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14 November 2022
- 01:5001:50, 14 November 2022 diff hist +262 N File:WWII Army Private.jpeg A U.S. Army private boards the train as local soldiers deployed for duty in World War II. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 01:4601:46, 14 November 2022 diff hist +152 N File:Bennie Harsh.JPG Bennie Harsh Sr. in his U.S. Army uniform during World War II. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 01:3901:39, 14 November 2022 diff hist +182 N File:Buzz Darr.jpg Buzzy Darr poses in the Brunswick yard in 1982. He worked on the track team. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:3601:36, 14 November 2022 diff hist +150 N File:Roy Lipscomb.jpg Roy Lipscomb having a bite of lunch in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:3301:33, 14 November 2022 diff hist +182 N File:Barry Jones.jpg Barry Jones worked on track and was later transferred to the carpenter gang. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:3101:31, 14 November 2022 diff hist +157 N File:Joe Thomas.jpg Joe Thomas in 1982. He was an operator agent/clerk. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:3001:30, 14 November 2022 diff hist +145 N File:.Gayhart.jpg Dave Gayhart was Track Foreman in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:2701:27, 14 November 2022 diff hist +243 N File:Mr. Cook.JPG A great photo collage of beloved longtime BHS science teacher Paul Cook, who taught advanced biology to at least 2 generations of students. Mr. Cook made science fun. (Courtesy of BHS Throwbacks) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 01:2001:20, 14 November 2022 diff hist +427 N File:Mr. Imwold.jpeg Mr. Dennis Imwold taught English and drove a candy-apple red convertible Karman Gia as a young teacher back in the early '70s that he was good-naturedly teased about by students. After he left BHS, he spent his career in the State Department working in embasssies around the world. He married, raised 2 children and retired to Florida. (Photo from 1970 BHS Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 01:1001:10, 14 November 2022 diff hist +254 N File:Mr. Sullivan.jpg Mr. Gregory Sullivan taught art at BHS when the high school was still considered new. He was a talented artist, but was remembered as a sometimes irrascible teacher. (Photo from 1970 BHS Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 01:0301:03, 14 November 2022 diff hist +1,793 N File:Grace Church Centennial.jpeg Program for the centennial celebration of Grace Church that was held in Brunswick on October 23, 2022. See the cornerstone in the middle of the page. Grace Church, as we know it today, was originally part of All Saints Parish, Frederick, which was organized from Prince George’s Parish in 1742. In 1801, Saint Mark’s Parish was formed with Saint Mark’s, Petersville as the mother church of the parish. By 1890, Saint Marks parish in Frederick and Washington counties included the churches of Sai... current
13 November 2022
- 23:2223:22, 13 November 2022 diff hist +483 N File:Grace Chapel Burgess.jpeg Reverend Edward E. Burgess with acolytes and choir at the old Grace Chapel, which preceded the current Grace Church, which just celebrated its centennial on 10/23/22. We believe this photo dates to circa 1915. Father Burgess presided over the transition into the then new church until his death in 1938. The crucifer appears to have been Richmond "Dick" Wenner. (Photo courtesy of Shirley Shores and Grace Episcopal Church) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 23:2023:20, 13 November 2022 diff hist +330 N File:Hartman Anniversary.jpg Hartman family at a 50th anniversary party for Virts and Jerry Hartman in the 1960s. Daughters Marie Huffer on the left and Virginia Hartman on the right. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:2120:21, 13 November 2022 diff hist +306 N File:Mike Dallas.jpg Young Mike Dallas (BHS Class of '71) poses on W. Potomac Street in front of Kaplon's in the late 1950s in what appears to have been a Halloween costume. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 20:1920:19, 13 November 2022 diff hist +362 N File:Veterans Day Parade E Potomac.jpg This appears to have been a World War II era Veterans Day parade as the procession makes its way east on Potomac Street, as it did in those days. See Horine's on the southside, the Lace Store and Bank of Brunswick on the north. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:1720:17, 13 November 2022 diff hist +308 N File:Veterans Day Parade African-American Band 40s.jpg An African-American marching band makes its way down the first block of W. Potomac Street during 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
