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Name: Vern Costa <VernCosta@msn.com> Date: 2007-05-18 Comments:
Noticed a postcard of Eastern High School. My mother, Harriet Morrill, graduated from Eastern in 1929 when it was an all female high school. I have the album from her class. She transfered from Bridgewater, MA and her picture never appeared in the yearbook.
Vern Costa Marstons Mills MA
Name: Joseph Gutierrez <joseph.gutierrez4@us.army.mil> Date: 2007-01-10 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? yes Comments:
I have 21 postcards of the Fifth Regiment both the armory and soldiers. I would be more than happy to send you pictures of them for your site. I hope you still monitor it.
Joe
Name: Dolores Gareis <DolGareis@aol.com> Date: 2006-02-14 Would you like to see more postcards? YES Do you have postcards to contribute? Perhaps Comments:
I am a former resident of Baltimore, Md. I am interested in a postcard of Belair Market where my grandfather Pietro Ferruggio had a barbar shop across the street on Forest St. He also owned several businesses on that block. They lived at 5002 Harford Road. <br>I will look to see if I have any old postcards. Thank you so much for this wonderful collection. Dolores
Name: Jack Chew <jnmchew@att.net> Date: 2005-05-19 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
I have some souvenier books (pamphlets actually) of the Great Baltimore fire, one large photograph (sepia tone)of qa Baltimore "Parlor Car" with 7 individuals in motorman's uniforms. The name "Mermaid" is lettered across the front. I believe that this was an excursion car on either the Roland Park line or the Gwynn Oak Park line around the turn of the 20th century.
I also have my grandfather's League of American Wheelmen cloth bicycle map of Baltimore and the surrounding area.
None of this material is for sale but I would gladly consent to having copies made if they would be of any use to your project.
Name: steve fortson <steve@harbornet.com> Date: 2004-04-30 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Comments:
Hello:
I just found your site by accident and it is wonderful. A great concept plus superb development!
Name: Lauren <llyon002@yahoo.com> Date: 2004-03-26 Comments:
Thank you for facinating website. These postcards are a treasure.
Name: V.O.Cooper <nonrevrepooc@yahoo.com> Date: 2003-12-13 Comments:
Good! Visited Baltimore for USAF Reunion in Sept. '03.
Took pictures but needed identities of some. Your postcards were helpful.
Thank you,
Name: Dolly <dsz@bcpl.net> Date: 2003-10-28 Comments:
Hello!
Name: Bekeny Paul <bekeng05@yahoo.com> Date: 2003-08-16 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
I,m so impressed and it will be my pleasure to one day pay a visit to Baltimor. I graatly appreciate all the work of arts and my prayers are that it should always be a beautiful place by the grace of the almighty God
Name: Robert Jandorf <PPJPHARM@HOTMAIL.COM> Date: 2003-08-13 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no, we collect them also Comments:
we also have Ottenheimer postcards -we would be happy to show them to you.
Name: Harry K.A. Shuron <klbreez530@aol.com> Date: 2003-07-10 Would you like to see more postcards? no Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
I just enjoy this site being I'm an "BALERMERIUN"
I appreciate what you have here, Thanks
Name: Cidell <cidell02@msn.com> Date: 2003-05-13 Would you like to see more postcards? Absolutely! Comments:
This was a wonderful find and will send me on to collecting these fabulous postcards. Thank you for showcasing this bit of history!
Name: Glenn Peddicord <g.peddicord@verizon.net> Date: 2003-03-01 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? Yes Comments:
I enjoyed looking through all of postcards. I have spoken to Mr. Barnes many times in the past and he has helped me with my genealogy. I have about 250 MD. postcards and about 150 Baltimore postcards in my collections. Many of these I have already scanned in at 300 DPI. I would be willing to share these images. I also have a few Stereoview images of Baltimore which are very hard to find anymore.
Name: Cindy D'Adamo <framboisee@yahoo.com> Date: 2002-10-01 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes! Do you have postcards to contribute? No, sorry! Comments:
A native of Baltimore, I'm interested in historical memorablilia. My father has a photo collection of 'Old' Baltimore-the shop windows, etc. I enjoyed your postcards! Am looking for photos/memorabilia from Gwynn Oak Park.
