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• 18:44, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Westbound Station 1976.JPG (The westbound Brunswick train station in 1976. The station was designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin and opened in 1891 on Seventh Avenue. Several years later the building was moved to its current location. David Mcintosh This station was first built on the south side of Potomac Ave in 1891. Then moved to its present place in 1907. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 18:44, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Westbound Station 1976.JPG (The westbound Brunswick train station in 1976. The station was designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin and opened in 1891 on Seventh Avenue. Several years later the building was moved to its current location. David Mcintosh This station was first built on the south side of Potomac Ave in 1891. Then moved to its present place in 1907. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 18:39, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:E.F. Baldwin.jpeg (Ephraim Francis Baldwin (1837-1916) apprenticed as a draftsman in the architectural office of Niernsee and Neilson in Baltimore. He left in 1867 and practiced on his own for 2 years before forming a partnership with Bruce Price, whom he had met at his former employers. They practiced together until 1873 and Baldwin worked again on his own for the next decade. In 1883 he formed a partnership with a former employee, Josias Pennington. Over a course of a 50 year architecture career Baldwin desi...)
• 18:39, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:E.F. Baldwin.jpeg (Ephraim Francis Baldwin (1837-1916) apprenticed as a draftsman in the architectural office of Niernsee and Neilson in Baltimore. He left in 1867 and practiced on his own for 2 years before forming a partnership with Bruce Price, whom he had met at his former employers. They practiced together until 1873 and Baldwin worked again on his own for the next decade. In 1883 he formed a partnership with a former employee, Josias Pennington. Over a course of a 50 year architecture career Baldwin desi...)
• 18:38, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Westbound Station Workers.jpeg (Railroaders who worked at the Westbound Station in 1956-1957. Sitting: Lee B. Smith Sr. (Night Clerk), Stanley Hoke (Freight Agent) Standing: Frank Brooks, Luther Deener, James William "Sarge" Rooney Sr. (Day and Nighttime laborers) Richard Maguire I can remember sitting in the Eastbound station about 3:00 am waiting to relieve the crew on an eastbound train upon arrival. We then took the train (NY 88) to Philadelphia. This was about 1973. Tamara Walker Kimberlee Butler. I remember going t...)
• 18:38, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Westbound Station Workers.jpeg (Railroaders who worked at the Westbound Station in 1956-1957. Sitting: Lee B. Smith Sr. (Night Clerk), Stanley Hoke (Freight Agent) Standing: Frank Brooks, Luther Deener, James William "Sarge" Rooney Sr. (Day and Nighttime laborers) Richard Maguire I can remember sitting in the Eastbound station about 3:00 am waiting to relieve the crew on an eastbound train upon arrival. We then took the train (NY 88) to Philadelphia. This was about 1973. Tamara Walker Kimberlee Butler. I remember going t...)
• 18:34, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:G.F. McGaha.jpeg (George F. McGaha (left) worked at the Fruit Growers building in the Brunswick B&O yard (1934-35). The other man is unidentified. Can anyone tell us where the fruit growers building was located in the yard? (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
• 18:34, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:G.F. McGaha.jpeg (George F. McGaha (left) worked at the Fruit Growers building in the Brunswick B&O yard (1934-35). The other man is unidentified. Can anyone tell us where the fruit growers building was located in the yard? (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
• 18:24, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:A.G. Horine Prescription Card.jpeg (A blank prescription card from A.G. Horine. This may date to the early 20th Century or prior. Telephone numbers ranging from 1-3 numbers first appeared in the 1890s. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Advertising)
• 18:24, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:A.G. Horine Prescription Card.jpeg (A blank prescription card from A.G. Horine. This may date to the early 20th Century or prior. Telephone numbers ranging from 1-3 numbers first appeared in the 1890s. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Advertising)
• 18:21, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Arlington Horine Medicine Bag.jpeg (nside Dr. A.G. Horine's medical bag. Note the different kinds of pills. Maybe this is what he carried when he made house calls. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
• 18:21, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Arlington Horine Medicine Bag.jpeg (nside Dr. A.G. Horine's medical bag. Note the different kinds of pills. Maybe this is what he carried when he made house calls. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
• 18:18, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:H.R. Mace & Co. Ad .jpeg (A vintage ad for Orthophonic Records and Victrolas from longtime Brunswick business H.R. Mace & Company. According to the Maryland State Gazetter, the company featured these items from 1909-11 and probably later. One-time Brunswick Mayor Harry R. Mace (1932-1938) sold furniture and other household items on the first floor at W. Potomac Street where King's Pizza operates today. Mace got into the business working for his father Thomas Mace's furniture store at 207 E. Potomac Street where Mole...)
