Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Power-plants; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United railways and...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the burnt district from the roof of the Courthouse located on the northwest corner of Fayette and Calvert Streets. Among the ruins, five structures stand out: the one-story Safe Deposit and Trust Company...
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...
Boards of trade; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States Customhouse...
Photograph taken looking northwest from Pratt Street and Centre Market Space at the burnt district. In the foreground are several horse-drawn wagons waiting to be hired to help clean up the debris. In the background are (from left to right) several...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Power-plants; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United railways and...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the burnt district from the roof of the Courthouse located on the northwest corner of Fayette and Calvert Streets. Among the ruins, three structures stand out: the one-story Safe Deposit and Trust Company...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;
Booklet on the aftermath of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 published by D. M. (Daniel McIntyre) Henderson (1851-1906) with photographs by J. E. (James Everell) Henry (1831-1912). One of the better souvenir publications about the fire, this...
Boards of trade; Building, Fireproof; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Insurance companies; Niernsee, John Rudolph, 1814-1885; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking west at the east and south sides of the Savings Bank of Baltimore Building on the northwest corner of Water and Gay Streets. This building was damaged extensively, so the bank eventually moved its operations to a new...
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 at the burnt district north of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. In the foreground is a man looking at the rubble of several small businesses. In the background are (from left to right) the ruins of the John E. Hurst and...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Lombard Street and Hopkins Place. Among the ruins pictured are (from left to right) the Ambach Brothers and Company Building (note tall ringed structure left of center) located on the...
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...
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 west at the Merchants' National Bank Building located on the southeast corner of South and Water Streets. Built in 1893 at number 301 Water Street, this eight-story building sustained more than 50 percent damage, with only...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken of the front of the National Bank of Commerce Building located on the west side of South Street at number 26 South between Baltimore and German Streets. This one-story brick and stone building sustained fifty percent damages....
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 north of Exchange Place and Holliday Street at the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building on Water Street between Holliday Street and Post Office Avenue. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained...
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 at the east side of the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce Building on Post Office Avenue west of Gay Street. Built by John Niernsee in 1881, this four-story building sustained more than sixty-six percent damage. In the...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Power-plants; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United railways and electric company of Baltimore;
Photograph taken of the fire damage done to equipment in the United Railways and Electric Company Power House (Plant) located at 601 East Pratt Street between O'Donnell's and Dugan's wharves. Built in 1903, the Power House contained facilities to...
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...
Photograph taken looking at the burnt district northeast of Liberty and German Streets. In the left foreground beyond the rubble of many small businesses are the ruins of the Hopkins Place Savings Bank. Designed by Baldwin and Pennington and built...
Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hornblower and Marshall; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States Customhouse (Baltimore, Md.);
Photograph taken looking south from Post Office Avenue and Water Street at the back of the Savings Bank of Baltimore Building and the United States Customhouse. On the left beyond the rubble is the Savings Bank of Baltimore Building located on the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Power-plants; United railways and electric company of Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking southeast at the Baltimore business district between the Jones Falls on the east (left) and South Street on the west (right) and Exchange Place on the north (foreground) and the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) on the south...
