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• 01:08, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Short Farmhouse.jpeg (In 1977, the American Legion demolished this historic building to construct a modern lodge, marking the end of one of the oldest and arguably the most significant structures in Brunswick. Originally the home of Joseph Waltman, owner of "Potomac Farm", records indicate a structure may have existed on this site as early as 1792, with the original rear section likely predating the main portion of the house that was built circa 1846. Waltman sold the property to John Short on April 3, 1851. Durin...)
• 01:04, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BVFD Young Achievers.JPG (A March 26, 1974 Frederick Post newspaper caption under this photo read, "Brunswick fire chief H.E. (Sonny) Cannon presents two young volunteer fireman with awards at the Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company's annual banquet and dinner. They are George Lowery Jr., left, who answered the most calls in 1973, and Scott Stauffer, right, who received his fireman certificate." Junior was a BHS senior at the time. Scott was a 1971 BHS graduate. (Courtesy of Phil Lowery) [[Category:Smoketown Police -...)
• 01:04, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BVFD Young Achievers.JPG (A March 26, 1974 Frederick Post newspaper caption under this photo read, "Brunswick fire chief H.E. (Sonny) Cannon presents two young volunteer fireman with awards at the Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company's annual banquet and dinner. They are George Lowery Jr., left, who answered the most calls in 1973, and Scott Stauffer, right, who received his fireman certificate." Junior was a BHS senior at the time. Scott was a 1971 BHS graduate. (Courtesy of Phil Lowery) [[Category:Smoketown Police -...)
• 01:01, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:S.W. George Family.JPG (The Samuel Washington George family, taken on their farm near Lovettsville in the 1890s. The house still stands in 2025. S.W. George (front left) was a Lovettsville farmer, cattle dealer, land speculator, and businessman who was an early investor in Berlin and Brunswick. His eldest son, Harry (back center), played a key role in the development of Brunswick when the B&O turned a village into a bustling railroad town in the first half of the 20th century. Front: S.W. George, Welby George, Mar...)
• 01:01, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:S.W. George Family.JPG (The Samuel Washington George family, taken on their farm near Lovettsville in the 1890s. The house still stands in 2025. S.W. George (front left) was a Lovettsville farmer, cattle dealer, land speculator, and businessman who was an early investor in Berlin and Brunswick. His eldest son, Harry (back center), played a key role in the development of Brunswick when the B&O turned a village into a bustling railroad town in the first half of the 20th century. Front: S.W. George, Welby George, Mar...)
• 00:56, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Doris Barker and Vernon Kelley .JPG (Doris Kelley Barker and her father V. Frank Kelley at a Jacksonville, Florida roller skating rink in 1952. According to Doris: "I bought my Dad his first roller skates when he was 55, black shoe skates because when you are the 2nd of 11 children, there is no money for roller skates. One Saturday morning at our kitchen table I heard a clicking noise under the table. My dad stood up and roller skated around our kitchen without falling. At Braddock Heights, I taught my dad all the dances on sk...)
• 00:56, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Doris Barker and Vernon Kelley .JPG (Doris Kelley Barker and her father V. Frank Kelley at a Jacksonville, Florida roller skating rink in 1952. According to Doris: "I bought my Dad his first roller skates when he was 55, black shoe skates because when you are the 2nd of 11 children, there is no money for roller skates. One Saturday morning at our kitchen table I heard a clicking noise under the table. My dad stood up and roller skated around our kitchen without falling. At Braddock Heights, I taught my dad all the dances on sk...)
• 00:47, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:WWII Brunswick Boys going off.jpeg (Young men from Brunswick, dressed in civilian clothes, are seen here waiting to board the train at the Eastbound station to Baltimore. They were traveling to take their physicals after being drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. Note the roundhouse. smokestacks from the shops, and water tower in the background. If you recognize anyone in the photo, please let us know. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage...)
• 00:47, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:WWII Brunswick Boys going off.jpeg (Young men from Brunswick, dressed in civilian clothes, are seen here waiting to board the train at the Eastbound station to Baltimore. They were traveling to take their physicals after being drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. Note the roundhouse. smokestacks from the shops, and water tower in the background. If you recognize anyone in the photo, please let us know. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage...)
• 00:43, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:E. Potomac Street Before Demolition.jpeg (This photo of an empty building on E. Potomac Street that once housed the Yardley and Potomac Hotels in the 1910s and '20s, and later the Brunswick Post Office (left) and Foster's Restaurant (right), appeared in an April, 1961 Washington Star article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". The theme was Brunswick's turn-around strategy following the move of key B&O Railroad operations to Cumberland and a furlough of 400 workers. At the time, downtown business was holding steady as new residents fr...)
