Category Archives: “The Block”

Morganna rushes infield and kisses Oriole Cal Ripken, 1988

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Remember Morganna, the overly-volumptuous baseball fan who show up at televised baseball games to run onto the field in her hotpants and slobber over the players? Fred Rasmussen at The Sun takes a look back at her Memorial Stadium antics. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Scott Huffines
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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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Porn Again

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Scott Huffines

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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Gayety Theatre, 1935

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Scott Huffines

(Md. Historical Society Photographs, 8/22/2012) Gayety Theatre 405 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore ca. 1935 John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973) 8 x 10 inch film negative Baltimore City Life Museum Collection Maryland Historical Society MC9253 .1 Tags: maryland historical society

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