Abraham Lincoln Inauguration Not Assured Until He Gave Baltimore Assassins...
Evading Baltimore assassins earned vitriol, and the chance to fight another day. By Geoff Brown (U.S.News & World Report, 2/26/2009) When president-elect Barack Obama walked down the steps of...
View Article“The Flight of Abraham” (Lincoln), March 9th, 1861
By the International Team of Comics Historians (1.) THE ALARM. “On Thursday night, after he had retired, Mr. Lincoln was aroused, and informed that a stranger desired to see him on a matter of life and...
View ArticleCivil War Mummy Arm Moves to Frederick Museum
Arm of the Unknown Soldier: A Friendly Wave (By Roadsideamerica.com, 2/29/2012) It’s been years since we last glimpsed the Arm of the Unknown Soldier, a grisly Civil War relic displayed in a box at the...
View ArticleGray And Blue Jews Of The Civil War
By Yonatan Grossman-Boder (Baltimore Jewish Times, 4/13/2012) Passover was just around the corner that spring in 1862 when J.A. Joel, like so many other Jews, sought fixings for his seder. But it was a...
View ArticleEdgar Allan Poe, Interior Design Critic
What scared the author of ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’? Bad design. A room furnished according to Poe’s “The Philosophy of Furniture” for a 1959 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum (Image: Brooklyn Museum...
View ArticleLes Bons Temps for a Baltimore Native
[Baltimore Or Less loves beautiful, talented people - they're so unlike us, yet allow us to live vicariously through their exploits. Jenny Campbell is one of those peeps we love - and now the Baltimore...
View ArticleHenry James wrote lavishly of Baltimore
By Jacques Kelly (The Baltimore Sun, 6/13/1995) Henry James in 1910. Wikipedia.org Henry James was one of the most respected writers of his day, but there was no fanfare when he stepped off a train at...
View ArticleAnnapolis, MD Police Chief Claims 37 Died First Day of Marijuana Legalization...
Annapolis police chief apologizes for citing hoax story in testimony against marijuana legalization By Alex Jackson (Capitalgazette.com, 2/26/2014) Annapolis Police Chief Michael A. Pristoop listens to...
View ArticleGeorge Feehley Has Surfed His Way Into The History Of Ocean City, Maryland
George Feehley, who passed away last weekend at the age of 87, is pictured tandem surfing. Photo by Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum ‘George Feehley Has Surfed His Way Into The History Of Ocean...
View ArticleAre These Photos of Baltimore Lesbians in the 1920s?
I stumbled on these wonderful photos of 1920s Baltimore women on Ebay. Were they lesbians? Was one a drag queen? Were they dressing up for Halloween or a party? Were they expressing their lifestyle? So...
View ArticleA Women’s History Month Salute to Suzi Suzuki
Baltimore or Less honors National Women’s History Month by profiling the remarkable Suzi Suzuki, the San Francisco-based singer and retired adult film star who was featured in one of the most popular...
View ArticleThe Last Picture Store
An oral history of Video Americain by Jenn Ladd (Baltimore City Paper, March 12, 2014) Barry and Annie Solan in front of the last Video Americain, in Roland Park. The Solans and their two partners at...
View ArticleAlex Queral lets his fingers do the carving…
…and his portraits do the talking Baltimore sculptor/painter (and erstwhile Rumba Club musician) Alex Queral takes an ordinary phone book and, using a sharp X-Acto knife and a pot of acrylic medium for...
View ArticleOzzy Osbourne Sends Cease And Desist To Baltimore’s Ozzy Ale
By Brandon Weigel (Baltimore City Paper, 3/26/2014) Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, best known as the frontman of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, has sent a cease and desist letter to the Brewer’s Art...
View ArticleGrandpa Simpson’s Johnny Unitas Shout-out
Sports On TV: The Simpsons’ 20 Greatest Golden Age Sports Moments — Dailyfunlists.com Entering the room while Abe is engrossed in Super Bowl III, Mother Simpson has her heart set aflame by Joe Namath’s...
View Article$500k Worth of Hennessey Stolen From Truck In Baltimore
(CBS Baltimore, 3/26/2014) ROSEDALE, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County police are investigating the theft of more than $500,000 worth of cognac, carried away in a truck and trailer in Rosedale. Police say...
View ArticlePratt Library: Best Mixed Martial Arts Venue?
[According to Wikipedia, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, from a variety of other...
View ArticleProduction Of Rye Whiskey Used To Flow Through The State
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View ArticlePlay Ball: Joan Jett Talks Orioles 2014 Season
[Punk icon Joan Jett grew up in Rockville, Md., and has been an O's fan since the very first game she attended on August 13, 1969, when Jim Palmer threw a no-hitter against the Oakland A's (Joan: "So...
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