• 18:18, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:H.R. Mace & Co. Ad .jpeg (A vintage ad for Orthophonic Records and Victrolas from longtime Brunswick business H.R. Mace & Company. According to the Maryland State Gazetter, the company featured these items from 1909-11 and probably later. One-time Brunswick Mayor Harry R. Mace (1932-1938) sold furniture and other household items on the first floor at W. Potomac Street where King's Pizza operates today. Mace got into the business working for his father Thomas Mace's furniture store at 207 E. Potomac Street where Mole...)
• 18:12, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Veterans Day Parade Petersville Ruritan.jpg (Interesting choice of float display for the Petersville Ruritan Club in what might have been the late Sixties. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 18:12, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Veterans Day Parade Petersville Ruritan.jpg (Interesting choice of float display for the Petersville Ruritan Club in what might have been the late Sixties. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 18:09, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Oscar Mitchell Retirement 2.jpg (Oscar (Mitch) Mitchell poses while crossing the tracks one more time on his retirement day in 1954. Look at all the vintage cars in the parking lot! (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
• 18:09, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Oscar Mitchell Retirement 2.jpg (Oscar (Mitch) Mitchell poses while crossing the tracks one more time on his retirement day in 1954. Look at all the vintage cars in the parking lot! (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
• 18:07, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charles Harrington RR Days.jpg (Charles Harrington sitting outside the old caboose in the 1960s. He was a Clerk/Agent for the B&O Railroad in Frederick. This may have been an early Railroad Days celebration. The Charles Harrington family regularly decorated a large pine tree in their yard on N. Maple Avenue, which was a beloved gathering place for Wenner's Hill neighborhood children in the 1950s. Norval Kennedy Dutch Masters cigar box open. To collect money for donations or tours or whatever? Second cigar box obscured. J...)
• 18:07, 24 November 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Charles Harrington RR Days.jpg (Charles Harrington sitting outside the old caboose in the 1960s. He was a Clerk/Agent for the B&O Railroad in Frederick. This may have been an early Railroad Days celebration. The Charles Harrington family regularly decorated a large pine tree in their yard on N. Maple Avenue, which was a beloved gathering place for Wenner's Hill neighborhood children in the 1950s. Norval Kennedy Dutch Masters cigar box open. To collect money for donations or tours or whatever? Second cigar box obscured. J...)
• 23:38, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Girl Scout troop 791 Towpath Color.jpg (Girl Scout troop 791 from Jefferson's Valley Elementary School pose during a bike ride on the Towpath in Fall 1971. According to Cheryl Beachley Varkalis: "I missed a few but here you go. Leilani Drayer, Mary Kelly, Daun Monath, Mandy Rose, Kim Beavers, Sharon Keller, Julie Setters, Gwen McAllister Hoebeke, Me, Debra Huffer Moler, Robin Leatherman, Brenda McAllister, Lynn Beachley, Mrs. Sexton, Mrs. McAllister, My Mom." The girl with the "pink top might be Denise Teagle. " Mary Kelly: "I be...)
