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Illustrated album of Baltimore City during American Civil War
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Print shows views, at top, of the "City Hotel", "U.S. Post Office", "Maryland Institute", "U.S. Court House", "Eutaw House", and the "Camden Street Depot", also includes bird's-eye views of the Mansion House at "Druid Hill Park", many ships under sail, and the waterfront area of the "Harbor", and the entrances to the "Green Mount Cemetery", and the "Baltimore Cemetery."
Title from envelope.
Alternate title printed across the bottom of the four "panoramic" views of the remainder of the "Illustrated album" (see: 2003656668).
Publication date based on copyright statement on envelope.
Printed on lower left of envelope: Price 50 cents.
Inscribed in ink on verso of both sheets: A 450153.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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