Table of Contents

Introduction

About

Copper

The Kavanaghs in Question.

Dedication

1866 The Beginning

1867 Year Two

1868 The Black Friday Flood and New Digs

1869 16 W. Lombard Street

1870 Maryland Pure Rye

1871 Whiskey and Copper

1872 Year Seven

1873 Tickling the Ivories

1874 Year Nine

1875 Year Ten

1876 The Centennial

1877 Joseph M. Kavanagh, Coppersmith

1878 The First Nephew

1879 Year Fourteen

1880 Joe Takes a Wife

1881 The Shop Gets Bigger, Literally

1882 Sorrow

1883 Copper vs. Music

1884 Year Nineteen

1885 Marching Toward Liberty

1886 Joe and the Statue of Liberty

1887 Changing the Numbers

1888 Alice

1889 Beer and Copper

1890 The Second Nephew

1891 Joe and Jo

1892 The Third Nephew

1893 Eddie

1894 Singing in Prison

1895 The Fourth Nephew

1896 The First Championship

1897 Year Thirty-two

1898 The Fifth Nephew

1899 Candy and Quackery

1900 Turn of the Century

1901 The Last Best Year

1902 Patrick

1903 The Train Crashes

1904 Fire and Death

Joseph Michael Kavanagh

1905 Joe’s Successor

1906 The Pie and Whiskey Conspiracy

1907 The Joseph Kavanagh Company

1908 Shop Vs. Shop

1909 The Phoenix from the Flames

1910 Don’t Shoot the Bartender

1911 Safe at Home

1912 201 S. Central Avenue

1913 The First Ride

1914 Double Mint Gum

1915 The First Truck

1916 And Then There Were Two

1917 The Great War and Eddie Quits

1918 The Union and The Spanish Flu

1919 Prohibition and Suffrage

Martin Joseph Kavanagh

1920 Bootlegging and Lakewood Avenue

1921 Rye Running and the Dodge

1922 Murder and Mayhem

1923 The Aftermath

1924 A Pair of Jacks

1925 Jack and Kitty

1926 Tap Dancing at the Brewery

1927 Vocation

1928 The Visitation

1929 The Crash and the Escape

1930 Kitty Dies

1931 Radio Repairs

1932 The Great Depression and Half-Pies

1933 The End of Prohibition

1934 The First Time Down the Ocean

1935 The Trouble with Brothers

1936 Joe Stands Alone

1937 Her Left Foot

1938 Incorporation

1939 Joe’s Curtain Call

1940 The Unknown Joe

1941 Infamy

1942 World War Two

1943 Two Deaths and the War Reaches the Kavanagh’s

1944 The USS Strickland

1945 Two Sons in the Sunset

1946 Jack’s Girl

1947 Jack and Betty

1948 The Joe Dance

1949 447 N. Lakewood Avenue

1950 The Song Is Over

1951 Polio and Politics

1952 Johanna

1953 The Colts and the Orioles

1954 Leo Kavanagh

1955 Running for City Council

1956 The First Roller

1957 Learning to Quote

1958 The Greatest Game Ever Played

1959 The Two Eds

1960 Ann M. Kavanagh

1961 Eddie Retires

1962 Colt Kavanagh

1963 Silence

1964 Pennant Fever

1965 The Return of Joseph Michael Kavanagh

1966 The First World Series

1967 The Last Christmas Party

1968 Grief and Rage

1969 One Giant Leap

1970 Two Weddings and a Funeral

1971 The Robin-Blair Sons

1972 The First Sculpture

1973 The Designated Batter

1974 Hank Aaron and the Capitals

1975 The First Grandchild

1976 The Bicentennial

1977 Little Jack

1978 Big Jack

1979 The Last Joe

1980 Singing While Annealing

1981 Jack and Joe

1982 Betty Kavanagh

1983 Lethal Injection

1984 Out of the Frying Pan

1985 Brothers and Uncles

1986 Leaving Lakewood

1987 Paul Kavanagh

1988 The End of An Era

1989 The Third Family

1990 Patrick Kavanagh

1991 A Fond Farewell

1992 Oriole Park at Camden Yards

1993 Changes

1994 Countdowns

1995 Joe and Kim

1996 The Baltimore Ravens

1997 My Joe