• 23:38, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Girl Scout troop 791 Towpath Color.jpg (Girl Scout troop 791 from Jefferson's Valley Elementary School pose during a bike ride on the Towpath in Fall 1971. According to Cheryl Beachley Varkalis: "I missed a few but here you go. Leilani Drayer, Mary Kelly, Daun Monath, Mandy Rose, Kim Beavers, Sharon Keller, Julie Setters, Gwen McAllister Hoebeke, Me, Debra Huffer Moler, Robin Leatherman, Brenda McAllister, Lynn Beachley, Mrs. Sexton, Mrs. McAllister, My Mom." The girl with the "pink top might be Denise Teagle. " Mary Kelly: "I be...)
• 22:27, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Class-of-1945.bhs-reunion.png (Brunswick High School Class of 1945 Reunion. Pharmacist and community leader Bob Moler is 3rd from the right in front. This may have been the 50th class reunion. Those identified are (L-R): Dick Wenner, ?, Bud Kidwell, ?, ?,?, Donald Woods, Bob Moler, Mud Brooks, Colleen Selby?, ? (Photo courtesy of Jim Moler) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 22:27, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Class-of-1945.bhs-reunion.png (Brunswick High School Class of 1945 Reunion. Pharmacist and community leader Bob Moler is 3rd from the right in front. This may have been the 50th class reunion. Those identified are (L-R): Dick Wenner, ?, Bud Kidwell, ?, ?,?, Donald Woods, Bob Moler, Mud Brooks, Colleen Selby?, ? (Photo courtesy of Jim Moler) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 22:21, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Car Yard 1970 from the Bridge.jpg (Looking westward from the bridge toward the Car Yard in August, 1970. Here are some comments on the location: Todd Crone What is left of the cattle pens on the right hand side of the picture. Phil Lowery Todd Crone Never seen cows there but often used for pigs. I grew up on Walnut Street and watch them load the pigs. Kenny Edwards Brunswick yard held coal here and car repair shop was a little north of this picture. (Photo by John P. Hale courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland Histor...)
• 22:21, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Car Yard 1970 from the Bridge.jpg (Looking westward from the bridge toward the Car Yard in August, 1970. Here are some comments on the location: Todd Crone What is left of the cattle pens on the right hand side of the picture. Phil Lowery Todd Crone Never seen cows there but often used for pigs. I grew up on Walnut Street and watch them load the pigs. Kenny Edwards Brunswick yard held coal here and car repair shop was a little north of this picture. (Photo by John P. Hale courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland Histor...)
• 22:15, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Horine's Ad Sign early 1900s.jpg (An old advertising sign for Horine's Drug Store. It must date between 1901-1912 because that's the timeline of the Post Office when it was on the Square Corner in the building that many of us remember as S&N Katz. Doris Kelley Barker Bettie Nielsen I remember Dr. Horine as a doctor, his son we called Dr. but he wasn’t. Dr. Horine’s office was behind the ice cream confectionary store. Dr. Smith was just past there with a house in between and the many time I went to Dr. Smith. He gave us the w...)
• 22:15, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Horine's Ad Sign early 1900s.jpg (An old advertising sign for Horine's Drug Store. It must date between 1901-1912 because that's the timeline of the Post Office when it was on the Square Corner in the building that many of us remember as S&N Katz. Doris Kelley Barker Bettie Nielsen I remember Dr. Horine as a doctor, his son we called Dr. but he wasn’t. Dr. Horine’s office was behind the ice cream confectionary store. Dr. Smith was just past there with a house in between and the many time I went to Dr. Smith. He gave us the w...)
• 22:13, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:King's 1st location.jpg (King's Pizza at 111 W. Potomac Street when it operated next to Fast Eddie's. King's opened at this location sometime in the 1980s. Please share your memories. Good food was available on this corner! Sadly the building has been gone for at least a decade. Prior to King's it was briefly home to the Blade-Times in the 1960s. Going back to the 1920s, it housed grocery stores such as Wenner's City Meat Market, White's Self Service, and John's Supermarket. The Kaplon family owned the building fo...)
