#OnThisDay September 22, 1763 the first volunteer fire company formed in Baltimore. They were soon joined by other fire companies that developed a reputation in Baltimore for doing a lot more than fighting fires. Read an article by Amy Sophia Greenberg – published in the Summer 1995 issue of the "Maryland Historical Magazine – about why Baltimore’s fire companies were compared to Ireland’s famous Kilkenny Cats. Click on the "Maryland Historical Magazine Article" tab in our bio link. Image: Baltimore Firehouse at Lafayette Avenue and Stricker Street, photograph by E.E. Staum, c.1900. Maryland Center for History and Culture, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Subject Vertical File-Fires and Explosions-Firehouses #BaltimoreHistory #Baltimore #MarylandHistory #MDHistory #Maryland #MarylandHistoricalMagazine #KilkennyCats #OTD #ThisDayInHistory #BaltimoreFire #VintagePhotos #VintagePhotographs