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Hermaphrodite and a dog in a carnival trailer, MD. , 1970
Hermaphrodite and a dog in a carnival trailer, MD. , 1970 Diane Arbus Tags: diane arbus
View ArticleRaunchy Texts at Camden yards
Gettin raunchy at Camden yards pic.twitter.com/uxSsSQzAVV — Steven Stavrou (@Steven_Stavrou) June 8, 2017
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“Smoke Columbian” – Pranksters at work at the Elkton, MD Drive-In (1978)
A Sign of the Times — Pranksters at work at the Elkton Drive-In. (Cecil Whig, July 5, 1978 via Delmarva History)
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Baltimore Oyster Luggers (1905)
Shorpy.com: Baltimore circa 1905. “Oyster luggers at the docks.” Panorama made from two 8×10 inch glass negatives. Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
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American Dime Museum Press Clippings
I’m scanning old photos and articles from the 90s – visit this page for Baltimore’s American Dime Museum Press Clippings. Tags: american dime museum
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Baltimore County “Hell House” Visit, 2000
Scott’s extremely scary visit to HELL HOUSE! By Scott Huffines (The Mobtown Shank, 10/31/2000) On Sunday, Oct. 29th, 2000, I visited HELL HOUSE, “a spiritually-based adventure that takes people on a...
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Serious Comics: 1987 Baltimore Comic Book Stores article
By Lou Maistros (Baltimore City Paper, 10/30/1987) Click to enlarge images:
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Why have Baltimoreans been hoarding this rye whiskey?
(By Andrew Zaleski, Washington Post, 1/25/2018) Baltimore writer Van Smith has stashed away nearly three cases of Pikesville Supreme. (André Chung/For The Washington Post) In the summer of 2016, Naomi...
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National Brewing Company’s “James Bond’s 007 Special Blend” (1968)
“A subtle blend of premium beer and malt liquor.” Bond Lifestyle: “The James Bond’s 007 Special Blend cans featured attractive women posing in front of famous London backdrops. The brand was pulled...
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Walmart sells Misshapen Wooden Maryland Object
This Maryland-shaped Walmart item … doesn’t really look like Maryland By Wesley Case (The Baltimore Sun, 2/28/2018) It happened again, Walmart. After a 2016 blunder involving a University of Maryland...
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Umberto’s – The Total Look
Celebrated Summer Record Store owner Tony Pence recently posted a photo of one of my favorite signs in Baltimore: Umberto’s – The Total Look. In the early-through-late 90s I spent many hours at the bar...
View ArticleBaltimore Axehole Douses Self with Body Spray, Lights Cigarette, Blows Up Car
At 1124 today, #BCoFD and #BCoPD responded to a vehicle fire at 1620 Whitehead Ct. in #Woodlawn. Subject had sprayed aerosolized deodorant and then lit cigarette. Patient was transported to Bayview...
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Dark Shadow’s David Selby Haunts 1969 Baltimore Parade
On Sept. 14, 1969, David Selby was grand marshal of the “I Am An American Day Parade” in Baltimore, Maryland. It was a huge event: Crowd numbers were estimated to have topped 200,000 for the Sunday...
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Back River Amusement Parks Hotbed of Prostitution and Venereal Diseases, 1920s
Report of the United States Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board for The Fiscal Year Ended June 30 1922 Baltimore, Md. — “Back River” has been a by-word in Maryland for 20 years. Navy medical...
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Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer long wondered if he’s related to JFK. At 72,...
Jim Palmer, adopted at birth and pictured in 1979, had a Hall of Fame baseball career, never spending much time thinking about his birthparents. After 72 years, though, his wife put the pieces...
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Ocean City Boardwalk Trump T-Shirts, 2019
A selection of Trump fantasy t-shirt designs found on the Ocean City Boardwalk at the end of the vacation season, late September 2019.
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Baltimore’s Blue Tattoo Man
Feeling Blue: Some People Are Born Freaks. Jim Hall Turned Himself Into One https://citypaperarchives.com/story.php?id=17390 By Charles Cohen | Jan. 21, 2009 Feeling Blue: Some People Are Born Freaks....
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Atomic TV’s Random Rona Playlist
Here’s some holiday lockdown videos with a Baltimore theme to watch while you grumble about indoor dining and/or holiday gatherings over the holidays (menu subject to change!): Atomic TV’s 1999...
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Everything Old is Agnew Again
by Lisa Greenhouse Spiro T. Agnew seems to be rattling around in the collective unconscious lately, like a repellent archetype we thought we had buried long ago but that is suddenly resurrected as...
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Baltimore: Come and Be Shocked
by Lisa Greenhouse Outside Looking In: Mary Rizzo looks at Baltimore beyond the charm and the harm What do outsiders imagine when they think of Baltimore? Mary Rizzo’s absorbing new book, Come and Be...
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