Tag Archives: 1900s

This is a cool map that we found in The Baltimore Sun, from Thursday, November 5th, 1908. The initial funding of $5 million that year provided for building the dams necessary for the Loch Raven Reservoir. Source: The Baltimore Sun

This is a great old image of the Baltimore Medical College as it looked in 1908. Source: National Institutes of Medicine

Images like this are always great. This is an old postcard from a woman named Eva to her cousin Pattie, written on September 16th, 1905. Source: Smithsonian And, for good measure, here is what was on the front page of …

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.   Here is 218 Ridgewood Rd. today. Source: Smithsonian Can you identify some …

Check out these cool photos of Baltimore Harbor. This is the harbor as seen from Federal Hill. Source: Library of Congress

Here’s an old advertisement from The Washington Post, printed on September 6th, 1909.

What a great photo. This is part of Johns Hopkins in 1902. Anyone know where this is? Source: Library of Congress

This is a great shot of the horrible devastation of the 1904 fire that ripped through the city. Click on it for greater details. Source: Library of Congress

This is an awesome old photo. Check it out … it’s the 1909 Baltimore Orioles. Source: Library of Congress

This is a beautiful old photo of Lexington Market at the turn of the century.

What an amazing view of Light St. This is from 1906. Source: Shorpy

Whoa, this is an incredible old photo from 1909. Unfortunately, this is a nameless, shoeless boy. I wonder what ever became of this guy. Source: Shorpy

This is an incredible photograph from 1905. It shows a group of men lining up for payday on the waterfront. Click on it for a larger image and take some time examining it. It’s pretty cool. Source: Shorpy

Did you know that Baltimore was home to the “most forgotten” world wrestling champion?  August John “Americus” Schoenlein  was born December 25, 1883 in Baltimore and surprisingly made his professional debut in 1901, after studying architectural drawing at the Maryland …