Tag: Underbelly
On February 17, 1827 an assemblage of distinguished minds from Baltimore’s medical community gathered at the home of Dr. Richard Sprigg…
The city of Baltimore grew up in the Age of the Bicycle. The introduction of the first precursor to the…
When the news broke of Orville and Wilbur Wright’s monumental flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903, it sparked…
Fifty years ago this week the Civil Rights Act of 1964 voided all discriminatory laws (de jure segregation) in the…
In his home town of Baltimore Judge Simon Sobeloff (1894-1973) was known as a man of principle and conscience. Though…
On any given day throughout the 1940s and ’50s, shoppers gathered around the Hutzler Brothers Company’s magical window displays on…
Before the advent of the internet, one of the simplest and most effective ways of getting the word out to…
(This is the first part of a two part series – The second part of the story was posted in…
The waters of the Chesapeake Bay have long sustained life in Maryland, providing both industry and food. Cities and towns…
My house of cards had collapsed! The bubble had busted! I had lost! Lost everything! Millions of dollars. Credit. Happiness.…