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Silhouettes fit into historical fair – guests “picture themselves in history”

Silhouettes By Hand recently enjoyed its first appearance at one of Canada’s premier historical open air museums: Upper Canada Village, located in Morrisburg, Ontario.

Great applause ensued.

Upper Canada Village hosts a joyful, activity-filled, entertainment-filled Heritage Carnival. Filled with 19th-century diversions and history, the festivities included a historical-style Circus equestrian show from Quebec, a magnificently appointed Dime Museum from Canada’s  own sideshow son, Carnival Diabolo, an amusing (and certifiably creepy) medicine show, Professor Lambert’s Magic Lantern show, which was the historical forerunner of moving pictures, powerpoints, and slideshows, hand-on cricket instruction for all guests, hand-on archery for all guests, an excitement-stirring boat regatta race, staged and walkaround illusionist, a phrenologist, and more.

Upper Canada Village itself is a wonderland of history – a whole rural village recreating the sights, sounds, smells, amusements, daily necessities of Upper Canada during the 1860s. Upper Canada is the south-easternmost region of Ontario; “upper” means higher in elevation than the larger “Lower Canada”. Upper Canada has a long history that showcases the social, political, and cultural adventures of the North American continent.

Silhouettes By Hand was invited to cut silhouettes of visitors – to fit into the 1860s era. Silhouette portraiture during the 1860s could have been swallowed by the newfangled invention called “photography” – which was creating a new view of the world. In the 1860s, silhouettes had not disappeared due to the new intention – in truth, photographic studios had not arrived in every city nor perhaps had reached rural towns like Upper Canada’s villages. Silhouette artists may have still traveled towns and individuals, creating portraits for residents — to keep and share these elegant images as sometimes the only portrait images of themselves. It wasn’t for several decades until silhouettes faded from being a necessity of family life, to a less-important novelty or nostalgia.

Silhouettes By Hand specializes in creating an atmosphere of excellence for event facilities and event themes. In this example of Upper Canada Villages’s Heritage Carnival, Lauren’s set of 1860s period clothing fit perfectly with the UCV’s exacting standards. Lauren’s closet of clothes and supplies ranges from the 16th century, through 18th century, 19th century, and into modern-day festivities. More event images and costumes can be seen on the Silhouettes by Hand Facebook page.

Enjoy these few pictures of Upper Canada Village, the Heritage Carnival, and Silhouettes By Hand. If anyone reading this post has any access to Ontario, Canada, Upper Canada Village is worth the journey – worthwhile of a visit taking one, two, or more days.

Do you represent an event, fair, festival, or company seeking excellence in rapid portraiture for guests? Contact Lauren for more information and to check for your event’s availability.

Any time period encouraged, even the 21st century.

Posted by  |  August 14, 2011 | Categories: Civil War, entertainment, events, fun, history, interactive, kids, living history, museum, open air museum, silhouettes, time period, Victorian, woman portrait | Comments Off

Silhouette profile portraits as 19th century entertainment

“Silhouettes By Hand” offers silhouette portraiture for many kinds of event types. Some of the most interesting event types are history-related, especially in a museum or history park.

On August 6-7, 2011, “Silhouettes By Hand” will be in the middle of the 19th Century… in Canada.

The “UPPER CANADA HERITAGE CARNIVAL (50 Feats of Fun and Festivity)” (Morrisburg, Ontario) will be a grand showcase of fabulous 19th century forms of entertainment:

This unique weekend event will be brimming with the colour and excitement of real 19th century entertainment and fun, including a one-of-a-kind period-historical Circus Equestrian Show, a Travelling Medicine Show, and a Dime Museum of Circus Oddities. A wandering Gypsy Illusionist will be joining the festivities, mystifying audiences with his slight of hand, both during staged performances and face-to-face with visitors. You may have the chance to join in a dance of the Cumberland Reel! Discover the history of Magic Lantern Shows. Special guest artisans, period peddlers and vendors will demonstrate their crafts and selling their wares and special treats. Carnival-goers will also have the chance to partake in some 1860s sportsmanship and competitions, and are invited to take on the defending Village Champions in a boat rowing Regatta, or join in and learn how to play the historical game of Cricket. Children can test their agility in heritage games as they take a turn trying to “Climb a Greasy Pole”, navigate “Jacob’s Ladder”, or join in three-legged races, tug-o-wars, and sack races.

