Cambridge Time Machine: Let’s Go Over to East New Market Today
This remarkable photograph from the Library of Congress captures East New Market at a time when the Dorchester County community was changing from what had once been described as a thriving fishing village into one of the Eastern Shore’s many small crossroads towns. Preserved by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, the image […]
Cambridge Time Machine: Checking Out Blackwater this Weekend
Cambridge Time Machine takes us back to the old wooden bridge over the Blackwater River, likely in the late 1920s or early 1930s. A truck pauses beside the narrow plank crossing, which once carried farmers, watermen, families, and local businesses between Cambridge and lower Dorchester County. Long before the modern bridge and the creation of […]
Cambridge Time Machine: On the Waterfront
This aerial photograph shows Cambridge, Maryland, its waterfront, and the Choptank River around 1940. The image, created by an unknown photographer, was purchased from Thomas Holliday Hicks in June 1940 and is now part of the Maryland Department of Photography Collection at the Enoch Pratt Free Library and State Library Resource Center.
Cambridge Time Machine: Time to Get to Spring Beans to Town
Photographed by Arthur Rothstein in June 1937, this image is part of the Farm Security Administration’s landmark effort to document life and work in rural America during the Great Depression. Taken near Cambridge, Maryland, it captures agricultural workers during a packing company strike, illustrating both the region’s dependence on seasonal farm labor and the economic […]
Cambridge Time Machine: Before the Oakley Hotel Burnt to the Ground
The Oakley Beach Hotel was one of Cambridge’s premier waterfront resorts during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Located on the Choptank River just west of downtown, the grand Victorian-style hotel welcomed visitors arriving by steamboat and train who came to enjoy swimming, boating, fishing, and the cool Chesapeake breezes. The hotel became a […]