Aero Acres yard is out of this world Aero Acres resident Ron Alder stands next to his homemade UFO and R2-D2. For 17 years Alder’s UFO has been a staple in the 1000 block of Orems Road. According to Adler, he built the UFO for his grandchildren to play in. It is made of two … Read more
Holzknecht’s Middle River Resort and Ice Plant, located at Eastern Ave. and Middle River Bridge, 1915
Shown in front of the New Essex Bowling Alleys around 1950, Howard Bates and William Weinkam, police detectives from the Essex precinct, seem overdressed for the sport. Nevertheless, bowling was a popular activity not only with league play, but for weekend entertainment as well. The wooden bowling pins at the New Essex lanes were set … Read more
Terri Knachel receives her certificate at Safety Town, which was located behind Eastpoint Mall in the 1970s. Safety Town was a miniaturized village used to educate children about the laws of the road. Source – Patty Orndoff Dziuba
Magilla, a young chimpanzee, poses with his owner outside of Eastern Pet Shop. Date – 1960s Contributor – Jimbo Woodrow Buckler
All Aboard For Back River! (The Baltimore Sun, 7/23/1911) …’A trip to Back River is worth taking. Once there were two young men standing at Baltimore and Holliday streets watching the crowds board the cars. One of the men was a chap who knew the last names of half the bartenders in town and could … Read more
Ron “Daddy Kool” Alder and family, Baltimore Civic Center car show, 1970s
2nd Annual Hon Tea at the Heritage Museum, 2015 Article about the following year’s Hon Tea: 3rd Annual Hon Tea benefits Heritage Museum of Essex & Middle River By Lisa Harlow (Avenue News, 4/19/2016) Attention all Hons: Spray up your beehive, don your finest leopard print and get yourself all dolled up for the third … Read more
