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25 February 2023
- 20:3620:36, 25 February 2023 diff hist +1,598 N File:SCOB Park Ladder.jpg SCOB Park outside the Eagles Club in October 2022, just as it's looked for generations. The acronym stands for Social Club of Brunswick. It was so named in the early 1960s when the Eagles lodge was built on the land across from Brunswick Elementary School. The story is complicated. Peter Wenner The reason for the name Social Club of Brunswick or S.C.O.B. Is this. It was one of my dad Bill Wenner's first cases as an attorney in Brunswick and he was advised to stay away from it because it c... current
- 20:3420:34, 25 February 2023 diff hist +550 N File:Catlett Plow Winter.jpg Photo of Harry Catlett's plow near the tow path covered in snow. For those who have seen this rusted old apparatus, the Brunswick History Commission has attributed it to Harry Catlett, who in the 1930s and ‘40s farmed riverbottom land that we believe was originally one of C.F. Wenner's farms. According to Jackie Ebersole, Mr. Catlett was also janitor at the old East End elementary school on A Street in the 1940s. He had a room in the basement. (Photo courtesy of Wayne & Vicki Allgaier)... current
- 20:3320:33, 25 February 2023 diff hist +552 N File:Catlet Plow Summer.jpg Photo of Harry Catlett's plow near the tow path in the Summertime. For those who have seen this rusted old apparatus, the Brunswick History Commission has attributed it to Harry Catlett, who in the 1930s and ‘40s farmed riverbottom land that we believe was originally one of C.F. Wenner's farms. According to Jackie Ebersole, Mr. Catlett was also janitor at the old East End elementary school on A Street in the 1940s. He had a room in the basement. (Photo courtesy of Wayne & Vicki Allgaier)... current
- 20:3220:32, 25 February 2023 diff hist +534 N File:Catlett Plow Fall.jpg Photo of Harry Catlett's plow near the tow path. For those who have seen this rusted old apparatus, the Brunswick History Commission has attributed it to Harry Catlett, who in the 1930s and ‘40s farmed riverbottom land that we believe was originally one of C.F. Wenner's farms. According to Jackie Ebersole, Mr. Catlett was also janitor at the old East End elementary school on A Street in the 1940s. He had a room in the basement. (Photo courtesy of Wayne & Vicki Allgaier) [[Category:Smoke... current
- 20:3120:31, 25 February 2023 diff hist +325 N File:McCormick Cultivators.jpg Two rusted old horse-drawn McCormick cultivators rest side-by-side in front of a home on Central Avenue. Some of the houses in Brunswick Crossing are visible behind the white fence. They were left by the previous homeowner. (Photo courtesy of Wayne and Vicki Allgaier) Category:Smoketown Farm Community current
- 20:2920:29, 25 February 2023 diff hist +1,056 N File:Brunswick Public Library 1963.jpeg Collection of books on the shelf at the original Brunswick Public Library in the old West End Elementary School on 317 Brunswick Street? The Brunswick Library Association was formed on March 1, 1962. With 3,500 books, the library opened its doors on April 23, 1963. Chris Weitzel I was there with my mom the day the library opened and was the first person to take out a book. I don’t remember what it was. Shari Therit I was there all the time. I remember the librarian tried to get me to read... current
- 20:2620:26, 25 February 2023 diff hist +553 N File:Officer Ambrose Gas pump.jpeg Officer George Ambrose poses for a 1930 photo on his motorcycle near a gas pump in front of the old City Hall on A Street across the street from Bethany Lutheran Church. Note the sidecar for which he was famous for around town. He later became police chief in 1937 and served in that role until his death in 1941. The motorcycle was an Indian Chief purchased in Brunswick from Dutch Halley's dealership on Petersville Road. (Photo courtesy City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Cate... current
