Photograph

Pratt Street after the fire

Baltimore · 7 February 1904

What the picture shows

A ruined brick street, looking east on Pratt Street. Both halves of the stereograph are on the card. Ice from the firefighting is in the foreground.

Documented context

The Great Baltimore Fire, in the financial district, the day it was brought under control. The caption is on the mount.

Photographer: Copyrighted 1904 by William H. Rau. The Library of Congress lists him as publisher of this item.
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, stereograph, item 2022653687. The card is numbered 5671 and captioned on the mount.
License: Public domain.