Category Archives: “The Block”

Tesco Vee Sells His Soul to Visit Baltimore, “Capital of Sleaze”!

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Tom Warner

WAY USA host Tesco Vee makes a pact with the Devil to meet John Waters! In 1988, MTV was still cool, if only for one show. Way USA  was an ultra-cool, albeit short-lived, underground travel series that aired on MTV … Continue reading →

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The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Scott Huffines

Baltimore’s Great Fire Created As Well As Destroyed Tour on Great Fire’s anniversary draws crowd By Jay Hancock (The Baltimore Sun, 2/6/2011) One hundred seven years after Harry met Martha at the edge of hell, two people who resulted from … Continue reading →

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Gayety Burlesk Theatre photos, 1933

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Scott Huffines

Gayety Theatre stage productions 405 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland September or October 1933 John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973) 8×10 inch acetate negative Arthur U. Hooper Memorial Collection Baltimore City Life Museum Collection Maryland Historical Society MC9271 .1 MC9271 .6 Click … Continue reading →

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