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17 March 2024

  • 21:3821:38, 17 March 2024 diff hist +847 N File:Cub Scouts 1940s.jpgWhile unfortunately blurry, this photo shows Brunswick's Cub Scout Troop posing on the old tank in Veterans Park. We think the graffiti was there as late as the 1970s. No idea what it means. We can't confirm, but the photo may date to the early- to mid-1940s along with others in this collection. Rebecah Staup Daggett Great memories. 1970’s A Street Gang. We had one word - “Patton”. Chris Weitzel Karl Marcy Anders Metzgar we played on and in that tank every day. Steve Moore Had a lot of fun... current
  • 21:2521:25, 17 March 2024 diff hist +1,285 N File:City Hall Metal Drive WWII.jpgThe notation on the back of this photo was "World War II Metal Collection: City Hall - A Street". Items like these were donated for the war effort as part of the "Salvage for Victory" program that was launched on January 10, 1942. Citizens scoured their homes, farms and businesses for metal. Housewives donated pots and pans, farmers turned in farm equipment and children even sacrificed metal toys. Unfortunately, only 25% of the iron work collected was used for munitions and by 1944, much of... current
  • 21:2021:20, 17 March 2024 diff hist +543 N File:Brunswick Community Band Circa 1915.jpgThe Brunswick Community Band, circa 1915. Town bands were once commonplace, and many small towns in our region had one. The trombone player on the bottom left is reportedly Grover "Tops" Stewart. Third row back and second from the right holding a trumpet is Frank A. Barker. Charles Booth is believed to have been the last man on the top row holding his tuba. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick" by Mary H. Rubin... current
  • 21:1421:14, 17 March 2024 diff hist +326 N File:Amber Dykes Fashion Contest.jpgBrunswick High's Amber Dykes won fourth place in a statewide clothing design contest in 1987. Amber went on the work wardrobe for Tyler Perry and other prominent entertainers. The Brunswick Citizen, January 22, 1987. (Clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Kids current
  • 21:0321:03, 17 March 2024 diff hist +1,537 N File:1924 Flood Aerial View Virginia Side.jpgThis early aviation aerial photo shows the raging Potomac River leaving its banks on the Virginia side of the old bridge. When this photo was taken in May, 1924, the bridge had been ordered closed to all traffic heading to and from Brunswick, which was obviously the right call as it was under deep water. At the approach, we see the old bridge tollhouse on the left that was destroyed by the historic flood of 1936. The section closest to the bridge access ramp was demolished in 1955 when the n... current
  • 20:5920:59, 17 March 2024 diff hist +736 N File:Eastbound Classification Yard 1975.JPGA serene view of the Eastbound Yard in New Addition exists happily in many of our memories. Michael Campbell That is the Classification Yard. If you zoom in, you can see the power poles. They separated the even and odd numbered tracks. The even are where the coal cars are and the odd are the mixed freight cars. Ed Hartman I lived along the the Washington Branch and could lay in my bed and see in the cab of the Engine as it passed. Could also the conductor sitting in the caboose I was always... current
  • 20:5620:56, 17 March 2024 diff hist +252 N File:Rt. 180 Little Catoctin Creek.jpegHere's a Winter rural scene of Little Catoctin Creek off Rts. 180 and 17 near Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown In and Around current
  • 20:5020:50, 17 March 2024 diff hist +420 N File:Garland Grams and Jean.JPGGarland Grams is shown posing with his daughter Jean in front of a beautiful 1954 Buick Roadmaster. We assume that Mr. Grams got a good deal on the car since he sold Buicks at his service station located on Petersville Road. The photo was taken when the Grams family lived near the Farmers Picnic Woods between the Lutmans and the Mains. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category: Smoketown People current
  • 20:4720:47, 17 March 2024 diff hist +569 N File:Mary Lou Walker.JPGMary Lou Walker delivers a duckpin ball at the old Brunswick Bowling Center on 620 Souder Road in the 1960s. From all reports, Mary Lou was an excellent Tuesday Night league bowler. Janet Roudabousch Biser I would say that Mary Lou was probably the best lady bowler at the Brunswick alley. She was a great bowler. Judy Ware She was one of Brunswick's great bowlers. Anna Rentzel Wow, that brings back a lot of memories, we had a lot of fun in those days. She was hard to beat!!!! (Photo court... current
  • 18:1718:17, 17 March 2024 diff hist +457 N File:Potomac River Bridge in Snow.JPGWe've seen several photos of the old 1893 bridge looking towards Brunswick, but this snowy view seems rare. No current member of the Brunswick History Commission had seen it before. With the houses on N. Dayton Avenue in view above the old West End Elementary School that were built in 1920, this photo likely dates to the decade of the Roaring '20s. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
  • 18:1318:13, 17 March 2024 diff hist +568 N File:1924 Flood Tollhouse on Virginia Side.jpegThis photo shows the toll gates on the Virginia side of the old Brunswick bridge. The tollgate was in use until October 15th, 1934, when the road became part of the Maryland State Road System and became toll free. This image was taken when the May 14th, 1924 floodwaters came right up to the toll gate. The toll house was torn down when the new bridge was completed in 1955. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; Info excerpted from “Images of America: Brunswick”... current
  • 18:0818:08, 17 March 2024 diff hist +1,319 File:Baggage Cart 1961.jpgNo edit summary current
  • 18:0118:01, 17 March 2024 diff hist +436 N File:West End Receiving Yard Demolition 1989.jpgDespite the sad circumstances, this is a nice perspective looking toward Weverton Cliffs as the west end of the receiving yard at Knoxville was being dismantled in 1989. The piles of rails were almost surreal. The small pile in the front are angle bars used to connect sections of rail together. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad current
  • 17:5817:58, 17 March 2024 diff hist +403 N File:Car Yard Demolition 1.jpgHere's another sad shot of the Brunswick car yard demolition in 1989. The blue building next to the track is the lumber shed. To the extreme left, you can see the remains of the hump and piles of rails. Beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains toward the gap. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad current
  • 17:5417:54, 17 March 2024 diff hist +781 File:Building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street, destroyed by fire.jpgNo edit summary current
  • 17:5117:51, 17 March 2024 diff hist +831 N File:1920px-Building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street, destroyed by fire.jpgThis old building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street was then home to the A. Hemp Jr. Meat & Grocery Store and MacKenzie's Ice Cream Parlor in the early 20th Century. The folks posing in front of Hemp's are from left, Charles Bowers, Abe Hemp, unknown. Outside MacKenzie's were Paul MacKenzie, future confectionary owner Betz Mills and his brother Howard. Note the dirt street. We believe that the photo dates to the early 1900s since the Mills brothers were born in the 1890s. The building... current

