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10 April 2022
- 18:5318:53, 10 April 2022 diff hist +184 N File:WB Tower on the move (2).JPG Aerial view of the historic WB Tower on the move across the tracks to its new location on E. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Jay Jay) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:5118:51, 10 April 2022 diff hist +155 N File:WB Tower on the move.JPG WB Tower on wheels ready to move to its new location across the tracks. (Photo courtesy of Richard A. Foot) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:4418:44, 10 April 2022 diff hist +502 N File:BHS Skating Patrol.jpg Local boys who did good. They were the "skating patrol" when kids used to ice skate in the old canal lock 30. We believe this photo dates to 1974-75. In the photo are: Top Row: Mr. Wayne Carter, Ronnie Truitt, Tim Dawson, Kenneth "Boogie" Hawes Middle Row: Randy George, Howie Moore, Chris Hoffman, Kevin Nuse Front row: Mark Taylor, Andy Williams Not pictured were Mike Kersey and Marty Cusack (Brunswick Citizen news clipping courtesy of Andy Williams) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:4318:43, 10 April 2022 diff hist +351 N File:Lion's Club Scholarships.jpg Brunswick Lions Club sponsorships from the Spring of 1966. As many of us know, Kathy Crone went on to a distinguished teaching career and was a beloved teacher at Brunswick Elementary School. Unfortunately, we don't know what became of Sylvia's career path. (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:3618:36, 10 April 2022 diff hist +183 N File:Tri-State View 2021.jpg A beautiful, timeless view of where 3 states come together--West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia. (Photo courtesy of Kace McField) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
- 18:3118:31, 10 April 2022 diff hist +1,277 N File:Washington Monument Postcard.jpg Here is an undated postcard of the Washington Monument outside Boonsboro. Judging from the attire of the people on the top of the monument, especially the ladies, the photo likely dates to the turn of the 20th Century or earlier. Built in 1827, the original tower was the first monument dedicated to George Washington to be completed. Although it was a popular meeting place for the citizenry of Boonsboro, weather and vandalism reduced the monument to rubble. In that condition, it was used by th... current
- 18:3018:30, 10 April 2022 diff hist +667 N File:War Correspondents Arch Postcard.jpg An old postcard of the War Correspondents Arch, located just over the Frederick County border in Washington County, Maryland, on the top of South Mountain at Gathland State Park on old Route 40. This is the only monument in the world dedicated to the memory of war correspondents. This unusual piece of masonry was erected by George Alfred Townsend, who was a famous author and war correspondent himself. The notation on the back of the postcard said that it is visited annually by thousands. is... current
- 18:2818:28, 10 April 2022 diff hist +640 N File:Tri-State Postcard.jpg This is the inscription on the back of this undated postcard about this focal point of the tri-state area: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Where Three States Meet One of the most picturesque spots in this locality is Harpers Ferry, often termed the "Switzerland of America". Steep wooded mountains surround the town and the waters of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers divide Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia at this point. Historically important because it was the scene of John Brown's rai... current
- 18:2418:24, 10 April 2022 diff hist +899 N File:Gathland Postcard.jpeg This old postcard depicts the estate of George Alfred Townsend adjacent to the War Correspondents' Arch that he built in 1896. Townsend wrote under the pen name "Gath", which was derived by adding an "H" to his initials, and inspired by the biblical passage II Samuel 1:20, "Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askalon." The backstory is that in 1884, Townsend began building this baronial estate in the Catoctin Mountains called "Gapland," near Burkittsville. Gapland was built... current
- 18:2118:21, 10 April 2022 diff hist +535 N File:Ceres Bethel AME Church 1975.jpg The Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1975. Was it still in operation then? The old church is located above Burkittsville just before you reach the War Correspondent's Arch in Gapland. Situated next to a vineyard, the site includes a church and a cemetery. Graves in the cemetery date from 1870-2010 and it is the final resting place for some prominent African-Americans from Frederick County. (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) [[Category:Smoketown Afr... current