So where to silhouette portraits fit into this fabulous festival of feats?

The art of silhouette portraiture was a vital aspect of pre-”modern” life in the entirety of North America and her mother countries, England and France. Silhouette portraiture was called by many names: profile portraits, shadow portraits, profiles, shades, scissorgraphs, skiagraphs, and other names. It was the French that lent the name “silhouette” to the profile portrait form, named after a disliked French finance minister, Etienne De Silhouette, in the mid 1700s. Yet it was the English who applied the “silhouettes” name more carefully to the portrait form in 1801, and the name stuck after the 1830s. Photography was invented in 1829; the first human portraits appeared in 1839. By the 1860s, photography was gaining popularity but had not yet reached “common” status, especially in rural areas. Silhouette portraiture was still common for all forms of portraits: family members, soldiers leaving for war, and memories.

It’s important to remember that artists using scissors-only was becoming very rare; in the early 19th century, more traveling (“itinerant”) entrepreneurs were creating profile portraits by machine, tracing the shadow’s profile using a candle behind the subjects head. The fascinating talent of scissors-portraits were quite uncommon as the 19th century moved on.

Since the whole population did not have access to photography, the old forms of portraiture were still used when possible. By the 1860s, silhouettes were quaint but still common – everyone had family silhouettes on walls or tucked in bibles – a safe place to hold treasures, but the bible was also a common location for family papers. Earlier in the 19th century, there was even a social craze at parties for tracing silhouettes by throwing a person’s profile shadow on the wall. Additionally, there was a long history of the “science” of reading personalities by a person’s profile, called “physiognomy” or “anthroposcopy”.

At this exciting 19th century carnival at Upper Canada Village, “Silhouettes By Hand” will be cutting profile portraits for visitors and guests. If there is time, maybe we’ll have some great conversations about reading personality by the facial profile!

Due to the unknown quantity of silhouette profile artists in Canada (if any), this may be the only opportunity in Ontario (or perhaps all of Canada) to have a live silhouette portrait created for yourself or a family member. In addition, it’s still rare to see a freehand (no drawing or tracing the profile) silhouette artist – this is your chance!

The silhouettes are partially sponsored by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, so any silhouette customers get a wonderfully inexpensive rate for their portraits.

Come to this lively 19th century carnival event and show your support for the fun-loving and history-loving Upper Canada Village.

Posted by  |  July 23, 2011 | Categories: Civil War, entertainment, events, Federal, fun, history, interactive, kids, living history, museum, open air museum, silhouettes, time period, Victorian | 1 Comment »

Silhouette portraiture as entertainment at parties, conferences, and corporate events – with memento for guests

Summer 2011 started out well with “Silhouettes By Hand” providing silhouette portraits for guests at exciting corporate and private events.

The photo at left is Lauren cutting silhouettes at a modest little party for a Washington DC-area businessman, and his 1000 guests, at a restaurant on the waterfront. Each guest who sat for a silhouette portrait was amazed at the quality, speed, and fun of this process!

At corporate, conference, and social parties silhouettes are a perfect addition to entertain guests as well as give them an elegant memento of the event. Each silhouette only takes 2 minutes to cut; this is much faster than caricature artists – and the resulting portrait is quite chic.

Guests are amazed at the speed of the portrait method: freehand cut with only scissors, no drawing, tracing, or throwing of shadows! Watching the silhouettes being cut are as entertaining as having one cut for self.

The photo at left is from the silhouette-portrait setup at the United States Conference of Mayors, 2011. Even in a dinner event in a large tent with over 1500 guests, silhouette portraits were charming these powerful (yet ready to have fun!) guests.

If any of the museum and historical photos on this blog gives you pause about how Lauren will dress for your event, feel relieved: Lauren dresses perfectly in line with the atmosphere of your own event! Whether the dress code is “little black dress” or country picnic, Lauren can easily meld with the festivity that you carefully crafted.

Event types can include:

  • cocktail parties
  • weddings
  • corporate dinners
  • conference dinners
  • conference trade show floor
  • retail store festivities
  • corporate celebrations of any kind
  • social events
  • holiday events
  • community events
  • company picnics
  • and much more – what event can you add silhouettes to please your guests?

