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"The Brokerage Department Store" | Downtown Baltimore | Baltimore History Channel (1984)
Revisiting the heyday of department stores and five-and-dimes
By JACQUES KELLY | jkelly@baltsun.com
PUBLISHED: October 26, 2016 at 11:39 a.m. | UPDATED: July 1, 2019 at 3:32 a.m.
A bell pealed at 9:30 a.m. six days a week in downtown Baltimore’s four major department stores. A clerk drew back a
restraining cord and the early-bird customers, waiting just inside the door, bolted for sales counters, elevators, escalators
on their day’s buying routines.
That didn’t mean that intrepid shoppers had just arrived at the downtown crossroads of Howard and Lexington streets.
Many had ...
"Revisiting-the Heyday of Department-Stores and Five and Dimes" - The Baltimore Sun (2016)
Revisiting the heyday of department stores and five-and-dimes
Previous
Epstein's thrived in an era when women did not work...
Colts fans huddle under umbrellas and sheets of plastic as...
Cars park along the carriage lane of N. Charles Street...
Arcade Pharmacy is seen at the corner of Hamilton Avenue...
This advertisement by Hazel Croner appeared for Hutzler's in Vogue...
Framed by the columns of the pavilion, a family walks...
Cars park along the 500 block of N. Stricker Street...
The former summer home of H.L Mencken overlooks the Jones...
A Western Maryland Railway bridge crosses Reisterstown Road in Owings...
The Hutzler's branch in Towson opened in 1952.
Homes are seen in the unit block of Admiral Boulevard in...
Young boys sit on the Baltimore city line marker at...
The Mechanic Theater closed in 2004 and was razed ten...
Sagamore Farm's oval-shaped training barn and indoor track is seen...
East Baltimore Street in 1917 featured a view of the...
The Hecht Company started as a lower-end store but progressed...
Shops line York Road in Cockeysville near an underpass of...
For the first time in 56 years, the Army-Navy football...
In 1974, city officials proposed a study to redevelop, possibly...
Cars back up on East Mt. Vernon Place at St....
The beauty counter in Hecht's store at Security Mall represented...
A pair of single family homes along Pennsylvania Ave. in...
A street view of the stores along Howard Street at...
Hutzler's became known for their elaborate window displays. During WWII,...
Sheilah Kast, 67, WYPR radio host of "On the Record"...
Trains of the Union Bridge-based Maryland Midland Railroad now use...
Downtown Towson is seen looking south on York Road from...
Hazel Croner, a fashion illustrator, drew this Hutzler advertisement for...
The 51-foot tall Male/Female sculpture stands at the entrance to...
Two-way traffic and a street car move along Charles Street...
A vest pocket park is formed by the intersection of...
Gil Sandler, 93, Baltimore storyteller and historian "They were efficient...
Horse drawn carts travel alongside street car tracks on Howard...
A variety of stores fill the Cherry Hill Town Center....
A 78-75 overtime win against Duke gives Maryland's women's basketball...
Although Read's was a drugstore and soda fountain, it became...
Snow blankets Federal Hill along Key Highway in Baltimore's Inner...
The Washington Monument stands in the center of a dirt...
Police direct traffic on South Hanover Street at the intersection...
Traffic moves on South Hanover Street through the intersection with...
A pedestrian crosses East Lombard Street above S. Chester Street...
Cars are parked along East Monument Street at St. Paul...
The Orioles defeat the Cincinnati Reds, four games to one,...
Hutzler's attempt at reinventing itself wasn't successful, and in 1987...
The Winans mansion, designed by architect Stanford White in 1882,...
A pile of stumps smolders after trees were cleared near...
Dark Lane was officially designated a street in 1817. Two...
Homes line West Hoffman Street at Park Avenue near the...
Businesses are seen along Main Street in downtown Sykesville in...
Hochschild, Kohn outgrew their retail palace and looked into an...
The Hecht Company on Howard Street.
Maryland basketball star Len Bias dies of a cocaine overdose,...
The Wade Wing of the Foster-Wade Building is seen in...
Engine Company No. 46 is seen on Reisterstown Road in...
Residents walk down Cooksie Street in Locust Point in 1941.
Hochschild's progressiveness boosted sales throughout the '60s, catching the eye...
Visitors enjoy the annual Holiday Train Garden at Baltimore Fire...
Two-way traffic moves along South Street looking north from Water...
Kaleb Tshamba, 67, chairman of the Arch Social trustee board...
The Ray of Hope Baptist Church recently celebrated its 40th...
Trees now line much of East Lombard Street as part...
Construction of a culvert that would eventually box in the...
Emma's Tea Spot now occupies the former Arcade Pharmacy at...
Traffic and streetcars cross the Hanover Street Bridge in 1940.
