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Christmas Candy, Corned Beef, and Hot Peanuts at Lexington Market, Baltimore
In 2020 and early 2021, the Peale participated in the Lexington Market Public History Initiative in an effort to collect stories and memories about the world-famous Lexington Market as the market itself prepared for a redesign and reopening. The initiative’s core partners were Baltimore Heritage, Baltimore Public Markets Corporation, Lexington Market, Inc., Market Center Community Development Corporation, Seawall, and the Peale, and the work was partially enabled by a Pathways Grant from the Maryland Center for History and Culture. This project was financed in part by the Maryland Center for History and Culture’s Thomas V. “Mike” Miller History Fund.
Speaker 1(00:00): I can remember the days of Lexington Market in the early 70's. In the early 70's when we used to go down there and get Christmas candy from the vendors. Do you remember that [Reeka 00:00:14]?
Reeka (00:13): Yes.
Speaker 1(00:15): And we could go down there and get the candy or go get the [Burgess 00:00:20] cookies. What was the name of that chocolate stand that used to sell all the good chocolate? And around Christmas it would be decorated so nice. And I would go sit on Santa Claus lap. You remember the Santa Claus?
Reeka (00:34): Of course.
Speaker 1(00:36): Oh my goodness. Those were the days. Oh. And when we used to... When the circus came to town and the circus would come through there.
Reeka(00:45): Yeah. And it was the place to go on the weekend. My parents would take us down there to buy fresh meat, and then we would go to the record shop and buy all the new albums that came out that week before, was playing on the radio 1400 WWIN.
Speaker 1 (01:10): Those were some...
Reeka (01:10): Yeah. And [Bailey's 00:01:12] used to have really, really good...
Speaker 1 (01:14): Seafood.
Reeka (01:15): Crab cakes. Yeah. They had... I mean a bomb crab cake and their oyster and clam stand was really, really big. It was a big deal. And there was a lot of business. It was a lot of people employed.
Speaker 1(01:30): Let me think... What was my favorite part of... Oh. Getting those [inaudible 00:01:39]. I used to love their deli sandwiches. Them corn beef sandwiches.
Reeka (01:44): Oh, okay. I like the teriyaki chicken stand. They used to have the teriyaki on the stick and you could get it with rice and vegetables. Used to be right there near the middle across where the pizza place was.
Speaker 1 (02:01): Yeah. I remember all of that. Those were like some good days going down there with my dad on a Saturday morning, getting the fresh roasted peanuts.
Reeka(02:13): Yes. Yes.
Speaker 1(02:15): They would be so hot and good. That was like the perfect family time, doing stuff together.
Reeka(02:24): Lexington Market was a family market on the weekends. People went there with their families and bought their meats and vegetables and stuff for the week.
Speaker 1(02:35): It reminds me of those small kids when you would hear them yelling out, "Two pounds of corned beef, quarter pounder of" such and such. And you like, "That's my order. That's mine. That's me." Or whatever. Like you would see in these like the movies when they would be in a big public market places. Learning the history of Lexington Market and how it has changed. It's become more modernized. But the old market was the best.
Asset ID: 9158
Photo of Lexington Market, ca. 1903, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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By The PealeIn 2020 and early 2021, the Peale participated in the Lexington Market Public History Initiative in an effort to collect stories and memories about the world-famous Lexington Market as the market itself prepared for a redesign and reopening. The initiative’s core partners were Baltimore Heritage, Baltimore Public Markets Corporation, Lexington Market, Inc., Market Center Community Development Corporation, Seawall, and the Peale, and the work was partially enabled by a Pathways Grant from the Maryland Center for History and Culture. This project was financed in part by the Maryland Center for History and Culture’s Thomas V. “Mike” Miller History Fund.
Speaker 1(00:00): I can remember the days of Lexington Market in the early 70's. In the early 70's when we used to go down there and get Christmas candy from the vendors. Do you remember that [Reeka 00:00:14]?
Reeka (00:13): Yes.
Speaker 1(00:15): And we could go down there and get the candy or go get the [Burgess 00:00:20] cookies. What was the name of that chocolate stand that used to sell all the good chocolate? And around Christmas it would be decorated so nice. And I would go sit on Santa Claus lap. You remember the Santa Claus?
Reeka (00:34): Of course.
Speaker 1(00:36): Oh my goodness. Those were the days. Oh. And when we used to... When the circus came to town and the circus would come through there.
Reeka(00:45): Yeah. And it was the place to go on the weekend. My parents would take us down there to buy fresh meat, and then we would go to the record shop and buy all the new albums that came out that week before, was playing on the radio 1400 WWIN.
Speaker 1 (01:10): Those were some...
Reeka (01:10): Yeah. And [Bailey's 00:01:12] used to have really, really good...
Speaker 1 (01:14): Seafood.
Reeka (01:15): Crab cakes. Yeah. They had... I mean a bomb crab cake and their oyster and clam stand was really, really big. It was a big deal. And there was a lot of business. It was a lot of people employed.
Speaker 1(01:30): Let me think... What was my favorite part of... Oh. Getting those [inaudible 00:01:39]. I used to love their deli sandwiches. Them corn beef sandwiches.
Reeka (01:44): Oh, okay. I like the teriyaki chicken stand. They used to have the teriyaki on the stick and you could get it with rice and vegetables. Used to be right there near the middle across where the pizza place was.
Speaker 1 (02:01): Yeah. I remember all of that. Those were like some good days going down there with my dad on a Saturday morning, getting the fresh roasted peanuts.
Reeka(02:13): Yes. Yes.
Speaker 1(02:15): They would be so hot and good. That was like the perfect family time, doing stuff together.
Reeka(02:24): Lexington Market was a family market on the weekends. People went there with their families and bought their meats and vegetables and stuff for the week.
Speaker 1(02:35): It reminds me of those small kids when you would hear them yelling out, "Two pounds of corned beef, quarter pounder of" such and such. And you like, "That's my order. That's mine. That's me." Or whatever. Like you would see in these like the movies when they would be in a big public market places. Learning the history of Lexington Market and how it has changed. It's become more modernized. But the old market was the best.
Asset ID: 9158
Photo of Lexington Market, ca. 1903, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print