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Exploring Old Roland Park Homes Through Historic Photographs

front of home in Roland Park
Take a look at some historic photographs from the Smithsonian archives of old Roland Park homes between 1900 and 1920. Can you identify some of these homes?
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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 of home in Roland Park
front of home in Roland Park
street in front of Roland Park house
street in front of Roland Park house
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front and garden of Roland Park home
front and garden of Roland Park home (218 Ridgewood Rd.)
early dirt road in Roland Park
early dirt road in Roland Park

Source: Smithsonian

Can you identify some of these homes?

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Suggested Reading

July 1938. "Man who lives in row house. Baltimore, Maryland." Walkies, anyone? Photo by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration.
A Man Who Lives in a Row House in Baltimore, Maryland in 1938 (with Photo)
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.
An Odd Photo From 1905 – Unloading a Banana Steamer in Baltimore Harbor
"Row houses, Baltimore, June 1940." Medium format safety negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration.
Can We Get A Little Help Identifying This Block? Anyone Out There Recognize This?
Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1917. "Union Station showing Charles Street and Jones Falls." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
A Glimpse of Baltimore's Union Station in 1917

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