Category Archives: Decades

Remembering Chris Toll

Poet Chris Toll died on Sept. 27 at the age of 64. By Bret McCabe (Baltimore City Paper, 10/10/2012) On Sept. 27, 1905, the scientific journal Annalen der Physik received a paper from Albert Einstein that included the famous equation … Continue reading

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Unidentified People with their Pets, Baltimore, 1900s

(Md. Historical Society Photographs, 10/3/2012) [Unidentified people with their pets] ca. 1900-1925 Unidentified photographer 4 x 5 inch glass negative Baltimore City Life Museum Collection Maryland Historical Society MC8255 M MC8255 N MC8255 J Maryland Historical Society MC9253 .1

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Porn Again

Satanic texts, dirty readers, and radical manuals make a potent library By Baynard Woods (Baltimore City Paper, 10/3/2012) A few years Ago, when the peep booths over at Sweden Books on the Block switched to DVD, Kevin I. Slaughter happened … Continue reading

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Hampden is the Hipster Haven, But What’s a Hipster?

Benn Ray of the Hampden Village Merchants Association talks to The List about Hampden’s listing in Forbes as the 15th hippest hipster neighborhood: America’s Hippest Hipster Neighborhoods: #15. Hampden, Baltimore, MD (Forbes, 9/20/2012) “Home to the annual “Hon Fest,” where women tease their hair … Continue reading

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