16 March 2024

  • 15:1715:17, 16 March 2024 diff hist +667 N File:East End School Miss Carter Early 50s.jpegMiss Carter's class at the old East End Elementary School in the early 1950s. It would be BHS Class of 1957. Thanks to Jackie Ebersole for identifying most of the kids: Front row - Janet Anderson, Doreen Brubaker, Glenda Clark, Patsy Thompson, Loberta Bryan, Bonnie Hobson, Rosiland Stone, Shirley MaGaha Second row - Lee Ridgeway, Phillip.Cloby, Lyman Cunningham, David McIntosh, Donnie Hollar, Ray Dockery, Gary Free Third Row - Wayne Arnold, Lanny Harrington ? , Wayne Carter, Ken Jones, Mar... current

19 February 2024

  • 20:0020:00, 19 February 2024 diff hist +1,676 N File:Bill Peer & Melody Boys & Girls with Patsy Cline.jpgBill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls, circa 1954. Bill Peer is standing on the left holding his guitar. Future country music legend Patsy Cline is seated 3rd from left. Patsy (nee Virginia Hensley) joined the band after an audition at the Brunswick Moose lodge on September 27, 1952 after an audition. Bill hired her on the spot and convinced her to change her name to "Patsy", which was short for her middle name Patterson. She married Gerald Cline in December, 1952. Patsy Cline was a membe... current
  • 19:5619:56, 19 February 2024 diff hist +757 N File:Reed Canal Boat.jpgHere we see the Reed, a canal boat that was typical in the late 19th Century. African Americans worked as deck hands on canal boats, but were banned from owning their own until after the Civil War. There were black boat captains during the 1870s. By the final years of the canal, however, only one African American canal boat family was still listed. Once boatbuilder Canal Towage began supplying the canal boats, the days of each boat having a unique name like the Reed faded into the past. Inst... current
  • 19:5419:54, 19 February 2024 diff hist +2,404 N File:Victor-Kaplon-and-Family.jpgThis formal photo shows a prosperous young Kaplon family, circa 1895. From left (we believe) are daughter Fanny, wife Ida, daughters Annie and Elizabeth (sitting), sons Myer and Abraham or Amos. Victor Kaplon escaped from Russia with his brother on a ship hidden under a load of hay and came to America in the 1880s. He started as a peddler carrying his pack, a walking department store, selling his wares in Virginia and Washington County, Maryland. Eventually, Victor and family owned and oper... current
  • 19:5119:51, 19 February 2024 diff hist +339 N File:Christmas Tree A Street Veterans Pk.jpgLighted Christmas tree at night in Veteran's Memorial Park on A Street where there has long been a Christmas display of some kind. We believe this was taken sometime in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Christmas current