- 20:1520:15, 13 November 2022 diff hist +352 N File:Veterans Day Parade 1940s.jpeg In the 1940s, a marching band heads down the first block of W. Potomac Street from what must've been a window in the old Katz building on the Square Corner. See the old Bank of Brunswick where City Hall resides today. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:1320:13, 13 November 2022 diff hist +441 N File:Veterans Day Parade Spectators 1961.jpg The crowd, who have staked out prime seats for the unseasonably warm 1961 Veterans' Day Parade, await. See the boy on the lower left bending over trying to see if anything was coming. Also noted is Donald Darr's Corvair van in front of his business Brunswick Florist. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:1020:10, 13 November 2022 diff hist +415 N File:Veterans Day Parade Silver Bit.jpg The Silver Bit Riding Club makes its way down W. Potomac Street in a Veterans' Day Parade in what might have been the late 1950s. Right to left: Tom Hagan (with flag), Les Fry, Harwood Watson, Ruby Kemp, Buddy Sigler, Dawn Kemp, Tom Watson (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
21 October 2022
- 22:1622:16, 21 October 2022 diff hist +217 N File:Stewarts.jpg Ada Belle Stewart poses with her son Gerald Stewart in the backyard of their home on 47 East B Street. This photo was taken in 1945. (Photo courtesy of Mark Stewart) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 22:0922:09, 21 October 2022 diff hist +427 N File:Trinity Lutheran Church Knoxville Harpel.jpeg Pastor George Harpel presides at a Sunday service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Knoxville in the 1970s. The old church is now a residence. The painting of Christ now resides in the sanctuary at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Burkittsville. Please feel free to share your memories of this church. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 22:0522:05, 21 October 2022 diff hist +450 N File:B&O Emergency Hospital Porch.jpeg A view of the B&O Yard likely taken from the porch of the old emergency hospital building next to the YMCA. Although the date is unknown, this photo was taken after 1907 as the original roundhouse had been replaced by this structure as part of an infrastructure improvement that included the YMCA and the west half of the yard. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
- 22:0322:03, 21 October 2022 diff hist +845 N File:Square Corner Post Office.jpeg This building on the square corner, which many of us remember as S.& N. Katz jewelers was an early post office for Brunswick. Judging from the photo style, we believe it dates to the early 20th century between 1900-1910. It was later a grocery store before it became Katz. According to Jody Brumage, a copy of a Frederick News article from 1927 stated in that year the Post Office was moving to the "building nearly completed by Dr. J.G.F. Smith on South Maple Avenue." The Brunswick post office... current
- 21:4921:49, 21 October 2022 diff hist +308 N File:Old bridge before new construction.jpeg A view from the Virginia side during construction of the then new Potomac River Bridge with the old bridge still operational. The bridge was dedicated in August, 1955. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 21:4721:47, 21 October 2022 diff hist +775 N File:Grace Reformed Church Knoxville.jpg This was Grace Reformed Church in Knoxville. It was built in the 1848 and used as a field hospital during the Maryland Campaign of 1862. According to Jody Brumage, "the church was originally built in Weverton. It was used as a hospital and badly damaged. According to records, the congregation disbanded after the Civil War. Rev. William Wire, pastor of Saint Paul’s, Burkittsville, began holding services in a schoolhouse in Knoxville which formed into Trinity Church. In the 1870s, the old Weve... current
- 21:4321:43, 21 October 2022 diff hist +411 N File:1966 LL State Champs.jpg P.L. Orrison, Mitch Deener, Brent Albert and Craig Crowl celebrate on their home field in Brunswick after our Little League all stars defeated East Frederick 4-1 to advance to the State Tournament in Hagerstown. The year was 1966. Brunswick won the state tournament and went to the regionals in Louisville, KY. (News clipping courtesy of Kristi Deener Mitchell) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 21:3721:37, 21 October 2022 diff hist +382 N File:Board of Trade 1968.jpg Under the headline "Board of Trade Meets", this Blade-Times photo from March 7, 1968 shows (left to right) Draper Sutcliffe, Dr. Paul Shaffer and Richard Snoots talking over the tallying of election votes. Schaefer and Sutcliffe had just been elected to the board. (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