National Central Bank, once known at The German Bank of...
Cars fill the parking lot at Memorial Stadium during the...
In 1955, Read's was the site of one of the...
Surrounded by Baltimore rowhouses, the home, built in 1848, is...
Johns Hopkins Hospital (top right) and East Baltimore is seen...
Traffic travels south on the Jones Falls Expressway passing The...
Once the center of upscale department store shopping in Baltimore,...
Johns Hopkins wins its fourth NCAA Division I mens' lacrosse...
Cars park along the 500 block of N. Stricker Street...
Howard County's first firehouse at Church Road and Main Street...
Roman-style brick architecture typical of many homes in Charles Village...
The businesses have changed but Eastern Avenue still the economic...
Hutzler's Towson store, where this store display was, started the...
In 1902, Stewart's was born: a store that offered New...
Over the years Towson Plaza was enclosed and expanded, incorporating...
Tracks damaged from flooding in Hurricane Agnes are seen outside the Sykesville...
Businesses are seen along Main Street in downtown Sykesville.
Brooks Robinson, 79, former Orioles third baseman "The thing I...
The Kohn family regrouped after Hochschild's departure. It became the...
A pedestrian crosses Charles Street near Read Street. This section...
St. Ambrose Catholic Church added a convent and rectory in...
HarborView and The Pier Homes at Harborview are seen along...
The three-way intersection of Englewood Avenue, Gwynn Oak Avenue and...
The Charles L. Benton Jr. Building now occupies the corner...
The Hecht Company opened a Towson branch, hoping to rival...
Mary Pat Clarke, 75, Baltimore City councilwoman "I used to...
Doreen Bolger, 67, retired director of the Baltimore Museum of...
A crowd gathers by the toll plaza for the opening...
The Jacob France Memorial Fountain is seen in the center...
Nancy Longo, 53, chef/owner of Pierpoint restaurant "It was a...
The No. 9 trolley line runs along Ellicott City's Main...
Traffic moves along Hanover Street past the Baltimore city line...
Jacob Epstein came from Lithuania to the U.S. in 1879...
The May Company's history began in 1923 with the Bernheimer-Leader...
The back of the Sunpapers building is seen on Guilford...
Soap box derby cars speed down the starting ramps on...
Hecht's wanted the Columbia branch to be a "quality store...
The Johns Hopkins Hospital campus now fills much of the...
Mulberry Street runs alongside of the Central Enoch Pratt Free...
Traffic moves East through the center of Essex along the...
A crew of postal employees sort Christmas mail by hand...
A northbound Amtrak Acela crosses the Susquehanna River Bridge at...
Seen during Wednesday's snowstorm, this section of Holiday Street in...
The Orioles win the AL East but are swept 4-0...
The mansion of millionaire Ross R. Winans stands near the...
The home, formerly known as Jencks Mansion and more recently...
The Lord Baltimore Hotel is seen through a small gap...
Hecht's also had a Gaithersburg location.
The mill dam now known as Round Falls is the...
An early picture of Read's Drug Store, at the corner...
Traffic crosses the 101-year-old Hanover Street bridge between Port Covington...
The May Company purchased the Hecht Company in 1959. The...
Delivery trucks line up in front of businesses along Eastern...
Because the May Company did not have generations of family...
Sophie Lericos gets a kiss from the Oriole Bird, then...
Several inches of snow coat the Barye Lion Statue and...
The Colts repeat as NFL champions, defeating the Giants, 31-16.
Lynne Brick's Belvedere Square gym occupies the majority of the...
Residences along Druid Park Lake Drive are reflected in the...
The carriage lane of N. Charles Street near 32nd Street...
Abram Hutzler started the business that would run for 132...
By the beginning of the 1970s, Hochschild's learned it had...
The Orioles win the World Series, four games to one,...
Strainer's Cafe and row homes are seen along the 1600...
When Hecht's combined with the Hub, it became the second...
Orange cones and barrels line much of Central Avenue during...
The Jewelry Department at Hecht's on Howard Street appealed to...
Sherwood Episcopal Church, an 1830s gothic revival style church, overlooks...
A Baltimore & Ohio train passes above a crew beginning...
Although Read's expanded in later years, it never left Maryland....
The train yards are gone but the 1728-foot long Orleans...
Stewart's followed in the footsteps of the other big department...
Paddlewheel steam ships and fireboats are docked at a pier...
Liberty Dog Park fills a block-long, narrow greenspace between Liberty...
After the business proved successful, Samuel Hecht came to Baltimore...
A massive Hutzler's store in Westview opened in 1958. It...
Homes are seen in the unit block of Admiral Boulevard in...
The colonial style Baltimore Federal Savings and Loan building is...
