"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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Group outside of liquor store.
Subject:
Photographs, African American history, Street scene, Portrait group 
Item ID:
HEN.00.A1-004
Creator:
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Description:
Group outside of liquor store. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson, July 1948.
Date of Original:
1948
Collection:
Henderson Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image, 10.16 x 12.7 cm.
Restrictions:
Restricted to copy print only in the Special Collections Department. For more information, please contact special_collections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 