Great Early 1900s Photos of Roland Park

Here are some terrific old photographs that we stumbled across in the Smithsonian archives. They show the old homes in Roland Park sometime between 1900 and 1920.

front and garden of Roland Park home (218 Ridgewood Rd.)

Source: Smithsonian

Can you identify some of these homes?

Great Early 1900s Photos of Roland Park

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