Fires -- Maryland -- Baltimore

This collection contains records from over 200 years at the Baltimore Equitable Society.

The Brown Collection consists of 483 glass and film negatives. The images are primarily unidentified views of Baltimore and vicinity taken by members of the Baltimore Camera Club.There are also informal and posed portraits, rural scenes (landscape and nature shots), parades (including Baltimore’s homecoming parade of 1907), the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, beach and boardwalk views, and maritime views.

This collection contains the proceedings of the Citizens Emergency Committee, an advisory group of 63 men appointed by Mayor Robert McLane to consider problems of reconstruction after the great Baltimore Fire of 1904. The minute book includes reports and recommendations of sub-committees on various subjects. William Keyser, general chairman and William H. Buckler, secretary, led proceedings.

This collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the "Frank A. Munsey Reliability Run" from Boston to Washington and back, in cars, in 1909. This involved Cassard, a member of Technical Committee, and a participant; also clippings relating to the flight of French aviator Hubert Latham, over Baltimore, 1910; the sinking of the Titanic; and the Baltimore Fire, 1904.

The Sherlock Swann collection contains official reports and correspondence, notes, drafts, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and maps relating to Swann's public service positions. The materials consist of records saved from his positions as head of the Burnt District Commission (1904-1907), President of the Board of Police Commissioners (1908-1910) and his work with the Traffic Commission and Postmaster of Baltimore. The majority of this material spans the years 1904-1923.

This is an artificial collection of photographic pamphlets of the Baltimore Fire of 1904.