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Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption: Thomas Swann
Additional Description: At the October 1860 ceremonies opening 745-acre Druid Hill Park, Mayor Thomas Swann said, “We are here to proclaim the equality of rights to all, and to dedicate this park, now and forever, to the people of this great city.” Fast-growing Baltimore had burgeoning industry, a majority foreign-born population, and the largest number of urban free blacks in the country. Druid Hill, funded by taxing privately owned horse-drawn railways, was the nation's third large urban "country park" after New York's Central Park (1858) and Philadelphia's Fairmount Park (1859).
from Brady-Handy photograph collection, between between 1865 and 1880.
Submitted: September 14, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p538581
File Size: 0.318 Megabytes

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