Baltimore City Hospital and College of Physicians and Surgeons

City Hospital, founded by six "Sisters of Mercy" was the forerunner of Mercy Hospital. The college was in existence from 1872 to 1915, when it merged with the Medical College of the University of Maryland. For more information on the college...



Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907)
Publisher: I.&M. Ottenheimer. No. 4603. Printed in Germany.

Johns Hopkins - Old Campus in Downtown, Baltimore

I recently acquired this multi-view card of buildings from the original downtown Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins University. From left to right: McCoy & Levering Hall, Treasurer's Office, Biological Laboratory, and McCoy Hall (bottom left). Sent from an unknown student to Dr. Albert Johannsen in Needleton, Colorado. Dr. Johannsen was a noted microscopical petographer of the era.

9-13-'03 Dear friend: We are now all back again in Baltimore. Tomorrow school begins, and that means work for us all. Trusting you are enjoying good health. I am "Can you guess?"

Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907)
Publisher: National Art Views, N.Y. City, No. 551




Recipient and Address: Dr. Albert Johannsen, Needleton, Colorado Postmark(s): Mailed from Baltimore, MD Sep 13 1903/Durango, CO Sep 17 1903/Needleton, CO Sep 18 1903

The Old State Normal School Towson, Baltimore, MD

Opened in 1866 as a state teachers' training school, MSNS, the (Maryland) State Normal School was the forerunner of the current Towson University. In between, it was named Towson State University, from which my brother graduated in 1977. For more information on Towson University history...



Era: White Border (1915-1930)
Publisher: The Chessler Co., Baltimore, MD No. 69

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University, a Baltimore institution. An avid abolitionist, Johns Hopkins was not a doctor as some might have guessed, but a successful business man and philanthropist. My father graduated from JHU circa 1950, courtesy of the GI Bill.
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Era: White Border Era (1915-1930)
Publisher: W.E.C. Harrison & Sons, Inc. Baltimore, MD
Tichnor Quality Views - Printed by Tichnor Brothers, Cambridge, MA