A Busy Scene Along the Wharves, Baltimore, MD

Beautifully detailed postcard of an active wharf along the Baltimore harbor in the early 1900's. The postcard's author relates that she got on a steamer at this location which took her to Port Deposit, Maryland.

Here is where we got on the steamer to go to Port Deposit. Katie 8/22/'06

Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907)
Publisher: Illustrated Postcard Company, New York Printed in: US?

Recipient and Address: Mr. John Sachs, Jr. 228 St. James St., Lancaster, PA
Postmark(s): Port Deposit, MD Aug 22, 1906 - Lancaster, PA Aug 23, 1906
Cancelled Ben Franklin Penny stamp

Oyster Fleet in Harbor, Baltimore, Md.

From the boats themselves to the many canneries at the harbor's edge, the oyster market was a significant part of the Baltimore economy at the turn of the century.

E.L. Buell

Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907)
Publisher: J. Thos. Smith, Baltimore, Md (#104) Printed in: Germany



Recipient and Address: Miss Nesbit, 603 Whitney Bldg Detroit, Michigan
Postmark(s): Baltimore, MD Oct 21 1907
Cancelled