Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, 1912 – Antique Photo 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, 1912, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: [Baltimore harbor]
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Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, 1912
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Baltimore's harbor in 1912 was a working waterfront of piers and wharves along the Patapsco, where freight moved between railroad cars and ships bound for Southern and foreign ports. Dockworkers, teamsters, and clerks depended on the shipping trade, and the city's population had grown steadily as workers arrived for jobs on the water and in nearby factories. That summer Baltimore drew national attention when the Democratic National Convention met in the city and nominated Woodrow Wilson for president, filling hotels and crowding downtown streets with delegates and reporters. Many residents who lived near the docks would have known the harbor first as a source of wages and daily commotion, a place where the city's fortunes rose and fell with the cargo passing through.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | j.h. schaefer & son |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Maryland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,158 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Baltimore harbor] |
| Reference | MD Baltimore Harbor 1912 |
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