Hotel restaurants--Maryland--Baltimore;Dinners and dining--Maryland--Baltimore;Mural painting and decoration--20th century--Maryland--Baltimore;Hotel Belvedere (Baltimore, Md.);Rogers, Olive Verna, 1903-1989;African American men--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the John Eager Howard Room at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Named in honor of John Eager Howard (1752-1827), the Revolutionary War hero and politician who originally owned the land on which the hotel is located, this...
Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fireboats; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works;...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) at the Baltimore Fire Department fireboat Cataract spraying water on buildings along the East Pratt Street wharves as the fire moves east on Monday, February 8, 1904. The Cataract,...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Cityscapes; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking southwest at the Baltimore skyline ablaze near Calvert and Baltimore Streets at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 7, 1904. In the center of the picture are two domed structures: City Hall (left center) and the United States...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.)--Harbor; Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Federal Hill (Baltimore, Md.); Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Steamboats; United railways and electric...
Photograph taken looking north across the Baltimore Basin (Harbor) from Federal Hill at a panoramic view of the Baltimore City skyline before the 1904 fire.
(Editor's note: The date given on the back of the original photograph, i.e., 1890,...
Eminent domain--Maryland; Fire prevention--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Hardware stores; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking northeast from Pratt Street and Calhoun Alley at fire fighters spraying water on the ice-encrusted Anderson and Ireland hardware store located on the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Like other hardware stores...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Baltimore (Md.). Fire Dept.; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fire extinction--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east from the upper floor of a building on Eutaw and German Streets at fire fighters spraying water on the John E. Hurst and Company Building (right) and, on the opposite corner (left), the Merchants' Protective Credit and...
Broadsides; Hanby, Benjamin Russel, 1833-1867; Love songs; Political ballads and songs; Slavery;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Darling Nelly Gray" (also spelled "Nellie Grey"). A young man talks about the time he spent on a Kentucky shore, rowing in his canoe and strumming his banjo for his beloved Nelly Gray. As the song...
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...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken about 1928 by Edgar T. Schafer of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken standing in the backyard of his home at number 1524 Hollins Street. All of the plants appear to be in bloom, thus this picture was probably taken in summer, as...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Backyard gardens--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken about 1928 by Edgar T. Schaefer of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting beneath a pavilion in the backyard of his home at number 1524 Hollins Street. All the plants appear to be in bloom, thus this picture was probably...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Riots--Baltimore (Md.);
Print that features a view in Baltimore of Captain Hare demanding of Marshal Kane the arms taken from the Massachusetts soldiers on April 19, 1861. This event occurred a few days after the attack by citizens on the troops. On June 27 the Marshal...
Baltimore (Md.); Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Baltimore, Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Landscapes; Round towers; Ships in art;
Engraving painted and engraved by William J. Bennett, published by H. J. Megarey of New York and printed by J. Neale at Illman & Pilbrow's in 1831, that features a view of Baltimore taken near Whetstone Point. This is one of the celebrated Bennett...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Electric lines--Poles and towers--Maryland--Baltimore; Wagons--Maryland--Baltimore; Street-railroads--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking north from Edmondson Avenue at North Calverton Road in Baltimore, Maryland. Shortly after this picture was taken, the south entrance of Calverton Road into Edmondson Avenue was eliminated. On the left in front a wooden...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph taken looking east at the south side of the 200 block West Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Taken from numbers 221-223 West Biddle Street, this picture documents these three-story brick row houses before demolition to make way for...
Photograph taken looking east from Light Street at the 100 block East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Traffic on the street includes pedestrians, a streetcar, and horse-drawn wagons and carriages. It is thought that this photograph was taken...
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...
African American men--Maryland--Baltimore;Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore;Row houses--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, domestic--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking east at the south side of the 200 block West Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Taken from number 255 West Biddle, this picture documents these two- and three-story brick row houses before demolition to make way for the...
Photograph taken looking southeast at a soup kitchen operated out of the John S. Gittings and Co. Building located on the southeast corner of North and Fayette Streets. After the fire, the banking business of John S. Gittings and Co. operated a...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; City Hall (Baltimore, Md.); Cityscapes; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Night photography--Maryland--Baltimore; Post office...
Photograph taken looking southwest at the Baltimore skyline ablaze near Calvert and Baltimore Streets at 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, February 7, 1904. The tall structure on the left is the Continental Trust Building, while the domed structures on the...
