Retro Baltimore

Stepping back in time in Baltimore and beyond. Brought to you by @baltimoresun.

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Remembering 1970, when the 7th District Congressional seat was decided by only 38 votes https://t.co/fEVd6e00nZ

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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What Baltimore hotel inspired Charles Dickens to write: ‘The most comfortable of all the hotels of which I had any experience in the United States.’ https://t.co/LfDXHpmYin

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Then-and-now photos: East Mount Vernon Place in 1937 and 2020 https://t.co/DWBuepBCM7

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In 1963, a black child made history riding a Baltimore carousel. Now she’s written a children’s book to tell the story. https://t.co/RIJsvZWjZc

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The Baltimore spy who beat the Nazis https://t.co/CjEhdrGgs4

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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What U.S. president toasted Baltimore as ‘The Monumental City’? https://t.co/HxSh6lONp0

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A look back at Judy Garland’s ‘heartbreaking’ night in Baltimore in 1968 https://t.co/I1yfG6GWHV

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Meghan Markle isn’t the first American to marry a British royal. Meet Baltimore’s Wallis Simpson. https://t.co/EL8HlpkKut

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Some facts in the movie ‘The Irishman’ are in dispute. Was that Baltimore concrete plant for real? https://t.co/u7lPEfsFFS

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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What major Baltimore street was originally known as Forest Street? https://t.co/imO9m2hOSQ

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Onetime Orioles pitcher Don Larsen was fearless, hard-drinking and quite a character https://t.co/37xtdrstKN

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Then-and-now pictures: Charles Village homes at 25th and Calvert streets in 1969 and 2019 https://t.co/VRYw6JvYOp

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60 years ago, the Colts won the NFL championship, but does anyone remember? https://t.co/NLJS9jQWPt

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Retro Baltimore Trivia: After Queen Elizabeth II attended her first American football game at the University of Maryland in College Park in 1957, what store did she insist on visiting? Extra credit if you can name the (very appropriate) location. https://t.co/UEyJxywn4p

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Then-and-now photos: Sorting holiday mail at Baltimore's Main Post Office in 1956 and 2019 https://t.co/8r67ybO8Jo

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Retro Baltimore Trivia: What former Md. governor and Baltimore mayor was the founder of Santa Claus Anonymous, the charity that sponsors the annual Marathon Football Games? (Extra credit if you can name what colleges played in the first game in 1966.) https://t.co/trlaQYPp05

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Patterson Park’s White House, after years of hard use, begins a renovation https://t.co/flgoWEVaw9

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Could little-known civil rights history save Cab Calloway’s Druid Heights house? Some supporters think so. https://t.co/F2JhKcXNwL

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Retro Baltimore: Then-and-now photos: Port Covington in 1940 and 2019. https://t.co/ffh41T2x38

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'The ship that launched a nation’: Iconic piece of nautical Baltimore history to be auctioned off in Missouri https://t.co/75fwpKNbdt