• 22:13, 20 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:King's 1st location.jpg (King's Pizza at 111 W. Potomac Street when it operated next to Fast Eddie's. King's opened at this location sometime in the 1980s. Please share your memories. Good food was available on this corner! Sadly the building has been gone for at least a decade. Prior to King's it was briefly home to the Blade-Times in the 1960s. Going back to the 1920s, it housed grocery stores such as Wenner's City Meat Market, White's Self Service, and John's Supermarket. The Kaplon family owned the building fo...)
• 16:49, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Nalley's Grocery Store Wenner's Hill.jpg (Looks like a turkey about to meet its maker in this 1939 photo outside Nalley's Grocery Store at 707 N. Maple Avenue. The man and woman are unidentified. (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
• 16:49, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Nalley's Grocery Store Wenner's Hill.jpg (Looks like a turkey about to meet its maker in this 1939 photo outside Nalley's Grocery Store at 707 N. Maple Avenue. The man and woman are unidentified. (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
• 16:43, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Community dinner at the old fire hall in the late 1960s Watsons-Nelsons-Rev Miller.png (At a community dinner in the old fire hall in the late 1960s. From the left were Harwood and Mary Jane Watson, Lawrence Nelson, Mrs. Nelson, Reverend Ralph Miller of Bethany Luthern Church. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 16:43, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Community dinner at the old fire hall in the late 1960s Watsons-Nelsons-Rev Miller.png (At a community dinner in the old fire hall in the late 1960s. From the left were Harwood and Mary Jane Watson, Lawrence Nelson, Mrs. Nelson, Reverend Ralph Miller of Bethany Luthern Church. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 16:37, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Grace Church Formally Opened from The Blade-Times June 7, 1923.tif.jpg (June 1923 Blade-Times announcement of the formal opening of Grace Episcopal Church at 114 E. A Street. The church building is a modified English Gothic style with exceptionally beautiful stained glass windows. Similar church buildings made from local fieldstones are common in Anglican congregations in both the United States and Great Britain. Note the message in the upper right about the weekly cost of the newspaper. (News clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commiss...)
• 16:37, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Grace Church Formally Opened from The Blade-Times June 7, 1923.tif.jpg (June 1923 Blade-Times announcement of the formal opening of Grace Episcopal Church at 114 E. A Street. The church building is a modified English Gothic style with exceptionally beautiful stained glass windows. Similar church buildings made from local fieldstones are common in Anglican congregations in both the United States and Great Britain. Note the message in the upper right about the weekly cost of the newspaper. (News clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commiss...)
• 16:35, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Phil Childs Gail Ravenscroft Walker.jpg (Brunswick business leader Phil Childs speaks with Gail Ravenscroft Walker at an event, circa late 1960s. We're not sure of the event or location. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 16:35, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Phil Childs Gail Ravenscroft Walker.jpg (Brunswick business leader Phil Childs speaks with Gail Ravenscroft Walker at an event, circa late 1960s. We're not sure of the event or location. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 16:33, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Kaplon's Father-Child.jpg (An unidentified father and child posing at Kaplon's, circa 1960. The photo provides a nice perspective on how the store looked inside. Doris Kelley Barker Could that be Bobby Burgee from New York Hill but then our neighbor across the street on N. Delaware Avenue? I know he lived outside Baltimore when married but he could have been home and Myer Kaplon took everyone’s picture. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[C...)
• 16:33, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Kaplon's Father-Child.jpg (An unidentified father and child posing at Kaplon's, circa 1960. The photo provides a nice perspective on how the store looked inside. Doris Kelley Barker Could that be Bobby Burgee from New York Hill but then our neighbor across the street on N. Delaware Avenue? I know he lived outside Baltimore when married but he could have been home and Myer Kaplon took everyone’s picture. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[C...)
