"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."
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Baltimore - Great Fire 1904 - Anderson & Ireland Hardware - Pratt & Light Street
Subject:
Photographs, Street scenes, Baltimore (Md.), Fire, 1904, Fire and explosions 
Item ID:
[SVF]
Creator:
J.E. Henry
Description:
Baltimore - Fires & Explosions - 1904 - Business Establishments & Stores - Anderson & Ireland Hardware. Verso reads: "Baltimore's business district was wiped out by the big fire of February 7 and 8, 1904? The picture, taken by J.E. Henry, 1433 Edmondson Avenue, shows the Anderson & Ireland Hardware Store at the northwest corner of Pratt and Light Streets. Because of powder and dynamite stored in the building, it was necessary to keep streams or water playing on it constantly, and the water froze."
Date of Original:
1904
Collection:
Subject Vertical File
Type/Size:
8.5 x 7 inches (21.6 x 17.8cm)
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 