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Once Upon a Time in Baltimore

Inside the row houses, hair salons, and bingo games of a lost era

Rafael Alvarez
HUMANITIES, Fall 2021, Volume 42, Number 4

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East Baltimore photo portrait of man and boy
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Around the time of the bicentennial, three photographers, all women, completed a survey of the people and neighborhoods of Baltimore’s east side. This fall their work is being exhibited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and online, with educational content provided by NEH. 

 

 

—Linda Rich, “Hots” and Bobby, 1979, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1162

Fall 2021
Volume 42, Issue 4

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