- 18:1918:19, 10 April 2022 diff hist +777 N File:White's Ferry.jpg An old photo of White's Ferry. White's Ferry was the last remaining cable ferry service that carried cars, bicycles, and pedestrians across the Potomac River between Loudoun County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland. The location offered fishing services and water recreation including canoeing. It transported approximately 600 customers daily until closing in 2020. The Ferry had a very long term lease with the landowner on the Virginia side. When it came time to renew the new the le... current
- 18:1618:16, 10 April 2022 diff hist +410 N File:Old High School 1964-65.jpg Always a crowd pleaser for those of us who remember. The old Brunswick High School as it was captured on top of the 4th Avenue hill in it's final school year of 1964-65. The beloved old school fell into disrepair after it was abandoned in the years until it was finally razed in 1976. (Photo from the 1965 BHS Railroader Yearbook courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:1418:14, 10 April 2022 diff hist +149 N File:Sandy Hook MD 1.jpg A timeless photo of Sandy Hook by the tracks taken in the past 10 years. (Photo source unknown) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
- 18:1018:10, 10 April 2022 diff hist +1,047 N File:Marker-Freed Store Locust Valley.jpg This was the old Marker family store, the South Mountain Hennery Company, in Locust Valley near Burkittsville. At its heart is the historic general store building. William C. Marker erected the store in the early 1900s. This photo was taken in 1933 when it was still under the operation of Dora Marker soon before it was sold to Edwin and Mary Freed. The Marker Family farmed the adjoining land and William's son, Dora managed the store. Dora's wife, Mabel Fern Marker was a school teacher at... current
- 17:5617:56, 10 April 2022 diff hist +802 N File:1956-57 4th grade BES.jpg Part of the BHS Class of 1965 in their 4th grade group photo from Brunswick Elementary School. Photos were taken during the 1956-57 school year. The children are: Top row: John Younkins, Linda Lowery, Brenton Barger, Mrs. Frances Manuel, Billy Rhinemon, Miriam Arnold, James Reynolds, Nancy Grams (McBride) 2nd row: Mary Jane Frocke?, Mike Kronk, Becky Danner, Mary Margaret Lloyd (Slagle), Wayne Gosnell, Peggy Rhinemon 3rd row: Gil Caniford, Carolyn Gaynor, Paul Lake, Linda Barnhart, James... current
20 March 2022
- 17:2417:24, 20 March 2022 diff hist +199 N File:Baptist Children.jpeg This appears to be a Vacation Bible School class at the First Baptist Church circa 1960. (Photo courtesy of Michelle Lynn Osborne Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
19 March 2022
- 19:2519:25, 19 March 2022 diff hist +208 N File:Engine entering turntable.jpg B&O Pacific #5007 entering the turntable. Date is believed to be 1950 in the last days of steam locomotives. (Photo by Bob Flack. Potomac Chapter, NRHS Archive) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:2419:24, 19 March 2022 diff hist +207 N File:Engine at Coal Tipple.jpg B&O Pacific 5007 at the coaling station. Date is believed to be 1950 in the last days of steam locomotives. (Photo by Bob Flack. Potomac Chapter, NRHS Archive) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:1919:19, 19 March 2022 diff hist +208 N File:WB Tower looking west.jpg Interesting westward view of the WB Tower with the Red Men's Hall towering above on the right. The photo dates to 1906-07 (Photo courtesy of W. Frank Mathers) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:1819:18, 19 March 2022 diff hist +287 N File:Roby's out for a drive.jpg Looks like a Sunday drive? Tete Roby in back, James Roby driving a vintage Ford (female in front seat is hard to identify due to the glare on the windshield). Note the 1917 Maryland license plate. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
- 19:1719:17, 19 March 2022 diff hist +237 N File:Fireman's Parade Uniform.jpg This man is wearing a Brunswick Fire Company Parade Uniform. The background was used in Ocean City during annual fire conventions. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Keenan Wagner) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 19:1519:15, 19 March 2022 diff hist +286 N File:Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Haller .jpg An old photo from the early 1900s of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Haller in Brunswick. Mr. Haller was wearing his Red Men's Club uniform. Mr. Haller was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Redman. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Keenan Wagner) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
