I wanted to visit the "Vote Against Prohibition" sign in Fells Point so I went last Thursday morning. It is located at Shakespeare and Broadway. I don't know anything about the sign except that it has lasted since Prohibition. One source said that it had been retouched for a movie that was shot in the area. I don't know the name of the movie, but I hope to find out more by contacting the Maryland Historical Society or the Maritime Museum.
No sooner had I taken my picture with the sign than an old-tyme policeman on a horse came riding by. Where am I??!
After I went to Fells Point I checked out the Maryland Room at Enoch Pratt Library. I have to say, I'm pretty disappointed. Besides an unusually tame document from H.L. Mencken, there was not much to be found. I haven't given up though. I am going to go back when I have more time so I can really dig deep into those books.
The visit to the library was two-fold because I have artwork on display there that I hadn't seen up yet. So this isn't related to my project, but just for shameless self-promotion.
Mine is on the right. It is a carved version of The Alchemist. If you hurry up you can still see it, but it will be taken down October 31.
"Old Obsolute and Faded Ads- B'More Ghosts" http://www.monumentalcity.net/ads/walls/eastouter.html (accessed October 27, 2009)
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