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5 December 2021

• 20:2520:25, 5 December 2021 diff hist +240‎ N File:1958 Mid-Air Collision Citizens .jpg ‎ Local citizens on their way to the crash site of a military jet and commercial airliner on 30 May, 1958. near Point of Rocks off 464. (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 20:2020:20, 5 December 2021 diff hist +526‎ N File:1958 Mid-Air Collision 2.jpg ‎ On May 30, 1958, a horrific air crash between military and jet airliners collided in mid-air between Brunswick and Point of Rocks. It was a long-fought legal case that led to stronger federal air traffic controls. Using binoculars, mill operator Walker Smith watched the surviving pilot descend by parachute. He drove to the crash site and took this photo of what appears to be part of the fusilage of the military jet (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) [[Category:Smoketown Police - Fir... current
• 20:1720:17, 5 December 2021 diff hist +468‎ N File:1958 Mid-Air Collision 1.jpg ‎ On May 30, 1958, a horrific air crash between military and jet airliners collided in mid-air between Brunswick and Point of Rocks. It was a long-fought legal case that led to stronger federal air traffic controls. Using binoculars, mill operator Walker Smith watched the surviving pilot descend by parachute. He drove to the crash site and took a few pictures. (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 20:0720:07, 5 December 2021 diff hist +329‎ N File:Western Gentlemen in the 1970s.jpg ‎ If it's Saturday night, it's time for some music from The Midnight Express. Members of this band played in other tri-state area groups ranging from Bill Peer and the Melody Boys (and Girls), The Boppers, The Western Gentlemen and The Country Giants. (Photo courtesy of Joe Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown Music current
• 20:0220:02, 5 December 2021 diff hist +196‎ N File:Sunday School Grace Church.jpg ‎ Sunday School class taught by Lila Wenner in the undercroft at Grace Church sometime in the '80s. (Photo courtesy of Rebecah Staup Daggett) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current

28 November 2021

• 18:2318:23, 28 November 2021 diff hist +33‎ N File:Default-35.jpg ‎ Pwenner moved page File:Default-35.jpg to File:Beer Party.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 18:2318:23, 28 November 2021 diff hist 0‎ m File:Beer Party.jpg ‎ Pwenner moved page File:Default-35.jpg to File:Beer Party.jpg current
• 18:2218:22, 28 November 2021 diff hist +415‎ N File:Beer Party.jpg ‎ Photo of a party way back when, maybe the 1940s. Assuming from other photos we have that appear to have been shot at the same time, it was a crab feed. Some guesses are that it was held at the Farmers Woods or Rod & Gun Club in Petersville. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations
• 18:1818:18, 28 November 2021 diff hist +296‎ N File:Butchering.jpg ‎ Country butchering at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Virginia. This photo was likely taken in the early 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Farm Community current
• 18:1018:10, 28 November 2021 diff hist +178‎ N File:Crane Operator.jpeg ‎ Unidentified crane operator in the Brunswick yard. Photo taken in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 17:2517:25, 28 November 2021 diff hist +98‎ File:Trackman.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 17:2117:21, 28 November 2021 diff hist +221‎ N File:Benny Harsh.JPG ‎ Benny Harsh with his children Galen and Nancy pose outside their house on N. Maple Avenue before a Veterans' Day Parade circa 1969. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
• 17:1617:16, 28 November 2021 diff hist +114‎ N File:KarlShewbridge.jpg ‎ Karl Shewbridge - WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
• 17:1617:16, 28 November 2021 diff hist +123‎ N File:Robert Carter.jpg ‎ Robert Carter - Vietnam War Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
• 17:1417:14, 28 November 2021 diff hist +38‎ File:Richard Hebb.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 17:1417:14, 28 November 2021 diff hist +79‎ N File:Richard Hebb.jpg ‎ Richard Hebb -- WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter)
• 17:0617:06, 28 November 2021 diff hist +171‎ N File:Dorothy Shewbridge Frye.jpg ‎ Dorothy Shewbridge Frye poses in front of her family home on N. Virginia Avenue in the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People current
• 16:4716:47, 28 November 2021 diff hist +97‎ File:Gertrude Garrott.jpeg ‎No edit summary current
• 16:4116:41, 28 November 2021 diff hist +876‎ N File:Teeny Garrott.jpeg ‎ Ernestine "Teeny" Garrott standing outside the family home and boarding house on W. B. Street next to the funeral home. The home was known to the family as "The Junction" because of its proximity to the bridge and entrance to Brunswick. She was a daughter of Dr. John E. Garrott of Burkittsville, who along with their grandfather Dr. John D. Garrott treated wounded Union troops in field hospitals after the Battle of South Mountain. Their grand nephew, Judge Bill Wenner told the story that t... current
• 16:3616:36, 28 November 2021 diff hist +801‎ N File:Gertrude Garrott.jpeg ‎ Gertrude Garrott standing outside the family home and boarding house on W. B. Street next to the funeral home. The home was known to the family as "The Junction". She was a daughter of Dr. John E. Garrott of Burkittsville, who along with their grandfather Dr. John D. Garrott treated wounded Union troops in field hospitals after the Battle of South Mountain. Their grand nephew, Judge Bill Wenner told the story that the Garrott ladies once operated a store out of the ground floor of this ho...