Canton National Bank is seen on the corner of S....
The Jencks Mansion, as it was know as in 1953,...
Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens as the Orioles beat the...
Albert David Hutzler Jr. took over for his father, Albert...
Towson Commons replaced the stores along the 400 block of...
Homes are seen on the 6700 block of Brentwood Ave....
Ships fill the piers at Bethlehem Steel along Key Highway...
Hochschild Kohn department store is seen on the corner of...
Laura Lippman, 57, author "It had a second life as...
Kathleen Cusack Lyon, 37, co-owner/operator, Charles and Senator theaters "It...
After several failed attempts to modernize and hold the market's...
Filled with shops and entertainment venues, Baltimore's Inner Harbor is...
The Coast Guard cutter Eagle unfurled its sails and skimmed...
With the conversion to cashless tolling, drivers no longer have...
Hecht's was the last Baltimore department store to survive, finally...
Mary Beth Marsden, 55, retired TV and radio broadcaster "What...
Cars park along Dolphin Street near the Fifth Regiment Armory....
A woman stands along the street car tracks near St....
Tracks of the Western Maryland Railway's Port Covington Yard lead...
The high rise buildings of Harbor East have replaced much...
Frank Remesch, 49, general manager, Royal Farms Arena "Earl was...
The Timanus Grist Mill is seen along the Jones Falls...
In 1877, Max Hochschild, 21, opened a dry goods store...
The University of Maryland School of Medicine campus (right) now...
Fifty years later, an opening day crowd of 44,182 watches...
In 1964, Baltimore's inner harbor was a bustling industrial waterfront...
The Foster-Wade Building is the oldest surviving patient care building...
Barry Levinson, 74, filmmaker "This thing literally looked like it...
Traffic passes below a train on the CSX freight line...
The U.S. Coast Guard barque cutter Eagle sails below the...
Edmondson Village Shopping Center has struggled in recent years due...
The 188-year-old Sherwood Episcopal Church was built on five hillside...
Cars fill the parking lot near the U.S. Public Health...
An A&P grocery and the Hill Theater bookend a shopping...
Seen in 1950, Dundalk's Shipping Place is the commercial heart...
Standing on a roundabout in the center of Charles Street,...
Traffic moves along East Mt. Vernon Place between St. Paul...
Looking North on Roland Avenue, traffic passes the entrance to...
The Orioles return to Baltimore and the American League after...
The Gould Street Generating Station is seen beyond The Baltimore...
Looking south from 11th Street, Baltimore Avenue appears relatively empty...
St. Paul Street crosses the Jones Falls Expressway near Penn...
The National Central Bank building was razed with several other...
Winning their second Super Bowl, the Ravens defeat the San...
The New Bethel House Of Prayer now occupies the former...
One of several parking lots are seen as Orioles fans...
Fayette Street at Pearl is now part of the University...
Despite the promising growth, some problems were brewing for Stewart's....
A southbound double-decker bus drops a passenger at the corner...
Converted to a four unit apartment building, the Mount Washington...
A driver turns left onto northbound York Road from Chesapeake...
The Central Avenue canal, seen in 1954, once served as...
The Central Enoch Pratt Free Library, which opened in 1933,...
Nested up against a turn in the Pennsylvania Railtoad, row...
Pictured is the Hutzlers' lavish home at 1801 Eutaw Place....
Charles G. Hutzler entered the dry goods business in 1867...
A widened section of Roland Avenue is seen under construction...
Jim Palmer, 71, former Orioles pitcher "I got to play...
The Rodman Guns, installed in 1866, still adorn the ramparts...
The attractive Hutzler's branch downtown at Howard Street.
The York Road underpass, built in 1930, became obsolete when...
At Hochschild's, Hutzler's, Stewart's and Hecht-May, black shoppers were not...
On Sept. 17, 1888, Hutzler's grand retail palace opened with...
Mobs of people cross at the intersection of Lexington and...
A pedestrian crosses East Monument Street at St. Paul up...
A child stands on Oella Avenue below the streetcar bridge...
Stephanie Nitti of Canton dances with the Oriole Bird during...
Despite Stewart's reputation as an outsider, shoppers embraced the fresh...
All smiles, Roberta Mason walks along Howard Street lugging the...
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, 73 "I miss Don Schaefer dressing...
The statue of John Eager Howard in Mount Vernon shows...
The Canton House (right) replaced the billboards at the corner...
A motorist drives East over the Fort Avenue bridge over...
A street scene on Howard Street, looking north near Lexington...
During a snowfall, and under the cover of night, the...
A dusting of snow coats Federal Hill and the Ritz-Carlton...
After coming from Baden, Germany, Joel Gutman founded the very...