- 19:0819:08, 19 March 2022 diff hist +347 N File:1936 Flood Harpers Ferry 3.JPG A photo of Harpers Ferry in the Great St. Patrick's Day flood of March 17-19, 1936. The rivers rose to 36.5 feet--an all time record high. The Bollman Highway and Shenandoah Bridges were washed away. Many lower town businesses were left in ruins. (Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Museum) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
- 19:0719:07, 19 March 2022 diff hist +347 N File:1936 Flood Harpers Ferry 2.JPG A photo of Harpers Ferry in the Great St. Patrick's Day flood of March 17-19, 1936. The rivers rose to 36.5 feet--an all time record high. The Bollman Highway and Shenandoah Bridges were washed away. Many lower town businesses were left in ruins. (Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Museum) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
- 19:0619:06, 19 March 2022 diff hist +345 N File:1936 Flood Harpers Ferry.JPG Photo of Harpers Ferry in the Great St. Patrick's Day flood of March 17-19, 1936. The rivers rose to 36.5 feet--an all time record high. The Bollman Highway and Shenandoah Bridges were washed away. Many lower town businesses were left in ruins. (Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Museum) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
- 19:0419:04, 19 March 2022 diff hist +357 N File:Nursemaid.jpeg Baby Ann Wenner in the arms of a "nurse maid" in 1934. We think the lady was Helen Twyman, who worked for the Wenner family for years in Brunswick and Ocean City. The photo was taken behind the Wenner home on the corner of Petersville and Souder Roads. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage current
- 19:0319:03, 19 March 2022 diff hist +605 N File:Harrises.jpg Alfred and Estelle Harris, who resided at 209 East A Street. Mr. Harris was mayor of Brunswick from 1938 to 1942. He was an engineer on the B&O. According to Kim Myers: "Mrs. Harris was a housewife and music teacher. The couple never had children. Mr Harris passed away in 1950. Mrs Harris continued to live in the family home until her passing in 1960. I have very fond memories of her and would spend time in the evenings on the swing with her on her front porch telling her stories that I w... current
- 19:0119:01, 19 March 2022 diff hist +318 N File:Westbound Station desk.jpg A photo of Blair Harrington's desk in the Westbound Brunswick train station in 1982. Mr. Harrington was the Station Agent. He sold tickets for passenger trains. He also passed out railroader pay checks every payday. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
6 March 2022
- 18:2418:24, 6 March 2022 diff hist +923 N File:Nancy Virts BES Class.jpeg Mrs. Nancy Virts's combined 3rd-4th grade Brunswick Elementary School class from the 1965-66 school year. For the first half of the year, Mrs. Shirley Colvin taught the class before she was elevated to Assistant Principal under Principal Lee Smith. These students comprised the BHS classes of 1974 and 1975. Here's who we can identify: Front row: Johnny Kitts, Keith Mann, Drew Hawes, Billy Roelke, Galen Harsh, David Pearrell Second row: Kathy Corso, Susan Stauffer, Jeani Wolfe, Wendy Himes,... current
- 18:2018:20, 6 March 2022 diff hist +486 N File:SW George Employees 1960.jpeg Inside the S.W. George hardware store circa 1960. The business dates back to the early days of Brunswick with a store "Between the Tracks" and later on 302 W. Potomac Street from 1907 when the business was sold by the Georges to Leroy Strawsburg. Is this is the oldest business in a single location in Brunswick? From left-to-right are Harry George Jr, Betty Moyers (Brooks) and Sydnor (Sid) Bennett. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:1818:18, 6 March 2022 diff hist +448 N File:Swank & Son tag.jpeg Swank & Son luggage tag. Date unknown. Swank & Son Hardware operated out of a big building on W. Potomac Street to the left of People's Bank (later Farmers & Mechanics) that was razed for the right-of-way to the present Potomac River bridge. It was briefly home to People's Home & Auto after the Swanks went out of business in the post World War II era. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 18:1418:14, 6 March 2022 diff hist +301 N File:Myers-Coffman Families.jpeg Myers & Coffman families pose while out for a drive in the country in the 1920s. From left to right are Oliver Myers, Mary Myers, Catherine Coffman and Russell Coffman. The children in back are Austin Myers and Burke Coffman. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown People current
26 February 2022
- 19:4719:47, 26 February 2022 diff hist +689 N File:Ethel & George Chick Portrait.jpeg Ethel and George Chick were married for 68 years until Mrs. Chick's passing in 1992. They went into the milk business together in 1928 when they purchased the Waterman Dairy business from Ethel's grandparents. Mr. Chick lived to ripe age of 101 in 2005. Here is a link to several stories on the Chick's life in the local milk production and delivery business in and around Brunswick, including one in Mr. Chick's own words: https://www.brunswickmdhistory.com/images/8/8c/Distinguished_Citizen_20... current
