Category Archives: 1950s

Happy 4th of July from Essex, Maryland, 1950s

Posted on July 4, 2013 by atomictv
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Baltimore Liquor Stores of the 1950s

Posted on February 15, 2013 by atomictv

William’s Liquor Store, 201 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 1959. Burke’s Cafe, Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 1952. Schreiber’s Liquor Store, Eutaw and Lexington Streets, Baltimore, Maryland, 1952.

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Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School, Baltimore, 1954

Posted on December 4, 2012 by atomictv

Students in plumbing class working in two-story frame shell at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School. Baltimore, 1954. Photo by Al Fenn. (Via bygoneamericana.tumblr.com)

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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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