Baltimore -- B & O Coal Pier – Antique 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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Step back in time with Baltimore -- B & O Coal Pier, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Baltimore -- B & O Coal Pier
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Baltimore's Baltimore & Ohio Railroad operated some of the busiest coal piers on the city's waterfront, where trains hauled coal from the Appalachian mines to be loaded onto ships. This glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the files of the Bain News Service, a photo agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The title comes from data the agency recorded and has not been independently verified, so the exact pier and date remain uncertain. Still, the view conveys the scale of the port's coal trade.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,704 × 4,103 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25182 |
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