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[Baltimore fire, 1904] On N. Charles St. – Vintage Wall Art

[Baltimore fire, 1904] On N. Charles St., [1904] — historic photograph
[Baltimore fire, 1904] On N. Charles St., [1904]. Historic photograph from the Baltimore collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Baltimore fire, 1904] On N. Charles St.

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The title places this glass negative on North Charles Street during the Great Baltimore Fire, which broke out in February 1904 and burned for roughly thirty hours through the city's commercial core. The National Photo Company, a firm that documented American cities for commercial sale, made many views of the disaster's aftermath, and its work helped record the scale of the loss. Faint streaks and blemishes on the glass come from the natural deterioration of its original coating, and they are now part of how the image looks.

Created / published[1904]
Medium1 transparency : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from Enyclopaedia Britannica, 2007 Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan8,497 × 6,904 px · prints to 28 × 23 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-248058

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