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Baltimore Harbor Around 1870

A Bell & Bro. photograph shows Baltimore Harbor around 1870, with people on the hillside and boats along the waterfront.

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Bell & Bro. photograph of Baltimore Harbor, with people on a hillside
Baltimore Harbor, about 1870. Photograph: Bell & Bro., Library of Congress.

Here’s a view of Baltimore Harbor photographed by Bell & Bro. and dated to about 1870 by the Library of Congress. People stand on the hillside above the boats and waterfront, giving us a close look at the harbor in this early photograph.

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Topics1870s · Photography

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