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[Md. - Baltimore - Fire of 1904: Hurst Bldg. 25 min. after alarm"]" – Antique Wall Art

[Md. - Baltimore - Fire of 1904: Hurst Bldg. 25 min. after alarm"]", c1904 March 19. — historic photograph
[Md. - Baltimore - Fire of 1904: Hurst Bldg. 25 min. after alarm"]", c1904 March 19.. 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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This view captures a single building, the Hurst Building, about 25 minutes after the fire alarm, while the blaze was still spreading rather than after the damage was done. The Great Baltimore Fire began in early February 1904 and burned much of the city's downtown business district over roughly a day, destroying more than 1,500 buildings. The March 19 date on the caption card does not match that event, so it should be treated as unverified.

Created / publishedc1904 March 19.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by Joseph E. Henry. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Maryland.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan933 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122771

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