"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 scene. Exterior view of Club 10-17.
Subject:
Photographs, African American history, Bars (Drinking establishments), Architecture--Exterior, Baltimore (Md.) 
Item ID:
HEN.00.A1-003
Creator:
Henderson, Paul, 1899-1988
Description:
Street scene. Exterior view of Club 10-17, 1017 Madison Avenue, Baltimore. Located next to Spirit Beam Church of God Methodist Church. Shows bunting, rowhouses, and people on a stoop. Photograph by Paul S. Henderson (1899-1988), circa August 1949.
Date of Original:
ca. 1949
Collection:
Paul Henderson Photograph Collection, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Negative, 4 x 5 inch (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 