"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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Fireworks, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
Subject:
Baltimore (Md.), Photographs, Baltimore Orioles, Sports, Memorial Stadium 
Item ID:
PP79.467
Creator:
Kniesche, Robert F., 1906-1976
Description:
Fireworks, Memorial Stadium. 900 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Robert F. Kniesche (1906-1976), 1965. Robert F. Kniesche Collection.
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Robert F. Kniesche Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Negative, 4 x 5 inch (10.16 x 12.7 cm)
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@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 