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- 20:29, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Public Library 1963.jpeg (Collection of books on the shelf at the original Brunswick Public Library in the old West End Elementary School on 317 Brunswick Street? The Brunswick Library Association was formed on March 1, 1962. With 3,500 books, the library opened its doors on April 23, 1963. Chris Weitzel I was there with my mom the day the library opened and was the first person to take out a book. I don’t remember what it was. Shari Therit I was there all the time. I remember the librarian tried to get me to read...)
- 20:26, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Officer Ambrose Gas pump.jpeg (Officer George Ambrose poses for a 1930 photo on his motorcycle near a gas pump in front of the old City Hall on A Street across the street from Bethany Lutheran Church. Note the sidecar for which he was famous for around town. He later became police chief in 1937 and served in that role until his death in 1941. The motorcycle was an Indian Chief purchased in Brunswick from Dutch Halley's dealership on Petersville Road. (Photo courtesy City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Cate...)
- 20:24, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Negro School Barrys.jpg (The old segregated school on West J Street when Charles and Henrietta Barry lived there in the 1970s. According to Liz Campbell Wilson: The Berry's were my Great Uncle and Aunt and she Pastored the church on J street after my Aunt Mary, who was the Pastor died. Fond memories on J Street with my cousins. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
- 20:16, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:First Methodist Steeple.png (This was the old steeple of the First United Methodist Church on S. Maryland Avenue before the new one was installed in 1961. Almost looks like it was about to have been taken down. See the brackets on the belfry. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
- 20:15, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gross Digs Out.jpeg (Mr. Charles Gross digs out his driveway near the corner of Petersville Road and Rosemont drive after a big snowstorm. Hard to tell what year. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Big Snows)
- 19:57, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:City Meat Market Ad.jpeg (Nice deal from the City Meat Market in 1941. This long gone store on W. Potomac Street where the ambulance company is now was destroyed by fire in September, 1959. Reportedly, in addition to fresh butchering, there was a slaughterhouse for freshly killed chickens in the basement. According to Norm Cornelius, who worked at the store in the late-1950s: Teddy Phillips had taken the business over in 1958 or close to that year. He had worked there for years as a Meat Cutter and other duties. He...)
- 19:50, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Red Men's Building 1915.jpeg (Red Men's Building, circa 1915. Note that there was a Piggly Wiggly supermarket on the bottom floor, which is now the lobby of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Visitor Center. The double doors on the far left were the entrance to the stairs and basement which were all used by the Improved Order of Red Men (I.O.R.R.). The post office at the time was also reported to have been located on the first floor. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) [[Category:Smoketown Busi...)
- 19:46, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1936 Flood Flynn's Barber Shop.jpeg (Another flood photo at the foot of S. Maple Avenue, presumably in 1936. The small building on the left was reported to have been Flynn's barber shop. Rowboats were the only way to get around that part of town at this time. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick by Mary Rubin) Category:Smoketown Great Floods)
- 19:43, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Boys Club 1909.jpeg (This 1909 image, taken at the home of Judge John L. Jordan on Maryland Avenue at the corner of W. Potomac Street, shows the Brunswick Boys Club posing with what appear to have been muskets. Founded by Reverend Luther Martin (seated lower left) of the Brunswick Presbyterian Church on A Street, this "secret group's" cry was O.G.F. Boom!, and each member had an insignia pin and scribe with the initials standing for Old Glory Forever. Today's Brunswick Boy Scout troop can trace its beginnings b...)
- 19:38, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Boy Scout Troop 5 1915.jpeg (In parallel with a secret club for older boys called Old Glory Forever or OGF, scouting began in Brunswick around 1915 with the establishment of Boy Scout Troop 5. This 1920 photograph shows some of well-dressed scouts on a hike to Virginia Springs, a source of Brunswick's water supply. Pictured here, from left to right are Bill Deener, Raymond, Funk, scoutmaster George A. Hood, and Louis Rice. The Brunswick Girl Scouts were introduced in 1921 by schoolteachers Lavinia and Georgia Hood. Bru...)