• 00:43, 18 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:E. Potomac Street Before Demolition.jpeg (This photo of an empty building on E. Potomac Street that once housed the Yardley and Potomac Hotels in the 1910s and '20s, and later the Brunswick Post Office (left) and Foster's Restaurant (right), appeared in an April, 1961 Washington Star article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". The theme was Brunswick's turn-around strategy following the move of key B&O Railroad operations to Cumberland and a furlough of 400 workers. At the time, downtown business was holding steady as new residents fr...)
• 18:53, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Events It's Academic 1975.JPG (This is one of the BHS It's Academic teams from the Class of 1975. The game show aired on WBAL TV 11 and was hosted by Mac McGarry for many years. Pictured from left to right are David Hamilton, Terry Heffner, and Cynthia Grams. That year, there was another team that included David, Donald Delauter, and Tim Schuster. (Photo courtesy of Molly Heffner) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 18:53, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Events It's Academic 1975.JPG (This is one of the BHS It's Academic teams from the Class of 1975. The game show aired on WBAL TV 11 and was hosted by Mac McGarry for many years. Pictured from left to right are David Hamilton, Terry Heffner, and Cynthia Grams. That year, there was another team that included David, Donald Delauter, and Tim Schuster. (Photo courtesy of Molly Heffner) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 18:51, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Hester Hardy.jpeg (Mrs. Hester Hardy posed for this photo on March 14, 1987 when members of the Wainwright Baptist Church Missionary Circle, Charles Town, came to visit her at the Brunswick Senior Center. The group led devotions with joyful music and enjoyed a meal with Mrs. Hardy, who was beloved by the Brunswick community. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 18:51, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Hester Hardy.jpeg (Mrs. Hester Hardy posed for this photo on March 14, 1987 when members of the Wainwright Baptist Church Missionary Circle, Charles Town, came to visit her at the Brunswick Senior Center. The group led devotions with joyful music and enjoyed a meal with Mrs. Hardy, who was beloved by the Brunswick community. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 18:41, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Summer Parade Hawaiian float.jpg (Flashing back to a Summer parade float in the late 1940s with the Mace Building in the background with residents looking out the window. Looks like a hula theme. The building was home to Mace's Furniture business on the ground floor and apartments upstairs. It's been home to King's Pizza for over a generation. Can anyone read the sign? Note also the man sitting on his car on the old Knights of Pythias miniature golf course. This parade may have been to promote a Carnival, local adult baseb...)
• 18:41, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Summer Parade Hawaiian float.jpg (Flashing back to a Summer parade float in the late 1940s with the Mace Building in the background with residents looking out the window. Looks like a hula theme. The building was home to Mace's Furniture business on the ground floor and apartments upstairs. It's been home to King's Pizza for over a generation. Can anyone read the sign? Note also the man sitting on his car on the old Knights of Pythias miniature golf course. This parade may have been to promote a Carnival, local adult baseb...)
• 18:40, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Burns Liquors Lottery Claim Center.jpg (Mayor Jess Orndorff helped Dorothy and Marion Burns announce the opening of a lottery claim center at Burns Liquors on W. Potomac St. in Brunswick sometime in the 1970s. Claim centers were established as a convenience to smaller Maryland State Lottery winners, so they could be paid without delay. Did anybody here ever claim winnings at this liquor store? How long has it been since they were in business? (Brunswick Citizen News Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Comm...)
• 18:40, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Burns Liquors Lottery Claim Center.jpg (Mayor Jess Orndorff helped Dorothy and Marion Burns announce the opening of a lottery claim center at Burns Liquors on W. Potomac St. in Brunswick sometime in the 1970s. Claim centers were established as a convenience to smaller Maryland State Lottery winners, so they could be paid without delay. Did anybody here ever claim winnings at this liquor store? How long has it been since they were in business? (Brunswick Citizen News Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Comm...)
• 18:38, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bob-moler.pharmacist.early-years Frederick.jpg (For many of us who fondly remember him, it may be a surprise to see Bob Moler behind the counter at The Professional Arts Pharmacy, 228 N. Market St., in Frederick. Here's the backstory. After beginning his pharmacy career at People's Drugstore in downtown Frederick during the 1950s, Bob partnered with Jack Batdorf in 1959 to establish this business and the Medical Arts Pharmacy near Frederick Memorial Hospital. In 1962, the partners launched Prescription Arts Pharmacy in Bob's hometown of...)