Charles G. Hutzler II took over the company in 1926.
Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company storage tanks now occupy the...
With many of the long abandoned homes razed over the...
Seen in 1948 from the corner of Broadway and Eastern,...
People cross the street, across from Read's Drug Store, at...
The columns of the 1850 Greek Revival Pavilion frame last...
In 1950, heavy equipment pulls old pilings that supported Light...
Connie Unseld, 68, director and founder of Unseld's School "I...
By the post-war years, Hutzler's expanded into the suburbs. In...
In 1983, the same year the company finally went out...
A woman walks past Howard County's first firehouse at the...
Gino Marchetti, 90, NFL Hall-of-Famer, former Baltimore Colts defensive end...
The Ravens win their first Super Bowl, beating the Giants,...
Several inches of snow coat the Barye Lion Statue and...
The Ridgely Condominiums high rise catches the early morning sun...
Street car lines are seen over Fayette Street looking west...
Traffic moves along the 5400 block of York Road in...
Diane Bell-McKoy, 65, president, Associated Black Charities "He walked the...
Cars are seen parked along Dark Lane between St. Paul...
The company was passed on to Samuel's son, Moses, who...
Trinity Assembly of God Church is seen at the corner...
Helena Hicks, 82, civil rights activist "I miss the five-and-dime...
Postal employee Tru Wright separates packages from letters before feeding...
The Canton National Bank building at the corner of Elliott...
The statue of John Eager Howard on Charles Street in...
Epstein's moved into former Brager-Gutman buildings for a brief period...
Homes are seen under construction on the 6700 block of...
Traffic passes the historic Sheppard Pratt gatehouse on Charles Street...
Liberty Street (left) and Park Avenue are seen looking south...
Football fans cheers as the Ravens take the field in...
Streetcars are backed up seven deep in front of City...
After the Public Health Service hospitals were closed in the...
Hecht's has its origins in a rivalry between two German...
A statue of Col. George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry...
A pedestrian walks along Eastern Ave. at the intersection of...
A small green space now occupies the north side of...
Jayne E. Miller, 62, WBAL investigative reporter "On a cultural...
Faced with financial trouble, Samuel Posner sought a buyer for...
The home of Edward and Nancy Venable is seen on...
While Ocean City has grown dramatically over the years, this...
Built in the early 1900s, homes on Northwest corner of...
Southbound Pennsylvania Railroad steam engines pull coal cars over the...
Thomas O'Neill set up O'Neill's department store on Charles Street...
The Orioles win the AL East and reach the AL...
John Waters, 70, artist, filmmaker "I miss the Atlantis, the...
The Wayside Cross, a 99-year-old monument (left), dedicated to Baltimore...
While Stewart himself might not have been from Baltimore, by...
Commercial office buildings are seen along the north side of...
Traffic moves East through the center of Essex along the...
Workers put the finishing touches on Preston Gardens along St....
Visitors enjoy the 64th annual Holiday Train Garden at Baltimore...
U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, 80 "I miss Mikulski's Bakery, my...
A resident walks his dog down Cooksie Street in Locust...
A motorist drives East over the Fort Avenue bridge over...
A crowd of 36,100 sits in Memorial Stadium in 1969...
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank purchased Sagamore Farm in 2007,...
Hutzler Brothers' downtown branch on Howard Street.
Baltimore's changing skyline is seen from the west side of...
Baltimore County's Woodlawn's business district had its own bank, Equitable...
The Ravens (nee Cleveland Browns) begin play as Baltimore's new...
Towson Plaza, seen along Fairmont Road in 1975, was an...
Druid Lake is now surrounded by equipment during the construction...
David Cordish, 76, chairman, The Cordish Cos. "The subs for...
The Edmondson Village Shopping Center, seen here in 1951, opened...
Traffic crosses the Orleans Street Viaduct in 1955. The bridge...
DJ AngelBaby, declined to give age, 92Q personality "It was,...
In the 1970s, Hutzler's struggled to reconcile its penchant for...
Hecht's Columbia location opened in August of 1975 and was...
Cal Ripken Jr. of the Orioles plays in his 2,131st...
A Baltimore County school bus travels east on Edmondson Avenue...
A stone abutment is all that remains of the trolley...
Dundalk's Shipping Place, now part of the National Register of...
Walgreens is now the primary tenant of the former Baltimore...
Traffic moves along the 5400 block of York Road in...
Sykesville Station is now Baldwin Station, an upscale restaurant that...
Traffic flows through the intersection of Liberty Street (left) and...
A streetcar sits at Catonsville Junction, the terminus of streetcar...
A No. 19 streetcar heads north along Hanover Street between...
Cars travel on Main Street in Ellicott City today. The...
Nearing its 100th anniversary, Preston Gardens recently reopened after a...
