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Now-and-then pictures: Maryland Yacht Club

THEN: A biplane flies over opening day at the Maryland Yacht Club on the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in 1939. (A. Aubrey Bodine, Baltimore Sun, 1939)

NOW: Heavy vegetation covers much the shoreline of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River behind Harbor Hospital. The Maryland Yacht Club moved from this location to Fairview Beach Road in Pasadena in 1945. (Jerry Jackson, Baltimore Sun, 2016)

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#now-and-then pictures #Maryland Yacht Club #Patapsco River #Middle Branch #retrobalt #yachts #Baltimore #Pasadena #now-and-then #throwback

Now-and-then pictures: Frederick Road in Catonsville

THEN: The 700 block of Frederick Road is seen in Catonsville in 1963. (Robert F. Kniesche, Baltimore Sun, 1963)

NOW: The 700 block of Frederick Road is seen in Catonsville in 2016. (Kim Hairston, Baltimore Sun, 2016)

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#now-and-then pictures #now-and-then #catonsville #retrobalt #Baltimore County #Frederick Road #Old Baltimore

Now-and-then pictures: Baltimore’s Antique Row

THEN: The 800 block of Howard Street in the 1940s was strictly businesses, a block of well-established firms including the A.T. Jones costume house, Smith's books, Independent Beef, American Window Shade, a handful of antique shops and the Harris Auction Gallery. (A. Aubrey Bodine, Baltimore Sun, 1944)

NOW: Some of the buildings may be gone and businesses shuttered, but the 800 block of Howard Street is still home to Baltimore's Antique Row in 2016. (Caitlin Faw, Baltimore Sun, 2016)

#now-and-then pictures #now-and-then #retrobalt #Howard Street #Antique Row #A.T. Jones #Harris Auction Gallery #Antiques #Baltimore antique shops #Retro Baltimore #old Baltimore

New book chronicles history of Baltimore Streetcar Museum

The Baltimore Streetcar Museum on Falls Road in 1968, the year the museum opened. (Richard Stacks, Baltimore Sun files, 1968)

There are a lot of civic treasures we take for granted in Baltimore, one of which is the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, whose collection of vintage streetcars can be seen Sunday afternoons swaying down its Falls Road trackage with clanging bells and happy riders.

#streetcars #baltimore streetcar museum #retrobaltimore #retrobalt #street car #roland park #Theodore McKeldin #book #The Early History of the Baltimore Streetcar Museum #recollections

Now-and-then pictures: Downtown Baltimore skyline

THEN: The Baltimore Trust Company Building (now known as 10 Light Street), right, dominates the downtown skyline in this image taken from the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon in 1933. (A. Aubrey Bodine, Baltimore Sun, 1933)

NOW: The Mercy Hospital complex and downtown skyline are seen from the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon in 2016. (Kim Hairston, Baltimore Sun, 2016)

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#now-and-then pictures #now-and-then #retrobalt #Baltimore skyline #washington monument #Mount Vernon #Baltimore Trust Company #Mercy Hospital #downtown Baltimore

Now-and-then pictures: Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown

THEN: A fruit stand occupies the corner of Eastern Avenue and Clinton Street in Highlandtown in 1951. (Albert D. Cochran, Baltimore Sun, 1951)

NOW: The former market at 3243 Eastern Ave. in Highlandtown is now an outpatient treatment center. (Kim Hairston, Baltimore Sun, 2016)

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Now-and-then pictures: Charles Street

THEN: A broken window (lower right) at the Hubert Humphrey campaign headquarters on Charles Street is the only evidence of a demonstration the day before, on Aug. 28, 1968. Slogans had been pasted on headquarters and 10 were arrested. (William H. Mortimer, Baltimore Sun, 1968)

NOW: The historic townhouse at 409 N. Charles St. is now An die Musik, a concert venue for classical, jazz and world music. (Jerry Jackson, Baltimore Sun, 2016)

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Now-and-then pictures: Cold Spring Lane and Falls Road

THEN: Traffic was at a standstill after and accident at the intersection of Cold Spring Lane and Falls Road in 1947. (Albert D. Cochran, Baltimore Sun, 1947)

NOW: An Exxon station now stands where the Esso station once was on the southwest corner of Falls Road and Cold Spring Lane. (Kim Hairston, Baltimore Sun, 2016)

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