Ghosts of BaltimoreThe lost and untold stories of Baltimore

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Historical Events

Election visits, sporting occasions, riots and the arrival of new ways to travel. These posts follow particular moments in Baltimore through photographs and newspaper accounts.

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Baltimore Orioles player Cal Ripken autographs a baseball bat for President Clinton after Ripken broke the consecutive game streak at 2,131 games. 9/6/95.Cal Ripken Signs a Bat for President Clinton in 1995Jan 28, 2014Four-story Read's Drug Store building at the corner of Howard and Lexington streets, with crowds on the sidewalk, around 1940The 1955 Read’s Drug Store Sit-In in BaltimoreDec 11, 2013Colonel HawkinsA Confederate Prisoner’s Letter After Lincoln’s AssassinationNov 14, 2013President John F. Kennedy aboard a helicopter in 1961Kennedy’s 1962 Baltimore Visit and the Security ScareNov 12, 2013Members of the Friends of New Germany give the Nazi salute on the Lehmann Hall stage during the swastika flag dedication, May 18, 1935The 1935 Nazi Rally at Baltimore’s Lehmann HallNov 7, 2013Boeing 314 taking offThe Yankee Clipper’s First Atlantic Flight From BaltimoreNov 6, 2013The Baltimore Sun’s Front Page on November 5, 1963Nov 5, 2013Civilians and National Guard troops standing on the street of Harford Rd. and Lafayette Ave.Photographs of Baltimore’s 1968 UnrestNov 4, 2013Gutted brick walls and heaps of rubble left by the Great Baltimore Fire, with surviving buildings behind themThe Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, From the Hurst Building to Jones FallsOct 25, 2013
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