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Historic Photos Document Life on York Road

A West Towson resident pulled photos from library archives and enhanced them.

West Towson resident John Patterson describes himself as "obsessed" with collecting photos of old-school Towson, and York Road in particular.

In an email, he said he's spent the past few months "scouring" the Baltimore County Public Library's historic photo database. He found his personal favorite photos, enhanced them with Photoshop, than posted the results on Facebook in a public album titled "Yesterday in Towson."

"I've just always been interested in what life used to be like on the street that is so close to our homes," wrote Patterson. "You see those old buildings and you have no idea what they used to be."

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