Faces & Places of Yesterday

    Photos of yesterday, featuring regular people and regular places.

    1872 Pier at Locust Point Terminus

    Incredible 1872 photo of the Atlantic terminus for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
    200 block of S. Caroline St. in 1940

    What Did 1940s Baltimore Look Like?

    View of the corner of Baltimore and Liberty Streets. It was named McLane Place for Robert McClane, who was mayor of Baltimore at the time of great 1904 fire, and subsequently committed suicide. The name change did not last, and the location is now the crossing of Baltimore and Liberty Streets again. The monument to the left is that of John Mifflin Hood (1843-1906), a lieutenant in the Confederate Army, later president of Western Maryland Railroad (1874-1902). The sculpture was relocated to Preston Gardens in 1963. The store on the right is Baltimore Bargain House (later American Wholesale Corporation), a firm established by Jacob Epstein (1864-1945). Also in view is an early billboard advertisement boasting, "Pays to advertise with electric signs. Get yours now."

    Corner of Baltimore and Liberty Streets in 1914

    Baltimore Police badge

    Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and Neglect of Duty

    1877 map of Johns Hopkins Hospital

    1877 Detailed Plan of Johns Hopkins Hospital

    5-Year-Old Babe Ruth’s Family in the 1900 Census

    Baltimore Sun advertisement

    Slaves for Life and Good Titles

    Baltimore Century Theatre

    Century Theatre on West Lexington

    flag over the custom house - 1861

    Confederate Riots Suppressed; Union Flag Flies Over Baltimore

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