• 18:38, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bob-moler.pharmacist.early-years Frederick.jpg (For many of us who fondly remember him, it may be a surprise to see Bob Moler behind the counter at The Professional Arts Pharmacy, 228 N. Market St., in Frederick. Here's the backstory. After beginning his pharmacy career at People's Drugstore in downtown Frederick during the 1950s, Bob partnered with Jack Batdorf in 1959 to establish this business and the Medical Arts Pharmacy near Frederick Memorial Hospital. In 1962, the partners launched Prescription Arts Pharmacy in Bob's hometown of...)
• 18:37, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1936 Flood Two Train Stations under water.jpg (A view of two railroad stations submerged during the 1936 Saint Patrick's Day flood from the third-floor apartment balcony of Mary and Joe Payne at 12 S. Maple Ave. In the foreground, onlookers can be seen standing at the foot of Maple Avenue. The 1936 flood is considered the worst in Brunswick's history. The Potomac River bridge sustained significant damage and was closed for a month for repairs, during which a ferry service was reinstated for the first time since the 1890s. Both the bridg...)
• 18:37, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1936 Flood Two Train Stations under water.jpg (A view of two railroad stations submerged during the 1936 Saint Patrick's Day flood from the third-floor apartment balcony of Mary and Joe Payne at 12 S. Maple Ave. In the foreground, onlookers can be seen standing at the foot of Maple Avenue. The 1936 flood is considered the worst in Brunswick's history. The Potomac River bridge sustained significant damage and was closed for a month for repairs, during which a ferry service was reinstated for the first time since the 1890s. Both the bridg...)
• 18:34, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Summer Parade Independent Hose Co.jpg (In this photo of a Summer parade in the post-World War II era, we see a group of ladies in high heels riding the floorboards of what's believed to be an Independent Hose Company No. 1 fire truck in the 200 block of W. Potomac Street. Imagine trying that today? Perhaps the ladies were members of the American Red Cross? Note the old Knights of Pythias miniature golf house behind the truck. It was much smaller than it is today and wasn't yet connected to the house at 1 N. Virginia Avenue. (Ph...)
• 18:34, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Summer Parade Independent Hose Co.jpg (In this photo of a Summer parade in the post-World War II era, we see a group of ladies in high heels riding the floorboards of what's believed to be an Independent Hose Company No. 1 fire truck in the 200 block of W. Potomac Street. Imagine trying that today? Perhaps the ladies were members of the American Red Cross? Note the old Knights of Pythias miniature golf house behind the truck. It was much smaller than it is today and wasn't yet connected to the house at 1 N. Virginia Avenue. (Ph...)
• 18:27, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mrs. Miller 5th grade 1959-60.jpg (Mrs. Ottie Miller's Fifth grade at Brunswick Elementary School, 1959-1960. These kids graduated from BHS in 1967. The students have been identified as: Top row: Betty Gaynor, Robby Dawson, Susan Foster, Leonard Webber, Sharon Hess, Ronald Miller, Reba Cooper 2nd row from top: Brenda Shafer, Kenny Giffin, Mary Jane Norris, Billy Minnick, Sherry Gordon, Jeff Myers, Sherry Bowers, Gary Carter, Sandra Hardy 3rd row: Jamie Bryant, Barbara Schaffer, Howard Holland, Francis Warnock, Tommy Stine, L...)
• 18:27, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mrs. Miller 5th grade 1959-60.jpg (Mrs. Ottie Miller's Fifth grade at Brunswick Elementary School, 1959-1960. These kids graduated from BHS in 1967. The students have been identified as: Top row: Betty Gaynor, Robby Dawson, Susan Foster, Leonard Webber, Sharon Hess, Ronald Miller, Reba Cooper 2nd row from top: Brenda Shafer, Kenny Giffin, Mary Jane Norris, Billy Minnick, Sherry Gordon, Jeff Myers, Sherry Bowers, Gary Carter, Sandra Hardy 3rd row: Jamie Bryant, Barbara Schaffer, Howard Holland, Francis Warnock, Tommy Stine, L...)
• 18:25, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Summer Parade Black Marching Band.jpg (A black marching band makes its way up W. Potomac Street (200 block) in what might have been a parade marking the beginning of the annual Summer carnival, judging from how onlookers are dressed. The parade route is headed in the opposite direction from how Veterans Day parades used to go in those days. Hard to tell, but based on others from this collection, the photo might date to the late-1940s. Could the band have been from Lincoln High School in Frederick where black Brunswick students at...)
