This is an incredible old film showing Baltimore’s Pigtown in the 1920s
This is an incredible old film showing Baltimore’s Pigtown in the 1920s
Remember Jim Palmer? Who doesn’t? He was the best pitcher ever to step on the mound wearing the orange and black. Maybe also the best ever to wear Jockey underwear? Take a look below at some great old photos of...
Don’t miss this amazing old map of Baltimore from 1804.
This old map of Charm City shows what it looked like in 1935. Click on it for more details.
You have to check this one out. We uncovered it on YouTube (of course). Mostly video of Baltimore, but a little or New York as well.
Help us figure out where these row houses sit today? Or, if they no longer stand. We uncovered these lovely photos at the Library of Congress. These images are from Baltimore in April 1939.
Check out Maryland Ave. and 25th St. in Baltimore back in 1908. Compare it to the Google Street View of today.
Photograph taken looking north at tracklaying on Howard Street at its intersection with Saratoga Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the northwest corner at number 300 North Howard Street is Chas. Willms & Co., manufacturers and importers of fine surgical instruments.
Okay, this isn’t from an airplane obviously, given the date, but it’s a beautiful view of Annapolis towards the water and Eastport from 1896. I’m assuming this is a view from the Capitol, but hopefully residents can correct me if...
Here’s a photo from the 1940s showing a crowd of people lined up outside a movie theater. Anyone recognize this theater? Source: Library of Congress
This is a truckload of painters at the Bethlehem-Fairchild Shipyard taken at the height of World War II. Source: Library of Congress
Here’s a terrific old photograph from the Civil War. It shows the 6th Massachusetts Regiment. Source: Library of Congress
Here’s an interesting old advertisement that we dug up in The Baltimore Sun. This was printed on December 30th, 1839.
Here’s a photo from 1916, showing a parade down Baltimore St. from Holliday St. Source: Shorpy
What an amazing view of Light St. This is from 1906. Source: Shorpy
Digging through old newspaper archives, we came across this short piece in The Baltimore Sun from Sunday, October 8th, 1967. The group was to play the Lyric Theater the following Friday. We also shared a post a long time ago...
Did you know that Babe Ruth's uncle killed his father George Herman Ruth, Sr?
Do you know the story of a former Baltimore Oriole who was tried and convicted of a double murder?
Curious what the city looked like over 100 years ago? Check out this old 1910 map of central Baltimore.
This is an incredible old film showing Baltimore’s Pigtown in the 1920s
