Category Archives: 1970s

Fishing At Back River Near The Sewage Treatment Plant

Posted on February 23, 2012 by atomictv

This is what growing up in Essex and Dundalk in the 70s was like. Carp fishing in the summer, in the winter when Back River would freeze hillbillies would ride their pickups out on the ice and crash through to … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Map: “All-American City” (1977)

Posted on February 2, 2012 by atomictv

By “The 59 King” (Curator, The Big Map Blog) The map was prepared by the Baltimore Department of Planning in 1977 and depicts a pseudo-isometric illustration of dowtown.  The image is freely downloadable by anyone at its highest resolution [6,197px … Continue reading →

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Bar Odyssey: Dundalk to Fells Point

Posted on January 26, 2012 by atomictv

By Tom Nugent (The Baltimore Sun, 3/10/1978) Friday night, Marie’s Tavern, and Shotgun Hank is getting into the Pabst. “Listen here,” says Shotgun, swiveling around on his bar stool, grinning wide as an Oklahoma freeway beneath his blue, Peterbilt trucker’s … Continue reading →

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Now Playing in Baltimore: Saturday, June 6th, 1972

Posted on January 25, 2012 by atomictv

(The Baltimore Sun, 6/6/1972)

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