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Sunday, July 27, 2014

Mr. Vickers' Building and His Inventive Tenants

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Vickers Building, 2014 (Photo Credit: Charmcityhistory.com)     Much has been said about the Vickers Building (219-231 East Redwood Stre...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Baltimore's Own Toy Story - Schwarz and Schwerdtmann

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Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Land Ownership Plot, c1865 (Courtesy: Ancestry.com) According to land records, just about 1,500 feet to the we...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Faded Hints of the Past Series: Baltimore's Five and Dime Store

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Ghost Ad visible from the corner of Marion St. and Park Avenue     It's been several months since CharmCityHistory has highlighted...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

229 Years of Circus History in Baltimore

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  Rickett's Circus, Baltimore (1799) Courtesy: Maryland Gazette newspaper    This week marks the annual arrival of the circus to...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Baltimore's Son of "Big Sam" to Mark His 125th Anniversary

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Joshua Regester (1816-1906) "Big Sam's" Creator    In the Summer of 1875 Baltimore's City Hall was being built and ne...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Baltimore's Secret Order of the Oriole and the Oriole Pageants

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Postcard for the first "Oriole Celebration & Pageant, 1882" (Courtesy: Flickr)     Civic celebrations commemorating notab...
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Lackey Island: Baltimore Harbor's Only Island

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  During a short period in the Spring of 1910, the Baltimore Harbor and Basin would have its only island appear as a rather prominent geogra...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Tyson's Baltimore Chrome Works - Harbor Point's Toxic Past

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   Harbor Point has been in the news for the better part of 25 years since the manufacturing plant that processed chrome from chromite ore...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Skeletons in Baltimore's Closet

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Adam Horn (1792-1843) NYC (Staten Island) and Baltimore Serial "Hatchet Killer"    Being the time of the Halloween season, ...