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Old Ads & Classifieds

A room to rent, a house for sale, a steamship passage or a night at the theater. Old Baltimore advertisements tell us what people were buying, selling and looking for.

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Sun advertisement headed Negroes Wanted, signed Hope H. Slatter, Pratt Street, 1844Hope Slatter’s Pratt Street Slave Pen and the People Held There9 min readBaltimore Sun ad - 1869An 1869 Advertisement for a Diarrhea Remedy1 min readPeabody Conservatory of Music advertisementPeabody Conservatory’s 1909 Newspaper Advertisement1 min readOctober 24th, 1938 classifiedsBaltimore Apartment Listings From October 19381 min readBaltimore Sun advertisement October 22nd, 1853Giles’ European Hotel Advertises in 18531 min readCatonsville home advertisementA Catonsville Home Advertisement From 19511 min readTowson home advertisementA Towson Home Advertisement From 19511 min readOccident Federal advertisement - 1964Occident Federal’s Mortgage Advertisement in 19641 min readSeverna Park advertisement in 1909A Severna Park Advertisement From 19091 min read
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