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[Baltimore fire, 1904] Church of Messiah in flames – Antique Wall Art

[Baltimore fire, 1904] Church of Messiah in flames, [1904] — historic photograph
[Baltimore fire, 1904] Church of Messiah in flames, [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] Church of Messiah in flames. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Baltimore fire, 1904] Church of Messiah in flames

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The Church of the Messiah is shown in flames in this view of the Baltimore fire of February 1904. The blaze began in the downtown district on February 7 and burned for roughly thirty hours, destroying much of the city's commercial core. Crews from other cities, including Philadelphia and New York, came to help local firefighters contain it. The National Photo Company, a commercial firm that photographed American cities and landmarks in the early 1900s, recorded scenes like this one, which show how quickly a fire of that scale could overtake a city's buildings.

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 scan8,622 × 6,943 px · prints to 29 × 23 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-248061

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