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Category Archives: 1950s
Burlesque-Era “Miami Club” Menu from Baltimore’s “Block” (1950s)
Posted in "The Block", 1950s, Burlesque, Dining, Inner Harbor, Nightlife, Strip Clubs
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The Suicide That Shook Baltimore
“A fellow can keep a lot of things in his safe that haven’t got anything to do with naval intelligence…I know a fellow who keeps a bank vault just to keep 16 photos of Brigitte Bardot locked up.” Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, Baltimore Babylon, Crime, Deaths, Dundalk, Murder, Neighborhoods, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged dundalk, inside detective, margaret d'ambrisio, michael d'ambrosia, murder, suicide
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Blaze Starr’s Wild Animal Acts
I’ve been reading Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America by Leslie Zemeckis, who also directed the hit documentary film of the same title. It’s an oral history of American Burlesque “as told by the performers who … Continue reading
Posted in "The Block", 1950s, Baltimorons, Burlesque, Entertainment, Nightlife, Sex, Strip Clubs, Uncategorized, Vices
Tagged animals, behind the burly q, blaze starr, panthers, strippers
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Brace Yourself for the Baltimore Bracer, the 1950s Pirate Cocktail
From NIP AHOY: THE PICTURE BAR GUIDE by Robert H. Loeb, Jr., Wilcox & Follett, 1954 “‘Here’s an unmarried pirate, with a gleam in his unpatched eye and a yearning within, who’s charted his course to his lady-love’s heart – he … Continue reading