Baltimore Penitentiary Statistics in 1850

This is an absolutely fascinating article that we dug up in the Baltimore Sun. It shows statistics for prisoners in the penitentiary.

Baltimore Sun - January 7th, 1850

Baltimore Sun – January 7th, 1850

More from Ghosts of Baltimore

1801 Warner & Hanna map of Baltimore

1801 Plan of the City and Environs of Baltimore

September 12, 2013

Camden Yards under construction

Photos Before Camden Yards and During Construction

September 3, 2013

This map is Plate No. 25 from a J.H. Colton atlas that we believed was published in 1857. Copyright statement on map: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." On verso: "The District of Columbia", text on three columns.

Another Awesome Map of Baltimore (1857)

September 4, 2013

Baltimore in 1837

What Baltimore Looked Like in 1837

October 29, 2013

"Baltimore Fire of 1904. General view of South Baltimore." National Photo Company Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.

Evening Photo Share: 1904 Baltimore Fire Devastation

September 25, 2013

Map of the city and county of Baltimore, Maryland. From original surveys by J.C. Sidney, C.E.

1857 Map of the City and County of Baltimore

September 17, 2013

5-Year-Old Babe Ruth’s Family in the 1900 Census

January 27, 2014

Complete circle view of Baltimore from the Emerson Tower in 1913

Wow! 360-Degree View of Baltimore from Emerson Tower (1913)

September 3, 2013

1801 Warner & Hanna map of Baltimore

1801 Plan of the City and Environs of Baltimore

September 12, 2013

1912 bird's-eye view of Baltimore

Incredibly Detailed 1912 Bird’s-Eye View of Baltimore

September 20, 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

Lovely 1920s Film Footage of Baltimore’s Pigtown

April 8, 2019

Wow … Incredible Colorized Photo of Boy in Slums (1938)

September 10, 2013

portrait of John Wilkes Booth

Original Ad For John Wilkes Booth’s Acting Debut

September 9, 2013