- 19:4419:44, 26 February 2022 diff hist +154 N File:City Bottling Works.jpeg Beautifully detailed old bottle from City Bottling Works in Brunswick (Photo courtesy of Asher Adelman) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 19:3219:32, 26 February 2022 diff hist +241 N File:Titus & Chick Bottle.jpeg Titus & Chick milk bottle. This partnership lasted from 1928-1943 before George Chick went into business with Woody Souder. This bottle is dated from 1933. (Photo courtesy of Asher Adelman) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 19:2719:27, 26 February 2022 diff hist +422 N File:BHS Fire Rebuilding Commences.jpg Frederick News article from March 1, 1928 on the plans to rebuild Brunswick High School using the existing walls, which were found by inspectors to have been in satisfactory condition. The school reopened in September, 1928 with the addition of an auditorium to the rear of the school, which also served as a gymnasium. (News clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 19:2519:25, 26 February 2022 diff hist +333 N File:BHS Fire Baltimore Sun.jpg Baltimore Evening Sun report on the devastating fire that engulfed the original Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue on January 31, 1928. According to the article, it was thought to have been caused by "defective electrical wires." (News clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
21 February 2022
- 20:2320:23, 21 February 2022 diff hist +194 N File:BHS Fire 9.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
- 20:2220:22, 21 February 2022 diff hist +194 N File:BHS Fire 8.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
- 20:2120:21, 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
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
- 19:2719:27, 19 February 2022 diff hist +1,543 N File:B&O Thoroughfare Town Between Tracks.jpeg This early photo of the Brunswick B&O thoroughfare is believed to date to 1909-11. You can see the WB Tower and an outline of the original roundhouse in the background at around "1 o'clock". What was left of the "Town Between the Track can be seen in the foreground right. According to John Roby Morsberger, here are some notes: 1. At first glance, I thought the platform on the left was concrete, but closer examination appears to be large timbers. 2. A magnifying glass on the original photo... current
- 19:1619:16, 19 February 2022 diff hist +362 N File:Harpers Ferry 1865.jpeg A view of the highly strategic B&O Railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry in 1865. Overall, this B&O route was critical to the Union victory after Western Virginia voted to secede from Virginia in 1861 due to access to the important coal and timber resources of the WVA-Ohio region. (Photo from the Library of Congress) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:1419:14, 19 February 2022 diff hist +226 N File:Snowy B&O Yard 1899.jpeg Snow covered cars sitting in the busy East End B&O yards of Brunswick in 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode 17) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
- 19:1319:13, 19 February 2022 diff hist +1,123 N File:Flynn Early Barber Shop.jpeg In this early 20th century photo, Elias Flynn is shown cutting hair at his barbershop that was located along the railroad tracks on S. Maple Ave. It was one of many in town at the time to keep railroaders looking sharp. The American Legion parking lot is on this location now. According to the "Images of America" book by Mary Rubin that covered Brunswick, she offered the tidbit that when Ken Harshman retired in 1989, he brought in Karen Poole, the town's first female barber to take over his b... current
- 19:0919:09, 19 February 2022 diff hist +547 N File:Car Accident Early 1950s.jpeg Here's another mystery photo. Smoketown followers tried to place the scene of this accident and came up with these possible locations: --Off 2nd Avenue between Brickyard Hill and the bottom of C Street --Next to two houses on Petersville Rd next to the Napa store --East A Street towards City Park Looks like the early 1950s from the looks of the overturned vintage car. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:S... current
