Historical Footage: Baltimore's Progress and Landmark Events1916

This collection of miscellaneous titled footage showcases significant moments in Baltimore's history and progress during the 1920s and 1930s. The video copy, donated to the WMAR-TV Collection from the Enoch Pratt Central Library, features a diverse range of events and milestones captured on 16mm film. Witness the Pageant of 100 Years of Baltimore's History, the Inaugural Ceremonies of Mayor Howard W. Jackson, the Governor's Inauguration, and much more. Immerse yourself in the city's past as you explore this captivating archival footage.

1. Pageant of 100 Years of Baltimore’s History and Progress Saturday September 14, 1929 Photographed by Ernest Wood Alpha Films, Baltimore. The parade started at Baltimore and Broadway Streets and ended at the Baltimore Municipal Stadium at 900 East 33rd Street.
2. Mayor Broening, Colonel Wilcox and other City Officials and 200th. Anniversary Committee. Members.
3. The Bombardment of Fort McHenry, September, 1814 Sponsored by The Executive Committee
4. The Star Spangled Banner – Francis Scott Key Sponsored by The Tin and Enamel Ware Industries
5. In Baltimore The First Gas Company in America, 1817Sponsored by The Consolidated Gas and Electric Light and Power Company
6. America’s First Iron Horse – Tom Thumb Sponsored by The Executive Committee
7. Pleasure Car of the 40’s Sponsored by The Automobile Trade Association of Maryland
8. The First Telegraph, 1844 Sponsored by The Western Union Telegraph Company
9. First Linotype – Baltimore, 1884 Sponsored by The Graphic Arts Industry of Baltimore
10. Johns Hopkins – Merchant, Philanthropist and Builder Sponsored by The Steam and Electric Railways
11. Enoch Pratt – Banker, Merchant and Benefactor Sponsored by The National Banks and Trust Companies of Baltimore
12. First Electric Car of America – Baltimore 1885 Sponsored by The Steam and Electric Railways
13. The Baltimore Fire, 1904 Sponsored by The Builders of Baltimore
14. Baltimore Police Department, Past and Present
15. The Baltimore Fire Department – Past and Present
16. The Inaugural Ceremonies of Mayor Howard W. Jackson for his third term as Chief Executive of The City City Hall Plaza Noon May 21, 1935 Official City Film Produced by [cut off]
17. The Municipal Band, conducted by Robert V. Lansinger, gave a concert for the vast audience before the Official Party arrived.
18. Mayor and Mrs. Jackson on their way to the Inaugural Stand
19. Governor Harry W. Nice, former Governor Albert C. Ritchie and others, on the Official Stand.
20. The Reverend J. Phelps Hand delivers the Invocation.
21. The Mayor takes the Oath of Office administered by the Clerk of the Superior Court, Stephen C. Little.
22. The Mayor delivers his Inaugural Address to an audience that packed every available space in the City Hall Plaza.
23. Annapolis, January 11, 1939 Honorable Herbert R. O’Conor is inaugurated the Fifty-Fourth Governor of the State of Maryland
24. The Governor-elect and Mrs. O’Conor leave their Baltimore home for Annapolis, Maryland.
25. The Governor-elect and his family arrive at the Government House.
26. A detachment of 150 Baltimore Police are on hand to handle the greatest crowd in the history of Annapolis.
27. The U.S. Naval Academy Band which gave a concert on the lawn of the Government House.
28. National and State Dignitaries arrive for the ceremonies.
29. The official party proceeds through a guard of honor to the State House.
30. Chief Justice Carroll T. Bond administered the Oath of Office.
31. Approximately 15,000 visitors crowd every vantage point to hear the Governor’s address.
32. Four of the Governor’s children occupy the front row seats to hear their father’s inaugural address.
33. After his address the Governor reviews a three hour parade in his honor.
34. Beginning of St. Paul Place (Preston Gardens) Improvement [1916]
35. St. Paul Street, looking north from Fayette
36. Looking north at St. Paul and Saratoga Streets
37. Marshall Joffre comes to Baltimore during Liberty Loan Drive [May 14, 1917]
38. Baltimore Greets Queen Marie of Romania [October 1926]
39. The City of Baltimore presents Laying of Cornerstone of the Municipal Museum of Art October 20, 1927. Photographed by Meyer Leventhal and Ernest Wood [rest cut off]
40. A copper box, containing official records, is sealed before placing in cornerstone.
41. The City of Baltimore presents Baltimore’s Welcome to Colonel Lindbergh Photographed by Meyer Leventhal and Ernest Wood [cut off] Film Laboratories Baltimore [October 1927]
42. Lindbergh arrives in his famous plane, the “Spirit of St. Louis”.
43. Greeted by committee headed by Mayor Broening and Mr. Frank Roberts.
44. At the Stadium.
45. Baltimore Municipal Parade 1917
46. Sir Ramsay MacDonald Prime Minister of England, with his daughter, visits Baltimore Photographed by Ernest Wood [October 1929]
47. Baltimore Celebrates Tenth Anniversary of Armistice Day with Big Military Parade and Celebration at War Memorial Plaza. November 12, 1928. Photographed by Meyer Leventhal and Ernest Wood Alpha Film Laboratories Baltimore, Maryland
48. Governor Ritchie, Mayor Broening, and Major-General Fred W. Sladen, Commanding Third Corps Area, U.S.A., review the parade from the portico of City Hall.
49. Detachment of light tanks, U.S.A, from Fort Leonard Wood, Maryland.
50. Detachment, Maryland Naval Reserves.
51. Detachment 110th. Field Artillery, M.N.G.
52. Veterans of the Civil War.
53. Reviewing party and official guests proceeding from City Hall to War Memorial Plaza.
54. Vested choir of boys proceeding from War Memorial to the Plaza, singing the processional hymn.
55. Colonel Harry C. Jones, Chairman of the War Memorial Commission and of the Mayor’s Special Armistice Day Committee, opens the ceremonies.
56. Governor Ritchie, makes an address.
57. Mayor Broening speaks.
58. Colonel Charles W. Darrah, Chief of Staff, Third Corps Area, U.S.A.
59. The City of Baltimore presents Baltimore Day at the ‘Fair of the Iron Horse’ Photographed by Meyer Leventhal and Ernest Wood [cut off] [1927]
60. The arrival of Mayor Broening and the official party at the exhibition grounds.
61. Mayor Broening, Daniel Willard and Henry Rhodes Brown, former Lord Mayor of York, England.
62. The first means of transportation in America: Native Americans riding horses.
63. The Conestoga Wagon, drawn by oxen.
64. The Stagecoach.
65. The first car of the Baltimore and Ohio which, in 1830, began its daily trips between Mt. Clare and Ellicott City.
66. The first locomotive, the “Tom Thumb.”
67. The “Atlantic”, built in 1832.
68. The “Thomas Jefferson”, the first locomotive to operate in the State of Virginia.
69. The “William Galloway”, 1837. The first locomotive to use a horizontal boiler.
70. The “William Mason,” 1856.
71. “Thatcher Perkins” built during the Civil War.
72. “A.J. Cromwell” built in 1888.
73. From England ---The “King George,” the largest locomotive ever built in the British Isles.
74. A modern locomotive. This one weighs 324 tons.
75. The last word in rail transportation, “The Capitol Limited”.

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