"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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Street decorated for Democratic National Convention, Baltimore
Subject:
Politics, Baltimore (Md.), Photographs, Street scenes, Urban landscape, Exterior, Architecture, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection 
Item ID:
MC4817
Creator:
Unidentified photographer
Description:
Street decorated for Democratic National Convention. Shows part of Baltimore Sun building. West Baltimore Street near North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Unidentified photographer, 1912. A. A. Seifert Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection.
Date of Original:
1912
Collection:
A. A. Seifert Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Glass negative, 4 x 5 inch (10.16 x 12.7 cm)
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@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 