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A Look Back at Thames Street During the Great Depression

Historic American Buildings Survey E. H. Pickering, Photographer July 1936 VIEW FROM STREET - 1621 Thames Street (House), Fell's Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Take a look back at what Thames Street in Baltimore looked like during the Great Depression. See the historic photos from the Library of Congress and learn more about this time in history.
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Times sure were different back then. This is what Thames St. looked like in the midst of the Great Depression.

Historic American Buildings Survey E. H. Pickering, Photographer July 1936 VIEW FROM STREET - 1621 Thames Street (House), Fell's Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Historic American Buildings Survey E. H. Pickering, Photographer July 1936 VIEW FROM STREET – 1621 Thames Street (House), Fell’s Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Source: Library of Congress

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