“As archivists appraise records, they are doing nothing less than determining what the future will know about its past.”
-Terry Cook, internationally renowned archivist
Pictured at right: 516 North Central Ave, circa 1938.
This area was razed to construct Somerset Homes public housing project.
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Our understanding of history depends greatly on the evidence that is kept and preserved. Public records are official evidence of a government's actions, and they belong to the people.
The Baltimore City Archives (BCA) is where our city's permanent public records are stored and accessed. People look to the archives to verify dates and facts as well as to investigate topics of interest.
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