After seeking outside help in the 1970s, Hutzler's hired Angelo...
The 2400 block of E. Baltimore St. hasn't seen a...
A crowd of 50,700 sees the Orioles play their last...
Epstein's thrived in an era when women did not work...
Colts fans huddle under umbrellas and sheets of plastic as...
Cars park along the carriage lane of N. Charles Street...
Arcade Pharmacy is seen at the corner of Hamilton Avenue...
This advertisement by Hazel Croner appeared for Hutzler's in Vogue...
Framed by the columns of the pavilion, a family walks...
Cars park along the 500 block of N. Stricker Street...
The former summer home of H.L Mencken overlooks the Jones...
A Western Maryland Railway bridge crosses Reisterstown Road in Owings...
The Hutzler's branch in Towson opened in 1952.
Homes are seen in the unit block of Admiral Boulevard in...
Young boys sit on the Baltimore city line marker at...
The Mechanic Theater closed in 2004 and was razed ten...
Sagamore Farm's oval-shaped training barn and indoor track is seen...
East Baltimore Street in 1917 featured a view of the...
The Hecht Company started as a lower-end store but progressed...
Shops line York Road in Cockeysville near an underpass of...
For the first time in 56 years, the Army-Navy football...
In 1974, city officials proposed a study to redevelop, possibly...
Cars back up on East Mt. Vernon Place at St....
The beauty counter in Hecht's store at Security Mall represented...
A pair of single family homes along Pennsylvania Ave. in...
A street view of the stores along Howard Street at...
Hutzler's became known for their elaborate window displays. During WWII,...
Sheilah Kast, 67, WYPR radio host of "On the Record"...
Trains of the Union Bridge-based Maryland Midland Railroad now use...
Downtown Towson is seen looking south on York Road from...
Hazel Croner, a fashion illustrator, drew this Hutzler advertisement for...
The 51-foot tall Male/Female sculpture stands at the entrance to...
Two-way traffic and a street car move along Charles Street...
A vest pocket park is formed by the intersection of...
Gil Sandler, 93, Baltimore storyteller and historian "They were efficient...
Horse drawn carts travel alongside street car tracks on Howard...
A variety of stores fill the Cherry Hill Town Center....
A 78-75 overtime win against Duke gives Maryland's women's basketball...
Although Read's was a drugstore and soda fountain, it became...
Snow blankets Federal Hill along Key Highway in Baltimore's Inner...
The Washington Monument stands in the center of a dirt...
Police direct traffic on South Hanover Street at the intersection...
Traffic moves on South Hanover Street through the intersection with...
A pedestrian crosses East Lombard Street above S. Chester Street...
Cars are parked along East Monument Street at St. Paul...
The Orioles defeat the Cincinnati Reds, four games to one,...
Hutzler's attempt at reinventing itself wasn't successful, and in 1987...
The Winans mansion, designed by architect Stanford White in 1882,...
A pile of stumps smolders after trees were cleared near...
Dark Lane was officially designated a street in 1817. Two...
Homes line West Hoffman Street at Park Avenue near the...
Businesses are seen along Main Street in downtown Sykesville in...
Hochschild, Kohn outgrew their retail palace and looked into an...
The Hecht Company on Howard Street.
Maryland basketball star Len Bias dies of a cocaine overdose,...
The Wade Wing of the Foster-Wade Building is seen in...
Engine Company No. 46 is seen on Reisterstown Road in...
Residents walk down Cooksie Street in Locust Point in 1941.
Hochschild's progressiveness boosted sales throughout the '60s, catching the eye...
Visitors enjoy the annual Holiday Train Garden at Baltimore Fire...
Two-way traffic moves along South Street looking north from Water...
Kaleb Tshamba, 67, chairman of the Arch Social trustee board...
The Ray of Hope Baptist Church recently celebrated its 40th...
Trees now line much of East Lombard Street as part...
Construction of a culvert that would eventually box in the...
Emma's Tea Spot now occupies the former Arcade Pharmacy at...
Traffic and streetcars cross the Hanover Street Bridge in 1940.
National Central Bank, once known at The German Bank of...
Cars fill the parking lot at Memorial Stadium during the...
In 1955, Read's was the site of one of the...
Surrounded by Baltimore rowhouses, the home, built in 1848, is...
Johns Hopkins Hospital (top right) and East Baltimore is seen...
Traffic travels south on the Jones Falls Expressway passing The...
Once the center of upscale department store shopping in Baltimore,...
Johns Hopkins wins its fourth NCAA Division I mens' lacrosse...
Cars park along the 500 block of N. Stricker Street...
Howard County's first firehouse at Church Road and Main Street...
Roman-style brick architecture typical of many homes in Charles Village...
