-ad 101-

Exploring Baltimore in 1943 Through a Photo of People Getting Off the Trolleys from Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard

Continuous stream of trolleys carrying workers from the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard to downtown Baltimore disgorges passengers who rush for other trolleys and buses. Trolleys from other parts of the city are sent to this route at hours of the shift change in order to take care of the traffic and follow each at one minute intervals
Explore Baltimore in 1943 through a photo of crowds of people getting off the trolleys from the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard. Trolleys from other parts of the city were sent at shift change hours to take care of the traffic.
-ad 103-
-ad 105-

Below is a photo from 1943, showing crowds of people getting off the trolleys from Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard.

Continuous stream of trolleys carrying workers from the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard to downtown Baltimore disgorges passengers who rush for other trolleys and buses. Trolleys from other parts of the city are sent to this route at hours of the shift change in order to take care of the traffic and follow each at one minute intervals
Continuous stream of trolleys carrying workers from the Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard to downtown Baltimore disgorges passengers who rush for other trolleys and buses. Trolleys from other parts of the city are sent to this route at hours of the shift change in order to take care of the traffic and follow each at one minute intervals

Today's Recommendation

-ad 106-

Suggested Reading

"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?
Frank Zappa
3 Notable People You Didn't Know Were From Baltimore
Oriole cafeteria map of Baltimore (1947)
Exploring the Long History of Oriole Cafeterias in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun headline
The Fire-Bomb Murder of Six Seamen in a Thames Street Rooming House - The Baltimore Sun, October 5th, 1947

Can You Support Us?

If you enjoyed this post and can help support our blog, please consider subscribing. Thank you.

-ad 104-

JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST

Enjoy daily

Ghosts of Baltimore stories

No thanks.