- 21:3021:30, 21 October 2022 diff hist +283 N File:American legion champs 1968.jpg The 1968 Blade-Times caption read: "Paul Barker and Paul Taylor present American Legion District baseball trophy to Bill Merriman during Sunday's banquet at the Legion." (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 21:2421:24, 21 October 2022 diff hist +257 N File:BHS Cheerleaders 1969.jpg BHS Cheerleaders from the 1968-69 school year: Terry Dawson, Roxanne Dixon, Linda Ifert, Sherry Crampton (Mascot), Lou Ann Dawson, Tana Anderson (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools current
17 October 2022
- 21:2621:26, 17 October 2022 diff hist +463 N File:Miss Hood at Kaplons.jpg We believe this lady shopper in 1890s period garb at Kaplon's during the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Brunswick's 75th birthday in September, 1965 was Miss Lavinia Hood. That may have been Miss Fanny Kaplon who was partially hidden as she selected an item from a drawer for the customer. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 21:2321:23, 17 October 2022 diff hist +200 N File:YMCA-WB Tower looking west.JPG Unique view of the train yard in Brunswick back in 1975. See the bookends of the WB Tower (left) and B&O YMCA (right). (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 21:2121:21, 17 October 2022 diff hist +399 N File:POR Tunnel.JPG A photo of the Point of Rocks tunnel in the 1990s. The Point of Rocks Tunnel is located along the original route of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad and was first constructed between 1866 and 1868 through the Catoctin Mountain. The tunnel was enlarged between 1902 and 1903 in order to accommodate an additional track. (Photo courtesy of Dave Ware) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 21:1921:19, 17 October 2022 diff hist +357 N File:Cook Cannon.JPG Circa late-1960s photo of Roy B "Cook" Cannon in Brunswick on a deck at his West C Street home overlooking the hills of our hometown. See the old high school perched over his shoulder up on 4th Avenue. Cook was a brother to longtime Brunswick Volunteer Fire Chief Sonny Cannon. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown People current
- 21:1421:14, 17 October 2022 diff hist +393 N File:Shirley-lila.jpg Brunswick Distinguished Citizens and close friends Shirley Shores (2022) and Lila Wenner (2019) share a laugh at a conference at Claggett Center near Buckeystown in the early 2000s. Among their many contributions to the community, Shirley and Lila served on the altar guild at Grace Church for years. (Photo courtesy of Shirley Shores) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 21:1221:12, 17 October 2022 diff hist +339 N File:Color guard.jpeg The BHS Railroader color guard pose for the camera before marching in the unseasonably warm 1977 Veterans' Day Parade. Carrying the banner are Betty Brooks (left) and Sharon Campbell. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Sports current
- 18:4518:45, 17 October 2022 diff hist +366 N File:Lowery at Campbells.JPG Here is a late 1970s photo of Mary Kathleen Lowery working at the checkout counter for Campbell's Market on 24 W. Potomac Street. Rick and Debbie Campbell bought the former Roelke's Market after Bill Roelke's retirement in 1977. Mrs. Lowery also worked for Roelke's for many years. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:4318:43, 17 October 2022 diff hist +194 N File:Kem-Tone George's Hardware product label.JPG Some Kem-Tone brand wall finishing labels along with plug socket covers and screws from S.W. George Hardware. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 18:4118:41, 17 October 2022 diff hist +218 N File:Whistle Stop Matchbook.JPG A matchbook cover from the old Whistle Stop Restaurant on 201 E. Potomac Street that was purchased on EBay. Maybe for the late 1940s? (Photo courtesy of Asher Adelman) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 18:3818:38, 17 October 2022 diff hist +263 N File:Ariel View of Brunswick Yard.JPG Aerial view of the WB Yard in Brunswick. Can anyone guess the year? The roundhouse was still there in the lower part of the photo, but it appears that part of the coal tipple is gone. (Photo courtesy of Keith Yanky) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:3718:37, 17 October 2022 diff hist +287 N File:Swiger Wedding.jpg Brenda Barger and David Swiger after they had been just married in May 1983 by Pastor George Harpel at Trinity Lutheran Church in Knoxville. Brenda later served as church treasurer. (Photo courtesy of Brenda Barger Swiger) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 18:3518:35, 17 October 2022 diff hist +265 N File:Eastbound Station in Blue.jpg The Eastbound Brunswick Station in the late 1970s/early '80s when it was repainted Chessie System blue like the main station across the tracks. