Stained glass is not just for churches. In Baltimore, if you look for it, you’ll find it all over -- elaborate skylights, charming transoms, colorful portholes. We ask Linda Rabben, an anthropologist and author, what the artful glass tells us about class, race, and social networks in Charm City. 

Links: Through a Glass Darkly book, Peale Museum Exhibit for Through a Glass Darkly, Baltimore Architecture Foundation talk at Zion Church of the City of Baltimore Jan 6, at 2pm, Histories about "Two Story King of East Baltimore" Frank Novak, here and here.

Stained glass is not just for churches. In Baltimore, if you look for it, you’ll find it all over -- elaborate skylights, charming transoms, colorful portholes. We ask Linda Rabben, an anthropologist and author, what the artful glass tells us about class, race, and social networks in Charm City. 
Links: <a href="https://shop.mdhistory.org/through-a-glass-darkly-the-social-history-of-stain.html">Through a Glass Darkly book</a>, <a href="https://www.thepeale.org/exhibition-through-a-glass-darkly/">Peale Museum Exhibit</a> for Through a Glass Darkly, <a href="https://aiabaltimore.org/baltimore-architecture-foundation/">Baltimore Architecture Foundation</a> talk at Zion Church of the City of Baltimore <a href="https://app.tickethive.com/e/through-a-glass-darkly">Jan 6, at 2pm</a>, Histories about "Two Story King of East Baltimore" Frank Novak, <a href="https://baltimorebrickbybrick.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/so-who-built-our-houses/">here </a>and <a href="https://baltimorebrickbybrick.wordpress.com/">here</a>.

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