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Category Archives: 1920s
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Baltimore, Maryland 1918-1933
Compiled by Michael T. Walsh, University of Maryland Baltimore County for the Maryland State Archives The constitutional enactment of national prohibition in 1920 and its progressive aim of uplifting American society only lasted until 1933. Public opinion evolved in those … Continue reading
The Original Flagpole Sitter (Alvin Aloysius “Shipwreck” Kelly)
1929: `Shipwreck’ Kelly inspired 20 Baltimoreans to engage in what Cosmopolitan termed `competitive imbecility.’ By Frederick N. Rasmussen, (The Baltimore Sun,11/20/1999) It was perhaps the last giddy excess of the Jazz Age when, during the summer of 1929, Baltimore for … Continue reading
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