- 19:36, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Handwork Club 1940.jpeg (This 1940 photo from the “Garnet and Gold” yearbook shows the Handwork Club at old Brunswick High School atop 4th Avenue. According to the author, “Sitting on those stacks of books to pose for the picture had to have been pretty uncomfortable for those unfortunate enough not to be seated at one of the desks.” The only person identified was Mary Plunkert Noland, who was sitting in the back row, far left by the wall. (Photo courtesy of the city of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; inf...)
- 19:33, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Justice Douglass C&O Canal 5.jpeg (Justice William O. Douglas as he passed through Brunswick on his 8-day hike from Georgetown to Cumberland on the C&O towpath in March, 1954. Justice Douglas' demonstration prevented the towpath from becoming part of a national highway plan. (Photo courtesy of Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
- 19:32, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Centennial Mug.jpeg (A coffee mug commemorating Brunswick's Centennial Celebration in 1990. (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 19:30, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Engine and E. Potomac Street.JPG (Great 1975 perspective of E. Potomac Street behind the engine as it prepares to enter the roundhouse. Cage's Garage is visible through the trees on the lower right. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 19:28, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Frozen 2018.jpeg (Frozen Potomac River in early 2018. This photo was taken from the bridge on the Virginia side by the trailer cabins behind the gas station. (Photo from The Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
- 19:27, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gross House Central Avenue.jpeg (The Gross House on 304 Central Avenue in October, 2022. Longtime businessman and Judge William B. Gross with his wife Thelma, who taught 5th Grade up the hill at Brunswick Elementary School, raised their children here after moving from the family home next to the Gross store on S. Maryland Avenue. According to public records, the primary structure was built in 1956. It remained in the family until 2000 when it was sold by John L. Gross. (Photo by Peter Wenner) [[Category:Smoketown In and A...)
- 19:24, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mrs. Bennett 5th Grade Class 1970-71.JPG (Mrs. Bennett's 5th grade class during the 1970-71 school year. Here's who has been identified: Back row: Candy Free, David Kemp, Bernie Lipscomb, Steve Rowe, James Herbert, Sherri Sigler, Pat Campbell, Tammy Webber, Robin Hoopengardner, Nancy Childs, Sherry Mohler Middle row: Jeff Webber, Sandy Deener, Karen Roelkey, Peggy Ketterman, Roy Lipscomb, Jerry Thomas, Tammy Brawner, Cynthia Mann, Doug Bohrer, Kathy Robinson, Dennis Wenner Front row: Mitch McMurry, Eddie Weddle, Vicky Flook, Debbi...)
- 19:19, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Class of 1938 Reunion.JPG (BHS Class of 1938 gathered at their 50th reunion in 1988. Mrs. Wheatley identified the members of her class, as follows: Front row - Dorothy Dixon, Frances Burch, Emma Copeland, Patricia O'Hara, Anna Betty Weedy, Ethel Wenner Middle row - Evelyn Grams, Pearl Ambrose, Margaret Roelke, Lorraine Kronk, Anna Ray Suter, Geraldine Sherrard, Katherine Ahalt, Clara Garrison, Eloise Michael, Jane Nelson, Theda Norris, Ina Mae Kline, Gloria Cornelius, Mary Louise Chambers, Ella Hissey Back row - War...)
