"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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Diamond Cab Company
Subject:
Business and Industries, Transportation, Street scenes, Automobiles, Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore (Md.), Photograph, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection 
Item ID:
MC8415 .2
Creator:
Blakeslee Lane
Description:
Diamond Cab Company headquarters at 2823 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore.
Date of Original:
December 21, 1946
Collection:
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Film negative, 8 x 10 inch (20.32 x 25.40 cm)
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. No use or reproduction without permission. For more information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 