25 November 2021

• 00:5600:56, 25 November 2021 diff hist +261‎ N File:Old & New Bridges 1955.JPG ‎ Photo juxtaposition of the old and new Potomac River bridges spanning Loudoun County to Brunswick, MD in 1955 sometime after the then new bridge opened. (Magazine clipping courtesy of Frank Noe) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
• 00:5300:53, 25 November 2021 diff hist +30‎ File:Robys in 1930s.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 00:5100:51, 25 November 2021 diff hist +279‎ N File:Robys in 1930s.jpg ‎ JP & Barbara Ellen Roby pose in front of their home with a view down W. Potomac Street in the 1930s. See the billboard on the side of the Mace Building (now King's) directly behind Mr. Roby. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown People

24 November 2021

• 23:5023:50, 24 November 2021 diff hist +37‎ File:Zane Hall.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 23:4723:47, 24 November 2021 diff hist +380‎ N File:Zane Hall.jpg ‎ Z.P. (Zane) Hall was the Chessy System railroad policeman shown in this 1982 photo taken at the foot of S. Maryland. The white building with the window visible to the left of his car was called the “Railroad Track Man’s Headquarters”. It was where workers met in the mornings to get orders for the day. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese)
• 23:4523:45, 24 November 2021 diff hist +316‎ N File:Trackman.jpg ‎ An excellent Blair Harrington portrait of a track department worker in the Brunswick railroad yard with the soft background of the bridge and old Gross store behind the railroader. The photo was taken in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders
• 02:4202:42, 24 November 2021 diff hist +167‎ N File:Danny Swope.jpg ‎ Danny Swope poses in the Brunswick Westbound Station in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 02:3302:33, 24 November 2021 diff hist +126‎ N File:Vernon Strout.jpg ‎ Vernon Strout - 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 02:3102:31, 24 November 2021 diff hist +313‎ N File:Marianne Weidemann .jpg ‎ Marianne Weidemann - 1982 According to Denise Duncan Moore: "She was on the extra list. She worked a lot at WB Tower. Every now and then she would catch a checking job or the booking job at the yard office. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 02:2302:23, 24 November 2021 diff hist +200‎ N File:Buzzy Darr.jpg ‎ Buzzy Darr worked in the track department. He was also a crane operator. He posed here in 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 02:2102:21, 24 November 2021 diff hist +136‎ N File:Bill Sheckles.jpg ‎ Trackman Bill Sheckles in 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 02:1802:18, 24 November 2021 diff hist +37‎ File:Robbie Grams.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 02:0702:07, 24 November 2021 diff hist +181‎ N File:Dave Waters.jpg ‎ This is a portrait of Dave Waters in 1982. He worked in the car department. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 02:0302:03, 24 November 2021 diff hist +135‎ N File:Jessie Brown.jpg ‎ Railroader Jessie Brown-1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 02:0102:01, 24 November 2021 diff hist +37‎ File:Charles King.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 02:0002:00, 24 November 2021 diff hist +113‎ N File:Charles King.jpg ‎ Charlie King in the Brunswick yard in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese)
• 01:5901:59, 24 November 2021 diff hist +168‎ N File:Charlie Selby-1982.jpg ‎ Charlie Selby poses in the Brunswick Westbound Station in 1982. Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 01:5701:57, 24 November 2021 diff hist +173‎ N File:Robbie Grams.jpg ‎ Robbie Grams in the railroad parking lot in 1982. At the time, he was Yardmaster and WB Tower operator. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese)

