"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."
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Wilton Heights Avenue and Florence Avenue, Belvedere to Hayward.
Subject:
Photographs, Street scene, Houses, Neighborhoods, Baltimore City Life Museum Collection 
Item ID:
CC2639-1
Creator:
Unidentified photographer
Description:
Wilton Heights Avenue and Florence Avenue, Belvedere to Hayward. Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, 8x10 glass, box 2. Note: Reference photograph.
Date of Original:
September 30, 1935
Collection:
Baltimore City Life Museum, Photographs Collection, Special Collections Department
Type/Size:
Glass negative, 8 x 10 inch (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Restrictions:
Restricted to reference photograph. For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: special_collections@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 