If you have a corporate, social, conference, party, or other events where you are thinking of unique entertainment, contact Lauren at SilhouettesByHand@gmail.com

Posted by  |  July 13, 2011 | Categories: corporate, entertainment, fun, modern, silhouettes, social event | 1 Comment »

Late Victorian-era Cowboy event (1881) – as a silhouette artist

It’s been a busy month, and the Facebook page has been more easily updated than this blog site. I’ve been across decades and centuries – or so it seems.

In late June, I had the pleasure of engaging with Old Bedford Village (Bedford PA) in their “Gunfight at the OK Corral” event. The date was 1881, and while the famous gunfight was reenacted, they also recreated stagecoach robberies, a snake-oil salesman, Wild Bill Hickock’s death in Deadwood, SD, and a whole village of good guys, bad guys, good girls, and bad girls!

Silhouettes were still vibrant in 1881. Photography was invented in 1829, with the first images of a person were in 1839. While photography had entered the public’s imagination as a possible portrait form after 1840, there were still decades until it was cheap enough and easy enough for the portrait form to catch the public’s love. 1881 was a heyday of this new thrill: photographs. Photography was still in its infancy, with photographic experimenters trying many chemical forms. Silhouette portraits, immensely popular for over 100 years, began to be reduced to nostalgia or novelty.

I was grateful to be given an artisan house to cut silhouettes for visitors! This allowed me to decorate the building in a period style, intriguing to all passersby.

The option of a silhouette portarit was so intriguing to this horse (and his owner), that the horse got a portrait made. Do you have a beloved pet of whom you would like a portrait? Drop an email to Silhouettes By Hand to learn how easy to request an artisan portrait of your pet.

Enjoy the photos – and remember: silhouettes were still fun in 1881!

Horse portrait by "silhouettes by hand"

"Silhouettes by Hand" at 1881 event"Silhouettes By Hand" booth at cowboy event"Silhouettes by hand" sign"Silhouettes by hand" booth with cowboys

Posted by  |  July 12, 2011 | Categories: cowboy, entertainment, events, fun, history, horse, interactive, kids, museum, pet portrait, silhouettes | Comments Off

A portable artist studio… silhouettes cut by hand, in person

A busy weekend of events brought smiles to hundreds who had their silhouette portraits cut by hand.

Many people were charmed by the fun presentation of the booth, and the elegant interior. Boordy Winery owner Rob DeFord commented how intimate and comfortable it seemed to get a portrait made, “This artisan tent feels like an old-fashioned artist’s studio”.

Here are a few fun images.

If you are interested in offering a unique, interactive, and educational element to your events, (portraits created in 2 minutes, freehand!) consider “Silhouettes By Hand” silhouettes. Please contact Lauren at silhouettesbyhand(at)gmail.com

Posted by  |  June 1, 2011 | Categories: corporate, entertainment, events, fun, interactive, kids, silhouettes | Comments Off

How to cut your own silhouette portrait – and how I cut my silhouettes.

Many people love the elegance and romance of a silhouette portrait, as they have seen in the images of Colonial (17th and 18th centuries), Federal (early 19th century), Regency (early 19th century England) , Victorian (middle 19th century), and Antebellum (pre-Civil War in the U.S.) portraits, in the eras before photography. I know this because I was one of those people: I was fascinated with silhouette portraits: their grace, their elegance, their sense of history, their sense of “generations of families”.

Many people look for information on how to make their own silhouette or the silhouette of a family member. This post may help you.

HOW TO CREATE A SILHOUETTE AT HOME:
Here are several easy-to-achieve methods to create a silhouette portrait:

  • A common, non-professional way to cut a silhouette was to stand your subject sideways (profile) near a wall, and to shine a light on one side of the person, with the person’s profile making a shadow portrait (silhouette) on the wall. Trace that shadow onto a paper, and then cut out the profile. This is the easiest method, and is often done in schools. The silhouettes will be very big, and often this is challenging if children are very wiggly.
  • Another silhouette method is to look at your subject,  and draw the outline of that person. You would be creating almost a traditional portrait, except the person would be standing sideways (profile), and you won’t add any details like the eyes. Then cut out the outline. The easiest way to do this is to use white paper so you can see the lines, and cut out the face: you will then put a black paper behind this white hollow area. This is called a “hollow cut” silhouette. You will paste these two pieces together: the black paper behind, and the white hollow-cut image in front.
  • Another method to make a silhouette is “the modern method”: take a digital photograph of the subject sideways (profile), then use Photoshop to make the portrait black, print it, and cut out the portrait, and paste onto a white paper.

