This stunning mural dedicated to Billie
Holiday can be found in the neighborhood
where the jazz singer grew up—Fell’s Point—
along with other works of art on a street
known as Lady Day Way.
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B&O Railroad Museum
history through photos and murals in the bakery’s front lobby
and outside garden area. Just down the street, don’t miss other
area landmarks: A sign marking the site of the now-demolished
Royal Theater, known for its important role hosting iconic
black entertainers that included Cab Calloway, Louis
Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Etta James, The Supremes and
many more. Across the street is James Earl Reid’s statue of jazz
great Billie Holiday, who grew up in Baltimore’s Fell’s Point. ■
92
Ouija board was invented
boarding house in Mount
non. A plaque marks the spot
29 N. Charles Street in what is
a 7-Eleven.
16
Baltimore Symphony
hestra, the first municipal
hestra supported by public funds,
made its debut. Catch
the legendary musicians
at the Joseph Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall.
1983
The first African American
wax museum, The National
Great Blacks In Wax
Museum, opened.