Ghosts of BaltimoreThe lost and untold stories of Baltimore

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Front and profile prison photographs of Al Capone, balding and in a prison shirt, with a placard reading No. 397-CAL Terminal Island 1-7-39Al Capone in Baltimore: His Four Months After Prison, 1939-40Nov 3Portrait of Thomas F. McNulty with a large mustache and white bow tie, 1914Tom McNulty, Baltimore’s Singing SheriffOct 31Best OfBaltimore rooftops and chimneys with the Washington Monument rising at the right and church towers in the distance.The Washington Monument Above a City of RooftopsMay 11, 2023Best Of

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The Doors in a 1967 Baltimore Sun PreviewAug 2, 2021Three-story brick Collegiate Gothic school building with broken windows on a West Baltimore street corner, 1988Frederick Douglass High School: Baltimore’s First Black Public High SchoolAug 29, 2019Verda Welcome showing her injured leg beside a car after the 1964 assassination attemptVerda Welcome, Maryland’s First Black Woman State SenatorMar 25, 2019Baltimore, MD--October 1983--Eddie Murray is shown at the victory parade after the Orioles won the 1983 World Series. (Sun file photo.)Eddie Murray at the Orioles’ 1983 Victory ParadeJul 9, 2018Monument commemorating the Battle of North Point, Calvert Street and Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland (1846)The Battle Monument in 1846Oct 12, 2015Albumen print of Camden Station with its tall central tower and two side towers, captioned Camden Station, BaltimoreBefore Oriole Park: The Story of Camden Station and Camden YardsMay 15, 2015
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