All of these methods take little skill except to be observant, and to be careful with scissors or a sharp craft blade, so most anyone can achieve silhouettes this way. You can have lots of fun creating your own portraits.

However, if you are looking to participate in a fascinating piece of portrait art that you will treasure for many years, consider having you (or your loved ones’) portraits made in the very traditional and artistic way: cut freehand with scissors: no drawing, tracing, or Photoshop.

MY METHOD OF CUTTING SILHOUETTES:
This is the method I use: I cut silhouette portraits freehand with scissors. “Freehand” means that I don’t draw the image before cutting, or throw any shadows, or take a photo first.

How I do it:
I sit my guest in a chair sideways to me, so I see his or her profile. I start working at one side of the portrait, and look carefully at my subject (the person sitting in the chair), to “copy” the facial and hair details of the other person, cutting into the paper. My paper is a special silhouette paper. I use the methods used for hundreds of years: an exceptional sense of detail, a specific type of scissor-style, and careful cutting. I  look and cut, look and cut. I have to measure ‘by eye’ to ensure the proportions are correct; if I make a mistake in proportions, I have to throw away that paper and start again!

When I cut a silhouette portrait, I am carefully reproducing the details in a person’s face. Every face is unique, with varying lengths and slopes to chins, lips, noses, and foreheads. Getting each detail correct makes the portrait look like the person. Additionally, hair has its own personality  - often the style (or energy) of a person’s individual hairstyle creates the portrait as much as lips and noses.

However, what is especially unique is that I cannot draw the proportions ahead of time: “freehand” silhouette-cutting means that I rely on the scissors to do my ‘drawing’. I must always look both at the exquisite details of the subject (again: chin, lips, nose, etc) as well as the whole head, to ensure that the portrait truly looks like a portrait of that person. This is why wiggly children are challenging, but of course possible! The portraits can take as little as 90 seconds. (The experience takes far longer with wiggly children…). I should confess that this effort may be more successful to me rather than most people: I am a trained illustrator, artist, and designer – I am skilled in looking at details. I achieve this level of observation and detail in often less than 2 minutes: it’s “an event” just to watch the silhouette portrait, as well as having a portrait created.

Your biggest joy about the silhouette portrait would be to come see me at a live event – whether you are an event visitor or an event producer, you will love the experience of this rare, beautiful, historical, and quick (!) portrait. It is my effort (and my pleasure) to create a ‘portrait event’ that you and your loved ones will remember: a real portrait, made by a real artist, in a fun setting, yet achieved in about two (2) minutes.

Remember – this is a rare artform, practiced by only a handful of people in the United States, and only handfuls elsewhere in the world. Having a silhouette portrait created live is a unique opportunity.

I do cut silhouettes by email, if you are located distant from my live, in-person events.

I cut silhouette portraits at all types of events:

  • corporate events
  • trade shows
  • community gatherings
  • festivals
  • fairs
  • historical events and facilities, of many time periods
  • museums and museum functions
  • private functions, parties, and weddings

If you are seeking my services for your own event or to request a silhouette by email, write to me at Silhouettes By Hand.

In the meantime, enjoy trying your own silhouette portraits!

Posted by  |  May 24, 2011 | Categories: silhouettes | Comments Off

Portrait of an artisan event: festivals, dogs, and silhouettes

A recent event that arranged for silhouettes was the long-running Dover, Delaware’s “Dover Days Festival”, a celebration of this capitol of our first state in the Union. I hope you enjoy a few images of this joyful event in a very nice state.

The silhouette booth was situated in the Early American area of the festival: demonstrating artisans of the early days of Delaware and our country. The booth looked pretty striking, especially in the setting of the Old State House behind. As this was a modern event showing Early American craftmanship, no authentic tent was needed.

(If you are enamored of the wooden “portrait” chair as I am, the chair was made by Period Productions, a craftsman who specializes in supplies for performers, artisans, and living history enthusiasts. He makes all of my woodcraft needs)

Many people enjoyed getting silhouettes, young and old.

As you may be able to see in the photo at left, there is no drawing of the portrait before cutting: this white paper shows that nothing is drawn. The paper is white on one side, and black on the other side. The black side is what is displayed as the final silhouette portrait. Depending on the light around me, I will cut on the white side or the black side of the paper.

