Clik here to view.
Husband, Wife and Unborn Child Killed by Bags of Batshit, 1854
Horrible Tragedy in Baltimore (The New York Times, August 23, 1854) On. Saturday last, at dinner time, at Fells Point, an industrious German, who had been engaged in unloading a ship, was, with his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
“Disagreeable” Child Corpses Stink Up Baltimore Streets in the 1850s
(The Baltimore Sun, 8/21/1850) “Disagreeable. — The practice of conveying to the grave, in carriages, the bodies of deceased children, is provoking the censure of many ministers of this city. They say...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Awl-Mighty Mobs
By Brennen Jensen (Baltimore City Paper, 10/28/1998) Photo by Jefferson Jackson Steele On Nov. 3, Baltimoreans (well, about half of them anyway) will march to the polls to vote. Public schools will be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Plug Uglies: The Gang with Their Own City
By Nick Dupree (Yesteeyear.com, 4/11/2012) “…The Plug Uglies grew and grew to be the most powerful and feared club of nativist thugs in history, the term “plug ugly” itself becoming genericized to mean...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Edgar Allan Poe, Interior Design Critic
What scared the author of ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’? Bad design. A room furnished according to Poe’s “The Philosophy of Furniture” for a 1959 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum (Image: Brooklyn Museum...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Les Bons Temps for a Baltimore Native
[Baltimore Or Less loves beautiful, talented people - they're so unlike us, yet allow us to live vicariously through their exploits. Jenny Campbell is one of those peeps we love - and now the Baltimore...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Henry James wrote lavishly of Baltimore
By Jacques Kelly (The Baltimore Sun, 6/13/1995) Henry James in 1910. Wikipedia.org Henry James was one of the most respected writers of his day, but there was no fanfare when he stepped off a train at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Annapolis, MD Police Chief Claims 37 Died First Day of Marijuana Legalization...
Annapolis police chief apologizes for citing hoax story in testimony against marijuana legalization By Alex Jackson (Capitalgazette.com, 2/26/2014) Annapolis Police Chief Michael A. Pristoop listens to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
George Feehley Has Surfed His Way Into The History Of Ocean City, Maryland
George Feehley, who passed away last weekend at the age of 87, is pictured tandem surfing. Photo by Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum ‘George Feehley Has Surfed His Way Into The History Of Ocean...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Are These Photos of Baltimore Lesbians in the 1920s?
I stumbled on these wonderful photos of 1920s Baltimore women on Ebay. Were they lesbians? Was one a drag queen? Were they dressing up for Halloween or a party? Were they expressing their lifestyle? So...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Women’s History Month Salute to Suzi Suzuki
Baltimore or Less honors National Women’s History Month by profiling the remarkable Suzi Suzuki, the San Francisco-based singer and retired adult film star who was featured in one of the most popular...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Last Picture Store
An oral history of Video Americain by Jenn Ladd (Baltimore City Paper, March 12, 2014) Barry and Annie Solan in front of the last Video Americain, in Roland Park. The Solans and their two partners at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alex Queral lets his fingers do the carving…
…and his portraits do the talking Baltimore sculptor/painter (and erstwhile Rumba Club musician) Alex Queral takes an ordinary phone book and, using a sharp X-Acto knife and a pot of acrylic medium for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ozzy Osbourne Sends Cease And Desist To Baltimore’s Ozzy Ale
By Brandon Weigel (Baltimore City Paper, 3/26/2014) Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, best known as the frontman of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, has sent a cease and desist letter to the Brewer’s Art...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Grandpa Simpson’s Johnny Unitas Shout-out
Sports On TV: The Simpsons’ 20 Greatest Golden Age Sports Moments — Dailyfunlists.com Entering the room while Abe is engrossed in Super Bowl III, Mother Simpson has her heart set aflame by Joe Namath’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
$500k Worth of Hennessey Stolen From Truck In Baltimore
(CBS Baltimore, 3/26/2014) ROSEDALE, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County police are investigating the theft of more than $500,000 worth of cognac, carried away in a truck and trailer in Rosedale. Police say...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pratt Library: Best Mixed Martial Arts Venue?
[According to Wikipedia, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, from a variety of other...
View ArticleProduction Of Rye Whiskey Used To Flow Through The State
http://retrobaltimore.tumblr.com/post/81399038992/production-of-rye-whiskey-used-to-flow-through-the
View ArticleClik here to view.
Play Ball: Joan Jett Talks Orioles 2014 Season
[Punk icon Joan Jett grew up in Rockville, Md., and has been an O's fan since the very first game she attended on August 13, 1969, when Jim Palmer threw a no-hitter against the Oakland A's (Joan: "So...
View Article
