Chronicling the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the early 1900s through striking vintage photographs, Growing Up in Baltimore pays tribute to the enduring courage and spirit of children. In a city that has been, at once, blessed with a rich port and torn apart by war, filled with pristine parks and scarred by the ravages of industrial life, childhood has reflected the ever-changing times and culture in American life. From baseball games and trips to the zoo to schoolyard pals and amusement park rides, children explored the world around them. But the nostalgia and innocence of well-born youth mingled with the harsher realities that many boys and girls knew as their daily lives-laboring in the mills and factories, the haphazard destruction of fires and storms, the segregation of public places, the cold and hunger so keenly felt during the Great Depression.
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Drawing on the outstanding images held in places such as the Enoch Pratt Free Library Photographic Archives and the University of Maryland Baltimore County's Bafford Collection, as well as private collections, school archives, and family albums, author Eden Unger Bowditch has compiled a fascinating glimpse into the life of the child-in all its forms-of Baltimore's past. Showcasing valuable photographs by Lewis Hine, the Baltimore Camera Club, and contemporary amateur photographers, this one-of-a-kind volume will entertain and educate readers of all ages. In its depiction of children at home and at play, at school and at work, Growing Up in Baltimore poignantly illustrates how much things have changed, and how children, in so many ways, will always be the same.
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Seeing children with their families and in their home environment gives us an intimate picture of private life during a particular time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Roland Park, Maryland School, Baltimore County, Civil War, Courtesy of the Evergreen House Foundation, Druid Hill Park, The Johns Hopkins University, Robert Garrett, Courtesy of the Bryn Mawr School, Gwynn Oak Park, Courtesy of Jack Hennessy, Courtesy of Liz Moser, John Work Garrett, University of Maryland, Courtesy of Denny Lynch, Fells Point, Jim Lewis, Mary Anne, Baron of Baltimore, Courtesy of Photography Collections, Electric Park, Francis Scott Key, Harrison Garrett, Lewis Hine, Western High School New!
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Seeing children with their families and in their home environment gives us an intimate picture of private life during a particular time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Roland Park, Maryland School, Baltimore County, Civil War, Courtesy of the Evergreen House Foundation, Druid Hill Park, The Johns Hopkins University, Robert Garrett, Courtesy of the Bryn Mawr School, Gwynn Oak Park, Courtesy of Jack Hennessy, Courtesy of Liz Moser, John Work Garrett, University of Maryland, Courtesy of Denny Lynch, Fells Point, Jim Lewis, Mary Anne, Baron of Baltimore, Courtesy of Photography Collections, Electric Park, Francis Scott Key, Harrison Garrett, Lewis Hine, Western High School New!
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- Star Spangled Banner (1907) by Francis Scott Key on page 11
- Frederick Douglass by Booker T. Washington on page 66
- Three Rivers by Carla J. Mills on page 80
- Bygone Baltimore: A historical portrait by Jacques Kelly in Back Matter
- George Washington's Mount Vernon by Wendell Garrett on page 43
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