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:2018:20, 17 October 2022 diff hist +310 N File:Jefferson Plane Crash Cover.jpg The aftermath of a stunning air crash of a military jet and commercial airliner on the Smith farm off Fry Road on May 20, 1958. Warren Fry is in the background. We're not sure in which publication this article appeared. (Courtesy of Angela Fry) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 18:1718:17, 17 October 2022 diff hist +384 N File:Diamond Jubilee ladies.jpg Standing in front of Kaplon's display windows, Pauline King and Janie Gay Breeden pose in 1890s grab for Brunswick's Diamond Jubilee celebration in September 1965. Perhaps the lady behind them is Anna Dawson? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 16:2516:25, 17 October 2022 diff hist +378 N File:Mrs Smith and Mrs Barlow.jpeg During Brunswick's Diamond Jubilee in September 1965. Looks like Mrs. JGF (Sara) Smith and Mrs. Emerson Barlow posed in 1890s garb in front of the Hallmark Card display at Kaplon's on W. Potomac Street. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 16:2316:23, 17 October 2022 diff hist +370 N File:Mrs. CM Wenner.jpg Two ladies pose for Mr. Kaplon. The woman on the right was Mrs. C.M. (Edna) Wenner. The lady on the left, who appeared to have been in ill health at the time, is unidentified. The photo probably dates to the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
- 16:2216:22, 17 October 2022 diff hist +283 N File:Wenner gathering 1948 (2).jpeg A Wenner family gathering in 1948. Not sure if this Brunswick or not. (L-R) Katherine Manor, Eleanor Wenner, Edith Garrott, Virginia Gregory Wenner, Edna Garrott Wenner, ? Gregory. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 16:2016:20, 17 October 2022 diff hist +597 N File:Ladies Card Group.jpg In a familiar scene from the era, a group of Brunswick ladies are photographed enjoying themselves around a card table in the 1950s behind a quiet early TV. These ladies were part of a group that met weekly to play bridge. Those empty glasses appear to have been soda fountain drinks that were served as part of the post-game refreshments. From left to right were Margaret Orrison, Bertha Eddins, Ada Kirk and Bertha Long. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Librar... current
- 16:1716:17, 17 October 2022 diff hist +344 N File:Girls near old bridge.JPG Shirley Kline and Barbara Lloyd pose flanking the warning sign at the approach to the old Potomac River bridge on the Virginia side in the early 1950s. Obviously, there was no chance that they would exceed the weight limit on the bridge. (Photo courtesy of Carolyn Kline Cogle) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 16:1516:15, 17 October 2022 diff hist +200 N File:KarlShewbridgeCirca1940.jpg Brunswick Boy Scout Karl Shewbridge circa 1940. Being a scout was a Shewbridge family tradition over at least 2 generations. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 16:1416:14, 17 October 2022 diff hist +321 N File:BHS Custodians 1970.jpeg Bill Merriman and Quenton Cornelius posed on a loading dock at Brunswick High School where both men were custodians. Bill was a very talented pitcher for Brunswick adult baseball teams. He also coached Brunswick youth baseball. (Photo from the 1970 BHS Railroader yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
14 August 2022
- 22:2522:25, 14 August 2022 diff hist +304 N File:Mayor Cummings Kaplons sale.jpg A special downtown Summer Sale at Kaplon's was happening here. The well-dressed Mayor Jim Cummings showed up among the onlookers. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 22:2122:21, 14 August 2022 diff hist +409 N File:Vacation Bible School First Baptist.jpg Vacation Bible School at the First Baptist Church in Brunswick. Summer of 1964. Most of these kids were BHS Class of '77. Here's who have been identified: Front row: Larry Pentoney, ??, Andy Williams, Ron Morrison, Tommy Merriman Second Row: Doug Pearl, JoEllen Morsberger, Kathy Robinson Back row: ?, ?, Dot Robinson (Photo courtesy of Ron Morrison) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 22:1922:19, 14 August 2022 diff hist +267 N File:Myers Twins & Kim.JPG The Myers kids pose on their grandfather's Dodge outside Mary and Oliver Myers' home on East A Street in the early 1950s. Kim sitting on the hood. Twins Kris and Kathy flank Kim on the bumper. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 22:1422:14, 14 August 2022 diff hist +475 N File:Amos Haller KoP.jpg Amos Haller (1959-1930) shown in his Knights of Pythias regalia sometime around the turn of the 20th Century. Note his name on the sword. The Brunswick Knights of Pythias Lodge 122 was founded on October 24, 1892. We believe the lodges were located at 1 N. Virginia Avenue and on I Street at different times. According to records, the organization was active in Brunswick as late as 1944. (Photo courtesy of Dawn Haller) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
