"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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Furst Brothers & Co. retail store.
View the Worthington Collection finding aid.
Subject:
Baltimore (Md.)--Business and Industries, Baltimore (Md.), Photographs, PP23, Numbered Collections, Street scene; Street scene--Urban Landscape 
Item ID:
PP23.27
Creator:
Unknown
Description:
Furt Brothers & Co. retail store. Baltimore, Maryland. Photograph possibly by Thomas Chew Worthington, Jr.
Date of Original:
1912
Collection:
Worthington Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 