The businesses have changed but Eastern Avenue still the economic...
Hutzler's Towson store, where this store display was, started the...
In 1902, Stewart's was born: a store that offered New...
Over the years Towson Plaza was enclosed and expanded, incorporating...
Tracks damaged from flooding in Hurricane Agnes are seen outside the Sykesville...
Businesses are seen along Main Street in downtown Sykesville.
Brooks Robinson, 79, former Orioles third baseman "The thing I...
The Kohn family regrouped after Hochschild's departure. It became the...
A pedestrian crosses Charles Street near Read Street. This section...
St. Ambrose Catholic Church added a convent and rectory in...
HarborView and The Pier Homes at Harborview are seen along...
The three-way intersection of Englewood Avenue, Gwynn Oak Avenue and...
The Charles L. Benton Jr. Building now occupies the corner...
The Hecht Company opened a Towson branch, hoping to rival...
Mary Pat Clarke, 75, Baltimore City councilwoman "I used to...
Doreen Bolger, 67, retired director of the Baltimore Museum of...
A crowd gathers by the toll plaza for the opening...
The Jacob France Memorial Fountain is seen in the center...
Nancy Longo, 53, chef/owner of Pierpoint restaurant "It was a...
The No. 9 trolley line runs along Ellicott City's Main...
Traffic moves along Hanover Street past the Baltimore city line...
Jacob Epstein came from Lithuania to the U.S. in 1879...
The May Company's history began in 1923 with the Bernheimer-Leader...
The back of the Sunpapers building is seen on Guilford...
Soap box derby cars speed down the starting ramps on...
Hecht's wanted the Columbia branch to be a "quality store...
The Johns Hopkins Hospital campus now fills much of the...
Mulberry Street runs alongside of the Central Enoch Pratt Free...
Traffic moves East through the center of Essex along the...
A crew of postal employees sort Christmas mail by hand...
A northbound Amtrak Acela crosses the Susquehanna River Bridge at...
Seen during Wednesday's snowstorm, this section of Holiday Street in...
The Orioles win the AL East but are swept 4-0...
The mansion of millionaire Ross R. Winans stands near the...
The home, formerly known as Jencks Mansion and more recently...
The Lord Baltimore Hotel is seen through a small gap...
Hecht's also had a Gaithersburg location.
The mill dam now known as Round Falls is the...
An early picture of Read's Drug Store, at the corner...
Traffic crosses the 101-year-old Hanover Street bridge between Port Covington...
The May Company purchased the Hecht Company in 1959. The...
Delivery trucks line up in front of businesses along Eastern...
Because the May Company did not have generations of family...
Sophie Lericos gets a kiss from the Oriole Bird, then...
Several inches of snow coat the Barye Lion Statue and...
The Colts repeat as NFL champions, defeating the Giants, 31-16.
Lynne Brick's Belvedere Square gym occupies the majority of the...
Residences along Druid Park Lake Drive are reflected in the...
The carriage lane of N. Charles Street near 32nd Street...
Abram Hutzler started the business that would run for 132...
By the beginning of the 1970s, Hochschild's learned it had...
The Orioles win the World Series, four games to one,...
Strainer's Cafe and row homes are seen along the 1600...
When Hecht's combined with the Hub, it became the second...
Orange cones and barrels line much of Central Avenue during...
The Jewelry Department at Hecht's on Howard Street appealed to...
Sherwood Episcopal Church, an 1830s gothic revival style church, overlooks...
A Baltimore & Ohio train passes above a crew beginning...
Although Read's expanded in later years, it never left Maryland....
The train yards are gone but the 1728-foot long Orleans...
Stewart's followed in the footsteps of the other big department...
Paddlewheel steam ships and fireboats are docked at a pier...
Liberty Dog Park fills a block-long, narrow greenspace between Liberty...
After the business proved successful, Samuel Hecht came to Baltimore...
A massive Hutzler's store in Westview opened in 1958. It...
Homes are seen in the unit block of Admiral Boulevard in...
The colonial style Baltimore Federal Savings and Loan building is...
Canton National Bank is seen on the corner of S....
The Jencks Mansion, as it was know as in 1953,...
Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens as the Orioles beat the...
Albert David Hutzler Jr. took over for his father, Albert...
Towson Commons replaced the stores along the 400 block of...
Homes are seen on the 6700 block of Brentwood Ave....
Ships fill the piers at Bethlehem Steel along Key Highway...
Hochschild Kohn department store is seen on the corner of...
Laura Lippman, 57, author "It had a second life as...
Kathleen Cusack Lyon, 37, co-owner/operator, Charles and Senator theaters "It...
After several failed attempts to modernize and hold the market's...
