Baltimore Industrial History Quiz

Was Baltimore's harbor more polluted in the late 19th century, when it was lined with heavy industry, or today?

Before advances in transportation and preservation enabled oysters to be eaten year-round, they were a seasonal delicacy. In which month would you NOT want to eat an oyster?

What invention--on display at the Baltimore Museum of Industry--did Thomas Edison call "the eighth wonder of the world"?

Printers used to lay every letter individually to create text. What's the most commonly used letter in the alphabet?

What year did electricity come to Baltimore?

Which public figure is thought to have brought the heyday of men's hats--most of which were made in Baltimore--to an end?

Which of these is NOT a child of the famous Baltimore artist and museum visionary Charles Willson Peale?

Who founded Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock in 1866?

Which company invented the first portable electric drill?

What was the first Black-owned business listed on the New York Stock Exchange?

What is the historic nickname of Lombard Street in Baltimore's Jonestown neighborhood?

How many pounds of raw sugar cane does Baltimore's Domino Sugars plant process each day?

Which material was NOT used in the first airplane built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in 1909?

Approximately how much would you have paid for a new, custom car in Baltimore in the 1890s?

About what percentage of Baltimore's workforce was employed in the garment industry in the early 20th century?