Category Archives: 1950s

Baltimore Liquor Stores of the 1950s

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Scott Huffines

William’s Liquor Store, 201 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 1959. Burke’s Cafe, Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 1952. Schreiber’s Liquor Store, Eutaw and Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Maryland, 1952.

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Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, Baltimore, 1954

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Students in plumbing class working in two-story frame shell at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School. Baltimore, 1954. Photo by Al Fenn. (Via bygoneamericana.tumblr.com)

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Baltimore’s Block, 1957: Cop on the Beat

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Scott Huffines

(Md. Historical Society Photographs, 10/3/2012) Cop on the beat East Baltimore Street, Baltimore September 16, 1957 Robert Kniesche (1906-1976) 4 x 5 inch negative Kniesche Collection, ca. 1920-1970 Maryland Historical Society PP79.564

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Play Ball with the Orioles

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Play Ball with the Orioles [preview clip] Described as the “parade of the century”, on April 15, 1954, civic organizations, manufacturers, merchants, and breweries form Baltimore designed elaborate floats and marched from Johns Hopkins, south down Charles Street, west on … Continue reading →

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Flea-market Renoir Allegedly Was Stolen From Baltimore Museum; Auction Canceled

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Ian Shapira, (The Washington Post, 9/27/2012) The lore of the landscape was as irresistible to its owner as its beautiful brush strokes: Renoir had painted it, Baltimore collector Saidie May said, for his mistress on a linen napkin at … Continue reading →

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