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Looking north along the 4600 block of Falls Road from West Cold Spring Lane in the Cross Keys Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Rowhomes, an automobile, and streetcar tracks are visible. Named after a nearby inn, Cross Keys Village was established by African Americans after the Civil War. In the 1960s, the majority of the…

4600 block of Falls Road

Description

Looking north along the 4600 block of Falls Road from West Cold Spring Lane in the Cross Keys Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Rowhomes, an automobile, and streetcar tracks are visible. Named after a nearby inn, Cross Keys Village was established by African Americans after the Civil War. In the 1960s, the majority of the houses in the neighborhood were razed to make room for the development of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute-Western High School campus.

Creator

Date

circa 1925

Collection Number

PBGN

Dimensions

8 x 10 inches

Object ID

CC6569-2

Extent

1 negative (from group of 3)

Resource ID

483

Notes

This collection is part of the larger Baltimore City Life Museum Collection, transferred to the Maryland Historical Society (now Maryland Center for History and Culture) in 1998.

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.