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Baltimore’s Streets and Wards in 1935

A 1935 map shows Baltimore’s streets and wards, accompanying Frederick Stieff’s book about city government.

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Attached is a large pdf of a map showing the streets and wards of Baltimore in 1935. The map accompanied Frederick Stieff’s The Government of a Great American City (Baltimore: H. G. Roebuck & Son, 1935).

This old map of Charm City shows what it looked like in 1935. Click on it for more details.

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