Take a look at this great postcard of the corner of Baltimore and Liberty Streets, known then as McLane Place and named for Robert McLane, who was mayor at the time of the Great Fire of 1904. Learn more about his mysterious death and the corner today.

In the 1910s, the introduction of the automobile led to the adoption of jitneys as a preferred form of transportation in Baltimore. This post explores the unsafe practices of jitneys and how they encouraged people to stick with the streetcars.

Take a peek into Charm City's past with this beautiful image from Emerson Tower in the 1910s. Click through for greater detail and explore the city's history!

Take a look at this cool image showing track laying at the intersection of Howard St. and Saratoga St. in Baltimore. See how the track is laid out and how it connects the two streets.

Take a journey back in time and explore Baltimore's streetcars in 1915 with Digital Maryland's amazing collection of historical photos and manuscripts. Check out all the details and images here!

Take a journey through Baltimore history by exploring a 1910s photo of the Homewood Apartment Building. Then see how it looks today on Google Street View.

Step back in time to 1917 and witness the graduation festivities at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. Take a look at this stunning photograph of the event.

Take a journey back in time and explore Baltimore's industrial past with this fascinating 100-year-old map. Click on it for more details and to learn more about the city's history.

Visit GhostsofBaltimore.org to explore Lubins Theatre on East Baltimore St, an historic theatre in the heart of the city. See photos and read stories about this beautiful building.

Take a journey back in time to explore the Baltimore waterfront in the early 20th century through a series of photos. Source: Library of Congress.

Visit the Maryland Historical Society to explore Baltimore's history with this great 1911 photo of Biddle Alley. Donate to help support preserving Baltimore and Maryland history.

Revisit the German U-Boat Deutschland that visited Baltimore Harbor in 1916, before the U.S. entered World War I. See photos of the sub and its captain, and learn more about this historic event.

Experience the wild excitement of Baltimore's "Whisky Specials" during Prohibition. Read this article from The Baltimore Sun, printed on November 28th, 1918, and learn about the scramble for the cars, the wild dash for the booze, and how the police viewed it all.

Read about a ghastly accident that was so gruesome, it was reported in The Baltimore Sun in 1911. J.C. Wood, a Baltimore and Ohio railroad brakeman, was run over and killed instantly. The wheels of the cars had passed over it, cutting it almost in two.

Take a look back at the 1918 advertisement for the Southern Hotel, located at 14 Light St. in Baltimore. Sadly, the building was razed and today it sits as an empty lot. Read an interesting article from 1991 detailing the real estate market of the time.

Check out this incredible map of Baltimore's trolley system from 1910. Click on it for a much larger version, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Library.

Take a look back at Teddy Roosevelt in Baltimore on September 28th, 1918 for the fourth Liberty Loan campaign at the old Oriole Baseball Park. Also featured are Cardinal James Gibbons, Governor Emerson Harrington, and Frances Folsom. Watch the video to learn more!

Unbelievable! This is an advertisement for the Titanic voyage that never happened, printed in The Baltimore Sun on February 13th, 1912. Even more amazing is the ad printed on April 15th, 1912, the day after the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.

We're kicking off a cool new series of posts called "Pictures Tell a Story" to study some old photos from 1910 and see what we observe. Our first one is a photo of Baltimore immigrants gathering to head out to the berry farms. Does anyone know exactly where this is and if these buildings stand today?

Get an amazing panoramic view of the water filtration plant at Montabello, Baltimore, Md. in 1913 with this post. Click on the link to view a larger version and see the amazing detail.