Celebrating Maryland Day

March 25 is Maryland Day - an official state holiday recognizing the 1634 arrival of European settlers onto land that would eventually become the State of Maryland. The Trolley Museum has proudly been operating in Maryland for more than 50 years, and we are privileged to preserve some of the rich transportation history of the "Old Line State."

For more information on Maryland Day, visit: https://www.marylandday.org/what-is-maryland-day

For a listing of (virtual and some in-person) events taking place state-wide, visit: https://www.marylandday.org/eventscalendar

Photo by Bill Monaghan, taken during our 2019 "$20 Day" event.

Items in the images below are from the collection of Thomas Petersen.

1916 pass issued by the Chesapeake Beach Railway, a steam railroad that operated from Washington, DC to Chesapeake Beach, Maryland until April of 1935.

1935 Employee Timetable issued by the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad; this is thought to be the first employee timetable issued by the B&A.

Rare 1879 postal cover from the Annapolis and Elkridge Rail Road Company; the A&ERR was one of the first railroads in the United States; it played a minor, but important, role in the Civil War and was the railroad that transported Abraham Lincoln to Annapolis on his brief one and only "visit" to the city.