Picnic beach. The Pospisils purchased four waterfront lots on Bay Drive in Bowleys Quarters in 1923, clearing trees and opening 200 feet of shoreline to the public as a swimming beach and picnic grounds. Mary Pospisil recalls the family closing up the nightclub late Saturday night, attending 2:30 a.m. Mass at St. Vincent’s church downtown … Read more
Charlie Seidel, commercial crabber, 1967 Description: Photo of Charlie Seidel, commercial crabber, 1967, at Middle River, Maryland. Photo from the collection of Melissa Todd, daughter of Charlie Seidel. Contributor: Melissa Todd
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
Footage of the 2004 Baltimore County Waterfront Festival interspersed with interviews conducted by Essex historian and author Jackie Nickel. Date 10/02/2004 Sun article about a later event: Festival will highlight the county’s waterfront Event will help raise money for aviation museum By Kristi Funderburk (Baltimore Sun, May 12, 2006) When a dozen seaplanes touch down … Read more
