User contributions for Pwenner

Jump to navigation Jump to search
Search for contributionsExpandCollapse
⧼contribs-top⧽
⧼contribs-date⧽
(newest | oldest) View ( | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)

14 November 2022

  • 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

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 Although the date is unknown, this photo was taken after 1907 as the original roundhouse had been replaced by this structure as part of an infrastructure improvement that included the YMCA and the west half of the yard.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

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
(newest | oldest) View ( | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)
Retrieved from "https://www.brunswickmdhistory.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Pwenner"