18 February 2024

  • 21:0921:09, 18 February 2024 diff hist +451 N File:Sports Awards Old Fire Hall.pngThis photo, which we guess was taken in the late-1950s, shows a young man at a podium at the old fire hall with several sports trophies to be awarded. The men in the audience are believed to be Bob Derflinger and Bob Grams, sports cartoonist for the Baltimore News American. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
  • 21:0521:05, 18 February 2024 diff hist +426 N File:Basketball Boys Old High School Gym.jpegA basketball game at the old high school gym on 4th Avenue in late 1950s. Jenifer Kidwell Looks a lot like Tony Walker behind the player going up for the tip off. Nancy Ferrell Piper #9 Bobby Mullins? Jennifer I agree on your Dad (Tony Walker) and jumper John Good? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Sports current
  • 21:0121:01, 18 February 2024 diff hist +1,129 N File:Souder & Chick Dairy Milk Bottle Processing.jpegHere's a scene of milk bottles being processed at the old Souder & Chick Dairy on Brunswick Street. These bottles were delivered directly to the doors of people in and around Brunswick. Alice Wiles My dad delivered Milk for them. Loved the chocolate milk in glass bottles. Garland Young I remember as an elementary student we were given a tour of the dairy and how it operated. Richard Bowers My grandparents (Paul & Viola Koogle) lived across from the dairy. We would go over and watch the b... current
  • 20:5520:55, 18 February 2024 diff hist +335 N File:Mr. & Mrs. Charles Magalis.jpegThe library identified the folks in this lovely portrait as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Magalis. Showing off a new grandchild perhaps? The photo appears to have been taken in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown People current
  • 20:4920:49, 18 February 2024 diff hist +547 File:Frozen River 1985.JPG→‎Summary current
  • 20:4520:45, 18 February 2024 diff hist +209 N File:Frozen River 1985.JPGThis dramatic photo shows a frozen Potomac River on January 24, 1985. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal
  • 20:4320:43, 18 February 2024 diff hist +206 File:Class of 1952 - BHS Students.jpgNo edit summary current
  • 20:3920:39, 18 February 2024 diff hist +477 N File:East End School 1930s class photo.jpegA 1930s photo of students at the old East Brunswick Elementary School. We believe Teeny Wenner (Phillips) was seated 3rd from right in the front row. Gloria Moore Crowl: "Teacher could possibly be my Aunt Frances Moore Burgee, depending on the year. I know she taught Third Grade." Patricia Marsh Patricia and Joan Brengle 3rd and 4th from left in front row. (Photo courtesy of Marsha Sutfin from the Teeny Phillips Collection) Category: Smoketown Schools current
  • 20:3620:36, 18 February 2024 diff hist +1,051 N File:Snowy Westbound Yard 1960.jpegThis Winter view of a largely inactive westbound yard was part of a 1960 article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". While ironic in retrospect 64 years later, it was in many ways prescient. At the time, the U.S. economy was in recession and the westbound hump operations had been moved to Cumberland. Yet some furloughed car repair workers expected to be recalled as snowy conditions created extra maintenance jobs. Mayor James Cummings and Bank of Brunswick executive Emory Frye were optimistic... current
  • 20:3320:33, 18 February 2024 diff hist +1,441 N File:Point of Rock Original Station.JPGThis photo, which may date to the 1890s or early 20th Century, shows the original train station in Point of Rocks that serviced the old mainline trains. Art Reid believes the location was "down towards the current park where the other houses and businesses were located track side." We don't know when this station opened, but according to the B&O Railroad timeline, the line reached Point of Rocks in April, 1832. Matt Watson documented that The Eli Mercier flour mill visible on the left was lis... current
  • 20:2720:27, 18 February 2024 diff hist +207 N File:English Bell Choir.jpgThe English Hand Bell Choir performed at the New York Hill Methodist Church in the Christmas season, circa 1964. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category: Smoketown Christmas current
  • 20:2520:25, 18 February 2024 diff hist +520 N File:Brunswick Boys Sledding.JPGSome Brunswick boys get set to sled down the hill between the old Harrington shoe shop and Hudson Row off W. Potomac Street, circa 1966. From left are Phil Lowery, Jackie Minnick, Terry Staubs, Junior Lowery and Bobby Conner. To try to date the photo, this was between the time the grocery store closed and the Berlin Restaurant opened in the old Mace Building where King's Pizza is today. (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Category: Smoketo... current
  • 20:2220:22, 18 February 2024 diff hist −5 File:Sonny Cannon's dances at the old Fire Hall.jpg→‎Summary current
  • 20:0420:04, 18 February 2024 diff hist +1,005 N File:Guy Lombardo Sonny Cannon.jpgAt one of his many appearances with The Royal Canadiens at the ballroom above the old Brunswick fire hall on W. Potomac Street, bandleader Guy Lombardo (right) poses with (from left) Fire Chief H.E. "Sonny" Cannon, Brunswick City Councilwoman Nellie Roby and business leader Harry Nicholson. Lombardo and the band played at least seven Easter Sundays in a row in the 1950s and '60s, according to Cannon in a 1967 Washington Post interview. According to Wayne Smith: "I'm not really sure of the ye... current

