Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, 1905 – Historic Photograph Print
(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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A window into the past: Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, 1905, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Harbor of Baltimore
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Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, 1905
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Baltimore's harbor in 1905 was one of the busiest working waterfronts on the Atlantic seaboard, with piers and wharves handling coal, grain, tobacco, cotton, and fruit bound for European and Caribbean markets. The city had rebuilt much of its downtown after the Great Fire of 1904, which destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in the commercial district, and shipping and rail traffic were returning to normal as the new structures went up. Canneries, foundries, shipyards, and the Bethlehem Steel works at Sparrows Point, begun in the 1880s, made the port a center of heavy industry. Ferries, tugs, schooners, and steamships crowded the basin, and the tall warehouses along the water symbolized a city that measured itself by its commerce.
| Created / published | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schaefer, j. w. (john william) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Maryland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,187 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Harbor of Baltimore |
| Reference | MD Baltimore Harbor 1905 |
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