2-752-365 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Druid-Hill Park', 1874. Sheep grazing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The Druid Hill Park was purchased in 1860 by the City of Baltimore, and was designed by Howard Daniels. Druid Lake, the park's most notable waterway, was constructed in 1863 and served as a reservoir for the Baltimore metropolitan area public water system. Recreation facilities such as pools and tennis courts were racially segregated. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]