"SOUVENIR OF THE BALTIMORE FIRE" SHOWING THE "BALTIMORE BADGE & NOVELTY CO" WITH EXPLODING FLAMES.
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1.75" real photo button without dot pattern. Button shows six story building with smoke billowing from windows and a massive explosion in the roof area. Vertical down the left corner of the building is the text "The Baltimore Badge & Novelty Co" and the button itself carries a backpaper from this same company. Known as the Great Baltimore Fire, it broke out February 7th, 1904 and required 1,231 firefighters to bring it under control after it destroyed a major part of central Baltimore, including over 1,500 buildings. Button is NM displaying Mint. Rare.
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