Anyone can come watch the rapid and fascinating process, and decide whether she or he would like a silhouette of him/herself or a loved one.

A new discovery in cutting silhouette portraits is that one can never estimate who the next client may be. It may be a cute young child… or even a canine child of happy (dog) parents, as I have now met two in two weeks. This is my second dog silhouette for the month of May. These live silhouette portrait-sitting of dogs were achieved with well-trained animals and very enthusiastic “parents”

The next event for silhouettes is a Colonial Market Fair at the Claude Moore Colonial Farm, on May 21-22, 2011. This is a cute little authentic-style event at a historical farm-park run by the National Park Service. Since this is a history-based educational facility, every artisan can speak about and often demonstrates his or her craft. This Market Fair simulates traditional Market Fairs which were popular in Europe and the New World since medieval days: vendors, craftspeople, and cooked served their specialities for an enthusiastic crowd.

There are activities and games for children, healthy (an inexpensive) food, some goodies, and even some craft ales at very low prices. All the prices are reasonable to make this experience worth your while. If you are near the Washington DC or Northern Virginia area and are looking for a fun afternoon event, come by. You’ll even get to see the authentic Colonial farm during your visit to the Market Fair.

Posted by  |  May 19, 2011 | Categories: Colonial, entertainment, events, fun, history, kids, silhouettes, time period | 2 Comments »

Facebook page for Silhouettes, and the upcoming Silhouette event schedule

This is fairly newsy post. To give a little tidbit of Silhouette history, here’s your moment:

Did you know that one reason that silhouettes became popular in the 18th century (1700′s) is because your profile was said to tell your whole personality without your opening your mouth to speak. This was considered a new science of “physiognomy”: telling one’s personality by the face. The method by which your personality was shown in your face was that your personality ‘pushed’ your “soft” (so they said) head bones into predictable shapes, depending on the forces of that personality. This science was taught even in universities, and the material was published and popular in many languages. While having someone judge your personality might not seem like a big issue, consider this: according to this “science”, you could be pre-judged (prejudiced) for work or social positions, or even relationships.

FACEBOOK:
“Silhouettes by Hand” is now on Facebook – with photos of silhouettes of guests at live events, and a sampling of costumes.

For your best experience, click “LIKE” to be updated on silhouettes history, upcoming events, and sometimes ideas how to use silhouettes in your own life – like reminding you that  Mothers Love Silhouettes For Mother’s Day. The information is always brief, and will be delivered directly to your own Facebook News Stream.

UPCOMING SILHOUETTE EVENTS:

Live silhouette artistry is rare. There are few silhouette artists in the United States, and most seem scattered across the various regions of this huge, historical country!
To have your own silhouette cut at a live public event, here are a few upcoming appearances to put on your calendar if you are in the Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC region:

(More appearances will be announced soon).

If you are not in the Baltimore/Washington region but would like your silhouette cut for yourself or a loved one, please send an email to SilhouettesByHand@gmail.com to send a digital photo: your portrait request will be cut by hand from the photo, as if the person was sitting right there. This method isn’t as much fun as sitting for the quick-yet-elegant portrait – but there’s no travel involved!

If you are an event considering booking Silhouettes By Hand for your own event, send an email also to SilhouettesByHand@gmail.com . We’ll arrange the best option for your event!

Posted by  |  April 26, 2011 | Categories: Colonial, events, fun, history, kids, modern, museum, Regency, silhouettes, time period | 2 Comments »

Silhouettes for Mother’s Day, an early start

Mothers absolutely love silhouette portraits. They remember the traditional portraits on their own mothers’ and grandmothers’ walls, and they long to have silhouettes of their own children. If you are a mother, or if you have a mother, or you know a mother, consider silhouette portraits of the family that the mother loves. The cost is minimal, but the joy will be maximized!

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8.
Get out your crayons to mark that down. Moms love when you remember – and love even more when you mention it before the actual day.

