Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Lakes--Maryland--Baltimore
View of the The Boat Lake, the second and smaller lake inside Druid Hill Park, in Baltimore. The lake was formed in 1865 when a stream was dammed. For decades, visitors could boat on the lake in summer and skate during winter. After 1959, the Boat...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Druid Hill Park (Baltimore, Md.); Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Parks--Maryland--Baltimore; Lakes--Maryland--Baltimore
Visitors strolling along the edge of the Boat Lake in Druid Hill Park. The second and smaller lake inside Druid Hill Park, the Boat Lake was formed in 1865 when a stream was dammed. For decades, visitors could boat on the lake in summer and skate...
Amusement parks Maryland; Correspondence; Sanctions, Administrative; Winter sports;
Letter from a member [Frederic C. Lee], Board of Managers, and Co-Chairman of Carnival Committee, the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., to Mr. George W. Pepper, Jr. of the United States Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.) concerning payment of a...
Letter from Norman A. Falkner to the gentlemen of the Ice Club of Baltimore. In his letter Mr. Falkner promotes his one-legged skating act, advertising the combination of the primary elements of the International Style of figure skating and special...
Letter from Peggy Fahy to Mr. [Frederic C.] Lee of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc., about a misunderstanding with Bill [O'Brien], a promoter, concerning confusion over whether she and her partner Richard [Toucey] of the New Haven Skating Club had...
Advertising; Athletes with disabilities; Falkner, Norman A. (Norman Arthur), 1894-1985; Figure skating; Programs;
Flyer advertising Norman A. Falkner, the world's only one-legged figure skater. The flyer includes a photograph of Mr. Falkner as well as diagrams of the patterns he skates during his performance. Falkner lost his leg in World War I but, determined...