Name: Martha Saunders <babydove42@hotmail.com> Date: 2002-09-20 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
like a postcard of the Old School on Broadway, use to be called Columbia Avenue years ago. my mom and dad use to go to night school there years ago, thats how they met one another and their married now
Name: John Schmidt <JSchmidJr@att.net> Date: 2002-04-16 Would you like to see more postcards? YES Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
Just forgot to say....My Grandparents arrived in Baltimore on 11 March 1887 from Germany. The beergarden was called:
The Harmonie.. I mispelled it before.
They lived at 1008 Eastern Ave at the 1900 Census.
Again, thanks for a great site of my birthplace
Name: John Schmidt <JSchmidJr@att.net> Date: 2002-04-16 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? Again sorry, No Comments:
I was born in Baltimore. Sept 1931. We moved to the Panama Canal in 1934....so I have no childhood memories of Baltimore. My Grandparents "owned"-operated" the German Hormonie beergarden...on Layfette off of Paca.
I would love to be able to see what that looked like. Anyway I can find something on that?
Thanks....your site was really special and I enjoyed browsing through the files.
John Schmidt
Tallahassee, Fl
Name: jean belt <DALHILL18611@msn.com> Date: 2002-03-12 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
It is impressive how many of the choices for postcards are still Baltimore landmarks.
Name: Cindy Bailey <bbaileys39@aol.com> Date: 2002-02-06 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
This is a wonderful resource. It has given me the opportunity to view Baltimore as my relatives have seen it through the years.
Name: Dolores Gareis <DolGareis@aol.com> Date: 2001-12-11 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
My family is originally from Baltimore City. I grew up there, married and later moved away. I love your collection of postcards. I am very interested in your old postcards. They show wonderful views of old Baltimore. I especially like the old Lexington Market photo. I have heard about it, but never saw it before. Thanks.
Name: Cynthia R. Johnson <CRJohnson_1@msn.com> Date: 2001-07-21 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
I love this site! Being a native of Baltimore, I am highly interested in the views that I have in my memory as a child. Thanks so much for sharing your great work.
Name: Peggy Hamblin <Luvroslyn@aol.com> Date: 2001-05-30 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? Sorry, no Comments:
These are wonderful postcards. My family came to Baltimore in the early 1800s. I moved from there to California when I was 3 years old - so this is really a treat for me to see what it looked like in it's earlier days. Thanks for the memories.
Name: John P. Smith <johnpsmith@home.com> Date: 2001-05-24 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
I have ancestors who first came to Baltimore.
Name: Angie Pieper <tomangpi@earthlink.net> Date: 2001-05-20 Would you like to see more postcards? love to!! Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
Thoroughly enjoyed the views of my old home city.
Mr. Barnes has been known to me through my genealogy research in the Md. Archives -when I can get there from Ca. His assistance and his postcards are much appreciated by one of his fans.
Sincerely,
Angie Pieper
Name: Jim Owens <oenghus@ix.netcom.com> Date: 2001-05-18 Do you have postcards to contribute? No. Comments:
Several years ago I sold a couple of shoe boxes full of cards to an antique dealer for a few dollars. I had picked them up over thirty years. No one wanted them!
Name: Jim Owens <oenghus@ix.netcom.com> Date: 2001-05-18 Do you have postcards to contribute? No. Comments:
Several years ago I sold a couple of shoe boxes full of cards to an antique dealer for a few dollars. I had picked them up over thirty years. No one wanted them!
Name: Nancy (Barnes) Taylor <nabata@access.mountain.net> Date: 2001-05-17 Comments:
Just looking at the site because of the Barnes name. My
grandfather was Okey James Barnes, desc from John Barnes
Name: Connie <Gcconniec725@aol.com> Date: 2001-05-17 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
Born in Baltimore, now living in Florida (11 yrs)
This brought back many good memories.Thank you.
Name: Sister Jacinta Robson <mhrsm@qis.net> Date: 2001-05-17 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
Excellent and most enjoyable.hope you continue to add other things to site.
Name: John G.F. Moale III <jm200002@ncr.com> Date: 2001-05-16 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? yes Comments:
Well done! I've got a postcard of the first sketch of Baltimore town, done in 1752 by John Moale, my GGGG Grandfather. I'll be glad to send you one.
Name: Jackie Perkins <cperkins@bcpl.net> Date: 2001-05-15 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? not at present Comments:
Well done! As a "product" of Baltimore I can appreciate your contribution. My grandfather was a lithographer(Emil Schmidt).I am facinated now with what I once took for granted about Baltimore & my heritage.
