Morton C. Tadder, a veteran Baltimore professional photographer who was the Orioles' team photographer for 44 years and was among the first photographers in the United States to take pictures of the Beatles when they performed at the Civic Center in 1964, died Oct. 23 of Alzheimer’s disease at Silverado Memory Care in Encinitas, California. The former Mount Washington and Cross Keys resident was 92.
“Mort was really something, and I don’t think he got a lot of recognition during his lifetime,” said Jim Burger, a Baltimore photographer and writer who lives in Remington. “He was well-respected by photographers, and I was always impressed with him.