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Al Capone in Baltimore: His Four Months After Prison, 1939-40

Capone checked into Union Memorial as Mr. Martini, then moved to Pimlico Road as Mr. Rossi. His doctor didn’t know he had left town.

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Portrait of Thomas F. McNulty with a large mustache and white bow tie, 1914Tom McNulty, Baltimore’s Singing SheriffOct 31Best OfBaltimore 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, 2023

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Discarded tires cover a muddy harbor shore, with boats and industrial structures beyond the water.The Tires Along the Middle Branch, January 1973Jim Pickerell’s 1973 photograph shows a tire-strewn shore along Baltimore’s Middle Branch. It was part of DOCUMERICA, the EPA’s effort to record the environment and everyday American life.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 MapA 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 1912Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower's clock faces viewed from below against a blue sky.Above the Rooftops: A Panorama From Emerson Tower, Around 1913The 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 1916

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The Doors in a 1967 Baltimore Sun PreviewNov 2Baltimore Row Houses in April 1939Nov 2Guilford, Fayette and Howard Streets in the 1940sNov 2Champion Orioles of 1894 Lying on the ground are: John McGraw and Willie Keeler. Front row: "Kid" Bill Gleason, Joe Kelly, Ned Hanlon, Wilbert Robinson, Bill Hoffer, and Hughie Jennings. Second row: Walter Brody, Henry Reitz, John McMahon, Frank Bowerman, and Artie Pool. Third row: Arthur Clarkson, George Hemming, George Carey and Bill Clark.When Baltimore Celebrated the Orioles’ 1894 PennantNov 2

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