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Tom McNulty, Baltimore’s Singing Sheriff

Tom McNulty, the face in our logo, was Baltimore’s most famous campaign singer. A zero-vote precinct in 1911 exposed primary fraud, and two years later he was sheriff.

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Baltimore rooftops and chimneys with the Washington Monument rising at the right and church towers in the distance.The Washington Monument Above a City of RooftopsMay 11, 2023Best OfDockworkers gathered beside a waterfront building, with the steamship Bodo and horse-drawn wagons behind them.Payday on Baltimore’s WaterfrontMar 11, 2023Baltimore transit in WalbrookBaltimore Streetcars on Fayette Street and BeyondMar 10, 2023Baltimore Shipyard Workers on a Break in 1943Mar 4, 20231822 map of BaltimoreBaltimore on an 1822 MapMar 3, 2023advertisement for wifeA Baltimore Sun Advertisement Seeking a WifeMar 2, 2023

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An 1801 plan of Baltimore showing colored city blocks, the harbor, Jones Falls and the surrounding countryside.Where Baltimore Ended on an 1801 MapWarner and Hanna’s 1801 plan uses color to distinguish built and unbuilt parts of the city. Jones Falls, the harbor and the blocks of Fell’s Point make the expanding town easy to explore.The German merchant submarine Deutschland off Baltimore in July 1916, crew on deck and a tug pouring smoke alongsideThe German Submarine That Docked at Locust Point in 1916The American Brewery’s ornate towers, arched windows and main entrance, photographed in 1973.The Brewery Behind the Towers on Gay StreetA boy smoking a cigarette while seated on wooden steps beside an open doorway.A Boy on the Steps, Baltimore in 1938Johns Hopkins Hospital’s domed buildings behind a lawn and fence, with a streetcar and overhead wires in front.Johns Hopkins Hospital: Its Design and Early Images

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