- 21:5521:55, 14 August 2022 diff hist +1,086 N File:Wenner Reunion 1930s.jpeg A Wenner family gathering circa 1938. This may have been taken at Braddock Heights. (L-R) William B. Wenner, Victor Wingate, CM (Mac) Wenner, Jr., Mac's wife Evelyn Wingate Wenner, Mrs. Wingate, Charlie Oliver, his wife Margaret Wenner Oliver, Richmond (Dick) Wenner, William W. (Billy) Wenner, Edna Garrott Wenner, Garrott Hayes, Edith Garrott, E. Virginia (Patty) Wenner, Edith Wenner Van Pelt, Mark Van Pelt, ? , Gertrude Garrott W.B. Wenner operated the family farm on N. Maple Avenue and th... current
- 19:5719:57, 14 August 2022 diff hist +493 N File:Swank & George.jpg Early Brunswick advertisement for Swank & George Hardware in the old town "Between the Tracks". Salt, coal and fish were an interesting combination of goods among the many sold in this store. It was located at the foot of S. Virginia Avenue on the west side of the street. The partners eventually parted and opened their own hardware stores on W. Potomac Street two blocks apart. (Courtesy of City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 19:5619:56, 14 August 2022 diff hist +536 N File:Victor Kaplon ad 1890s.jpg 1890s era ad for Victor Kaplon & Bro. when their first store was located in the old Opera House building on the south side of the present westbound railroad route in the old town “Between the Tracks”. Victor Kaplon opened his first store in 1889 with his brother Abraham, who also ran a general store in Harpers Ferry. The Brunswick store was headquarters for the family business, including the Harpers Ferry operation. (Courtesy of City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) [[Category:Sm... current
- 19:5419:54, 14 August 2022 diff hist +267 N File:Girl in the Rain Kaplon's.jpeg A photo of a smartly-dressed, unidentified young girl standing in front of Kaplon's on a rainy day way back when? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 19:5219:52, 14 August 2022 diff hist +198 N File:Ada Belle Stewart.jpg Ada Belle (Arnett) Stewart posing when she worked as a volunteer in Brunswick during the Spanish Flu epidemic 1918. (Photo courtesy of Mark Stewart) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
- 19:5019:50, 14 August 2022 diff hist +576 N File:East End 1970s.JPG An aerial view of the east side of Brunswick over East Potomac Street and up the hill. This is believed to have been taken around 1975. Plenty of landmarks gone--YMCA, Werntz Store, Cage's Garage, Moler's Market, the roundhouse--or still there today--Synagogue, Police Headquarters, Bethany Lutheran Church, St. Francis Roman Catholic Church, Grace Episcopal Church. Keith Yanky wrote: "I bought this photo from a gentleman who was visiting the roundhouse while I was working as a hostler." (Pho... current
- 19:4519:45, 14 August 2022 diff hist +395 N File:Moss Family Diamond Jubilee.JPG The Moss family poses outside their home on N. Delaware Avenue to celebrate Brunswick's Diamond Jubilee celebration in September, 1965. From left to right are Linda, Dorothy, Eddie and Lenwood. According to Donna Poffinberger: "It was quite the celebration. Well organized and acts choreographed." (Photo courtesy of Linda Moss) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 19:3919:39, 14 August 2022 diff hist +365 N File:Darr-Cole 1964.JPG Evelyn Webber Darr and Sam Cole in an October 1964 photo. Mrs. Darr began as a cashier and worked her way up to Acting General Manager before her retirement in the 1980s. Mr. Cole was General Secretary and ran the Y after his longtime predecessor Marvin Younkins passed away. (Photo courtesy of James Robert Castle) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
- 19:3619:36, 14 August 2022 diff hist +303 N File:Westbound Station Yellow & Blue.jpg Before and after makeover of the Brunswick Westbound station in the late 1970s/early '80s. The change to blue was to conform with Chessie System colors of the time. Note that "Kehne Eyes" Commuter Lounge didn't change. (Photos courtesy of Norm Cornelius) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:3319:33, 14 August 2022 diff hist +370 N File:Pete Cheney (2).jpg Pete Chaney poses for the camera sometime in the 1970s. He operated a garage on 9th Avenue for years on New York Hill. It appears this this picture was taken on New York Hill where Mr. Cheney operated his garage. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
- 19:2219:22, 14 August 2022 diff hist +261 N File:YMCA '70s.jpg The B&O YMCA in its final days in the late 1970s. Note the Rotary Club emblem under the Coca-Cola sign. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
