A Video of the Area Before Camden Yards

We posted some cool old photos of the area during construction last week. Here’s a great video that we dug up from around the same time.

Source: Kevin Mueller

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Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1905. "Unloading banana steamer." A teeming scene that calls to mind the paintings of Brueghel, if Brueghel ever did bananas. Note the damage from the Great Fire of 1904.

Baltimore Banana Steamer in 1905

September 1, 2013

Photograph of the Inspection of Bananas in Baltimore, Maryland (1910)

Unloading and Inspecting Banana Shipments

September 9, 2013

Baltimore, MD--October 1983--Eddie Murray is shown at the victory parade after the Orioles won the 1983 World Series. (Sun file photo.)

We Miss Eddie Murray

July 9, 2018

Baltimore, Maryland. Looking toward Logan Field and Sparrow Point.

1935 Aerial Photo of Baltimore

January 23, 2014

Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1905. "A chestnut vendor." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

The Baltimore Chestnut Vendor

October 8, 2013

Postcard showing baseball players seated and standing in stadium.

1909 Baltimore Orioles Team Photo

October 23, 2013

Baltimore, Maryland. Restaurant sign on Baltimore street (1939)

Fried Scrapple for 15 Cents!

October 29, 2013

1912 bird's-eye view of Baltimore

Incredibly Detailed 1912 Bird’s-Eye View of Baltimore

September 20, 2013

Lovely 1920s Film Footage of Baltimore’s Pigtown

April 8, 2019

Johns Hopkins hospital in 1903

Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1903

September 5, 2013

German U-Boat Deutschland (1916)

German U-Boat Deutschland Arrives in Baltimore (1916)

September 30, 2013

1801 Warner & Hanna map of Baltimore

1801 Plan of the City and Environs of Baltimore

September 12, 2013

Trash and Old Tires Litter the Shore at the Middle Branch of Baltimore Harbor, 01/1973.

This is What Baltimore Harbor Looked Like in 1973

September 19, 2013

Historic American Buildings Survey, From an old photo, DISTANT VIEW (Left to right, Church at Calvert and Pleasant Streets and First Unitarian Church, Charles and Franklin Streets) - Washington Monument, Mount Vernon Place & Washington, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore Skyline in the 1870s

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