Remembering Baltimore
Like the tides of the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore’s fortunes have ebbed and flowed through the years, from its bustling beginnings as a colonial port town, to its phenomenal growth in the nineteenth century and its rise to a position of prominence in the commerce of the nation, through the demise of the industrial age and the effects of the suburban flight of the twentieth century. Yet through all the ups and downs, the good times and bad, the city has maintained its unique identity—and has left a vibrant legacy of cultural and technological achievement, captured for posterity through the camera lens.
With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book Historic Photos of Baltimore, Mark Walston provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of this great American city. Remembering Baltimore introduces viewers to the people, places, and events that helped define the town President John Quincy Adams dubbed the "Monumental City.” Filled with more than a century of richly detailed images, Remembering Baltimore offers a revealing journey through time that will appeal to anyone with an interest in how the city contributed to America’s rise to greatness.
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Book details
- Author
- Mark Walston
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Baltimore history · Maryland · historic photography · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · local history · American cities
- ISBN-13
- 9781683368090
About the author
MARK WALSTON is the author of more than nine books and more than 300 essays and articles on American social, cultural, and historical topics. His recent books include Montgomery County, Maryland, Remembering Baltimore and Historic Photos of Baltimore.
Walston has served as a columnist for Washingtonian Magazine and The Chronicle of Higher Education, and has contributed to Bethesda Magazine.
When he’s not writing, Walston has produced campaigns for organizations including Amnesty International and UNICEF, work that reflects the broad social and cultural concerns running through his books and articles.