29 January 2024

28 December 2023

  • 18:5618:56, 28 December 2023 diff hist +2,156 N File:Mar-lu-ridge chapel.jpgThe Salem-on-the-Mountain Chapel at Mar-Lu-Ridge with its renowned view of the Potomac River and valley below. BHS alumni fondly remember weeklong excursions to the camp as part of Mr. Frank Mullen's 8th grade science curriculum. Mar-Lu-Ridge was founded in 1959 as the Outdoor Ministry of the Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church. The initial construction efforts included a lodge for dining and four cabins the first year that summer camp was held. In 1962, the chapel was constructed and in 1... current

11 December 2023

7 December 2023

21 November 2023

  • 19:0219:02, 21 November 2023 diff hist +513 N File:BHS Girls 1940s.jpegHere's a mid-1940s era photo of a group of Brunswick High School girls from a mixture of classes at the old high school. The location appears to have been the back door of the old gymnasium. Note the girls in the middle row holding hands. The following have been identified: Front row: ?, Jacqueline Moler, Beverly Langley, Teeny Wenner Middle Row: Mickey Woods, ?, Roma Cummings, Betty Beatty Back row: Unknown (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category: Smoketown Schools current
  • 18:5018:50, 21 November 2023 diff hist +508 N File:New York Hill Stewart House.jpgThis photo shows the William Stewart home at 108 9th Avenue, circa 1900. Note the fancy woodwork on the porch. Posing in the front yard were LeRoy Stewart, his mother, and Bess the horse. Bess was used both for gardening and riding. The house is still there, but the windows have been altered over the years. The woodwork is still visible and porch looks largely the same. (Photo from "Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories" by the Brunswick History Commission) Category: Smoketown Beginnings current
  • 18:4818:48, 21 November 2023 diff hist +279 N File:The Gut 1912.JPGA photo of "The Gut" in 1912. This inlet of the Potomac River has long been a recreation area for boaters in the Summer and ice skaters in the Winter. (Photo by F.M. Stone courtesy of Jeff Pearl and Discover Lovettsville) Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
  • 18:4518:45, 21 November 2023 diff hist +351 N File:Mayor presents award.jpgIn this mid-1950s photo, Mayor Jim Cummings chats with a well-dressed young woman after some kind of award presentation. Sadly, we have no idea what the ceremony was about. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Politics and Public Works current
  • 18:4218:42, 21 November 2023 diff hist +496 N File:C&O Canal at Lock 30 looking westward.jpgTwo boats approaching Lock 30 from downstream on the C&O canal. See the water gap sitting majestically as you look westward. This image shows "mule power", as you see a mule and driver on the left pulling the first boat on the towpath. The railroad tracks are somewhere to the right. It's difficult to know the date of the photo. Possibly late 19th century? (Photo courtesy of C&O Canal National Historical Park Headquarters) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
  • 17:3917:39, 21 November 2023 diff hist +729 N File:Students 1959-60 3rd Grade Class.jpgThis BES class picture was of the 1959-60 3rd Grade class of what became the BHS Class of 1970. Top Row: Robin Foster, Jimmy McKnight, Kathy Lerch, Randy Corum, Kathy Hale, Alan Robertson 2nd Row: John Moore, Linda Wood, Harry Warnick, Diane Werking, Michael Carter, Dianne Ault, Donald Conner, George Hoffman 3rd Row: Nancy Gibbons, Randy Corum (he's in twice!), Debbie Care, Steve Slifer, Harold Tomlin, Mike Deener, Debbie Wetzel, Mark Brawner 4th Row: Sharon Mann, Vicki Hawes, Ronald Oden?,... current
  • 17:3817:38, 21 November 2023 diff hist +725 N File:Students 1955-56 3rd Grade Class.jpgMrs. Lillian Cain's 3rd grade class from 1955-56. This is part of the BHS Class of 1965, the final graduation class at the old high school on 4th Avenue. Pictured here are: Top row..Linda Ridgeway, David Mohler, Barbara Gaither, Edward Racey, Shirley Grams, Dale Edwards, Ann Roelke Second row...Tom Waters, Sandra Jones, Webb Blessley, Floyd Harbert, Malinda Merriman, Charles Hedges Third row…Christina Bloom, Barry Cannon, Ernestine Burch, Linda Tritapoe, Carol Ann Boyer, Donna Wetnight, Sh... current
  • 17:3417:34, 21 November 2023 diff hist +183 N File:Oil Storage House.jpgThis was the oil storage house. Locomotives required a lot of heavy oil. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category: Smoketown Railroad current

