What was 1940s Baltimore like? Great photos and stories from Baltimore in the 1940s.
Baltimore’s Downtown Week in October 1948
Here’s a cool old advertisement that we dug up in the Sunday edition of The Baltimore Sun from October 17th, 1948. It’s a program spurred on by Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro — also known as the father of...
Elevated Streetcar of Baltimore in 1943
This cool old image of Baltimore shows an elevated streetcar. Source: Library of Congress From my Googling around, it looks like this is near the 200 block of Guilford Ave. What do you think? Take a...
1948 View of Baltimore Harbor
Check out this great photo of Baltimore Harbor from the fall of 1948.
President Truman’s Whistle-Stop Campaign in 1948
We came across a great photo of President Truman on a train in Baltimore, so we did a little digging. Here’s the article that we dug up in The Baltimore Sun on June 19th, 1948. Remember that...
What Did 1940s Baltimore Look Like?
Here’s a photo of Baltimore from June 8th, 1940. You’re looking at the 200 block of S. Caroline St., north of Gough and south of E. Pratt. Source: Digital Maryland Here’s what it looks like today...
What Did Baltimore Look Like in 1940?
Here’s a beautiful photo of Baltimore row houses from 1940, before World War II. You’re looking at Washington Blvd. at Bayard St. Source: Shorpy Here’s the exact spot today using Google Street View.
Downtown Baltimore in the 1940s
This is what Baltimore looked like some time in the 1940s. The first one below is labeled Guilford and Fayette. Source: Flickr user Kevin Mueller This second one is Howard St. Source: Flickr user Kevin Mueller
1943 Baltimore Workers Flash Mob
Check out this great photo of workers on the street corner waiting to be picked up during World War II.
Trolleys from Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard
Below is a photo from 1943, showing crowds of people getting off the trolleys from Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard.
Baltimore Bullets Beat Washington Capitals; Take First Place
We came across this article from November 19th, 1944, when the Baltimore Bullets beat the Washington Capitals basketball team by the depressed score of 33 to 32. Washington, Nov. 18 (Special) — The Baltimore Bullets took...
Mayor D’Alesandro Protests Suburban Virginia Airport for D.C. (1949)
This is a great post that we’re sharing on our sister site, Ghosts of DC. Airline traffic was getting too heavy for National Airport to handle by the end of the 1940s. The region’s second airport...
1941 Map by the Roland Park Company
Check out this great old map of Roland Park in 1941. Source: University of Maryland Thanks to the awesome collection available at the University of Maryland.
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...
Lined Up Outside Movie Theater
Here’s a photo from the 1940s showing a crowd of people lined up outside a movie theater. Anyone recognize this theater? Source: Library of Congress
Painters at the Bethlehem-Fairchild Shipyard
This is a truckload of painters at the Bethlehem-Fairchild Shipyard taken at the height of World War II. Source: Library of Congress
Park Terminal at Night in 1943
Check out this beautiful photo of trolleys at night. This was taken in April of 1943. Source: Shorpy
Woman Trolley Conductor
Who is this? I wish we could do some digging to figure out, but all we know is she was one of the women trolley conductors in Baltimore during World War II. This photo was taken...
Nameless Baltimore Shoe Shine Boy
Wonder what happened to this young guy. Source: Library of Congress
Great Photo of Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards in 1941
Source: Shorpy This is a terrific old photo from just before World War II.
Little Italy Reacts to Home Country’s Surrender to Allies in 1943
It must have a been a time of great internal conflict for a number of Little Italy residents during World War II. Many of them were born and raised in Italy, and their home country was...