Stories about famous people and places in Baltimore.
Terrific Drawing of Johns Hopkins Hospital
This is a great drawing of Johns Hopkins Hospital that we found on the NIH website. Source: National Institutes of Health
Kennedy Visits Patterson Park in ’62
Maybe a group of you remember this visit? We came across a neat story in The Baltimore Guide detailing an individual’s memories of meeting the President during his 1962 visit to the city. On October 10th,...
Map of Proposed 20 Billion Gallon Reservoir
This is a cool map that we found in The Baltimore Sun, from Thursday, November 5th, 1908. The initial funding of $5 million that year provided for building the dams necessary for the Loch Raven Reservoir. Source:...
Photo of Hindenburg Flying Over Baltimore in 1936
This is an incredible photo from 1936, showing the Hindenburg floating over Baltimore. Nine months later came the horrific accident in New Jersey. Make sure you share this one with family and friends on Facebook. Source:...
Batterin’ Babe … Look at Him Now
Here’s a cool image we found at the Library of Congress. It’s a print of a song written in honor of Baltimore’s native son, George Herman “Babe” Ruth.
Meet the Real Officer McNulty
Digging through The Baltimore Sun archives, we came across something awesome … another policeman named McNulty! Much like the famed Ghosts of DC hero, Officer Sprinkle, Officer McNulty was a local micro-celebrity. Unlike the alcoholic, womanizing, tragic...
Visit of President Polk to Baltimore
James K. Polk isn’t exactly the most memorable president. That said, this is an article that we dug up in the Baltimore Sun from June 21st, 1847. Polk was en route to visit Baltimore by train from...
Three Bad First-Round Picks by the Orioles
Okay, sorry to do this … but, here’s one more post highlighting the failures of the O’s. We were an awesome team in 1996 and 1997, but then over a decade of mediocrity driven by terrible...
Elvis Presley Concert at Baltimore Civic Center (1977)
Elvis Presley came to Baltimore in 1977. See great old photos and a video of his performance.
The Maryland Casualty Clock Tower
Is there something so identifiable with a city that, when you visit, you just have to see it? Such as New York and the Statue of Liberty or Philadelphia and the William Penn statue. See the...