Cliftan and sung to the tune "Dear Evelina, Sweet Evelina." Published in Baltimore during the Civil War, this Confederate broadside tells...
Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Richmond Taken" sung to the tune "The Days When We Went Gipsying" composed by N. J. Sporle (1812-1853). The title of this broadside is used ironically, in that the broadside purports to tell the story of...
