Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 21 pages long containing the annual report of the Burnt District Commission for the six months ending March 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its...
Photograph taken looking northwest from South Street at rubble between Water and German Streets. In the foreground are the ruins (from left to right) of the William J. Hooper Manufacturing Company and the W. A. Simpson Company. Located on the west...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Flags; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Baltimore Rebel Song." This broadside calls on the boys of the South to rally around the Confederate flag referred to as the "Red and White," and compares the American Civil War to the American War...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Document 42 pages long containing photographs taken by Jack Hement (John C. Hemment) of Baltimore in the aftermath of the fire of 1904. This souvenir booklet includes a narrative that provides an overview of the events of the fire and a map that...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Dynamite; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the collapsing wall of a building on Baltimore Street near South Charles Street shortly after dynamite charges were set off. Whether this was done during the fire, to prevent its spread, or done after the fire, to remove...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "An Appeal to the South" and signed by "H.", "A Daughter of Dixie." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War, this broadside calls on Southerners to take up arms and defend themselves against the tyranny...
Broadsides; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American; Whitaker, Mary Scrimzeour Furman (Miller), 1820-1906;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Maryland in Chains" written by Mrs. D. K. Whitaker (Mary Scrimzeour Furman [Miller] Whitaker), wife of Daniel K. Whitaker of South Carolina and published in the Richmond Examiner for May 14, 1861. This...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking north at the east side of the 200 block South Bond Street between Gough and Pratt Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses are mostly vacant, scheduled to be demolished as part of the...
Photograph taken looking south from Baltimore Street at the west side of South Street and the front of the National Bank of Commerce Building. Located at number 26 South Street (right center), the National Bank of Commerce Building contained bank...
Photograph taken looking northwest from German and Calvert Streets at the (T. Edward and Frank S.) Hambleton and Co. Building (center) located on the west side of Calvert Street at numbers 8-10 South Calvert. This building, which houses a...
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...
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...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Broadsides; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Holtz, Robert E.; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Lincoln, Abraham,...
Document containing the broadside entitled "We'll Be Free in Our Maryland" written by Robert E. Holtz (not shown) and sung to the tune "Gideon's Band." This broadside proclaims that when the "boys down south in Dixie's land" join together, they...
Postcards--Maryland--Cumberland; Grand Avenue (Cumberland, Md.); Cumberland (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Cumberland--Pictorial works
A view of Grand Avenue residential area in South Cumberland, ca. 1914, with trees on both sides. South Cumberland, also known as South End, is the largest community in Cumberland. It has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
Newspaper print that features a view of the south side of Baltimore Street west of Charles Street circa 1854. The caption reads, "This old print shows the warehouses that stood on the south side of Baltimore Street just west of Charles Street 53...
Broadway (Baltimore, Md.); Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Cobblestone roads--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Horse-drawn vehicles--Maryland--Baltimore; Central business...
Photograph taken looking south at the 500 block South Broadway Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the right in this block are three-story brick row houses with businesses on the ground floor. Several people are standing in front of the first...
Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City
Photograph taken looking south at the east side of the 200 block South Bond between Pratt and Gough Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses were scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing...
Photograph taken looking south at the 200 block South Caroline Street from its intersection with East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Many African Americans are walking along the sidewalks or sitting in chairs or on the front steps of the...
Homeland (Baltimore, Md.); Mansions--Designs and plans; Long, R. Cary (Robert Cary), 1810-1849; Perine family
Photograph of a copy of the architect's drawing showing the south front of Homeland, the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. Designed by architect Robert Cary Long (1810-1849) and originally built in 1839 by David Maulden...
Photograph of a copy of an architect's drawing showing the south front of original Homeland (17__-1839), the Perine family's country estate in Baltimore County, Maryland. The drawing was done in 1917 by architect Howard Sill (1867-1927). In the...
