Baltimore History Photos

If you can identify anyone in these photos and more information about them, click "Identify people in photo" below each photograph. Or, contact Jobi Zink at 410-732-6400, x26 or jzink@jewishmuseummd.org.
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Who Is That Stranger? A photograph of an unknown man is pictured in an undated postcard.


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All Planned Out: A group of unidentified men stand around a large architectural model.


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Where’s The Plug? Seven unidentified young men, with the one on the right holding a shofar, appear in an undated photo.


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Debating The Classics: Three unidentified young men debate a page from the Talmud; no date is given.


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In For Life: Three unidentified women smile at the camera, one of them holding a Life Member certificate.


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How About A Smile? An unidentified couple, circa 1912, lean on a small pillar in a photographic studio.


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Good Words: An unidentified man speaks inside an unidentified synagogue, no date given.


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The World Is A Stage: The Queen Ann’s Lodge senior performance, with women dressed in various costumes, is from the late 1940s. Front row, seated, (left to right): Shirley Meister, Annette Steel, Marilyn Leibowitz, Ethel Americk, Mollye Pollokoff and unidentified; middle row (left to right): Freda Leibowitz, Ida Jaffe, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Bess Horshoff, unidentified, unidentified.; back row: all unidentified.


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Fun With Friends: Unidentified women stand outside in this photo, circa 1920s. Esther Flehinger is probably in the picture.


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Summer Eats: Two unidentified women hold a basket in a vegetable garden in an undated photograph.


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Flock of Daughters: An unidentified family with parents and four girls in an undated photo.


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Fancy Shmancy: An unidentified couple pose. “In Love, from your children, April 28, 1939,” is written on the photo.



In partnership with the Jewish Museum of Maryland, the Baltimore Jewish Times is helping to fill in the gaps of local history by presenting these photos and seeking your clarification. More of the Jewish Museum of Maryland's extensive photograph collections are at www.jewishmuseummd.org.