What a terrific old map. We have struck a gold mine of excellent cartographic material with the Johns Hopkins digital collection. This one shows Baltimore in 1872. Click on it for a much larger, detailed version. ghostsofbaltimore.org/2014/0…

This great old map shows the city of Baltimore in 1894. ghostsofbaltimore.org/2019/0…

This is an incredible old film showing Baltimore’s Pigtown in the 1920s ghostsofbaltimore.org/2020/0…

This is a great post that we’re sharing on our sister site, Ghosts of DC. Airline traffic was getting too heavy for National Airport to handle by the end of the 1940s. The region’s second airport was Friendship International Airport (now BWI) near Baltimore. Though it was closer

Here is a great series of photos we uncovered on Flickr thanks to Kevin Mueller. He has some terrific photos, so check them out. 👉 ghostsofbaltimore.org/2019/0…

This is a beautiful old photograph from 1925 showing a home in Catonsville. And, it’s one that makes you wonder who the people are. What are their names, and what did they do? This is a great photo for our next “Pictures Tell a Story.” It looks like the family standing in front l

Curious what the city looked like over 100 years ago? Check out this old 1910 map of central Baltimore. ghostsofbaltimore.org/2021/0…

What a cool old map of Maryland. This one’s from 1795. Click on it for a larger version. ghostsofbaltimore.org/2014/0…

If you were fortunate enough to own an automobile in the 1920s, you might take a map like this and explore the countryside outside of Baltimore. 👉 ghostsofbaltimore.org/2014/0…

Don’t miss this amazing old map of Baltimore from 1804. 👉 ghostsofbaltimore.org/2019/1…