- 19:2119:21, 14 August 2022 diff hist +395 N File:Car Yard office.jpg This 1970s photo shows the offices of the eastbound Car Yard, First floor likely housed operations offices led by Dick Mullen. Tower or 2nd floor was a part of the hump operation where they could oversee the process of making up a train. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:1919:19, 14 August 2022 diff hist +386 N File:Souder & Chick Hat.jpeg Many will remember seeing this hat on Charlie Stocks when he came to your house to deliver the milk for Souder & Chick. Note what appears to be an American Legion Auxiliary hat on the left, which belonged to Bowie George. Mrs. George served n the Army and was actually a member of the American Legion. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 19:1719:17, 14 August 2022 diff hist +223 N File:Haley-sterling.jpg Myer Kaplon photo of Kathy Haley and Debbie Sterling, circa 1973. This appears to have been taken at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Haley Rudeseal) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 19:1619:16, 14 August 2022 diff hist +508 N File:Burkittsville Carnival (2).png Sam Crone on the left, Bob Huffer (standing at the Coke machine), Richard Geisler and Paul Smith at a Burkittsville Ruritan carnival in the 1960s. The carnivals have long been held on the grounds of the Ruritan Hall, which was once home to Burkittsville Elementary School. Looking at Mr. Crone, you'll note his nail apron, which Ingalls Lumber in Middletown always donated those carnivals. (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 19:1419:14, 14 August 2022 diff hist +527 N File:Burkittsville Carnival1.jpg This photo caption of a 1960s-era Burkittsville Ruritan Carnival read "the Dime Pitch -- Mr. Smith." According to Cheryl Beachley Varkalis: "Loved dime & nickel pitch. Won a lot of glassware for my hope chest & then my 1st apartment in Jefferson. My Dad Emmett worked at those games in the 70s. He got tired of picking up coins so he built a table with a wire top & slanted bottom for the coins to roll down." (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) [[Category:Smoketown Parades an... current
- 19:1119:11, 14 August 2022 diff hist +539 N File:Anne-Lynn Gross.jpg Brunswick's "singing auctioneer" Anne-Lynn Gross held up one of many historic items that she auctioned off at the old Gross Brothers' store on S. Maryland Avenue next to the railroad tracks. According to the photo caption from The Brunswick Citizen, September 24, 1987, the auction was "one of the many events being held this busy weekend." It also posed the question "will she blow the horn she is holding to start the event." (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) [... current
10 July 2022
- 17:5417:54, 10 July 2022 diff hist +709 N File:Original Y.jpeg Old postcard of the original B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street. Postmark is May, 1908. Bonus points for identifying the recipient's name. The first "Y" was opened along with the hospital on April 5, 1907. It measured 90 by 45 feet and cost $16,000. According to Reuben Moss, this version had 46 dorms and was expanded in the mid-1920s to have 76. The first officers were W.E. Shannon, Chairman; H.M. Jones, Treasurer; and Mr. McNeally, Secretary. Directors were Dr. Levin West, J.J. Haskett, T.A. Si... current
- 17:5317:53, 10 July 2022 diff hist +440 N File:YMCA circa 1970s.JPG Here essentially is what the expanded location looked like from the mid-1920s until the building was destroyed by fire in November, 1980 right before the annual Veterans Day Parade. This photo was likely taken sometime in the 1970s. The main entrance was obscured by the Christmas tree. Rotary Club entrance on the left. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
- 17:5017:50, 10 July 2022 diff hist +492 N File:Westbound Station 1982.jpg The historic westbound train station in Brunswick back in 1982. It was built in 1907 and was the last station in the CSX system staffed by a human ticket agent, Blair Harrington. The station was blue at the time. According to Norm Cornelius, the blue or bluish gray was a Chessie System color. The B&O Station, WB Tower & B&O YMCA carried the same B&O R.R. color.—cream with brown trim. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 17:4917:49, 10 July 2022 diff hist +451 N File:Ladies on the River WVA.jpeg Some Brunswick ladies relaxing on the Potomac River in the 1930s. This was likely taken at the Mohler farm in Bakerton, W. VA. Brunswick folks often camped on Garland Mohler’s farm along the river in the '30s. Pictured here are Eleanor Wenner, Mary Jane Watson, and Eva Mohler Watson (all standing). These are the only ladies we can identify. