Tag: 1920s

You're looking at the night skyline as seen from Emerson Tower in the 1920s. This has to be one of our recent favorites of Baltimore.

Here is an amazing old photo showing a class of young boys from The Boys' Latin School of Maryland. Fascinating to think...

This great photo shows a bunch of outdoor stalls on Eutaw St. at Marion in the 1920s. Outdoor...

Of course it is. The old French Consulate in Baltimore was at Charles and Centre St. in the 1920s. There's no longer...

Some incredible film footage of Baltimore in the 1920s. Don't miss this one.

This lovely image of Baltimore Harbor was taken from the air in 1920. Check it out. Source: National Archives

Italian anarchists destroy Mayor William Broening's home with a bomb in 1927. Baltimore was placed on a war basis for protection soon after the explosion.

Now this is one of the cooler maps that we've found. It shows the campus of the Naval Academy in 1924. Source: University of Texas...

If you were fortunate enough to own an automobile in the 1920s, you might take a map like this and explore the countryside outside...

How cool is this high-altitude photograph of the city. Click on it for a much larger version and tell us what you...

Such a sad time ... not being able to drink beer? What a horrible idea Prohibition was. Below is an article that we dug up...

How cool is this? What a great find on Ancestry.com. We came across the Bambino's 1920 application for a passport that fall, because he was...

This is a beautiful old photograph from 1925 showing a home in Catonsville. And, it's one that makes you wonder who the...

Here's a great photo that we dug up showing Calvin Coolidge attending the unveiling and dedication of the Lafayette Statue in Mount Vernon Place. This...

This is a crazy story that we came across in The Baltimore Sun, not unlike a story we found for Ghosts of DC. This was...

Here's an old photograph from 1926. This is the Second Presbyterian Church at 4200 St. Paul Street. Source: Library of Congress

Here's a great find from the Maryland State Archives website. It's a detailed plat of Guilford from May 10th, 1926.   Source: Maryland State Archives

Now this is really cool, and you can see how the neighborhood received its name. Pigs! Anyone recognize where this is? Source: Mike Copperthite

Now this is a resourceful young man. The young man is Bernard Logue of 2527 E. Monument St. It appears that the image below...

Haussner’s Restaurant was one of Baltimore’s most famous landmarks. It was opened in 1926 by William Haussner and remained opened for the next 73...

Source: Enoch Pratt Library Here's a cool photo from the 1920s, and it's something we probably won't be seeing this winter.