Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "Baltimore"

Commencement Ticket, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., March 18, 1890

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 03:29:02 +0000

"College of Physicians and Surgeons. 18th Annual Commencement, Academy of Music, Tuesday, March 18, 1890, 12 M. Admit bearer."

For a similar ticket, see Commencement Exercises Ticket, June 18, 1886.

Cruikshank Apple Butter Blotter, Pittsburgh, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 05:36:03 +0000

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"'No thanks,' said Banks, I want Cruikshank Delicious Apple Butter. Cruikshank Bros. Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A. Cubro Apple Butter. Net weight 2 lbs. avoir. H. Gamse & Bro. Litho., Balto., Md."

Ontario Drill Company, East Rochester, New York

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:38:27 +0000

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"Ontario Drill Company, East Rochester, N.Y. Eventually you will sell 'Ontario,' why not start now. Hoe or disc. H. Gamse & Bro., Lith., Balto., Md."

An advertising ink blotter for the Ontario Drill Company, which manufactured grain drills and other agricultural equipment.

Baltimore Steam Packet Company Pass, 1911

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 17:52:28 +0000

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"Baltimore Steam Packet Co. Bay Line, 1911. Pass Mr. John F. Auch, Frt Traf. Mgr-–Philadelphia & Reading Rwy, until December 31st unless otherwise ordered. John R. Sherwood, president & general manager. No. 1726. Not valid unless countersigned by W. W. Erdman or myself. Florida."

According to Wikipedia, "The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, nicknamed the Old Bay Line, was an American steamship line from 1840 to 1962 that provided overnight steamboat service on the Chesapeake Bay, primarily between Baltimore, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia."

The steamer Florida, which is pictured on the pass, was a propeller-driven, steel-hulled vessel built by the Maryland Steel Company in 1907. For another illustration of the ship, see Steam Packets on the Chesapeake: A History of the Old Bay Line since 1840 (Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 1961), by Alexander Crosby Brown, p. 82.

John F. Auch was a freight traffic manager for the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, which later changed its name to the Reading Railroad and was immortalized as one of the railroads featured on the Monopoly game board.

Compare this pass with an Adirondack Steamboat Company Pass, 1897:

Mr. Fortune Is Wishing You Happiness!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:38:56 +0000

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"Wishing you a fortune in happiness! Mr. Fortune. WCBM."

Homer Todd, shown here holding a telephone handset and sitting in front of a microphone in this postcard-sized promotional photo, originated the Dialing for Dollars program on Baltimore, Maryland, radio station WCBM in 1939. As "Mr. Fortune," he would randomly call phone numbers and award cash prizes to listeners who answered the phone and could tell him the amount of money he was offering as a prize (the amount increased each time the phone went unanswered or the wrong amount was given as an answer).

Dialing for Dollars turned out to be wildly successful and was carried on many different stations as a franchised program first on radio and then on television into the 1970s. Todd--his full name was Homer Ulric Todd, Jr.--apparently continued his career as Mr. Fortune at WCBM until at least 1950. He passed away in 1967 at the age of 56.

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Davidson Modern Movers Matchbook

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:20:22 +0000

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"Davidson Modern Movers. Agents: United Van Lines, Inc. Pre-planned moving in sanitized vans. Davidson. Fast motor freight. Proven dependability since 1896. 'Feature' matchbook. Pat. 1,839,845-6. Lion Match Co., Baltimore, Md."

A die-cut matchbook cover.

Stays Out Too Late

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 21:44:04 +0000

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Handwritten note on the back of the photo: "Baltimore, MD, 1950's."

Poor fellow! I guess the rules were stricter in the 1950s!

Bob on His Bike with His Mouth Open as Usual

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:47:12 +0000

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Handwritten on the back of the photo: "Bob has his mouth 'opened' as usual. 3/27/38"

Stamped on back: "Ritz-y Printz, Mar 28, 1938, 1112 G St., Washington, 16 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, 707 Boardwalk, Atlantic City."

Clarence L. Capewell, Manager, Popp's Music Hall, Baltimore, Md.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:21:40 +0000

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"Clarence L. Capewell, manager of Popp's Music Hall, Ensor & Mott Sts. Select dancing Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday nights. Always glad to see my friends. Baltimore, Md."

Orchilla Guano: The Great Soil Enricher

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:44:18 +0000

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"Orchilla Guano. The great soil enricher. Will grow big corn. Improves the quality and increases the quantity of the wheat; used with great success on berries, peach trees and all kinds of vegetables. Never fails on grass. R. A. Wooldridge & Co., importers, 64 Buchanan's Wharf, Baltimore, Md."

The stars and stripes of the U.S. flag seem to be an odd choice for the background of this nineteenth-century trade card that advertised imported bird, uh, manure.

For another card from the same company, see Orchilla Guano:

Orchilla Guano

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:36:22 +0000

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"Orchilla Guano 'AA' the great soil enricher. R. A. Wooldridge & Co., importers, Baltimore, Md."

Such a nice colorful Victorian-era advertising trade card for, uh, "guano."

Erasers for Technical Men

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:15:44 +0000

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"Erasers for Technical Men. Draftsmen, designers, architects, artists, engineers. Made in U.S.A. A. W. Faber, Newark, N.J."

What, no erasers for women!?

H. M. Bruck, Merchant Tailor, Baltimore, Md.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:46:01 +0000

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"H. M. Bruck, merchant tailor, No. 118 Park Avenue, near Lexington Street, Baltimore."