20 November 2023

  • 21:0221:02, 20 November 2023 diff hist +527 N File:Civil Air Patrol Bill Care.jpgBill Care and his Luscombe aircraft sometime in the 1950s. In the 1950s and '60s, he was one of several citizen pilots who took off and landed from the small airfield near the campgrounds in Brunswick. He was active in the Civil Air Patrol. Bill Care owned and operated an Amoco filling station and garage on Petersville Road where Jerry's Liquors is today, was a conductor on the B&O Railroad and served in World War II? (Photo courtesy of Richard Care and Norm Cornelius) [[Category:Smoketown... current
  • 21:0021:00, 20 November 2023 diff hist +1 File:Civil Air Patrol Nick Burns.png→‎Summary current
  • 20:5920:59, 20 November 2023 diff hist +1 File:Civil Air Patrol Hedges.jpeg→‎Summary current
  • 20:5820:58, 20 November 2023 diff hist +1 File:Civil Air Patrol Boys.jpegNo edit summary current
  • 20:5120:51, 20 November 2023 diff hist +496 N File:BHS 1945 Girls Basketball Team.jpgThe 1945 BHS girls basketball team sitting on the steps of the old high school on 4th Avenue. Accordin g to Doris Kelley Barker, "the team was made up of Sopohmore, Junior & Senior class members." Those identified are: Front row: June Phillips (Orrison), ?, ? Middle Row: Mary Jane Pace, Duane Virts (Smith), Jackie Mohler (McCoy), Barbara Gordon (Good) Back row: ?, ?, Miss McCaffrey (Coach), ? (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category:Smoketown Sports current
  • 20:4720:47, 20 November 2023 diff hist +12 File:BHS 1944-45 Basketball Champs.jpg→‎Summary current
  • 20:4620:46, 20 November 2023 diff hist +404 N File:BHS 1944-45 Basketball Champs.jpgThe 1945 BHS boy's championship basketball team on the steps of the old high school. Can anyone tell us what conference they were champions of? The players that have been identified were: Bottom row: ?, Mud Brooks Middle row: Ken Taylor, ?, Carroll Hebb, ? Top row: Bob Grams, Carmen Donovan, Bob Burgee (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category:Smoketown Sports
  • 20:4220:42, 20 November 2023 diff hist +709 N File:BHS Group Photo 1944-45.jpegThis appears to be a group photo posed sitting on the steps of the old high school. We're not sure if all the kids were in the Class of 1947 or 1948. Peter Wenner Pretty sure that’s my dad Bill Wenner on the far right of the back row. Maybe his good friend Bob Shewbridge 4th from the left on the same row. Maybe Blair Harrington with the big pompadour second from left on the top row? Kathy Ann Merriman Sears Right in the middle, slightly in front of and to the left of the girl in the checke... current
  • 20:3520:35, 20 November 2023 diff hist +504 N File:Springdale Dairy Float.jpgJust a guess, but maybe this was an early Veterans' Day Parade float for Springdale Dairy, owned by J.N. Souder. The dairy business in Brunswick was intertwined in those days. According to John Souder, the location of this photo was on the Souder road farm. He believes dairy proprietor Woody Souder is standing front and center. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
  • 20:3020:30, 20 November 2023 diff hist +689 N File:Woody Free Trio Hawaiian.JPGA good Saturday at the old Hawaiian Restaurant and Nite Club back in the 1960s featured the playing of the Woody Free Trio. From left were Gary Free, Woody Free and Graham White. Richard Bowers: My parents, Richard and Elaine Bowers would often go there with their friends Jimmy and Peetie George and George and Eva Albert. Rhonda Hurt Late 1970's Brunswick High Cheerleaders used the Hawaiian as a staging to build a float for the Football Homecoming Parade. We were treated to pizzas during th... current