- 19:17, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:F&M Bank Women Staffers.jpg (A group photo of women staffers from the old Farmers & Mechanics Bank in 1973 before the new branch was built in the latter part of the decade. Posed here behind Hazel Bartlett are Jo Ann Thompson, Ethel Strailman, Diane Wiggington (Dawson), Mary Catherine Moore and Dorothy Moss. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 19:11, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brooks Family 4 Generations.jpg (A 1970s era Brooks family photo representing 4 generations with Rosie Brooks Campbell, her father Frank, daughter Kimberly and Grandma Mary Pauline Brooks. Mrs. Brooks lived to the ripe age of 106 and was for a time Maryland's oldest citizen. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
- 19:08, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charles Compher.jpg (The gentleman on the left was Mr. Charles Compher, who at the time lived with his daughter Evelyn Compher Donovan on West B Street. The man on the right is unidentified. Mr. Compher had been a Lovettsville farmer and passed away in 1978 just shy of his 102nd birthday. The farm is now known as “Hiddencroft Vinyards”. The photo was likely taken in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:07, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Barger Dry Cleaning.jpeg (Charles A. Barger Jr. operated the first modern steam press in Brunswick at Barger Dry Cleaning, located in a small building on East Potomac Street. Here he is in an October 1918 photo showing off the press. Note the advertisement on the right for Piedmont Cigarettes. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick" by Mary Rubin) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 19:05, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Van Pelts Hilltop House.jpeg (Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Van Pelt of Brunswick pose high above the Harper's Ferry Tunnel, bridge and river sometome in the 1920s. M.B. Van Pelt was later promoted from Terminal Train Master in Brunswick to Terminal Superintendent in Philadelphia in 1945. Mrs. Van Pelt was the former Edith Olivia Wenner, daughter of C.M. Wenner. The Van Pelts lived at 10 5th Avenue in Brunswick before the promotion. The building behind them. has been identified to have been the Hilltop House Annex. The Van Pel...)
- 22:32, 20 February 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Frederick Brown Jr obituary, The Frederick News-Post, February 17, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
- 17:58, 5 February 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Tina Beachley obituary, The Frederick News-Post, January 30, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
- 17:55, 5 February 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Francis Main obituary, The Frederick News-Post, January 30, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
- 17:55, 5 February 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Track and Field Atiya Jackson recognized as Athlete of the Month, The Frederick News-Post, February 4, 2023.pdf (Category:Recreation-Sports)
- 17:54, 5 February 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Brunswick boys defeat Catoctin 55-45, The Frederick News-Post, February 1, 2023.pdf ("Bowie helps Railroaders blast ahead," by Alexander Dacy, The Frederick News-Post, February 1, 2023. Category:Recreation-Sports)
- 23:28, 29 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:2022 Sports year in review, The Frederick News-Post, December 30, 2022.pdf (Category:Recreation-Sports)
- 23:27, 29 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:2022 Athletes of the Month, The Frederick News-Post, December 31, 2022.pdf (Category:Recreation-Sports)
- 23:16, 29 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Sue Kubat obituary, The Frederick News-Post, January 28, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
- 23:14, 29 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Judith Upchurch obituary, The Frederick News-Post, January 25, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
- 14:42, 22 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Water treatment plants get federal grant, The Frederick News-Post, December 24, 2022.pdf ("Brunswick gets $15M for plant upgrades," by Ryan Marshall, The Frederick News-Post, December 24, 2022. Category:Public Works)
- 14:41, 22 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Cold weather and power outage before Christmas 2022, The Frederick News-Post, December 24, 2022.pdf ("Wind rises, temps fall, power goes down for thousands," by Emmett Gartner, The Frederick News-Post, December 24, 2022. Category:History of Brunswick)
- 14:37, 22 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick High students prepare care packages for troops in Iraq, The Frederick News-Post, December 21, 2022.pdf (Category:High School)
- 14:25, 22 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Clifford Owens obituary, The Frederick News-Post, January 20, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
- 14:22, 22 January 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Betty Lou Brooks obituary, The Frederick News-Post, January 19, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
- 18:54, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Slave Quarters Oakland.jpeg (This is the tiny slave quarters on the old Oakland Estate, now Crown Rose Estate, on Route 180 in Petersville. The Frederick County historic registry for the property lists this as a spring house that was built in the mid-19th century and that "there is evidence it likely served as a residential slave quarters." It may be the oldest structure on the property--see pages #3-4. https://frederickcountymd.gov/.../04-02-311-Listing-on... (Photo by Peter Wenner) [[Category:Smoketown African Ameri...)
