"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, North Calvert Street from Pratt Street
Subject:
Business, Horse-drawn wagons, Buildings, structures, Photographs, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Architecture, Baltimore (Md.) 
Item ID:
MC4725
Creator:
Unidentified photographer
Description:
Street scene. North Calvert Street from Pratt Street. Shows cobblestone street, vendor, and streetcar tracks. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Collection. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 8x10 glass, Box 3. Note: Reference photograph.
Date of Original:
ca. 1910
Collection:
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, Photographs Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Glass negative, 8 x 10 inch (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Restrictions:
Restricted to reference photograph. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 