Filled with shops and entertainment venues, Baltimore's Inner Harbor is...
The Coast Guard cutter Eagle unfurled its sails and skimmed...
With the conversion to cashless tolling, drivers no longer have...
Hecht's was the last Baltimore department store to survive, finally...
Mary Beth Marsden, 55, retired TV and radio broadcaster "What...
Cars park along Dolphin Street near the Fifth Regiment Armory....
A woman stands along the street car tracks near St....
Tracks of the Western Maryland Railway's Port Covington Yard lead...
The high rise buildings of Harbor East have replaced much...
Frank Remesch, 49, general manager, Royal Farms Arena "Earl was...
The Timanus Grist Mill is seen along the Jones Falls...
In 1877, Max Hochschild, 21, opened a dry goods store...
The University of Maryland School of Medicine campus (right) now...
Fifty years later, an opening day crowd of 44,182 watches...
In 1964, Baltimore's inner harbor was a bustling industrial waterfront...
The Foster-Wade Building is the oldest surviving patient care building...
Barry Levinson, 74, filmmaker "This thing literally looked like it...
Traffic passes below a train on the CSX freight line...
The U.S. Coast Guard barque cutter Eagle sails below the...
Edmondson Village Shopping Center has struggled in recent years due...
The 188-year-old Sherwood Episcopal Church was built on five hillside...
Cars fill the parking lot near the U.S. Public Health...
An A&P grocery and the Hill Theater bookend a shopping...
Seen in 1950, Dundalk's Shipping Place is the commercial heart...
Standing on a roundabout in the center of Charles Street,...
Traffic moves along East Mt. Vernon Place between St. Paul...
Looking North on Roland Avenue, traffic passes the entrance to...
The Orioles return to Baltimore and the American League after...
The Gould Street Generating Station is seen beyond The Baltimore...
Looking south from 11th Street, Baltimore Avenue appears relatively empty...
St. Paul Street crosses the Jones Falls Expressway near Penn...
The National Central Bank building was razed with several other...
Winning their second Super Bowl, the Ravens defeat the San...
The New Bethel House Of Prayer now occupies the former...
One of several parking lots are seen as Orioles fans...
Fayette Street at Pearl is now part of the University...
Despite the promising growth, some problems were brewing for Stewart's....
A southbound double-decker bus drops a passenger at the corner...
Converted to a four unit apartment building, the Mount Washington...
A driver turns left onto northbound York Road from Chesapeake...
The Central Avenue canal, seen in 1954, once served as...
The Central Enoch Pratt Free Library, which opened in 1933,...
Nested up against a turn in the Pennsylvania Railtoad, row...
Pictured is the Hutzlers' lavish home at 1801 Eutaw Place....
Charles G. Hutzler entered the dry goods business in 1867...
A widened section of Roland Avenue is seen under construction...
Jim Palmer, 71, former Orioles pitcher "I got to play...
The Rodman Guns, installed in 1866, still adorn the ramparts...
The attractive Hutzler's branch downtown at Howard Street.
The York Road underpass, built in 1930, became obsolete when...
At Hochschild's, Hutzler's, Stewart's and Hecht-May, black shoppers were not...
On Sept. 17, 1888, Hutzler's grand retail palace opened with...
Mobs of people cross at the intersection of Lexington and...
A pedestrian crosses East Monument Street at St. Paul up...
A child stands on Oella Avenue below the streetcar bridge...
Stephanie Nitti of Canton dances with the Oriole Bird during...
Despite Stewart's reputation as an outsider, shoppers embraced the fresh...
All smiles, Roberta Mason walks along Howard Street lugging the...
U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, 73 "I miss Don Schaefer dressing...
The statue of John Eager Howard in Mount Vernon shows...
The Canton House (right) replaced the billboards at the corner...
A motorist drives East over the Fort Avenue bridge over...
A street scene on Howard Street, looking north near Lexington...
During a snowfall, and under the cover of night, the...
A dusting of snow coats Federal Hill and the Ritz-Carlton...
After coming from Baden, Germany, Joel Gutman founded the very...
Charles G. Hutzler II took over the company in 1926.
Petroleum Fuel & Terminal Company storage tanks now occupy the...
With many of the long abandoned homes razed over the...
Seen in 1948 from the corner of Broadway and Eastern,...
People cross the street, across from Read's Drug Store, at...
The columns of the 1850 Greek Revival Pavilion frame last...
In 1950, heavy equipment pulls old pilings that supported Light...
Connie Unseld, 68, director and founder of Unseld's School "I...
By the post-war years, Hutzler's expanded into the suburbs. In...
In 1983, the same year the company finally went out...
A woman walks past Howard County's first firehouse at the...
Gino Marchetti, 90, NFL Hall-of-Famer, former Baltimore Colts defensive end...