- 20:2420:24, 25 February 2023 diff hist +481 N File:Negro School Barrys.jpg The old segregated school on West J Street when Charles and Henrietta Barry lived there in the 1970s. According to Liz Campbell Wilson: The Berry's were my Great Uncle and Aunt and she Pastored the church on J street after my Aunt Mary, who was the Pastor died. Fond memories on J Street with my cousins. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage current
- 20:1620:16, 25 February 2023 diff hist +381 N File:First Methodist Steeple.png This was the old steeple of the First United Methodist Church on S. Maryland Avenue before the new one was installed in 1961. Almost looks like it was about to have been taken down. See the brackets on the belfry. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 20:1520:15, 25 February 2023 diff hist +300 N File:Gross Digs Out.jpeg Mr. Charles Gross digs out his driveway near the corner of Petersville Road and Rosemont drive after a big snowstorm. Hard to tell what year. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
- 19:5719:57, 25 February 2023 diff hist +1,332 N File:City Meat Market Ad.jpeg Nice deal from the City Meat Market in 1941. This long gone store on W. Potomac Street where the ambulance company is now was destroyed by fire in September, 1959. Reportedly, in addition to fresh butchering, there was a slaughterhouse for freshly killed chickens in the basement. According to Norm Cornelius, who worked at the store in the late-1950s: Teddy Phillips had taken the business over in 1958 or close to that year. He had worked there for years as a Meat Cutter and other duties. He... current
- 19:5019:50, 25 February 2023 diff hist +519 N File:Red Men's Building 1915.jpeg Red Men's Building, circa 1915. Note that there was a Piggly Wiggly supermarket on the bottom floor, which is now the lobby of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Visitor Center. The double doors on the far left were the entrance to the stairs and basement which were all used by the Improved Order of Red Men (I.O.R.R.). The post office at the time was also reported to have been located on the first floor. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) [[Category:Smoketown Busi... current
- 19:4619:46, 25 February 2023 diff hist +407 N File:1936 Flood Flynn's Barber Shop.jpeg Another flood photo at the foot of S. Maple Avenue, presumably in 1936. The small building on the left was reported to have been Flynn's barber shop. Rowboats were the only way to get around that part of town at this time. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick by Mary Rubin) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
- 19:4319:43, 25 February 2023 diff hist +986 N File:Brunswick Boys Club 1909.jpeg This 1909 image, taken at the home of Judge John L. Jordan on Maryland Avenue at the corner of W. Potomac Street, shows the Brunswick Boys Club posing with what appear to have been muskets. Founded by Reverend Luther Martin (seated lower left) of the Brunswick Presbyterian Church on A Street, this "secret group's" cry was O.G.F. Boom!, and each member had an insignia pin and scribe with the initials standing for Old Glory Forever. Today's Brunswick Boy Scout troop can trace its beginnings b... current
- 19:3819:38, 25 February 2023 diff hist +799 N File:Boy Scout Troop 5 1915.jpeg In parallel with a secret club for older boys called Old Glory Forever or OGF, scouting began in Brunswick around 1915 with the establishment of Boy Scout Troop 5. This 1920 photograph shows some of well-dressed scouts on a hike to Virginia Springs, a source of Brunswick's water supply. Pictured here, from left to right are Bill Deener, Raymond, Funk, scoutmaster George A. Hood, and Louis Rice. The Brunswick Girl Scouts were introduced in 1921 by schoolteachers Lavinia and Georgia Hood. Bru... current
- 19:3619:36, 25 February 2023 diff hist +617 N File:BHS Handwork Club 1940.jpeg This 1940 photo from the “Garnet and Gold” yearbook shows the Handwork Club at old Brunswick High School atop 4th Avenue. According to the author, “Sitting on those stacks of books to pose for the picture had to have been pretty uncomfortable for those unfortunate enough not to be seated at one of the desks.” The only person identified was Mary Plunkert Noland, who was sitting in the back row, far left by the wall. (Photo courtesy of the city of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; inf... current