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 17:4717:47, 10 July 2022 diff hist +471 N File:JJ Newberry Celebration.jpg J.J. Newberry’s dinner honoring Helen Cooper hosted by the store manager at the time, who’s standing and name is thought to be Woodworth. Mrs. Cooper, her niece Carol Ann and Carol Ann’s mother Margaret are to the left of Mr. Woodworth. Photo looks to have been taken sometime in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:4617:46, 10 July 2022 diff hist +370 N File:Frederick Shopping Center Carnivals-Circuses.JPG Carnivals and circuses were held annually in the Frederick Shopping Center parking lot in the 1950s and '60s. This photo was included in a retrospective of the Shopping Center's 11th anniversary on 7th Street. It opened in 1957. (Frederick Shopping Center "Shopper" clipping courtesy of Jeff Pearl 5/17/68) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:4417:44, 10 July 2022 diff hist +470 N File:Softball Field Lights.jpg The caption under the photo read "The lights go on. Jim Main, in back, puts his hand on the switch to turn on the new lights at the slowpitch ballpark that Jim and many others have worked so hard to bring to Brunswick. “Helping” him are Neil Wilhelm, Wayne Hill, Bubby Dixon, Junior Lowry, and Angie Hill. What a crew! This was a clipping from the Brunswick Citizen. The photo was likely taken in the mid 1970s. Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 17:4217:42, 10 July 2022 diff hist +1,699 N File:Moler's Last Day.JPG Junior and Fern Moler working in their East Potomac Street store on it’s final day in business on June 15, 1990. When Moler’s Market served its last customer at 8PM that evening, it left Brunswick without a grocery store downtown. Mr Moler followed in his late father's footsteps when he bought the market on East Potomac St in 1957 from Churchman and Ridgeway. His father had operated the New York Hill Market in Brunswick for a number of years. You could buy just about anything at Moler's st... current
- 17:3817:38, 10 July 2022 diff hist +663 N File:Veterans's Day Parade Nov 1961 Old Guard street scene 001.jpg Even though this was an unseasonably balmy Veterans' Day Parade in November 1961, the 3rd Infantry Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps of Ft. Myer, VA works for the 4th of July. Can you pick out any of the spectators shown here on W. Potomac Street? We’ve identified Finks Heffner standing, holding daughter Karen, and wife Oneida in the middle of the street facing the camera. Daughter Lavonne Heffner is standing in front of her parents. Her brother Larry is sitting on the curb. The photo was taken... current
- 17:3317:33, 10 July 2022 diff hist +353 N File:Mrs. Brooks 100th Birthday.jpg Milestone birthday for Mrs. Brooks who lived to 106. She was the daughter of a slave and for a time was Maryland's oldest citizen. Her 100th birthday celebration was held at the Smith farm in Jefferson in 1969. (News clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:3217:32, 10 July 2022 diff hist +629 N File:Maryland and Virginia General Store.jpg This store was briefly in business in the old Mace Building where King's Pizza has operated for years? Before this store, Mace Furniture, and City Meat Market did business. After that, it was the Berlin Restaurant. We think the Maryland and Virginia General Store operated from 1962 until sometime in the mid-'60s. It was an empty storefront after Cavell went out of business and was the Democratic campaign headquarters in 1968; an empty Kaplon's building served for Republican candidates. (Bl... current
- 17:2717:27, 10 July 2022 diff hist +701 N File:Stroup.jpg Adrian Stroup poses next to the door to the basement furnace at 1 N. Virginia Avenue in the early 1960s when the William W. Wenner family lived there. Mr. Stroup lived in the old Knights of Pythias "golf house" that was connected to the main house. At this time, the back of the golf house looked out into the parking lot of the Maryland and Virginia General Store where the miniature golf course once was. The fire sirens were extra loud at that location. Les Conner stoked the coal furnace ins... current
- 17:2717:27, 10 July 2022 diff hist +352 N File:Joe Shewbridge c1949.jpg Most people who know Joe Shewbridge recognize him for his expert fiddle playing gigging with bands including Bill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls, the Western Gentlemen, the Midnight Express, Free State Boys and more. Here he is as a teenager circa 1949 playing guitar. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People current
19 June 2022
- 17:1517:15, 19 June 2022 diff hist +345 N File:Wade in the Water.JPG This photo shows Lorraine Kronk (Ferrell) on the left, an unknown lady in middle, and Zettie Lucas (Smith) on the right. It was taken around 1939 in shallow water down by the Potomac River Bridge. Note the other bathers in the lower left. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Ferrell Piper) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 17:1417:14, 19 June 2022 diff hist +456 N File:Reed-Myers kids.jpg This photo is of Edith Reed, Austin Myers, and Nell Reed at 205 East A Street around 1922. The Reed girls were the daughters of Harry and Mary Cole Reed. Harry was a conductor on the B&O and died in 1912. The family resided at 212 A Street through the 1930's. Harold and Mary had 12 children. The children look like they were dressed for church with bibles in hand. (Photo and information courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 17:0217:02, 19 June 2022 diff hist +306 N File:George Lowery Sr and his Buick.JPG George W. Lowery Sr. poses proudly with his vintage automobile in the 1950s outside of Moler's Market on E. Potomac Street. See the old B&O water tower on the right. Looks like a 1951 or '52 Buick They were sold in Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown People current