• 16:20, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge dedication parade Lovettsville float going down Potomac Street on July 30, 1955 (2).jpg (The Lovettsville float in the July 30, 1955 parade celebrating the then new Potomac River Bridge passes Kaplon's Department Store on West Potomac Street. The archway sign above the queen reads "The Gateway". We believe the princess second from left was Donna Cummings. (Photo courtesy of Ray Dinterman) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 16:20, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Potomac River Bridge dedication parade Lovettsville float going down Potomac Street on July 30, 1955 (2).jpg (The Lovettsville float in the July 30, 1955 parade celebrating the then new Potomac River Bridge passes Kaplon's Department Store on West Potomac Street. The archway sign above the queen reads "The Gateway". We believe the princess second from left was Donna Cummings. (Photo courtesy of Ray Dinterman) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 16:16, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Boy-Honeymoon Express Kaplon's.jpg (All aboard the Honeymoon Express! This photo may have been taken in the 1940s. Notice the saddle shoes on the boy. The photo must have been taken around Eastertime, as those appear to be Easter bonnets in the Kaplon's display window above the boy. Toy company Louis Marx made about 40 variations of the Honeymoon Express wind-up toy over several decades. It outsold Lionel for much of the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public...)
• 16:16, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Boy-Honeymoon Express Kaplon's.jpg (All aboard the Honeymoon Express! This photo may have been taken in the 1940s. Notice the saddle shoes on the boy. The photo must have been taken around Eastertime, as those appear to be Easter bonnets in the Kaplon's display window above the boy. Toy company Louis Marx made about 40 variations of the Honeymoon Express wind-up toy over several decades. It outsold Lionel for much of the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public...)
• 19:09, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Canal Boat Bugler.jpeg (A bugler on a canal boat somewhere near Lock 30 on the C&O Canal. The date is unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 19:09, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Canal Boat Bugler.jpeg (A bugler on a canal boat somewhere near Lock 30 on the C&O Canal. The date is unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 18:53, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Grams Baptism Grace Church.jpg (Cynthia Grams in her mother Ruth's arms at Grace Episcopal Church on her baptism day in 1957. Flanking mother and daughter are Godparents Leigh Feete and Ken Jones. The officiant that day was Father James Fenhagen, who was a young rector at Grace Church. Leigh Feete Schwertfeger and Dr. Ken Jones were honored as Distinguished Citizens of Brunswick, as was Cynthia's father, sports cartoonist Bob Grams. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Grams Peltzman) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
• 18:53, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Grams Baptism Grace Church.jpg (Cynthia Grams in her mother Ruth's arms at Grace Episcopal Church on her baptism day in 1957. Flanking mother and daughter are Godparents Leigh Feete and Ken Jones. The officiant that day was Father James Fenhagen, who was a young rector at Grace Church. Leigh Feete Schwertfeger and Dr. Ken Jones were honored as Distinguished Citizens of Brunswick, as was Cynthia's father, sports cartoonist Bob Grams. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Grams Peltzman) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
• 18:47, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Arlene Painter Geraldine Shrader.jpg (Arlene Painter and her aunt Geraldine Shrader at their W. G Street home sometime in the early 1940s. Patricia Moore Snoots Had to be around 1942. Arlene and me were the same age. We were born in 1940 and went to school together. Brenton Barger I remember the Shrader family... lived about two doors down from my grandparents. (Photo courtesy of Terry Himes Robinson) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 18:47, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Arlene Painter Geraldine Shrader.jpg (Arlene Painter and her aunt Geraldine Shrader at their W. G Street home sometime in the early 1940s. Patricia Moore Snoots Had to be around 1942. Arlene and me were the same age. We were born in 1940 and went to school together. Brenton Barger I remember the Shrader family... lived about two doors down from my grandparents. (Photo courtesy of Terry Himes Robinson) Category:Smoketown Kids)