Many thanks,
Jackie Perkins
Name: Norma Regan <Norjac523@webtv.net> Date: 2001-05-15 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
Enjoyed the site and seeing Druid Hills Park.My great-grandparents lived near by and my grandmother toldof playing there as a child.Thank you for sharing.
Name: Derrick Phillips <dpjphillips@yahoo.co.uk> Date: 2001-05-15 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
Have you a postcard of the US ship 'Constellation', which I believe was built and launched in Baltimore in 1797? My great-great-great grandfather (Robert Monroe Harrison, later US Consul-General in Jamaica), according to the inscription on his grave, served on the ship.
Name: Nicholas Christhilf <nickc@interyacht.com> Date: 2001-05-15 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Comments:
Wonderful website. Thank you for this look back on Baltimore
Name: Sheridan Loster <sheriloster@home.com> Date: 2001-05-15 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Statue of General Sheridan Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
I was born in Baltimore on December 29, 1942 and I lived on Towson St. Would love to see photos of that neighborhood.
I remeber my mother telling me she named me after General Sheridan who's statue she would see in a park near where we lived.
Really enjoyed it.
Sheridan
Name: Tricia Fortney <muttipaf@aol.com> Date: 2001-05-09 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? possibly I need to hunt Comments:
Loved the site!Your Baltimore sites are great
Name: Karen Keehne Zimmerman <zimzip@yahoo.com> Date: 2001-04-16 Would you like to see more postcards? Certainly Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
The site continues to grow :) Thank you both for sharing the images with us.
Name: Bob Barnes <bobb@mdarchives.state.md.us> Date: 2001-03-16 Comments:
To everyone who has visited the web site and made kind comments, I thank you. The credit for the web site work goes to Dr. Gary Ruppert. I am compiling a list of the numbered postcards in the various series published by the Ottenheimers, and in due course it will be posted on this site. If anyone has any additional information on the Ottenheimer company, or can send me the numbers and titles of any postcards in their collection I will be very grateful. I cannot buy all the cards, but I would like to identify as many in the series as possible.
Name: Jane Thursby <janethursby@mindspring.com> Date: 2001-02-15 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? yes-a few Comments:
Love the site. You might want to make a note that Cedar Ave. is now Keswick Road in Hampden. All my mother's realtives were born or died on Cedar Ave. including my mother. I was living for a while at 3640 Keswick when I first returned to Baltimore in 1999. I love Hampden and walking the streets.
Name: John Stein <jalastein@yahoo.com> Date: 2001-02-14 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
Great site. I'll keep an eye out for cards.
Name: John Michael McLaughlin <JOMKEE@AOL.COM> Date: 2001-02-11 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
I went to Sacred Heart School in at The blocks of Fleet Street, Conkling Street, Highland Ave. and Foster Ave.
There was a boy in my class named Ruppert. Could he be a relative of yours.
One thing i would like to suggest is locations of some of the objects on the post cards. There is not enough clarity yo read the letters on the post card. I remember some of the places but sometimes not their exact location.
Thank you.
Name: Sharon Goetz <goetz@clark.net> Date: 2001-02-11 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
I enjoyed the website, it was very well done with a most fabulous collection of old post cards of Baltimore. The
"good ole days"!
Name: Judie Caroleo <judiec@home.com> Date: 2001-02-10 Would you like to see more postcards? absolutely Do you have postcards to contribute? sorry, no Comments:
What a treat to picture-postcard walk the places I've heard so much about. Thank you both for your efforts. They are greatly appreciated!
Name: Louise Hornung <beta11@bellsouth.net> Date: 2001-02-03 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? Wish I did! Comments:
What a wonderful collection and how fortunate we are it is being shared for all to enjoy! I enjoyed reading about the Ottenheimers and the whole presentation. Thank you so much! Love the 19th century pictures too, and being a descendant, I'd love to know the name of the photographer who took the picture of the grocery. Any chance there'll be a site with pictures of beautifully decorated for Christmas department store windows? They would be the icing on the cake!!!
Name: Blaine Standiford <Blaine17@worldnet.att.net> Date: 2001-02-03 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
Never lived in maryland..My GGGF left Md. abt. 1806. I'm still searching for his parents and his wfef's maiden name.