- 16:5716:57, 19 June 2022 diff hist +292 N File:Brunswick Street 2022.JPG Beautiful sunset photo taken of Brunswick Street after a rainstorm on April 1, 2022. The old West End Elementary School, now Sherman W. Lowry VFW Post 10421, is visible on the right. It was dedicated in 1905. (Photo by Hannah Vanbilliard) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
13 June 2022
- 00:4900:49, 13 June 2022 diff hist +274 N File:APA Guy Lombardo 1965.jpeg A cover letter that accompanied a proposed contract from the Agency of the Performing Arts (APA) in Chicago for Guy Lombardo to appear with his orchestra at the old Brunswick Fire Hall on May 12, 1965. (Courtesy of Mary Jo Brown) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 00:4700:47, 13 June 2022 diff hist +305 N File:APA Guy Lombardo 1965 (2).jpeg A follow up letter from the APA to Sonny Cannon advising that Guy Lombardo's appearance at the old Fire Hall needed to be cancelled due to the bankruptcy of Lombardo's Florida nightclub. Sammy Kaye was available to perform instead. (Courtesy of Mary Jo Brown) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 00:4400:44, 13 June 2022 diff hist +253 N File:APA Guy Lombardo 1965 (1).jpeg A proposal from the Agency of the Performing Arts (APA) in Chicago regarding the availability of Guy Lombardo or Sammy Kaye to perform with their orchestras at the old Brunswick Fire Hall in the Spring of 1965. (Courtesy of Mary Jo Brown) current
12 June 2022
- 22:2222:22, 12 June 2022 diff hist +284 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Babo.jpeg The Railroader Little League Cubs on the first opening day in June, 1954. Manager Lee "Babo" Merriman on the right. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 22:2122:21, 12 June 2022 diff hist +242 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Cubs.jpeg The Railroader Little League Cubs on the first opening day in June, 1954. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 22:1922:19, 12 June 2022 diff hist +243 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Lions.jpeg The Railroader Little League Bears on the first opening day in June, 1954. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 22:1822:18, 12 June 2022 diff hist +243 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Tigers.jpeg The Railroader Little League Bears on the first opening day in June, 1954. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 22:1722:17, 12 June 2022 diff hist +243 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Bears.jpeg The Railroader Little League Bears on the first opening day in June, 1954. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 18:5818:58, 12 June 2022 diff hist +1,381 N File:Flook Farmhouse 2.jpeg The two-story Flook Farmhouse, built in the early 20th century by Daniel Charles Flook was home to several generations of the Flook Family. The house incorporates design features from the Queen Anne Revival period (1880-1910), with its focus on elegance and simplicity, and the Colonial Revival period (1880-1930) with its use of design features common to colonial American architecture. The Flook house was the center of the Flook family farm and Daniel and Nena Flook raised their seven childr... current
- 18:5418:54, 12 June 2022 diff hist +322 N File:Machine Shop Capino-Green.jpg According to the library records, this photo shows Charlie Capino and Gene Green in a machine shop, dated August, 1974. Does anyone know where this shop was located? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
- 18:5318:53, 12 June 2022 diff hist +365 N File:New F&M Bank Welty.jpg Keith Welty takes his place behind the teller's desk at the then new Farmers & Mechanics bank branch soon after it opened on the corner of Maple Avenue and Souder Road on June 9, 1975. It is now PNC Bank. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:5218:52, 12 June 2022 diff hist +345 N File:Bank Books.jpg Bank book sleeves from the old Bank of Brunswick, which was located were City Hall is today. This was one of the primary ways people did their banking long before the Internet age, all in person. These items belonged to Brunswick businessman Donald Woods. (Courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Advertising current