"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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Mahalia Jackson singing.
Subject:
African American history, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Portrait female, Women's history, Entertainers, Churches and synagogues, Baltimore (Md.)--Churches and synagogues 
Item ID:
HEN.00.A2-270
Creator:
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Description:
Mahalia Jackson singing. Photograph by Paul Henderson, February 1949. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Date of Original:
1949
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.
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 