Category Archives: Nightlife

Ice Scraper, Memory Lane, Pigtown, Maryland

Posted on November 19, 2012 by atomictv

Ice Scraper, Memory Lane (closed), 1990s, Pigtown, Maryland.

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Baltimore’s Block, 1957: Cop on the Beat

Posted on November 15, 2012 by atomictv

(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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All Aboard For Back River!

Posted on October 24, 2012 by atomictv

“Be a roughneck for once and ride down to Back River,” he suggested. “There’ll be rough stuff there if you want it, but you’ll he safe enough if you’re good.” (The Baltimore Sun, 7/23/1911) Click for large image ”HEY, wait … Continue reading →

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Porn Again

Posted on October 3, 2012 by atomictv

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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