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Baltimore signs during Great Depression era

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The Sun’s Darkroom staff continues its look at Baltimore during and shortly after the end of the Great Depression (thanks to Yale’s Photogrammar site). This week we collected images of signs around Baltimore. All captions are the original text provided with that image.

Seafood sign. Baltimore, Maryland. (John Vachon / July 1938) Baltimore, Maryland. Painting a sign on a trolley at the paint shop of the maintenance terminal of the Baltimore Transit Company. (Marjory Collins / April 1943) Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Worker in front of a port sign on the shipways. (Arthur S. Siegel / May 1943) Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A safety sign concerning gasoline truck. (Arthur S. Siegel / May 1943) Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Schedule sign. (Arthur S. Siegel / May 1943) Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A shipyard sign. (Arthur S. Siegel / May 1943) Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A shipyard sign. (Arthur S. Siegel / May 1943) Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Workers' nursery sign. (Arthur S. Siegel / May 1943) Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Shipyard sign. (Arthur S. Siegel / May 1943) Baltimore, Maryland. Sign company. (Marjory Collins / April 1943) Baltimore, Maryland. Restaurant sign on Baltimore street. (Arthur Rothstein / April 1939) Restaurant sign on Baltimore street. (Arthur Rothstein / April 1939) Sign. Baltimore, Maryland. (Arthur Rothstein / April 1939) Sign, Baltimore street, Baltimore, Maryland. (Arthur Rothstein / April 1939) Advertisement on U.S. 1 on outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland. (Unknown photographer and date) Sign on Baltimore Pike, Maryland. (February 1937) Transportation. Car pooling at Glenn Martin. On the "auto pooling" bulletin board in the Glenn Martin aircraft plant, car owners willing to carry extra passengers list information on their routes and destinations. (Howard Liberman / June 1942) Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety bulletin. (Arthur S. Siegel Baltimore, Maryland. Sign on a church. (Marjory Collins / April 1943)


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