Underbelly Archives – Page 13 of 18 – Maryland Center for History and Culture

Our Baltimore Orioles are off to a bit of a slow start this year, but it is ridiculously early to…

As you may know, in addition to being Earth Awareness Month and Financial Literacy Month, April is also National Poetry…

Although it’s rare, a sporting event can sometimes transcend its role as pure competition and entertainment. Boxing in particular seems…

In July of 1921, four men in a Ford Model T pulled up to survey a small riverside clearing in…

Almost one hundred years ago, the world famous magician Harry Houdini dazzled a crowd of 50,000 with one of his…

With St. Patrick’s Day approaching we thought it would be appropriate to feature three of the more beautiful and intriguing…

Working at the Maryland Historical Society, you get to see some pretty amazing things on a daily basis. From Francis…

This Saturday night, the Young Defenders of the Maryland Historical Society will be hosting its second annual Bootlegger’s Bash party…

In this Valentine’s Day poem, Cupid promises the holiday’s namesake patron, St. Valentine, that he will search high and low…

Over the 200 years since the death of Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), his story has become a muddled combination of fact,…

In 1976, Maryland Institute College of Art photography professor Linda G. Rich, and two of her students, Joan Clark Netherwood…

If you are fortunate enough to live or work in Mount Vernon, you’ve probably noticed the barricades that recently went…

Several days after Benjamin and Kitty Cohen hosted their glamorous party, James Macon Nicholson (1807-1975) dutifully fulfilled his promise to…

The holiday season at Hutzler’s, the famed Maryland department store chain, was always merry and bright. Each location was trimmed…

On June 1, 1858 a motley group of artists, poets, journalists, business and railroad men, and photographers boarded a Baltimore…