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View of destroyed buildings after the Clay Street fire, which occurred on July 25, 1873 in Baltimore, Maryland. Looking northeast…
Opalotype portrait of Robert Wier (1846-1930) in a case with red velvet interior. Wier lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and was…
Oil on canvas painting of “The Visitor”, ca. 1910-1911, by Alice Worthington Ball. The artist (1869-1929) lived at 213 Monument…
Oil on canvas self portrait painting of “Carl Bersch” (1834-1914), ca. 1900-1910, by Carl Bersch. Born Carl Friedrich Eduard Bersch…
Oil on Canvas portrait painting of Elizabeth Parker Foulke Beirne (1815-1864), ca. 1820, by James Peale. She was born in…
Looking northeast from a rooftop in the 300 block of West Fayette Street. Buildings that can be seen include (from…
Andrew Boyd Cross was a strongly polarizing figure in the divisive public issues confronting the United States, the state of…
The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Bethel A.M.E.) is a Baltimore landmark. It is a tribute to the city’s African…
“There are some secrets that do not permit themselves to be told.” –Edgar Allan Poe, “The Man of the Crowd,”…
The Southeastern Baltimore neighborhood of Fells Point was, until recent years, a rough and tumble sort of place – a…