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...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the upper story of a building on Gay Street at the burnt district along East Baltimore Street. In the right center background are the ruins of several structures, including buildings that housed the Baltimore...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district southwest of Gay Street between Baltimore and Fayette Streets. In the distance beyond the rubble are (from left to right) several buildings that survived the fire: the Continental Trust Building...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the intersection of North and Fayette Streets at the ruins of the Baltimore American Building (center) located on the southwest corner of Baltimore and South Streets. (North Street becomes South Street at its...
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district between Baltimore and Fayette Streets southwest of Gay Street. In the distance beyond the rubble are (from left to right) several buildings that survived the fire: the Continental Trust Building...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the upper story of a building near German and Liberty Streets at the southwest edge of the fire line on West Lombard Street. This view is taken near the source of the fire at John E. Hurst and Company, a dry...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the intersection of Fayette and North Streets at the ruins of the Baltimore American Building located on the southwest corner of Baltimore and South Streets. (Note that North Street becomes South Street at...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts--Maryland--Baltimore; Machine shops--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Painted signs and signboards--Maryland--Baltimore; Wagons--Maryland--Baltimore; Horses
Photograph of the southwest corner of Ann and Thames Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1912, the house on the corner (at number 1743 Thames) was the business address for Richard Walters, decorator. To its left at numbers 900-902 South Ann Street...
Photograph taken looking southwest from an upper story of the United States Post Office Building on Fayette Street at the remains of the Baltimore and Ohio Central Headquarters Building located on the northwest corner of Calvert and Baltimore...
Boards of trade; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southwest from Gay Street near Baltimore Street at the north and east sides of the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained more than sixty-six percent...
Boards of trade; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southwest from Gay Street near Baltimore Street at the north and east sides of the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained more than sixty-six percent...
Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hotels--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking southwest at the ruins of the Church of the Messiah. Located on the southwest corner of Gay and Fayette Streets, the church was on the northeastern edge of the fire line. Built in 1835 as Christ Episcopal Church and serving...
Photograph taken looking northwest at the ruins of the National Exchange Bank Building located on the northwest corner of Hopkins Place and German Street.
(Editor's note: Although the note on the back of the photograph places the ruins of...
Architecture--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Carson, Charles L., 1847-1891; Cast-iron fronts (Architecture); Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Dixon, Thomas, 1819-1886; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire,...
Photograph taken looking southwest at the Baltimore American Building in 1880. In this view the Baltimore American Building is decorated for celebration of the Baltimore Sesquicentennial, i.e., the 150th Anniversary of Baltimore's founding, which...
Photograph taken looking southwest from the roof of the Calvert Building at the burnt district between Light (left, not visible) and Liberty (far right, not visible) Streets. The twelve-story Calvert Building located on the southeast corner of...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district southwest of Holliday and Fayette Streets. This elevated view, taken from the northern edge of the fire line on Fayette Street, shows the ruins of small businesses on the south side of the 300 block of...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Cassell, Charles E., 1842-1916; Cityscapes; College of Physicians and Surgeons (Baltimore, Md.); Courthouses--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night...
Hand-colored photograph taken looking southwest from an upper story of City Hospital at the Baltimore skyline ablaze at 1:30 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 1904. Located at Saratoga and Calvert Streets, Baltimore City Hospital provides an elevated...
Photograph taken looking southwest from Baltimore and Frederick Streets at the burnt district on the south side of East Baltimore Street. Among the ruins on the left are the walls of the Chamber of Commerce Building (note arched windows in upper...
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....
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district southwest of the upper story of a bulding near Gay and Water Streets. Standing right center are the ruins of the Farmers and Merchants' National Bank Building located on the northwest corner of South...