“Silhouettes By Hand” will have a pre-Mother’s Day appearance at Montpelier Mansion’s “Festival of Herbs, Tea, and The Arts”. Gather all the mothers you can wrangle to visit this springy event:

Saturday, April 30, 10 am-4 pm
“Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Tea and the Arts” (MNCPPC/ PG Parks).
Join us for the 15th year of this family oriented festival. Montpelier Mansion and Montpelier Arts Center join forces to bring you a day that will delight your senses. Hear live music. Indulge in tea and scones in Montpelier’s elegant South Wing. Take a tour of the mansion, or visit the Art Center’s galleries and studios. With over 30 vendors on the grounds, it’s a great opportunity to find the perfect Mothers’ Day gift. Kids can play old-fashioned games, dress up in colonial costume, see a live animal exhibit, and more. (Free)

On this festival day, I will be giving a brief presentation on the history of silhouettes, as well as cutting silhouettes of visitors for a small fee. Your silhouette portrait will be cut in the traditional Colonial  and Regency manner, with only scissors – with no drawing or tracing. This historical method of portraiture blends perfectly with the elegant Colonial/Georgian Monpelier mansion, built ca. 1781, which hosted such famous persons as George Washington and Abigail Adams.

You’ll have one more chance for silhouettes before Mother’s Day, when I’ll be participating in the city-wide, spectacular Dover Days celebration in Dover, Delaware, on Saturday, May 7. I’ll be one of the Early American Craft artisans near the Old State House.

Can’t get to these events to get your Mother’s Day presents created? Then write an email to SilhouettesByHand@gmail.com to request a silhouette cut from a picture you send via email. There’s no effort on your part, and you can send photos of the entire family. Mention this phrase, “Mother’s Day Special”, to get a 20% discount on family silhouettes over 2 family members.

Mother’s Day. Silhouette portraits. Festive spring events. They all go together.

Here is a Facebook link to “Silhouettes By Hand”: more photos and information.

Posted by  |  April 20, 2011 | Categories: silhouettes | 1 Comment »

Silhouette portraits at “Privateer Day”: a celebration of Baltimore’s history

“Silhouettes by Hand” will be cutting silhouette portraits at Baltimore, Maryland’s “Privateer Day” celebration – a family event celebrating the ‘legal pirating’ past of this historical city. The date of this festive event is Saturday, April 16, 2011, 11am-6pm.
The location is Fells Point, an area filled with shops, restaurants, taverns, and cobblestone streets just a short distance from the popular Harborplace area.

Your portrait will be cut at the Fells Point Preservation Society and Visitor Center, 1724 Thames Street, just off Broadway Square. Look for the authentic boat in front of the museum! Enjoy the 1800′s atmosphere, period costumes and supplies, and spend a few minutes participating in history – and then taking home your own memento of time-traveling back to 1812. Children and adults alike love their silhouette portraits!

Your own silhouette portrait will take only 2 minutes – and your portrait will be authentic to the privateer time period. The era is just after the turn of 1800. Hundreds, maybe thousands of honorable seafaring men, commissioned to help President Madison plunder foreign ships, had their own portraits created in the same way.

First called “shadow portraits”, “profiles”, “shades”, “scissorgraphs”, “skiagraphs”, and other names, the word “silhouette” for this black and white portrait style was first introduced in 1801 but didn’t become popular until after 1830. Surpassing an era when only the rich people had enough money to have portraits painted, hand-cut or hand-painted silhouettes, regular society also was finally able to afford portraits for themselves through this inexpensive  and fast profile portrait method.

Fells Point, Baltimore MD, had been the shipbuilding area of this old city. First purchased in 1726, the town of Fells Point (not yet part of the  Town of Baltimore, started in 1706) was officially founded in 1763. Baltimore’s shipbuilding was centered in this area of town, creating some of the fastest and most respected ships of the brand-new United States of America. As ships and ship-activity became more important to the new country, more threats arose on the seas. Professional, government-sponsored pirates were sent from Baltimore to protect the new country’s waters: these “official” pirates were called “privateers”, sent by Presidential decree out onto the waters. After about a decade of sea-based threats, a new war broke out. We know this war as the War of 1812, and after several years of battles and danger, the burning of Washington, Baltimore finally beat back the opposing forces to cement our status as a new country and international force.

Here is official website of the Privateer Day… enjoy the free ship battles in the Harbor, the Fells Point Museum tours, the pirates roaming the streets, the music, vendors, activities, entertainers, a Pirate Soiree, and the real, larger -than-life history of a historical city, Baltimore.

Posted by  |  April 9, 2011 | Categories: entertainment, events, Federal, fun, history, kids, museum, Regency, silhouettes, time period, War of 1812 | Comments Off

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