Baltimore's 'Corned Beef Row' through the years

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Residents of the 1000 block East Lombard Street searched their homes from attic to basement for scrap metal and rubber to be collected throughout the city during World War II in 1942. (Baltimore Sun archives)

A stretch of East Lombard Street known as "Corned Beef Row" was a bustling center of Jewish life in the early 20th century. Over the years, the number of delicatessens has declined, with only a few holdouts still in business.