African Americans in art; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Freedmen--Maryland-- Baltimore; Migration, Internal--Maryland--History--19th century
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 25 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of September 30, 1865, depicting the arrival of a group of African American freedmen and their families at Baltimore, Maryland. According to...
Baltimore (Md.)--Aerial views; Building, Fireproof; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Photograph taken looking from the upper story of a building near Fayette and Calvert Streets at the northeastern façade of the Continental Trust Building (center, tallest structure). Located on the southeastern corner of Calvert and Baltimore...
Photograph taken looking southeast from the roof of the Fidelity Building at the Baltimore business district before the 1904 fire. The Fidelity Building, which is located on the northwest corner of Charles and Lexington Streets, affords an elevated...
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...
Postcards--Maryland--Frederick; Fritchie, Barbara, 1766-1862; Frederick (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
According to popular legend, Barbara Fritchie, an elderly woman in her 90's, waved the Union flag at Confederate troops under the command of General "Stonewall" Jackson as they marched by her house on West Patrick Street in Frederick on September...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Zoos;
Pen and ink and watercolor drawing by Aaron Sopher of a group of people at a zoo. In the foreground are several children, including two older boys and a young girl holding a balloon. Also prominently featured in the foreground is a heavyset older...
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...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.);
Original etching by Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, a native of Philadelphia who taught at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. This is a signed artist's proof that features Washington Place Park just south of the base of the Washington Monument in...
African American men--Maryland; Wagons--Maryland; Ox driving--Maryland; Oxen--Maryland; Rural roads--Maryland
Photograph of a team of four oxen pulling a load of logs on Main Street in Annapolis, Maryland. The team is being handled by one African American man in the driver's seat and a second walking alongside the road. Grassy fields flank the road, with...
African American children's games--Maryland--Baltimore; African American women--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland
Photograph of African American children at play on Division Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The activities of various groups of children are being lead by adult Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) supervisors. In the background to the left is the...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Automobiles--Maryland--Baltimore; City planning--Maryland--Baltimore; Housing Authority of Baltimore City; Slums--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Brick wall signs--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph of the east side of the 300 block North Bond Street between Mullikin (right) and Orleans (left) Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. These two- and three-story brick row houses were scheduled to be demolished as part of the Baltimore Housing...
African Americans--Maryland--Cambridge; Fires--Maryland--Cambridge; Church buildings--Maryland--Cambridge; Fences; Mules; Streets--Maryland--Cambridge; Trees in cities--Maryland--Cambridge;
Photograph of ruins of the Zion Methodist Episcopal Church on Race and Muir Streets from the fire of July 31, 1910 in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. An iron fence encloses part of the ruins. Numerous onlookers including many African...
Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; J.W. Crook Stores Company (Baltimore, Md.); Pedestrians--Maryland--Baltimore; School children--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore
Photograph of the J.W. Crook store at number 1626 Edmondson Avenue at Mount Street in Baltimore, Maryland. J.W. Crook Stores Co. was the name of one of the first chain of grocery stores owned and headquartered in the city. On this evening (the...
Roads--Design and construction--Maryland--Annapolis; Road construction workers--Maryland--Annapolis; African American men--Maryland--Annapolis; Bricks; Building materials; Electric lines; Road rollers;Trees in cities--Maryland--Annapolis
Photograph taken looking west from Monroe Court at road construction on West Street in Annapolis, Maryland. To the left are piles of bricks both in the road and on the brick sidewalk next to wooden frame houses. In the roadway are workers, many of...
African American life--Maryland--Pictorial works;Slaves--Dwellings--Maryland--Howard County;African American--Dwellings; Doughoregan Manor (Md.)
Photograph of a stone cottage once used as slave quarters at Doughoregan Manor in Howard County, Maryland. Doughoregan Manor was the ancestral home of the Carroll family, including Charles Carroll (1737-1832), of Carrollton, one of the original...
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...
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...
Advertising--Tobacco; Bars (Drinking establishments); Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Commercial buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904--Pictorial works; Ruins--Maryland--Baltimore;...
Photograph taken looking at the ruins of Habliston's drugstore located on the northeast corner of Baltimore and Gay Streets. Located at number 500 East Baltimore Street, this was the only structure on the east side of the unit block of North Gay...
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 east at the burnt district on Baltimore Street from the upper story of a building near Hanover Street. In the foreground is a machine used to pull down walls. In the background are several buildings that survived the fire...