- 18:52, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Miss Carter's Class 1963-64.jpg (Miss Peggy Carter's 6th grade class at Brunswick Elementary School during the 1963-64 school year. These kids were eventually members of BHS Class of 1970. Miss Carter noted that her nephew Keith Carter was in this class. 1st row ... Denny Connor, Debbie Blosser, Teresa Harris, Ricky Dawson, Larry King, Tony Barnhouse, Judy Payne, Melinda Harwood ??, ?? 2nd row ... Marcia Rhoderick, ? , Brenda can't remember her last name, ? , Patti Powers, Harold Tomlin, Billy Myers, ? , Keith Carter, Paul...)
- 18:44, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Kaplon's Window Reflection Buick.jpeg (Abstract photo of a Kaplon's display window in the mid-'50s with a Buick and the Shell station in the reflection. Myer Kaplon once wrote that he was in charge of the window displays, and you can see his photos among other items, but the moving force was his sister Fanny. Please feel free to share your memories of the Kaplon's store windows. They were reportedly fantastic in the Christmas season. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Pub...)
- 18:41, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Russell McMurry PO.jpeg (Russell McMurry sorts the mail at the old post office on E. Potomac Street across from the YMCA sometime in the 1950s. The current post office was dedicated in October 1958. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 18:39, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Peoples National Bank Xmas Ad.jpg (A 1964 Blade-Times ad for Peoples Bank next to the bridge. By this time, the bank location known as Peoples Bank in Brunswick had been absorbed by Farmers and Mechanics National Bank. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:38, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Paynes Pharmacy 1964.jpg (Blade-Times downtown advertising for Payne's Pharmacy in the first block of W. Potomac Street. The business was located up the hill from the square corner on the north side next door to the Bank of Brunswick, now City Hall. According to Norm Cornelius, "The business was right where the Bike Shop now sits. Mr. Harry Payne, when not working was an avid Flyer, owning his own C172 which he kept tied down at the Frederick Municipal Airport. Harry lived on Rte180 next to the Hawaiian Night Club…...)
- 18:36, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Karn Xmas adf.jpg (Christmas wishes from J.P. Karn, the place to go in Brunswick for lumber and other building supplies for something like 80 years. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:35, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Chessie System Trains.JPG (An undated photo from the Brunswick yards. Probably mid-70s. The Chessie System was formed as a holding company for the 3 railroads, C&O, B&O, and WM (owned by B&O), but each maintained their individual identities. Less than half of all the locomotives were ever painted in the Chessie scheme and all of the retained the reporting marks of their home railroad. This practice continued until Chessie merged with Seaboard and everything became CSX. These GP9 locomotives powered the pre-MARC commut...)
- 18:30, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Ephraims Xmas ad.jpg (Appropriate Christmas ad from the 1964 Blade-Times special advertising section for Ephraim's. Some of us will recall that Mrs. Jeanette Ephraim loved cats that were often seen in the old E. Potomac Street store along with the aquarium. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:28, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Train-Roundhouse-Brunswick Spires 1975.JPG (Train cars parked behind the Brunswick roundhouse in 1975 with the backside of old main street hovering over. Clockwise between the trains and roundhouse are the then First United Methodist Church on S. Maryland Avenue, Reformed Church, Kaplon's, Red Men's Hall (The Museum), Newberry's and Cincotta buildings on W. Potomac Street. At the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue, you can see the old Gross family home and J.P. Karn's. (Photo by Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 18:27, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Diesel Engine in Yard 1975.JPG (A diesel engine sits in the Brunswick yard in 1975. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 18:25, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:YMCA Engine and WB Tower 1975.JPG (An image of the Brunswick yards in 1975 after the C&O took over. Is that an F unit that's framed by the YMCA and WB Tower? (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 18:23, 16 January 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Lower Field Backstop.jpeg (View of one of the old ballfields of old BES from behind the rusted backstop on Sunday, 10/23/22. (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools)