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Cool 1969 Map of New Baltimore Apartments
This old advertisement from The Baltimore Sun shows the number of new apartments available in the Baltimore area during the summer of 1969. Click on it for more details. Source: Proquest
Earl Weaver Loses It In 1980
This is classic Earl Weaver. Thanks to our friend Marty for sending this in some time ago. We’re just now getting around to sharing it with the community.
Negro League’s Baltimore Black Sox
This is a terrific photo that we found on the Internet, but unfortunately it wasn’t labeled with a date. Anyone out there know when this was taken or who these three ballplayers are?
Man Sleeps With the Fishes
Interesting photo. This guy has to be ridiculously tired to sleep there. Source: Shorpy
A Postcard From Baltimore in 1905
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...
1948 Baltimore Police Car
This is a cool old photo that we dug up on Flickr. It shows a 1948 Chevy BPD police car. Source: Flickr
Three Stories About Emerson Tower
Similar to an old post we did for Ghosts of DC on the Washington Monument, here’s a post which includes three stories about Baltimore’s Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower. 1. Crushed to death by rack of...
Mother Seton’s House at St. Mary’s Seminary (1936)
The house is still there, but it looks much cleaner minus the ivy. This is an image from 1936 showing Mother Seton’s House at St. Mary’s Seminary back in 1936. And here is the...
1980s View of West Lexington
Here’s a cool old photo we dug up at the Library of Congress. It shows the 300 block of West Lexington in the 1980s. The building in the foreground doesn’t appear to be here...
Great 1940s Photo of Row Houses
Can we get a little help identifying this block? Anyone out there recognize this? Source: Shorpy