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21 February 2022
- 20:2120:21, 21 February 2022 diff hist +194 N File:BHS Fire 7.jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:2020:20, 21 February 2022 diff hist +228 N File:BHS Fire 6 (1).jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. See the twisted desks and chairs. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:1920:19, 21 February 2022 diff hist +243 N File:BHS Fire 5.jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. This is a view of the south side of the school. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:1820:18, 21 February 2022 diff hist +227 N File:BHS Fire 4.jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. This is a view of the back side. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:1620:16, 21 February 2022 diff hist +986 N File:BHS Fire 3.jpeg On a January night in 1928, horrified Brunswick residents witnessed the high school on 4th Avenue engulfed in flames. After the fire and during the subsequent renovation, makeshift classes were held in the First Methodist Church and in the old Red Men’s Hall, which was then occupied by the Eagles. Manual training classes were held at Karn’s Lumber Yard. Shorthand and typing classes were held on the 3rd floor of the Orrison Building. When time came to change classes, students did so by walking... current
- 00:2000:20, 21 February 2022 diff hist +549 N File:Early Brunswick House-Wenner's Addition.jpeg A photo of one of the many houses in what was then known as "Wenner's Addition" in the 1890s. It would be great to know exactly where this house was located and see what this house looks like today, if still standing Landowner William Waltman Wenner Jr. sold a big portion of his farmland in the West End of Brunswick to the B&O to build homes for railroaders and a school to educate their children. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode... current
- 00:1600:16, 21 February 2022 diff hist +313 N File:Lutheran Sunday School 19290s.jpeg Lutheran Sunday School photo, circa 1920: Back row (l to r): Millie Barger, Daisy Harrington, Lillian Taylor (Tater) Rosen, who worked for years at Wenner's store on N. Maple Avenue. Front row: Phyllis and Donald Harrington. (Photo courtesy of KIm Myers) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 00:1300:13, 21 February 2022 diff hist +451 N File:Dintermans.jpeg Mabel "Ginny" & Willie Dinterman at home on 4th Avenue or “High School Hill” in the 1940s. Mrs. Dinterman, who was active in community groups, lived to the ripe old age of 100. She was presented with a certificate of recognition by Mayor Jeff Snoots proclaiming "January 22, 2020 as Mabel Virginia Dinterman Day" shortly before her passing in April of that year. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown People current
- 00:0500:05, 21 February 2022 diff hist +276 N File:Rhythm Rails Brady & Coffman.jpeg Ronald Brady and Sally Coffman were part of the BHS "Rhythm Rails" back in 1951, when the school was located on 4th Avenue or "High School Hill". (Photo from the Joanne Runkles collection; Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Performance current
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20 February 2022
- 23:4423:44, 20 February 2022 diff hist +575 N File:Miglio in Katz office.jpeg Frank Miglio in his element at S. and N. Katz on the square corner in Brunswick. Mr. Miglio was a longtime town councilman and business leader, having run the Katz jewelry store and watch repair shop on N. Maple and E. Potomac St., for years until it closed. As it's critical for trains to run on time, the watch business was big in Brunswick. He was made a Distinguished Citizen of Brunswick in 2018. Hard to tell what year the photo was taken despite the calendar. Looks like June 1974. (Cli... current
- 23:3923:39, 20 February 2022 diff hist +416 N File:Phyllis & Donald Harrington.jpeg Phyllis and Donald Harrington pose during the post World War I era at the family home on N. Maple Avenue. Phyllis married Leo Peyton and the Peytons eventually moved to Falls Church, VA. Donald moved back to Brunswick from West Virginia to take over Harrington's shoe repair shop on W. Potomac Street after his brother Bill's death in 1964. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 16:4916:49, 20 February 2022 diff hist +298 N File:Roby Family.jpeg Roby Family photo. From left are James P., Frank ("Tete'), James S. Mary (Payne), Barbara Ellen. Helen (Gaither) in front, about 1940. Tete's daughter Phyllis can be seen in the background behind the newspaper. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown People current
- 16:4616:46, 20 February 2022 diff hist +246 N File:Audrey Harrington.jpeg Audrey Harrington with her doll baby outside Conway's store on E. Potomac Street in the 1920s. We believe this store was located about a block east of the old Moose Club. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Kids current
19 February 2022
- 19:4719:47, 19 February 2022 diff hist +211 N File:Snowy Caboose.jpeg A lonely caboose sits in the snowy Brunswick B&O yards in 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode 17) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
- 19:4319:43, 19 February 2022 diff hist +221 N File:CR Shewbridge.jpeg 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
- 19:4119:41, 19 February 2022 diff hist +573 N File:Harrington Sisters M&M.jpeg 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 candies.... current
- 19:4019:40, 19 February 2022 diff hist +392 N File:Peyton-Custers.jpeg isters 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
- 19:3819:38, 19 February 2022 diff hist +635 N File:Bill & Fent 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 t... current
- 19:3219:32, 19 February 2022 diff hist +190 N File:Harrington Sisters.jpeg Phyllis and Audrey Harrington in the early 30s. They lived on N. Maple Avenue, otherwise known as "Wenner's Hill". (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown People current
- 19:2919:29, 19 February 2022 diff hist +448 N File:Huffman Wedding.jpeg Newlyweds Sharon Porter and Bill Huffman walk down the aisle at Bethany Lutheran Church on June 25, 1955. High school sweethearts, the Huffmans were together for 71 years. Bill was part of some excellent BHS baseball teams in the early 1950s. Several of the players, including Bill, were given tryouts for one of the New York major league teams. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Carlini) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
