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Safety Town, 1970s

Safety Town, 1970s


Terri Knachel receives her certificate at Safety Town, which was located behind Eastpoint Mall in the 1970s. Safety Town was a miniaturized village used to educate children about the laws of the road.
Source – Patty Orndoff Dziuba

Author Posted on April 3, 2017April 6, 2017Categories 1970sTags Eastpoint, Safety Town1 Comment on Safety Town, 1970s

Eastpoint Shopping Center sign, 1950s?

Eastpoint Shopping Center sign, 1950s?


Eastpoint Shopping Center sign, approx. date 1950s

Author Posted on April 3, 2017April 6, 2017Categories 1950sTags EastpointLeave a comment on Eastpoint Shopping Center sign, 1950s?

Sinclair Dinosaurs at Eastpoint, 1967

Sinclair Dinosaurs at Eastpoint, 1967

Sinclair’s “Dinoland”  Dinosaurs at Hutzler’s, Eastpoint Shopping Center, April 19-23, 1967.

These life-sized reproductions of dinosaurs were formerly featured at the New York World’s Fair.

Author Posted on March 30, 2017December 23, 2021Categories 1960sTags EastpointLeave a comment on Sinclair Dinosaurs at Eastpoint, 1967


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Books about Essex, Maryland


Essex, Maryland by Jackie Nickel


Memories of Old Middle River by Jackie Nickel

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