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AI-colorized version: Orthopedic patients gather outside a Fort McHenry ward; several use crutches and one is seated in a wheelchair.When Fort McHenry Became a Hospital for Wounded Soldiers4 min readWorkers laying streetcar tracks at Howard and Saratoga streets, looking north, June 23, 1914.Laying Streetcar Tracks at Howard and Saratoga in 19141 min readRows of white Chesapeake Bay steamboats tied up along the Baltimore harbor, with the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower and downtown buildings behindBefore Harborplace: The Light Street Wharves and the Working Basin8 min readSun graphic of the 1979 Camden Yards plan: a block map lettered A to K between Pratt and Hill streets, with a sketch of the planned office towers, hotel and housingThe Camden Yards That Almost Was: Baltimore’s $170 Million Plan, 1979-19848 min read
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AI-colorized photograph of three-year-old Alma standing barefoot beside her seated mother and a wooden washtub in Biloxi, Mississippi, 1911.Shipped South to Shuck Oysters: Lewis Hine’s Baltimore Children on the Gulf CoastAlbumen print of Camden Station with its tall central tower and two side towers, captioned Camden Station, BaltimoreBefore Oriole Park: The Story of Camden Station and Camden YardsThe Elks Parade on Baltimore Street in 1916Roland Park planRoland Park in 1908: How Baltimore’s Most Fashionable Suburb Was Built
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Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower's clock faces viewed from below against a blue sky.Above the Rooftops: A Panorama From Emerson Tower, Around 19134 min read
A detailed bird’s-eye drawing of Baltimore with harbor piers and boats in the foreground and downtown streets extending into the distance.Baltimore Rebuilt, Seen From Above in 19121 min readA boy smoking a cigarette while seated on wooden steps beside an open doorway.A Boy on the Steps, Baltimore in 19381 min readSeated studio portrait of John Wilkes Booth holding a cane, with a handwritten inscription above.Before the Infamy: John Wilkes Booth’s Baltimore Debut3 min readThe American Brewery’s ornate towers, arched windows and main entrance, photographed in 1973.The Brewery Behind the Towers on Gay Street2 min read