Description
This vibrant postcard showcases a bird’s-eye view of Baltimore’s Light Street, its buildings rendered in muted pinks, browns, and greens. The image depicts a cityscape of wharves and the skyline, as described in the text. This “Colourpicture” Publication from the 1910s offers a charming glimpse of Baltimore’s harbor and modern district.
Front Text (cleaned):
Light Street, skyline and wharves, Baltimore, Maryland.
Back Text (cleaned):
Pub. by Harry P. Cann & Bro. Co., Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore (pronounced "Bawlemer") is an old city with a single modern district, reached by modernized lanes, reconstructed after the fire of 1904. Approached from the harbor, as this view shows, it appears as a modern city. It is the second largest seaport in the United States today.
A "Colourpicture" Publication, Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
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