Historic Photos of Baltimore

by Mark Walston (Text by)

Overview

From the Great Fire to the Preakness, blue crabs to row houses, Historic Photos of Baltimore is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's of 'the Monument City' in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Baltimore and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Baltimore!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683369318
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	08/01/2008
Series:	Historic Photos
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Mark Walston is an award-winning writer and historian whose numerous books, essays, popular features, and documentaries have explored an array of American subjects, from eighteenth-century slave culture to nineteenth-century occasional verse to twentieth-century shopping malls. He formerly served as a historian with the State of Maryland and the United States Department of the Treasury, and was president and CEO of Concept Foundry, the design and communications firm based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Editorial Reviews

Since photography was invented in 1839, Baltimore has grown more than sixfold and been the scene of numerous booms and busts. This addition to Turner Publishing's well-edited Historic Photos series spotlights a metropolis that earned nicknames ranging from "Mobtown" and "Monument City" to "Comeback City" and our favorite, "The City That Reads."

Photography is a mirror with a memory. That's how Mark Walston sees it in this exquisite book of photographs and short essays. Offering both a history of photography and of Baltimore, Walston evokes Baltimore's rich past from Fells Point, which was once the nation's second-busiest immigration port, just after Ellis Island, to its tailor shops, which rivaled those of New York City. Gathered from a wide range of sources (including the Library of Congress, Harvard Library and the Baltimore Camera Club), these nearly 200 black-and-white photographs span Baltimore during the 19th and 20th centuries. A Maryland historian, Walston knows how to make history a picturesque and memorable read.
—Diane Scharper

The Baltimore Sun