- 19:0419:04, 19 February 2022 diff hist +444 N File:Bank of Brunswick Diamond Jubilee 1965.jpeg In the Summer of 1965, Brunswick citizens grew facial hair and put on 1890s period clothes for the Diamond Jubilee to celebrate our 75th anniversary. This is a photo inside the Bank of Brunswick on the square corner, which now houses City Hall. Bruce Porter was the teller on the right with his 1890s period beard. Maybe Mrs. Younkins on the left? (Photo from the 1965 Diamond Jubilee program) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:5818:58, 19 February 2022 diff hist +436 N File:Sledding Nellie Roby-Roby Morsberger.jpeg Young Roby Morsberger gets a push from his grandmother Nellie Roby at the bottom of 3rd Avenue in the early 1950s. His grandfather Tete Roby's Hupmobile sits proudly behind left in front of the Roby home. Mrs. Roby was a the first woman elected to public office in Frederick County when she won a seat on the Brunswick City Council in the '50s. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
- 18:5618:56, 19 February 2022 diff hist +567 N File:Darr's Tavern Ad.jpeg Ad for Darr's Tavern on the Square Corner. This iconic local establishment was destroyed in the Brunswick Seafood House fire of September, 1994. At the time of the fire, the seafood restaurant occupied both the building on the corner where S and N Katz operated for years and the former Darr's location, which dated to the early 20th Century. Posing in the doorway were BHS seniors Melody Fambrough, Dave Yarnick and Linda Caniford, who were selling ads for the yearbook. (Ad from the 1970 BHS... current
- 18:4918:49, 19 February 2022 diff hist +191 N File:Aunt Lucy's Ads.jpeg Ads for Aunt Lucy's show that the brand was about more than ham. (Photos and information courtesy of "Walkersville: Our Town") Category:Smoketown African American Heritage current
- 18:4818:48, 19 February 2022 diff hist +735 N File:Aunt Lucy.jpeg Aunt Lucy, the inspiration for the Aunt Lucy's brand of smoked and country hams. Aunt Lucy's Ham products were a fixture in Frederick County for generations. It was a marquee menu item at the Hawaiian restaurant on Route 180 for years. Lucy Scott was born to slave parents in Kent County, in 1834. She was brought to Walkersville when she was 4 years old. As an adult she became known around town as Aunt Lucy, a fantastic cook, specializing in curing hams. In 1929, the Stauffer family be... current
- 18:4518:45, 19 February 2022 diff hist +316 N File:Railroaders 1920s.jpeg A group of Brunswick railroaders gathered for this photo in the 1920s. KIm Myers believes all of these men, including his grandfather, were working in the B&O shops at the time: L-R: Unknown, Harry Burns, Dalton Kidwell, Oliver Myers. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 18:4318:43, 19 February 2022 diff hist +406 N File:People on Bridge.jpeg This appears to be group of folks taking a walk on the old Potomac River bridge after church on a Sunday sometime in the early 1920's. We think the younger woman may be carrying a bible. Unfortunately, we can't identify any of the people in this photo, but we hope someone can help us identify some of them. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 18:4118:41, 19 February 2022 diff hist +363 N File:Waitresses at Darr's.jpeg Mary Alice Eagle and Mary Frances Simpson pose at the Darr's Tavern bar in the 1970s. Mary Alice and her husband Bud owned the legendary tavern and restaurant after Luther B. Darr retired in 1961. Mary Francis was a waitress there. Does anyone know what year Darr's closed? (Photo courtesy of Dena Simpson Virts) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:3918:39, 19 February 2022 diff hist +409 N File:BHS Shop Class 1962.jpeg Mr. Donald "King" Campbell's shop class at the old BHS on the hill in 1962. l(L-R): Donnie Hill, Benson Haller, Kim Myers, Curtis Cooper, Carlos Conner, Mr. Campbell, Charlie Jackson, Billy Nichols, and Tommy Lake. Where was the shop located in the old high school and of course, feel free to share your memories of Mr. Campbell. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:3818:38, 19 February 2022 diff hist +383 N File:Ann Smallwood 1957.jpeg Graduation photo of Ann Smallwood, Lincoln High School Class of 1957. She was the daughter of Charles and Agnes Smallwood of Petersville. In those days, black secondary students were still bussed to Frederick to attend school until BHS was de-segregated in the late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Linda Smallwood Fisher) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage current
