“Joan Hensler stands in front of old Essex fire station with Alex Baumgartner, center, president of the Essex Historical group, and George J. Martinak, president of the Middle River Heritage Society, a backer of group’s efforts to get station.”
Creator – Swagger
Source – http://store.baltimoresun.com/photos.html?df_direct_id=BMI-156-BS
Publisher – Baltimore Sun
Date – 1973-11-06
Kenwood Bluebird Cheerleaders Champs Again, 2006
Publisher – Avenue News
Date – 2006
Contributor – Dan Baldwin
Edward Weinkam ran the ice business for Essex in the 1950s, delivering frozen blocks of ice to customers with ice boxes. The old ice house was located near Commodore Hall. This photo of his ice truck rushing off to make deliveries was taken in front of his brother William Weinkam’s home on Maryland Ave. in Essex.
Source – JoAnn Weinkam Weiland
Date – 1950s
“Fuel stop. In the 1940s, the Pospisils built a service station next door to their nightclub. Betholene was the fuel of choice for many local residents who patronized the gas pumps.” — Jackie Nickel
Source – Mary Pospisil, Jackie Nickel
Date – 1940s
Fire engine at Essex Fire Station, 1957. The Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River now resides at that location.
Date – 8/3/1957
Contributor – Gary Kadolph, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
“In 1907 James and Mary Pospisil purchased a large restaurant and tavern on Eastern Ave. west of Back River Bridge. The family lived on the second floor of the popular establishment which was open seven days a week. House specialties included crab cakes, soft crabs, fried chicken and fish. Live entertainment was booked for the club by the same promoter who brought acts to the Hippodrome. The Pospisils sold their popular business in 1947 to the Emala family. After nine months, the Emalas sold it to Joseph Mirabile who renamed the place Town Hall. Dances, weddings, bingos and other events continued to draw customers until the building was closed to make way for the Eastern Blvd. cloverleaf onto I-695. While boarded up awaiting demolition, it was destroyed by fire in March 1967.” — Jackie Nickel
Date – 1940s
“The Comrade Bowling Social Outing was held at Pospisil’s Park in Bowley’s Quarters in the 1930s. Democratic club meetings, dances, parties and weddings were among the other activities in the hall which seated 300-400.” — Jackie Nickel
Source – Mary Pospisil, Jackie Nickel
Date – 1930s
“Pictured in 1883 at George S. Brown’s ducking club on Back River, in the area of today’s Essex Skypark, are members of Elkridge Hunt Club. Pictured from left to right are (first row) George S. Brown, Cary McHenry, unidentified, Fred Shriver, Frank S. Hambleton, and Joseph H. Voss; (second row) John Gill, Harry Harwood, Alexander Brown, and T. Swann Latrobe. The Browns ran the prosperous Baltimore banking company Alex. Brown and Sons.” — Jackie Nickel
The first debate between Baltimore County Executive Dutch Ruppersberger and Delegate Jim Ports over the Neighborhood Renewal Authority Senate Bill 509 (SB 509) was held on 8-30-2000 at the University of Maryland Baltimore County campus.
A 1923 Northern View of Essex from the Fire Department Tower.
Creator – Donald McCauley
Publisher – Heritage Society of Essex and Middle River, Inc. Archives
