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15th Amendment Celebration in Baltimore Cator Prints, Enoch Pratt Public Library
Introduction to Baltimore
This section of the website presents a brief history of Baltimore, written by Frank R. Shivers, Jr., for his book Walking in Baltimore: An Intimate Guide to the Old City.
The illustrations are from the Enoch Pratt Public Library's Cator Collection of Baltimore Views, a group of nearly 200 etchings, watercolors, lithographs, 1752 to 1930.
Shivers, Frank R., Jr. Walking in Baltimore: An Intimate Guide to the Old City. pp. 1-17. © 1995 The Johns Hopkins University Press. Reproduced with permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press