Identifier	mdec017
Title	Traffic control booth in front of the M. S. Kahn and Co. drugstore at the corner of Lexington and Liberty Streets, Baltimore
Creator	Webb, Armstead Moore, 1862-1940
Status	Identified
Identified by	Bernadette A. Lear Francis P. O’Neill
Source of identifying information	Books: Illustrated Baltimore: The Monumental City, 1890, p. 114 Kelly, Jacques: Bygone Baltimore: A Historical Portrait, 1982, pp. 78-79 Mitchell, Alexander. Baltimore Then and Now, 2001, p. 84 Polk, R. L.. Baltimore Business Directory, 1915-16, p. 346 Polk, R. L.. Baltimore Business Directory, 1889-90, p. 124 Journal: Morning Sun, November 28, 1933 (obituary) Ancestry Library Edition powered by Ancestry.com (an online database)
Subject	Baltimore (Md.); Drugstores; Streets; Traffic police;
Description	Photograph of two traffic patrolmen looking west from a traffic control booth located in front of the M. S. Kahn and Co. drugstore at the corner of Lexington and Liberty Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. Note the stop-and-go sign on the roof of the booth with speakers above. In the background, below the "Drink Coca-Cola" sign, is an advertisement for Kahn's Kut-Rate Korner. Moses S. Kahn (1861-1933) and Company owned and operated a pharmacy at 201 North Liberty Street until 1929. The building was bought by the Read Drug Company. Read's remained in this location until the early 1960s, when the building was demolished to make way for Baltimore's Charles Center project.
Publisher	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date.Original	[Undated]
Date.Digital	2005-06-15
Type	Image
Format	Digital reproduction of 1 black-and-white photograph, 25 x 19 cm.
Source	Maryland Department, Ephemera Collection; L102
Relation	Is Part Of Maryland Department Ephemera Collection Is Part Of Maryland Library's Most Wanted
Coverage.Temporal	Early twentieth century
Coverage.Spatial	Baltimore (Md.)
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