• 18:25, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Summer Parade Black Marching Band.jpg (A black marching band makes its way up W. Potomac Street (200 block) in what might have been a parade marking the beginning of the annual Summer carnival, judging from how onlookers are dressed. The parade route is headed in the opposite direction from how Veterans Day parades used to go in those days. Hard to tell, but based on others from this collection, the photo might date to the late-1940s. Could the band have been from Lincoln High School in Frederick where black Brunswick students at...)
• 21:23, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Distinguished Citizens 2024.jpg (2024 Brunswick Distinguished Citizen honorees and family members pose at the luncheon held at Brunswick Eagles Aerie 1136 on September 22. Congratulations to all! From left to right: Vicki Dearing, Abbie Ricketts, Nancy East and Cindy Boyless (daughters of Phil Childs), Amy Moler (daughter of Bob Moler), Michael and Jim Hebb (grandson and son of Roma Hebb), Debbie Stohr (daughter of Richard Harrington), Julie Maynard, Ellis Burruss, John Roby Morsberger (grandson of Nellie Roby), Scott Harri...)
• 21:23, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Distinguished Citizens 2024.jpg (2024 Brunswick Distinguished Citizen honorees and family members pose at the luncheon held at Brunswick Eagles Aerie 1136 on September 22. Congratulations to all! From left to right: Vicki Dearing, Abbie Ricketts, Nancy East and Cindy Boyless (daughters of Phil Childs), Amy Moler (daughter of Bob Moler), Michael and Jim Hebb (grandson and son of Roma Hebb), Debbie Stohr (daughter of Richard Harrington), Julie Maynard, Ellis Burruss, John Roby Morsberger (grandson of Nellie Roby), Scott Harri...)
• 21:16, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Schnauffer Hospital West B Street and North Virginia Avenue w-staff.jpg (Dr. William Schnauffer posed with his excellent nursing staff outside Schnauffer Hospital, located at the corner of W. B. and N. Virginia Avenue, in the 1940s. The following nurses have been identified: Ethel Wenner and Beckie Blessing, first and second from left. Louise Kimes and Geraldine "June" Jones to the right of Dr. Schnauffer. Maybe Ethel Wenner on the far left. After rising costs and other considerations led to the closure of the hospital in 1946, Dr. Schnauffer worked as a general...)
• 21:16, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Schnauffer Hospital West B Street and North Virginia Avenue w-staff.jpg (Dr. William Schnauffer posed with his excellent nursing staff outside Schnauffer Hospital, located at the corner of W. B. and N. Virginia Avenue, in the 1940s. The following nurses have been identified: Ethel Wenner and Beckie Blessing, first and second from left. Louise Kimes and Geraldine "June" Jones to the right of Dr. Schnauffer. Maybe Ethel Wenner on the far left. After rising costs and other considerations led to the closure of the hospital in 1946, Dr. Schnauffer worked as a general...)
• 21:11, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Railroad siding to old mill.png (This photo might be from the 1940s, considering the steam locomotives visible in the distance on the right. You can also see the coal tipple on the left. Wayne Allgaier This picture looks like it might have been taken with the photographer standing at the east end of the mill, facing east (with the mill behind him). If that is the case, the spur on the left side of the picture would be the spur running to the mill. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; F...)
• 21:11, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Railroad siding to old mill.png (This photo might be from the 1940s, considering the steam locomotives visible in the distance on the right. You can also see the coal tipple on the left. Wayne Allgaier This picture looks like it might have been taken with the photographer standing at the east end of the mill, facing east (with the mill behind him). If that is the case, the spur on the left side of the picture would be the spur running to the mill. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; F...)
• 21:07, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Potomac River Bridge Construction W. B Street.jpg (Here's one more shot of workers building the right-of-way to the Potomac River Bridge in the early 1950s. This view of the houses on lower B Street hasn't changed much. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 21:07, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge Construction W. B Street.jpg (Here's one more shot of workers building the right-of-way to the Potomac River Bridge in the early 1950s. This view of the houses on lower B Street hasn't changed much. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 21:04, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Potomac River Bridge Construction W. Potomac Street.jpg (Another "city view" of the bridge and part of what downtown looked like in the early stages of Potomac River Bridge construction. This was the early 1950s. The leveled lot you see was home to the Swank Building next to the old People's Bank. George Swank operated a hardware business here for years that was later sold to Irv Kolker and Nat Winters of People's Home & Auto in the mid-'40s. Harrington's shoe repair shop operated next door before moving up the street. Catty-cornered at the top o...)
