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19 February 2022

8 January 2022

  • 19:4319:43, 8 January 2022 diff hist +638‎ N File:Fent & Bill Wenner.jpeg ‎ Future Judge Bill Wenner gets a horseback ride from his Uncle Fent at the family farmhouse off N. Maple Avenue, circa 1934. The house dates back to around 1840 and still sits back across from the library. Judge Wenner told how Uncle Fent took him to Washington Senators games in the pre-World War II era. For years, Charles Fenton Wenner II was the eastbound trainmaster in the B&O yards in Brunswick. Three generations of Wenners lived in the family homeplace at that time. Fent later lived in... current
  • 19:4019:40, 8 January 2022 diff hist +223‎ N File:Clarence Reginald Shewbridge.jpg ‎ Clarence Reginald Shewbridge cuts a dashing pose on a snowy day in the 1920s. This photo was taken at the family home at 16 N. Virginia Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People current
  • 19:3919:39, 8 January 2022 diff hist +340‎ N File:Carter Family.jpg ‎ Vintage Carter family photo taken across from what was then known as St. Paul's Evangelical (now Bethany) Lutheran Church in the early 1920s. From left to right are 3 generations: George Carter, George Jr. on his lap, Lib Carter and Issac Carter. (Photo courtesy of Kathy Carter Escamilla) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
  • 19:1019:10, 8 January 2022 diff hist +434‎ N File:Early Brunswick Boardwalk.JPG ‎ Interesting Victorian photo from the early days of Brunswick that Jim Castle posted on Christmas Eve. This is one of the clearest photos you'll see of the old boardwalk that ran along what is now E. Potomac Street around the turn of the 20th Century or earlier. Can anyone tell us more about the old boardwalk and how long it was in existence? (Photo courtesy of James Robert Castle) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
  • 19:0519:05, 8 January 2022 diff hist +394‎ N File:Phyllis Maude and Gloria.jpg ‎ Sisters Phyllis Harrington Peyton, Maude Harrington Custer and Gloria Custer in a photo dated to the mid 1930s. Maude married Raymond Custer in 1929. Gloria was the oldest daughter. Later the couple lived on W. B Street. Raymond worked at Kaplons and Maude operated the M&M market 2 doors down on W. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown People current
  • 19:0319:03, 8 January 2022 diff hist +641‎ N File:Eva and Marie.jpg ‎ This photo by Phil Peyton shows sisters Eva (standing) and Marie Harrington talking on their porch at the Harrington homeplace on N. Maple Avenue. Both lived there until their deaths in the 1960s. Eva never married and remained home to help her parents raise another 9 children. Marie and sister Maude Custer ran the M&M Market next to Brunswick Florist shop on W. Potomac Street across from the People's National Bank. Their store was known for their excellent homemade fudge and other candie... current
  • 19:0119:01, 8 January 2022 diff hist +227‎ N File:Lonely Caboose.jpeg ‎ A lonely caboose sits in the snowy Brunswick B&O yards after a big snow in 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode 17) Category:Smoketown Railroad current

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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
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