"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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Pratt and Light Streets, northwest corner.
Subject:
Photographs; Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Horses; Wagons; Baltimore (Md.). Police Dept.; Baltimore (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Transportation--Horse-drawn wagons; Vehicles; Street scene 
Item ID:
MC6976
Creator:
Unknown
Description:
Pratt and Light Streets, northwest corner. Street scene showing horse-drawn wagons, cars and policeman regulating traffic. In front of traffic Adjustment Co. Bldg. Photograph. November, 1921.
Date of Original:
1921
Collection:
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection; Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Image
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 