Category Archives: 1960s

Haussner’s Restaurant, WMAR-TV Baltimore, 1961

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Scott Huffines

Baltimore Museum of Industry: “This film was shot for a story on “The Port that Built a City” TV series and aired on WMAR-TV in 1961. Reporter Helen Bentley does an interview in the famous Stag Bar. Haussner’s was featured … Continue reading →

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Baltimore’s 1960s “Sunshine Pop” band The Peppermint Rainbow

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Tom Warner

By Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 10/15/2012) Thanks to Johnny Dollar for reminding us of Baltimore’s forgotten 1960s “sunshine pop” band The Peppermint Rainbow (1967-1970). JD scored the group’s lone LP Will You Be Staying After Sunday at a Joppa Road … Continue reading →

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On ‘Hairspray’s’ 25th anniversary, ‘Buddy Deane’ Committee looks back

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Scott Huffines

By Jessica Goldstein ( Washington Post, 1/18/2013) If you were a teenager in Baltimore in the late 1950s and early 1960s, you watched “The Buddy Deane Show.” When the final bell rang you sprinted home from school, saddle shoes smacking … Continue reading →

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Give Her The Shaver Plus For Christmas

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Scott Huffines

An oldie but goodie from the Baltimore Or Less Christmas archives. Happy Holidays! Tags: luskins

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Rainy Night on Baltimore Street, “The Block,” 1961

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Scott Huffines
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