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![[Baltimore Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, showing installation of atomic generator, 1964]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvYmFsdGltb3JlLWxpZ2h0aG91c2UtY2hlc2FwZWFrZS1iYXktbWFyeWxhbmQtc2hvd2luZy1pbnN0YWxsYXRpb24tb2YtYXRvbWljLWYwNWJhNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/389/jpg "[Baltimore Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, showing installation of atomic generator, 1964]")
![[Baltimore fire, 1904] Maryland Institute](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvYmFsdGltb3JlLWZpcmUtMTkwNC1tYXJ5bGFuZC1pbnN0aXR1dGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Baltimore fire, 1904] Maryland Institute")
![[Baltimore fire, 1904] General view of South Baltimore](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvYmFsdGltb3JlLWZpcmUtMTkwNC1nZW5lcmFsLXZpZXctb2Ytc291dGgtYmFsdGltb3JlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Baltimore fire, 1904] General view of South Baltimore")
![Carol M. Highsmith - [Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Maryland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvYmFsdGltb3JlLWJhc2lsaWNhLWJhbHRpbW9yZS1tYXJ5bGFuZC04Yzk5ZjYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Carol M. Highsmith - [Baltimore Basilica, Baltimore, Maryland]")
![[Baltimore Municipal Building, 200 Holiday Street, Baltimore, Maryland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvYmFsdGltb3JlLW11bmljaXBhbC1idWlsZGluZy0yMDAtaG9saWRheS1zdHJlZXQtYmFsdGltb3JlLW1hcnlsYW5kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/40/webp "[Baltimore Municipal Building, 200 Holiday Street, Baltimore, Maryland]")
![[Machinery Building illuminated at night, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. 1901]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvbWFjaGluZXJ5LWJ1aWxkaW5nLWlsbHVtaW5hdGVkLWF0LW5pZ2h0LXBhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1leHBvc2l0aW9uLWJ1ZmZhbG8tbnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Machinery Building illuminated at night, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. 1901]")
![[Morris Island (vicinity), South Carolina. Ruins of Charleston lighthouse]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvbW9ycmlzLWlzbGFuZC12aWNpbml0eS1zb3V0aC1jYXJvbGluYS1ydWlucy1vZi1jaGFybGVzdG9uLWxpZ2h0aG91c2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[Morris Island (vicinity), South Carolina. Ruins of Charleston lighthouse]")
