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[Baltimore fire, 1904] B&O Flyer and crew that carried Wash'n. firemen to Balto. in 31 m – Antique Print

[Baltimore fire, 1904] B&O Flyer and crew that carried Wash'n. firemen to Balto. in 31 m, [1904] — historic photograph
[Baltimore fire, 1904] B&O Flyer and crew that carried Wash'n. firemen to Balto. in 31 m, [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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A window into the past: [Baltimore fire, 1904] B&O Flyer and crew that carried Wash'n. firemen to Balto. in 31 m, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Baltimore fire, 1904] B&O Flyer and crew that carried Wash'n. firemen to Balto. in 31 m

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A special B&O train, the Flyer, is the focus of this picture. It carried Washington firefighters to Baltimore in 31 minutes to help fight the Great Baltimore Fire of February 1904. That blaze broke out in the city's commercial core and burned for roughly thirty hours, destroying much of downtown. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the capital and its surroundings in the early twentieth century, made the glass negative, which shows streaks and blemishes from the natural deterioration of its original coating.

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 scan8,536 × 6,935 px · prints to 28 × 23 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-248057

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