Category Archives: Burlesque

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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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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Hard-core Nostalgia: R. H. Gardner Remembers Old Baltimore

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Scott Huffines

By Peter Kumpa (The Baltimore Sun, 12/12/1990) There was once a Baltimore where one could walk the streets without worrying about getting mugged, where one traveled by street car, when real people lived in the city and those in Glen … Continue reading →

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“Rock ‘n Roll Girl” Rumbles the Gayety (1956)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Gayety Raid Changes Aim Of Take-Offs Charges Laid Against 2 After Audience Shows It’s Not Slow (The Baltimore Sun, 6/25/1956) Two hundred patrons at the Gayety Theater took off in a hurry yesterday afternoon when the police rackets division raided … Continue reading →

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Gayety Tavern

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Scott Huffines

Gayety Tavern, interior view with customers Baltimore ca. 1935 John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973) 8×10 inch acetate negative Baltimore City Life Museum Collection Maryland Historical Society Photographs (mdhsphotographs.tumblr.com) Tags: jennifer a. ferretti, maryland historical society, mdhs imaging services

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