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Rows 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 readFront and profile prison photographs of Al Capone, balding and in a prison shirt, with a placard reading No. 397-CAL Terminal Island 1-7-39Al Capone in Baltimore: His Four Months After Prison, 1939-408 min readPortrait of Thomas F. McNulty with a large mustache and white bow tie, 1914Tom McNulty, Baltimore’s Singing Sheriff9 min read
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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 SoldiersElvis Presley on stage in a white, gold-embroidered jumpsuit, playing an acoustic guitarElvis Presley’s Last Baltimore Show: The Civic Center, May 29, 1977Memorial Stadium's brick front on 33rd Street with the curved memorial wall and light towers, under a blue skyMemorial Stadium: The Story of Baltimore’s Ballpark on 33rd StreetWeathered clapboard double house with dormer windows and wooden steps on South Chapel Street in Fells PointThe Haunted House on Aliceanna Street, 1919
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A colored map of Baltimore County with an inset street plan of Baltimore and illustrations around its border.City Streets and Country Roads on an 1857 Map1 min read
Discarded tires cover a muddy harbor shore, with boats and industrial structures beyond the water.The Tires Along the Middle Branch, January 19731 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 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 readBaltimore rooftops and chimneys with the Washington Monument rising at the right and church towers in the distance.The Washington Monument Above a City of Rooftops1 min read