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Birdseye View of the Heart of Baltimore, 1912
Edward W. Spofford’s birdseye view of the heart of Baltimore in 1912. View a zoomable map at Big Map Blog. Compare the old map to what the Inner Harbor looks like now: “Hey Look, A Big Giant 100 Year...
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Bustling Baltimore: 1917
Baltimore's Penn Station, 1917 View the super-sized image at Shorpy.com. (Link via The City That Breeds and This Charming City)
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Railway Map of Baltimore (1910)
By “The 59 King” (Curator, The Big Map Blog) The map was produced by the United Railways and Electric Company in 1910. The image is freely downloadable by anyone at its highest resolution [7,999px ×...
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The Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Baltimore, Maryland 1918-1933
Compiled by Michael T. Walsh, University of Maryland Baltimore County for the Maryland State Archives H.L. Mencken enjoys an Arrow beer at the Hotel Rennert in 1933, after Prohibition was repealed. The...
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Baltimore Crowd watching Harry Houdini, 1916
(Md. Historical Society Photographs, 8/2/2012) Crowd watching Harry Houdini Charles Street, Baltimore April 26, 1916 Unidentified photographer 8 x 10 inch glass negative Baltimore City Life Museum...
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H.L. Mencken — All Aboard For Back River!
“Be a roughneck for once and ride down to Back River,” he suggested. “There’ll be rough stuff there if you want it, but you’ll he safe enough if you’re good.” By H.L. Mencken (The Baltimore Sun,...
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Faultless Night Shirts Ad, 1911, Baltimore, MD
Faultless Night Shirts and Pajamas Ad, 1911, E. Rosenfeld & Co. Nightwear, Baltimore MD.
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Edgar Allan Poe, Interior Design Critic
What scared the author of ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’? Bad design. A room furnished according to Poe’s “The Philosophy of Furniture” for a 1959 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum (Image: Brooklyn Museum...
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Les Bons Temps for a Baltimore Native
[Baltimore Or Less loves beautiful, talented people - they're so unlike us, yet allow us to live vicariously through their exploits. Jenny Campbell is one of those peeps we love - and now the Baltimore...
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Henry James wrote lavishly of Baltimore
By Jacques Kelly (The Baltimore Sun, 6/13/1995) Henry James in 1910. Wikipedia.org Henry James was one of the most respected writers of his day, but there was no fanfare when he stepped off a train at...
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Annapolis, MD Police Chief Claims 37 Died First Day of Marijuana Legalization...
Annapolis police chief apologizes for citing hoax story in testimony against marijuana legalization By Alex Jackson (Capitalgazette.com, 2/26/2014) Annapolis Police Chief Michael A. Pristoop listens to...
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George Feehley Has Surfed His Way Into The History Of Ocean City, Maryland
George Feehley, who passed away last weekend at the age of 87, is pictured tandem surfing. Photo by Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum ‘George Feehley Has Surfed His Way Into The History Of Ocean...
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Are These Photos of Baltimore Lesbians in the 1920s?
I stumbled on these wonderful photos of 1920s Baltimore women on Ebay. Were they lesbians? Was one a drag queen? Were they dressing up for Halloween or a party? Were they expressing their lifestyle? So...
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A Women’s History Month Salute to Suzi Suzuki
Baltimore or Less honors National Women’s History Month by profiling the remarkable Suzi Suzuki, the San Francisco-based singer and retired adult film star who was featured in one of the most popular...
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The Last Picture Store
An oral history of Video Americain by Jenn Ladd (Baltimore City Paper, March 12, 2014) Barry and Annie Solan in front of the last Video Americain, in Roland Park. The Solans and their two partners at...
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Alex Queral lets his fingers do the carving…
…and his portraits do the talking Baltimore sculptor/painter (and erstwhile Rumba Club musician) Alex Queral takes an ordinary phone book and, using a sharp X-Acto knife and a pot of acrylic medium for...
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Ozzy Osbourne Sends Cease And Desist To Baltimore’s Ozzy Ale
By Brandon Weigel (Baltimore City Paper, 3/26/2014) Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, best known as the frontman of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, has sent a cease and desist letter to the Brewer’s Art...
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Grandpa Simpson’s Johnny Unitas Shout-out
Sports On TV: The Simpsons’ 20 Greatest Golden Age Sports Moments — Dailyfunlists.com Entering the room while Abe is engrossed in Super Bowl III, Mother Simpson has her heart set aflame by Joe Namath’s...
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$500k Worth of Hennessey Stolen From Truck In Baltimore
(CBS Baltimore, 3/26/2014) ROSEDALE, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County police are investigating the theft of more than $500,000 worth of cognac, carried away in a truck and trailer in Rosedale. Police say...
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