Light St., looking north, Baltimore, Md. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Light St., looking north, Baltimore, Md. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Light St., looking north, Baltimore, Md.
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Light Street, photographed looking north, runs toward the harbor, where the street met the piers and wharves that lined Baltimore's waterfront. Carts and wagons stand along the roadway, the kind of horse-drawn traffic that moved freight between ships and warehouses before motor trucks became common. The negative was made around 1906, a few years after the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 destroyed much of the downtown core and the city began rebuilding. It is one of the large 8 by 10 inch glass plates made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers recorded American cities and landscapes for sale in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 3388" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30533. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019122. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Streets. Commercial facilities. Piers & wharves. Carts & wagons.United States--Maryland--Baltimore. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-62577 |
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