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. "United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, Map of Reservations on S.W. Bank...
We Love Maps / 27.02.2014
1920s Automobile Touring Map of Maryland
If you were fortunate enough to own an automobile in the 1920s, you might take a map like this and explore the countryside outside of Baltimore. Source: University of...
We Love Maps / 18.02.2014
Amazing 1927 Aerial Photograph of Baltimore
How cool is this high-altitude photograph of the city. Click on it for a much larger version and tell us what you see. The details are amazing. Source: Johns...
Such a sad time ...
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 traveling to Cuba to play in some barnstorming games. According to sources...
Featured, Google Field Trip, Pictures Tell a Story / 21.01.2014
Story Behind a 1925 Catonsville Home
This is a beautiful old photograph from 1925 showing a home in Catonsville. And, it's one that makes you wonder who the people are. What are their names, and what did they do? This is a...
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 took place on September 6th, 1928, the 171st anniversary of Marquis de...
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 printed on Mar 17th, 1925. A dog believed to have had rabies ran...
Here's an old photograph from 1926. This is the Second Presbyterian Church at 4200 St. Paul Street. Source: Library of Congress You can't really get this same angle...
We Love Maps / 11.11.2013
Detailed Map of Guilford From 1926
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 is similar to the Google Street View, but we can't quite determine...