• 21:04, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge Construction W. Potomac Street.jpg (Another "city view" of the bridge and part of what downtown looked like in the early stages of Potomac River Bridge construction. This was the early 1950s. The leveled lot you see was home to the Swank Building next to the old People's Bank. George Swank operated a hardware business here for years that was later sold to Irv Kolker and Nat Winters of People's Home & Auto in the mid-'40s. Harrington's shoe repair shop operated next door before moving up the street. Catty-cornered at the top o...)
• 21:00, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Potomac River Bridge Construction right of way.jpg (Building a bridge. Workers constructing the Potomac River bridge in the early 1950s lay out the on-ramp on the N. Virginia Avenue side of the hill. The bridge right-of-way divided the hill from Virginia to Maryland Avenues, which you could once walk over. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 21:00, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge Construction right of way.jpg (Building a bridge. Workers constructing the Potomac River bridge in the early 1950s lay out the on-ramp on the N. Virginia Avenue side of the hill. The bridge right-of-way divided the hill from Virginia to Maryland Avenues, which you could once walk over. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 21:34, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Imperial Theater 1920s side view.jpeg (Here’s a photo of the old Imperial Theater on W. Potomac Street, taken from a different angle than we have seen before, likely in the 1920s. Some mystery. There appears to have been stairs or maybe a red carpet on the right side of the theater. There once was a basement with a bowling alley and pool room until around 1931. The bowling alley was located in the rear of the basement, but the stairs may have led to a hallway or tunnel. If you look closely, you will notice a sign featuring the n...)
• 21:34, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Imperial Theater 1920s side view.jpeg (Here’s a photo of the old Imperial Theater on W. Potomac Street, taken from a different angle than we have seen before, likely in the 1920s. Some mystery. There appears to have been stairs or maybe a red carpet on the right side of the theater. There once was a basement with a bowling alley and pool room until around 1931. The bowling alley was located in the rear of the basement, but the stairs may have led to a hallway or tunnel. If you look closely, you will notice a sign featuring the n...)
• 21:22, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Imperial Theater, West Potomac St in ruins 1967.jpg (This sad 1967 photo shows the much-beloved Imperial Theater on W. Potomac Street, which had been deteriorating for years following its closure in 1962. A theater at this location dated back to a 1912 lease at the Frederick County Courthouse. The old kiosk now resides at the Brunswick Heritage Museum. According to "Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories": After the theater closed, Grayson Holler took over the building hoping to turn it into a nightclub for teens. However during renovations, the bu...)
• 21:22, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Imperial Theater, West Potomac St in ruins 1967.jpg (This sad 1967 photo shows the much-beloved Imperial Theater on W. Potomac Street, which had been deteriorating for years following its closure in 1962. A theater at this location dated back to a 1912 lease at the Frederick County Courthouse. The old kiosk now resides at the Brunswick Heritage Museum. According to "Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories": After the theater closed, Grayson Holler took over the building hoping to turn it into a nightclub for teens. However during renovations, the bu...)
• 21:00, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Happy Holidays W. Potomac Street.JPG (The building is gone at 6 W. Potomac Street, but the message is forever. Category:Smoketown Christmas)
• 21:00, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Happy Holidays W. Potomac Street.JPG (The building is gone at 6 W. Potomac Street, but the message is forever. Category:Smoketown Christmas)
• 20:54, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Community Space Event Adults&Boys.jpeg (This photo is interesting and mystery on a couple of levels: 1) A group of 5 teen age boys watching a panel of 5 professionally dressed adults on a stage high above them. Hard to tell what the event was. 2) We've seen similar photos of this latticed stage at both the old Imperial Theater and a makeshift stage in a community space at the bottom of W. B Street before the 1955 Potomac River Bridge was constructed. This appears to have been the latter. See the heavy upright piano on the right....)
• 20:54, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Community Space Event Adults&Boys.jpeg (This photo is interesting and mystery on a couple of levels: 1) A group of 5 teen age boys watching a panel of 5 professionally dressed adults on a stage high above them. Hard to tell what the event was. 2) We've seen similar photos of this latticed stage at both the old Imperial Theater and a makeshift stage in a community space at the bottom of W. B Street before the 1955 Potomac River Bridge was constructed. This appears to have been the latter. See the heavy upright piano on the right....)
• 20:48, 19 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Political - Brunswick businessmen and civic leader Circa 1960 (2).png (We've posted a similar photo of these prominent Brunswick businessmen and civic leaders of the time. We believe that this photo was taken in the early 1960s. If that is the Scheer Stadium scoreboard in the distance on the left, the men may have been surveying the future site of Brunswick High School. From the left are Claude Lutman (People's Bank President), Harry George Jr. (S.W. George Co.) Rev. Ralph Miller (Pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church), Richard Bowers (Litten's Chevrolet salesman)...)