Category Archives: Roadside Attractions

Hunter Baltimore Rye

Posted on June 4, 2012 by atomictv

By Fading Ad Blog (11/13/2008) Continue reading “Hunter Baltimore Rye & The Mystery Man of 666 Broadway” at Fading Ad Blog — Vintage mural ads & other signage by Frank H. Jump & friends.

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Best’s “Tilt” Showroom, 1978-1997

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Violet LeVoit

I only remember visiting the BEST store at the corner of Putty Hill Avenue and Goucher Boulevard once, but I sure said something about it to my mother every time we drove past: “It looks like Godzilla stepped on one … Continue reading →

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Desperate Living Set Dismantled, 1977

Posted on May 29, 2012 by atomictv

(The Baltimore Sun, 3/27/1977) “On a farm near Hampstead, a block-long set costing $7,000 was built for Mortville, the queen’s ragtag capital in ‘Desperate Living.’ The set also included the wicken queen’s castle.” Notes from back of photo: “Worker dismantling … Continue reading →

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Inside Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Baltimore

Posted on May 24, 2012 by atomictv

By James Bach (Baltimore Business Journal, 5/24/2012) From statues ranging from a two-headed calf to a man who had the world’s largest nose, there is no shortage of bizarre attractions at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Odditorium in Baltimore. The … Continue reading →

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