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[Baltimore fire, 1904] General view of South Baltimore – Vintage Wall Art

[Baltimore fire, 1904] General view of South Baltimore, [1904] — historic photograph
[Baltimore fire, 1904] General view of South Baltimore, [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] General view of South Baltimore. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Baltimore fire, 1904] General view of South Baltimore

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The record ties this view of South Baltimore to the city's great fire of 1904, which broke out on February 7 and burned for about two days, destroying much of the downtown business district. The title comes from data supplied by the National Photo Company and has not been independently verified, so the link to the fire is best read as the catalog's attribution. The date is also taken from a secondary source rather than from the image itself. Streaks and blemishes on the glass are a known result of deteriorating coatings, and they are worth noticing when studying the negative.

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 scan8,575 × 6,880 px · prints to 29 × 23 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-248062

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