Photograph by Carol Ott, October 2014. Courtesy Baltimore Slumlord Watch. Alma Manufacturing Company Special thanks to Carol Ott from Baltimore Slumlord Watch for bringing this issue to our attention. Photograph by Carol Ott, October 2014. Courtesy Baltimore Slumlord Watch. Photograph by Leslie Barr, September 1983. Courtesy Maryland Inventory of Historic Places. Photograph by Carol Ott, October 2014. Courtesy Baltimore Slumlord Watch. Photograph by Leslie Barr, September 1983. Courtesy Maryland Inventory of Historic Places. Photograph by Carol Ott, October 2014. Courtesy Baltimore Slumlord Watch. Excerpt from patent drawing for “Buckle. US 724586 A,” 1903. Courtesy Google Patents. Photograph by Carol Ott, October 2014. Courtesy Baltimore Slumlord Watch. Photograph by Carol Ott, October 2014. Courtesy Baltimore Slumlord Watch.