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  • Centuries of Navigationon 300 Postcards

    Centuries of Navigation
    on 300 Postcards

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    In a recent (September 2019) Smithsonian Magazine article authored by Amy Crawford, a freelance journalist from Michigan who writes on a wide variety of topics, we find the perfect text to accompany a set of wondrous postcards published in Germany close to nine decades ago. This set of cards is the largest I know about. There are…

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Anne Ross
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The Bromo-Seltzer tower changed the Baltimore skyline forever. Built in 1911, the 289-foot tower once guided ships into Baltimore harbor, but that was the intended use. It was meant to showcase the Emerson Drug Company at 21 S. Eutaw Street on the corner of Lombard Street, where Captain Isaac Emerson made his millions.

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