"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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Deutsche Emigrantenhaus (German immigrant house)
Subject:
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; German American history; Immigrants--United States; Street scene 
Item ID:
MC9168A
Creator:
Dubas, John
Description:
Deutsche Emigrantenhaus. German Immigrant House, 1308 Beason Street. December 29, 1904. Photograph by John Dubas.
Date of Original:
1904
Collection:
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image
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 