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Gil Sandler's Baltimore Stories

Gilbert Sandler is one of Baltimore's most-read and well-known local historians. For more than thirty years, through his articles in the Baltimore Sun, the Baltimore Jewish Times, National Public Radi... Read more

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Exodus And Johnny Pica (08-19-19)

Exodus And Johnny Pica (08-19-19)

On the moonless night of February 9, 1947. A shadowy melodrama was being played out on the Lancaster street dock and abo... Read more

21 Aug 2019

2mins

Ranked #2

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Baltimore's Floating Crap Game (6-14-19)

Baltimore's Floating Crap Game (6-14-19)

It’s an easy and comfortable ride for Baltimoreans to get from Highlandtown on the east side of the harbor to Locust Poi... Read more

27 Jun 2019

2mins

Ranked #3

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Penn Station Wedding (08-09-19)

Penn Station Wedding (08-09-19)

Something unusual was going on in Baltimore’s Penn Station on the afternoon of July 25, 1943. In the frenetic war years,... Read more

9 Aug 2019

2mins

Ranked #4

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Cat Rodeo (08-02-19)

Cat Rodeo (08-02-19)

On the evening of July 12, 1929, a small crowd was gathered at the entrance of the Richmond Market. They stood staring a... Read more

5 Aug 2019

2mins

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Schaefer Reenactment (07-19-19)

Schaefer Reenactment (07-19-19)

In 2001 on the 20th anniversary of the Grand Opening of the National Aquarium and of Mayor Schaefer's promise at the tim... Read more

25 Jul 2019

2mins

Ranked #6

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Symphony Farewell (06-28-19)

Symphony Farewell (06-28-19)

The Lyric Theater on the night of May 27, 1982 was historic. The Baltimore Symphony patrons were there to say goodbye—th... Read more

15 Jul 2019

2mins

Ranked #7

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Dolly Flap (07-23-19)

Dolly Flap (07-23-19)

On the evening of January 6, 1967, the scene outside the Mechanic Theater at Baltimore and Charles streets was a busy on... Read more

30 Jul 2019

2mins

Ranked #8

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Folger McKinsey And The Unadored Baltimore Anthem (07-05-19)

Folger McKinsey And The Unadored Baltimore Anthem (07-05-19)

Gil tells us why you don't hear ----Baltimore, Our Baltimore---- ring out at Orioles games, or anywhere, really.See omny... Read more

8 Jul 2019

2mins

Ranked #9

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Blue Laws 08-30-19

Blue Laws 08-30-19

On a Sunday afternoon in 1937, a policemen stationed outside of a Max’s Delicatessen on University Parkway stopped a cus... Read more

29 Aug 2019

2mins

Ranked #10

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Jimmy Wu (07-12-19)

Jimmy Wu (07-12-19)

In 1946, a 25-year-old James Fong Wu who has arrived in Baltimore at age four from Canton China, opened a Chinese restau... Read more

15 Jul 2019

2mins

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Danny's 04-24-20

Danny's 04-24-20

Motorists driving north on Charles Street in late March of 1989 were delighted and excited to see off to their right, hi... Read more

22 Apr 2020

2mins

Ranked #12

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The Time Romance Beat The Great Flu (04-03-20)

The Time Romance Beat The Great Flu (04-03-20)

The great flu that struck Baltimore was so deadly, contagious and debilitating that it pretty much shut down the city--s... Read more

7 Apr 2020

2mins

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Winning And Losing At Yo Yo (03-13-20)

Winning And Losing At Yo Yo (03-13-20)

Baltimoreans opened The Sun paper on the morning of October 1964 to read this modest announcement. "Each city recreation... Read more

7 Apr 2020

2mins

Ranked #14

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Rose Zetzer (11-08-19)

Rose Zetzer (11-08-19)

On a day in 1918, a 16-year-old girl named Rose Zetzer was a student in high school, discussing the assignment 'Shall Wo... Read more

11 Nov 2019

2mins

Ranked #15

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Leona Gage (11-1-19)

Leona Gage (11-1-19)

In the evening of July 15, 1957, Veterans Stadium in Long Beach, California was awash in the lights and music and pagean... Read more

5 Nov 2019

2mins

Ranked #16

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The Diplomats (10-18-19)

The Diplomats (10-18-19)

In the early afternoon of August 23, 1963, three African American diplomats, dressed in full and colorful diplomatic att... Read more

25 Oct 2019

2mins

Ranked #17

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A Baltimore Story From Beyond (10-25-19)

A Baltimore Story From Beyond (10-25-19)

On an evening in 1935, in the living room in a house in Baltimore, a husband and wife are sitting at a small table, faci... Read more

25 Oct 2019

2mins

Ranked #18

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Palughi (9-22-19)

Palughi (9-22-19)

On June 22, 1972, Tropical Storm Agnes hit. The Jones Falls overflowed. Standing at the interception of Northern Parkway... Read more

23 Sep 2019

2mins

Ranked #19

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Love And Marriage On The JFX (09-06-19)

Love And Marriage On The JFX (09-06-19)

At the end of a long summer’s day in 2003, a young Shannon Mullaney was driving home along the Jones Falls Expressway, l... Read more

10 Sep 2019

2mins

Ranked #20

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Mooning Moonlighters (06-21-19)

Mooning Moonlighters (06-21-19)

On the Saturday night of July 7, 1937, crowds are making their way along the Light Street below Pratt to Pier 5, there t... Read more

21 Jun 2019

2mins

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