Vintage Telegram Thursday: Lillie Carroll Jackson
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Philip J. Merrill
- May 9, 2022
Baltimore's Slave Trade
In a recent #BaltimoreSun article about the city's slave trading past, Philip J. Merrill, CEO & Founder of Nanny Jack & Co, LLC was...
Philip J. Merrill
- May 7, 2022
William Pickens, Sr.
#HBCUCollectedTreasures #MorganCollege (now #MorganStateUniversity) #NationalTreasure #1919Letter from #WilliamPickensSr (1881-1954),...
Philip J. Merrill
- May 1, 2022
Black Medical Pioneers
One of these prominent medical doctors will be featured in the upcoming conference, "#RaceAndRacisminAcademicMedicine" Hosted by...
Philip J. Merrill
- Apr 25, 2022
On This Date: United Negro College Fund Founded
#OTD- April 25, 1944 #UnitedNegroCollegeFund #UNCF #Founders #MaryMcLeodBethune #FrederickDouglassPatterson #WilliamJohnsonTrentJr On...
Philip J. Merrill
- Apr 5, 2022
Artifactual Journey of Black North Carolina
#TintypeTuesday #BettyKoger #ForsythCountyNorthCarolina #ArtifactualJourney 🌍 🗺 Just a little preview for my...
Philip J. Merrill
- Mar 9, 2022
Women's History Month: Black Women of the Cloth
#WomensHistoryMonth #HERstory #BlackWomenoftheCloth From left to right: #RevHelenaMason #EvangelistHarrietColeBaker #EvangelistGRKing...
Philip J. Merrill
- Feb 10, 2022
Happy Birthday Chick Webb!
#HappyBirthdayWilliamHenryChickWebb February 10, 1905 #HistoricEastBaltimoreBlackTreasures Born at #513LewisStreet Raised at...
Veronica A. Carr
- Feb 2, 2022
Happy Birthday Langston Hughes!
#BlackHistoryMonth2022 #HBCUCollectedTreasures #HappyBirthdayLangstonHughes #LincolnUniversityPA #AfroLiteracy Starting off #BHM2022 by...
Philip J. Merrill
- Jan 17, 2022
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2022
#MLKJrDay2022 #BaltimoreOfficeOfPromotionAndTheArts #2009PromoPoster #2014BaltimoreMLKParadeHat Artifacts documenting two different years...
Philip J. Merrill
- Jan 12, 2022
Wisdom Wednesday: Passing for White
#WisdomWednesday #ArtifactualJourney #Passing Woulda, coulda, shoulda.... did they pass for white or were they proud of their ethnicity?...
Philip J. Merrill
- Jan 12, 2022
New Artifactual Journey Podcast Episode
🚨NEW #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode available!🚨 #JoeLouis (1914-1981) #TheBrownBomber #WorldHeavyweightChampion #1940sBlackBoxing...
Philip J. Merrill
- Sep 21, 2021
🚨 Upcoming Artifactual Journey Podcast Episode 🚨
Stay tuned for the next #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode with Wesley Chandler Wood where we discuss the illustrious history of the...
Philip J. Merrill
- Sep 7, 2021
Growing Up in Black Baltimore
🚨 New #ArtifactualJourneyPodcast episode! 🚨 with Guy Rawlings Sr. (For the folks that don't know, this is the brother of...
Philip J. Merrill
- Sep 4, 2021
The Martinsville Seven: 70 Years Later
We've included this post on oldwestbaltimore.com because Philip J. Merrill, our CEO & Founder, spent the first years of his life in...
Philip J. Merrill
- Sep 3, 2021
Artifactual History
Even #HurricaneIda couldn't stop the start of this collaborative effort. #FriendsSchoolBaltimore and #NannyJackAndCoLLC are...
Philip J. Merrill
- Sep 1, 2021
Black Maritime Legacy
#MountAuburnCemetery (Established in 1872) #BaltimoreMaryland #CityoftheDeadforColoredPeople #MountWinansCommunity (Established between...
Philip J. Merrill
- Aug 14, 2021
Historic Drip: Vintage Beach Attire
#RealPhotoPostcard #VintageBeachAttire #HistoricDrip #GlascoeGeeStokesFamily #OldWestBaltimore Fannie Glascoe Gee Date unknown This real...
Philip J. Merrill
- Jul 31, 2021
The Legacy of Dr. George W. Kennard
#KennardsHospital #HistoricEastBaltimore 704 & 706 Ensor Street (across from the #DunbarAthleticField) #BaltimoresMedicalCamelot...
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