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[Baltimore fire, 1904] Chief Belt, Marshall Bieber and D.C. firemen who went to Balto. – Vintage Wall Art

[Baltimore fire, 1904] Chief Belt, Marshall Bieber and D.C. firemen who went to Balto., [1904] — historic photograph
[Baltimore fire, 1904] Chief Belt, Marshall Bieber and D.C. firemen who went to Balto., [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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Baltimore fire, 1904] Chief Belt, Marshall Bieber and D.C. firemen who went to Balto.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Baltimore fire, 1904] Chief Belt, Marshall Bieber and D.C. firemen who went to Balto.

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Few pictures show the men behind the Great Baltimore Fire as directly as this glass negative, which pairs Chief Belt and Marshal Bieber with firemen who traveled from Washington, D.C. to help. The fire broke out in Baltimore's downtown on February 7, 1904, and burned for roughly 30 hours, destroying about 1,500 acres of the business district. Mutual aid from neighboring cities was central to the response, and the National Photo Company documented many American cities in this period. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from natural deterioration of its original coatings.

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 scan8,474 × 6,903 px · prints to 28 × 23 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-248073

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