Name: Bobbie Tiernan <twoofus@conectiv.net> Date: 2001-02-03 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
Cool site!
Name: carolyn Behrendt <carolynb@erols.com> Date: 2001-02-03 Would you like to see more postcards? Sure Comments:
Really enjoyed this site by Gary and Bob. I would love to see more postcards of Balto. You all have done a great job.
Carolyn
Name: test <test@test.net> Date: 2001-01-31 Would you like to see more postcards? test Do you have postcards to contribute? test Comments:
testing this form
Name: LaVerne <Lmcatanz@aol.com> Date: 2001-01-31 Comments:
Hi Gary,
Nice site. I am interested in your name "Ruppert". My ggg grandmother was a "Ruppert" from Bavaria and that is all I know. Wonder if you have traced your family. The name is rather rare.
Thanks,
LaVerne
Name: Nancy Herald <Herldny@cs.com> Date: 2001-01-05 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
Very impressive. My relatives came to & lived in Baltimore in the 1800's. I am currently researching them & have been in the area.
Name: Marie Lamar <Lamar8888@aol.com> Date: 2001-01-04 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
What a wonderful site. Brings back many memories.
Name: mary <pundt2@home.com> Date: 2001-01-04 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
love your photo site
Name: Hank Muma <muma1922@mindspring.com> Date: 2001-01-03 Would you like to see more postcards? YES Do you have postcards to contribute? NO Comments:
I nejoyed looking at the post cards. wouldlike to see more of "OLD" Baltimore.
Name: Hank Muma <muma1922@mindspring.com> Date: 2001-01-03 Would you like to see more postcards? YES Do you have postcards to contribute? NO Comments:
I nejoyed looking at the post cards. wouldlike to see more of "OLD" Baltimore.
Name: Darlene Coover <djcov@prodigy.net> Date: 2001-01-02 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
Great site. Love the postcards. It downloaded very fast, and I have a slow connection, I usually have to wait for what seems like hours for pictures to download.
Name: James F. White, Jr. M.D. <Dundoccin@aol.com> Date: 2001-01-02 Would you like to see more postcards? sure Do you have postcards to contribute? Will check through old files to see Comments:
Dr. Gary,
Your newest effort looks very good. I've just skimmed through it. Some of the pics brought back old memories-the old Lexington Market where my grandparents had a "stall", the Homewood campus where I spent my undergraduate years, the Pratt Library where I spent a lot of time, and the old Poly High School building where I attended several BSA functions. Keep up the good work. One question though, when in tarnation do you find time to practice medicine???
Name: Elizabeth Gibson <lizral@earthlink.net> Date: 2001-01-02 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? I don't think so Comments:
I think this is a wonderful idea. I hope that you will find more postcards to put here.
Name: Gloria DesMoines <koidahl@localaccess.com> Date: 2001-01-02 Comments:
Like a visit home...
Name: Donna S. <das@cyberia.com> Date: 2001-01-01 Would you like to see more postcards? yes, please Do you have postcards to contribute? not at the moment Comments:
Very nice site. Enjoy learning and seeing all I can of Baltimore, old and new. Thanks for all the hard work.
Name: Lynn Smith <lynn4604@aol.com> Date: 2001-01-01 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
Really great website.It is great to see the postcards of Baltimore.I used to collect postcards but they were lost in a move and I was from BAltimore so most of them were from sites in that area.
Name: Dorothy Bartholow Heerman <skipdot@mnsinc.com> Date: 2001-01-01 Would you like to see more postcards? yes Do you have postcards to contribute? no Comments:
The card of St. Joseph's Monastery on Frederick Rd brought back a flood of memories. I grew up in Irvington in the 40's & 50's. Graduated from the Monastery in 1952. Married there & all my children baptized there. Thank you for this wonderful collection of Baltimore history.
Dorothy Heerman
Name: Helen Deschenes <Hdeschenes@aol.com> Date: 2001-01-01 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
Hello
You both are doing a wonderful thing for us since so many of the places are no longer or simply not to same. I for one really apreciate your efforts.
Thank you!
Sincerely,Helen
Name: John Doe <JDoe@abc.net> Date: 2000-12-29 Would you like to see more postcards? Yes, of course Do you have postcards to contribute? No Comments:
What a wonderful collaboration between Mr Barnes and Dr Ruppert! I enjoyed visiting the old Baltimore sights.
(This is just a test message, of course!)