The Ravens win their first Super Bowl, beating the Giants,...
Several inches of snow coat the Barye Lion Statue and...
The Ridgely Condominiums high rise catches the early morning sun...
Street car lines are seen over Fayette Street looking west...
Traffic moves along the 5400 block of York Road in...
Diane Bell-McKoy, 65, president, Associated Black Charities "He walked the...
Cars are seen parked along Dark Lane between St. Paul...
The company was passed on to Samuel's son, Moses, who...
Trinity Assembly of God Church is seen at the corner...
Helena Hicks, 82, civil rights activist "I miss the five-and-dime...
Postal employee Tru Wright separates packages from letters before feeding...
The Canton National Bank building at the corner of Elliott...
The statue of John Eager Howard on Charles Street in...
Epstein's moved into former Brager-Gutman buildings for a brief period...
Homes are seen under construction on the 6700 block of...
Traffic passes the historic Sheppard Pratt gatehouse on Charles Street...
Liberty Street (left) and Park Avenue are seen looking south...
Football fans cheers as the Ravens take the field in...
Streetcars are backed up seven deep in front of City...
After the Public Health Service hospitals were closed in the...
Hecht's has its origins in a rivalry between two German...
A statue of Col. George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry...
A pedestrian walks along Eastern Ave. at the intersection of...
A small green space now occupies the north side of...
Jayne E. Miller, 62, WBAL investigative reporter "On a cultural...
Faced with financial trouble, Samuel Posner sought a buyer for...
The home of Edward and Nancy Venable is seen on...
While Ocean City has grown dramatically over the years, this...
Built in the early 1900s, homes on Northwest corner of...
Southbound Pennsylvania Railroad steam engines pull coal cars over the...
Thomas O'Neill set up O'Neill's department store on Charles Street...
The Orioles win the AL East and reach the AL...
John Waters, 70, artist, filmmaker "I miss the Atlantis, the...
The Wayside Cross, a 99-year-old monument (left), dedicated to Baltimore...
While Stewart himself might not have been from Baltimore, by...
Commercial office buildings are seen along the north side of...
Traffic moves East through the center of Essex along the...
Workers put the finishing touches on Preston Gardens along St....
Visitors enjoy the 64th annual Holiday Train Garden at Baltimore...
U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, 80 "I miss Mikulski's Bakery, my...
A resident walks his dog down Cooksie Street in Locust...
A motorist drives East over the Fort Avenue bridge over...
A crowd of 36,100 sits in Memorial Stadium in 1969...
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank purchased Sagamore Farm in 2007,...
Hutzler Brothers' downtown branch on Howard Street.
Baltimore's changing skyline is seen from the west side of...
Baltimore County's Woodlawn's business district had its own bank, Equitable...
The Ravens (nee Cleveland Browns) begin play as Baltimore's new...
Towson Plaza, seen along Fairmont Road in 1975, was an...
Druid Lake is now surrounded by equipment during the construction...
David Cordish, 76, chairman, The Cordish Cos. "The subs for...
The Edmondson Village Shopping Center, seen here in 1951, opened...
Traffic crosses the Orleans Street Viaduct in 1955. The bridge...
In the 1970s, Hutzler's struggled to reconcile its penchant for...
Hecht's Columbia location opened in August of 1975 and was...
A stone abutment is all that remains of the trolley...
Dundalk's Shipping Place, now part of the National Register of...
Walgreens is now the primary tenant of the former Baltimore...
Sykesville Station is now Baldwin Station, an upscale restaurant that...
Traffic flows through the intersection of Liberty Street (left) and...
A streetcar sits at Catonsville Junction, the terminus of streetcar...
A No. 19 streetcar heads north along Hanover Street between...
Nearing its 100th anniversary, Preston Gardens recently reopened after a...
After seeking outside help in the 1970s, Hutzler's hired Angelo...
The 2400 block of E. Baltimore St. hasn't seen a...
Epstein's thrived in an era when women did not work...
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Colts fans huddle under umbrellas and sheets of plastic as they watch the Colts defeat the Minnesota Vikings 24-14 at Memorial
Stadium in 1968.
By JACQUES KELLY | jkelly@baltsun.com
PUBLISHED: October 26, 2016 at 11:39 a.m. | UPDATED: July 1, 2019 at 3:32 a.m.
A bell pealed at 9:30 a.m. six days a week in downtown Baltimore’s four major department stores. A clerk drew back a
restraining cord and the early-bird customers, waiting just inside the door, bolted for sales counters, elevators, escalators
on their day’s buying routines.
That didn’t mean that intrepid shoppers had just arrived at the downtown crossroads of Howard and Lexington streets.
Many had ...
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