- 18:3618:36, 19 February 2022 diff hist +249 N File:Confirmation Class 1959.jpeg This photo shows the Confirmation Class at Bethany Lutheran Church on March 29, 1959. (L-R): Kim Myers, Joan Remsburg, Sylvia Cauley, Karen Kidwiler, Brent Wade. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 18:3418:34, 19 February 2022 diff hist +282 N File:Comer Family on old bridge.jpeg Rachel Helena Goode Comer, of Brunswick, with three of her sons on the old river bridge. The boys were Norman, Emory, and Bobby. Photo was likely taken in the early 1930s, we think. (Photo courtesy of Donna Mattson) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 17:5917:59, 19 February 2022 diff hist +487 N File:It's Academic-BHS Cheerleaders.jpeg BHS Cheerleaders rally the student body prior to the Railroaders' appearance on It's Academic in the Fall of 1975. From left to right are: Darla Sigler, ?, Kathy Carter (Escamilla), Kathy Doyle, Rhonda Wenner (Renn) and Kathy Merriman (Sears) Can anyone tell us how Brunswick fared in this competition? BHS sent teams to the long-running Saturday night student quiz show hosted by Mac McGarry for years. (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Doyle) Category:Smoketown Schools current
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
27 December 2021
- 18:2718:27, 27 December 2021 diff hist +374 N File:Peace on Earth Isaiah 2.4 2021.JPG The message from Isaiah 2.4 within the Christmas message on the tank at Veterans' Memorial Park. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 18:2218:22, 27 December 2021 diff hist +335 N File:Peace on Earth 2.JPG When the past is present. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to All. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 18:2118:21, 27 December 2021 diff hist +335 N File:Peace on Earth 2021.JPG When the past is present. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to All. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 18:1418:14, 27 December 2021 diff hist +64 File:Mayor and Council Xmas ad 1964.jpg No edit summary current
- 18:1118:11, 27 December 2021 diff hist +221 N File:Molers Xmas Ad 1964.jpg This was from when the Molers moved to E. Potomac Street. Forrest (Red) Moler originally owned the New York Hill Market on the corner of 9th Avenue. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 17:3417:34, 27 December 2021 diff hist +223 N File:Mayor and Council Xmas ad 1964.jpg Ad from the Brunswick Mayor & Council led by Mayor James Cummings. Councilwoman Nellie Roby was the first woman elected to office in Frederick County. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas
- 17:3117:31, 27 December 2021 diff hist +318 N File:S and N Katz Xmas Ad 1964.jpg From a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. Precision railroad watches were sold and repaired on the Square Corner opposite Horine's for generations. Frank Miglio was the friendly face who managed the shop for years. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 17:3017:30, 27 December 2021 diff hist +144 N File:SW George Xmas Ad 1964.jpg Original longtime owners of what became the Strawsburg family business. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 17:2817:28, 27 December 2021 diff hist +308 N File:Kaplons Xmas Ad 1964.jpg From a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. Brunswick's premier department store on W. Potomac Street that dated to 1889 in its original location in "the town between the tracks", eventually closed in 1967. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 17:2717:27, 27 December 2021 diff hist +260 N File:Horines Xmas ad 1964.jpg From a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. The Horine's pharmacy and soda fountain business was still serving its signature Ammonia and Cherry Cokes in 1964. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
26 December 2021
- 22:0622:06, 26 December 2021 diff hist +337 N File:Gross Bros Xmas ad 1964.jpg From a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. Once a precursor of modern department stores before the turn of the 20th Century, the Gross brothers sold fuel oils out of the historic family store at the foot of S. Maryland Avenue in 1964. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 22:0522:05, 26 December 2021 diff hist +154 N File:Blade Times Xmas Front cover 12-24 1964.jpg Front cover of a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 22:0222:02, 26 December 2021 diff hist +277 N File:Lutheran church Xmas Card.jpg A 1950s-era Christmas Card from Reverend Ralph Miller and his family featured a photo of Bethany Lutheran Church on A Street. Mrs. Gladys Miller taught Mathematics and English at Brunswick High School. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 19:4719:47, 26 December 2021 diff hist +113 N File:Follins Esso Xmas Ad 1964.jpg In loving memory of Betty & Lynn.Follin. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 19:4619:46, 26 December 2021 diff hist +144 N File:Brunswick Florist-Xmas Ad 1964.jpg When Donald Darr's shop operated out of the storefront next to Kaplon's (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 19:4419:44, 26 December 2021 diff hist +179 N File:Brunswick Mobil Xmas Ad 1964.jpg This business operated out of the garage next to Garland and Bill "Gumps" Grams station, later Nininger's. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current