We Love Maps

Curious what the city looked like over 100 years ago? Check out this old 1910 map of central Baltimore.

Don’t miss this amazing old map of Baltimore from 1804.

Map dated Dec. 14, 1853 which shows proposed lots for a courthouse, jail and alms house in Towson Town, Md., if it is chosen as the county seat of Baltimore County by the voters.

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

This great old map shows the city of Baltimore in 1894.

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

We love digging up old maps like this Sanborn Map from 1891 showing St. Michaels. Click on each for a larger, more detailed version. Source: Library of Congress

What a beautiful old image of Baltimore. We dug this one up at the Library of Congress. Source: Library of Congress

This is a fascinating map from 1838, showing a potential route for a canal between Baltimore and Washington. Source: Library of Congress

This is a fascinating old article that we came across in The Baltimore Sun. It was printed on July 26th, 1914 and we just have to share it with you. The study of street names in any city involves in...