  • 20:2620:26, 20 November 2023 diff hist +378 N File:Hawaiian Junior Main.JPGJunior Main, then manager of the Hawaiian Restaurant & Nite Club poses in front of the business sometime in the 1950s during it's heyday. It was a great place to go on a Saturday night to dance to live bands or stop on the way back from the Charlestown Races. (Photo courtesy of Patsy Main Davies and Frederick MD Old Photos) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
  • 20:2420:24, 20 November 2023 diff hist +1,139 N File:Needwood Horsey Distillery Farm.jpgThis is an aerial view of the Horsey Distillery Farm, part of the historic Needwood Plantation off Rt. 17 between Brunswick Crossing and Burkittsville. From the 1850s until the beginning of Prohibition, rye whiskey was distilled from grain grown on this farm and marketed across the United States as "Horsey's Old Maryland Rye." The photograph from SMHS' Horsey Collection shows the farm in the 1930s after the distillery had closed. According to Christopher Mentzer: "The distillery was approxi... current
  • 20:1620:16, 20 November 2023 diff hist +472 N File:BES MLK Rememberance 1968.jpgBrunswick Elementary School children on stage in an assembly at the old school in 1968. Kathy thinks that it was a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. following his assassination. Shown here are Rob Kolker (speaking). Behind him are (hidden), George Brown and Kathy Ann Merriman (Sears). Kids comprised a combination of eventual BHS classes 1977-78. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick, MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 20:1320:13, 20 November 2023 diff hist +645 N File:Veterans Day Parade Rotary Float-back 1962.pngBrunswick Rotary Club float from what appears to have been the 1962 Veterans Day Parade judging from the Chevy pulling it. According to Scott Stauffer: "I remember as a young boy watching the men assemble the float at Boyer’s milk transportation at one of their barns. Those helping out were Bruce Boyer, Phil Childs, Doug Wetnight, Gene Bowers, Pat Lakin, Ralph Stauffer, and others, that I have forgotten. I also remember Gary Bowers, son of Gene, coming to help. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo... current
  • 20:0920:09, 20 November 2023 diff hist +627 N File:Veterans Day Parade Clown-Beauty.pngThis looks like a 1940s-era Veterans Day Parade. A clown pulling an Eagles float on a tractor carrying a beauty queen! See the businesses on the northern side of W. Potomac Street. Maryland Dining Room is obvious and either was at the time or was later Mrs. Himes' restaurant. Liquor and food stores were marked by the other signs, but are difficult to read. Frank Snoots operated a barber shop in the left side of the building the float is passing by. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at... current
  • 20:0620:06, 20 November 2023 diff hist +413 N File:Veterans Day Parade Procession 1940 E. Potomac.jpgHere's a great shot of a rainy 1940s-era Veterans Day Parade procession making its way around the bend of E. Potomac Street in front of what was then a Western Auto store. That store was later replaced in the 1950s by People's Home & Auto. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
  • 20:0320:03, 20 November 2023 diff hist +277 N File:Veterans Day Parade Pom Pom Girls.jpgMiddletown High School pom-pom girls raise their arms in unison. We think this was a late 1960s parade. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
  • 20:0120:01, 20 November 2023 diff hist +265 N File:Veterans Day Parade African-American Color Guard 40s.jpgThe color guard of an African-American marching band in a Veterans Day Parade in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current

14 October 2023

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