7 November 2021

• 19:3419:34, 7 November 2021 diff hist +243‎ N File:Reviewing Stand Veterans Park.jpg ‎ A ceremony at Veterans' Memorial Park on A Street. Maybe late 1940s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 19:3319:33, 7 November 2021 diff hist +257‎ N File:Marching Band W Potomac St.jpg ‎ Marching band moves into the crowd of onlookers on W. Potomac Street in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 19:3119:31, 7 November 2021 diff hist +258‎ N File:Marching Band Florida Avenue.jpg ‎ A marching band makes its way from Florida Avenue to W. Potomac Street in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 17:5117:51, 7 November 2021 diff hist +337‎ N File:WWI Veterans 1968 .jpg ‎ Another angle of Brunswick WWI Veterans observing the 1968 Veterans' Day parade. Edward Shipley is the veteran on the far right in the 2nd row, wearing glasses. C (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 17:5017:50, 7 November 2021 diff hist +412‎ N File:Ayres Fauble Thompson.jpg ‎ From a late 1960s parade, it looks like Charlie Flook behind the wheel of a 1929 Chrysler. Among the faces in the crowd from the left are young Tommy Ayres, Russell Fauble, Donald Ayres and then Police Chief Tommy Thompson, in uniform. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 17:4817:48, 7 November 2021 diff hist +427‎ N File:Boy Scouts?.jpg ‎ Here we think are the Boy Scouts in a Veterans' Day Parade on W. Potomac Street, circa 1969. Bill Shewbridge is one of the older scouts inspecting the troops in the foreground. It was pointed out that these weren't Boy Scouts' uniforms. Developing... (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 17:4717:47, 7 November 2021 diff hist +934‎ N File:Cindy Porter, Kathy Myers, Kris Myers, Linda Sell.jpg ‎ One thing you might notice in our Veterans' Day Parade album is you can watch Kathy and Kris Myers grow up as Girl Scouts marching in the November parades through the years. Here they are leading the troop as Flag Bearers, circa 1959 or '60 on W. Potomac Street at the corner pf N. Virginia Avenue. Flanking them on the left and right are Cindy Porter and Linda Sell. According to Kathy Hale Cage: "Behind the first girl on the left in front of the banner ... over her right shoulder I see Lin... current
• 17:4517:45, 7 November 2021 diff hist +317‎ N File:Majorettes.jpg ‎ Majorettes make their way down Florida Avenue towards the turn on W. Potomac Street when the parade used to run east. Late 1940s or early '50s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 17:3617:36, 7 November 2021 diff hist +265‎ N File:Railroad Yard in 1982.jpg ‎ A shot of what was left of the old railroad yard operations in 1982, taken from in front of the Westbound Station. See the WB Tower, roundhouse and water tower. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 17:3117:31, 7 November 2021 diff hist +563‎ N File:Fast Eddie's Construction.jpg ‎ Fast Eddie's gas station and convenience store taking shape in 1982. The historic Foster house on W. Potomac Street and Jordan House on Maryland Avenue above the station create an L-shaped perimeter that remains today. Fast Eddie's operated at this location until the 1990s and was known for it's delicious fried chicken and potato wedges. It later became headquarters for the Brunswick Citizen newspaper until its demise in 2020 during the global pandemic. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy o... current
• 17:2917:29, 7 November 2021 diff hist +419‎ N File:Old Shell Transition 1982.jpg ‎ Early part of the transition of the old downtown Shell station to Fast Eddie's in 1982. A Shell gasoline franchise had operated in this location on the corner of W. Potomac Street and Maryland Avenue for 40 years under different owners, including Bill Deener, Renace Painter, Dutch Miller, Donald Woods and others. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 17:2317:23, 7 November 2021 diff hist +587‎ N File:Downtown Businesses 1982.jpg ‎ The downtown business district on W. Potomac Street in 1982 when it was in its dying days as the railroad decreased its operations in Brunswick. Newberry's was still in business next door to the museum. Brunswick Market occupied the space where the Acme and Roelke's once operated. At the time, Jerry's Liquors was next door to the market. On the north side of the street were Ralph Brown's real estate and H&R Block offices. Further down were Burns' Liquors and Payne's Pharmacy. (Photo by Blai... current