1862 View of Baltimore From the North

This is a print from 1862 showing the view of Baltimore from the north.

1862 view of Baltimore

Source: Library of Congress

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First Methodist Episcopal Church (Lovely Lane United Methodist Church) Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library

First Methodist Episcopal Church in 1887

December 9, 2013

Catonsville Junction, 1910. Rudolph Diehlmann poses before his lunchroom establishment. While crying out for some landscaping, the site's amenities include a pay phone. Tracks on the left are the Baltimore Traction Company's No. 14 streetcar line, pointing east toward Baltimore.

Rudolph Diehlmann’s Lunchroom in Catonsville

October 18, 2013

Map of Proposed 1872 Extension of Baltimore City Limits

February 25, 2014

July 1938. "Man who lives in row house. Baltimore, Maryland." Walkies, anyone? Photo by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration.

Fat Guy and Little Dog

September 1, 2013

This map is Plate No. 25 from a J.H. Colton atlas that we believed was published in 1857. Copyright statement on map: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." On verso: "The District of Columbia", text on three columns.

Another Awesome Map of Baltimore (1857)

September 4, 2013

Notre Dame Academy

Notre Dame Academy Grounds in the 19th Century

March 24, 2014

1905 map of Baltimore

Detailed 1905 Map of Baltimore

February 19, 2014

Trash and Old Tires Litter the Shore at the Middle Branch of Baltimore Harbor, 01/1973.

This is What Baltimore Harbor Looked Like in 1973

September 19, 2013

German U-Boat Deutschland (1916)

German U-Boat Deutschland Arrives in Baltimore (1916)

September 30, 2013

Johns Hopkins hospital in 1903

Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1903

September 5, 2013

portrait of John Wilkes Booth

Original Ad For John Wilkes Booth’s Acting Debut

September 9, 2013

Historic American Buildings Survey, From an old photo, DISTANT VIEW (Left to right, Church at Calvert and Pleasant Streets and First Unitarian Church, Charles and Franklin Streets) - Washington Monument, Mount Vernon Place & Washington, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore Skyline in the 1870s

March 31, 2014

Lovely 1920s Film Footage of Baltimore’s Pigtown

April 8, 2019

Map of the city and county of Baltimore, Maryland. From original surveys by J.C. Sidney, C.E.

1857 Map of the City and County of Baltimore

September 17, 2013