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Men in baggy clown suits stand in front of a giant spotted balloon wearing a flowered hat, with more handlers and balloons lined up behind them under bare treesToytown Parade: How Vacuum Cleaners Saved Baltimore’s First Toytown Parade7 min readAI-colorized historical photograph of Hubert Latham in a cap and flight clothing, seated at the steering wheel of an Antoinette monoplane.The Day Hubert Latham Flew Over Baltimore and Half a Million People Looked Up7 min readAI-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 Coast8 min readThe tall Hotel Rennert with a cupola and awnings rises behind trees, beside a neighboring ivy-covered house, across a cobblestone street in Baltimore.The Hotel Rennert, Where Maryland’s Democratic Bosses Held Court8 min read
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AI-colorized 1888 engraving of Maryland oyster police on a steamer alongside an oyster pirate boat in rough water.Kidnapped in Baltimore and Forced to Work on Oyster BoatsHotel Kernan stands beside the ornate Maryland Theatre on West Franklin Street.Hotel Kernan and the Two Theaters Behind a 1906 PhotographElvis Presley on stage in a white, gold-embroidered jumpsuit, playing an acoustic guitarElvis Presley’s Last Baltimore Show: The Civic Center, May 29, 1977A small blue-and-white plane lodged in the upper deck of Memorial Stadium, seen between the goalpostsThe Day a Plane Crashed Into Memorial Stadium
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Seated studio portrait of John Wilkes Booth holding a cane, with a handwritten inscription above.Before the Infamy: John Wilkes Booth’s Baltimore Debut3 min read
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 19168 min readThe American Brewery’s ornate towers, arched windows and main entrance, photographed in 1973.The Brewery Behind the Towers on Gay Street2 min readJohns 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 Images2 min readA boy smoking a cigarette while seated on wooden steps beside an open doorway.A Boy on the Steps, Baltimore in 19381 min read