- 19:3319:33, 25 February 2023 diff hist +353 N File:Justice Douglass C&O Canal 5.jpeg Justice William O. Douglas as he passed through Brunswick on his 8-day hike from Georgetown to Cumberland on the C&O towpath in March, 1954. Justice Douglas' demonstration prevented the towpath from becoming part of a national highway plan. (Photo courtesy of Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 19:3219:32, 25 February 2023 diff hist +166 N File:Brunswick Centennial Mug.jpeg A coffee mug commemorating Brunswick's Centennial Celebration in 1990. (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 19:3019:30, 25 February 2023 diff hist +246 N File:Engine and E. Potomac Street.JPG Great 1975 perspective of E. Potomac Street behind the engine as it prepares to enter the roundhouse. Cage's Garage is visible through the trees on the lower right. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:2819:28, 25 February 2023 diff hist +242 N File:Potomac River Frozen 2018.jpeg Frozen Potomac River in early 2018. This photo was taken from the bridge on the Virginia side by the trailer cabins behind the gas station. (Photo from The Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 19:2719:27, 25 February 2023 diff hist +518 N File:Gross House Central Avenue.jpeg The Gross House on 304 Central Avenue in October, 2022. Longtime businessman and Judge William B. Gross with his wife Thelma, who taught 5th Grade up the hill at Brunswick Elementary School, raised their children here after moving from the family home next to the Gross store on S. Maryland Avenue. According to public records, the primary structure was built in 1956. It remained in the family until 2000 when it was sold by John L. Gross. (Photo by Peter Wenner) [[Category:Smoketown In and A... current
- 19:2419:24, 25 February 2023 diff hist +642 N File:Mrs. Bennett 5th Grade Class 1970-71.JPG Mrs. Bennett's 5th grade class during the 1970-71 school year. Here's who has been identified: Back row: Candy Free, David Kemp, Bernie Lipscomb, Steve Rowe, James Herbert, Sherri Sigler, Pat Campbell, Tammy Webber, Robin Hoopengardner, Nancy Childs, Sherry Mohler Middle row: Jeff Webber, Sandy Deener, Karen Roelkey, Peggy Ketterman, Roy Lipscomb, Jerry Thomas, Tammy Brawner, Cynthia Mann, Doug Bohrer, Kathy Robinson, Dennis Wenner Front row: Mitch McMurry, Eddie Weddle, Vicky Flook, Debbi... current
- 19:1919:19, 25 February 2023 diff hist +778 N File:BHS Class of 1938 Reunion.JPG BHS Class of 1938 gathered at their 50th reunion in 1988. Mrs. Wheatley identified the members of her class, as follows: Front row - Dorothy Dixon, Frances Burch, Emma Copeland, Patricia O'Hara, Anna Betty Weedy, Ethel Wenner Middle row - Evelyn Grams, Pearl Ambrose, Margaret Roelke, Lorraine Kronk, Anna Ray Suter, Geraldine Sherrard, Katherine Ahalt, Clara Garrison, Eloise Michael, Jane Nelson, Theda Norris, Ina Mae Kline, Gloria Cornelius, Mary Louise Chambers, Ella Hissey Back row - War... current
- 19:1719:17, 25 February 2023 diff hist +441 N File:F&M Bank Women Staffers.jpg A group photo of women staffers from the old Farmers & Mechanics Bank in 1973 before the new branch was built in the latter part of the decade. Posed here behind Hazel Bartlett are Jo Ann Thompson, Ethel Strailman, Diane Wiggington (Dawson), Mary Catherine Moore and Dorothy Moss. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 19:1119:11, 25 February 2023 diff hist +417 N File:Brooks Family 4 Generations.jpg A 1970s era Brooks family photo representing 4 generations with Rosie Brooks Campbell, her father Frank, daughter Kimberly and Grandma Mary Pauline Brooks. Mrs. Brooks lived to the ripe age of 106 and was for a time Maryland's oldest citizen. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage current
- 19:0819:08, 25 February 2023 diff hist +494 N File:Charles Compher.jpg The gentleman on the left was Mr. Charles Compher, who at the time lived with his daughter Evelyn Compher Donovan on West B Street. The man on the right is unidentified. Mr. Compher had been a Lovettsville farmer and passed away in 1978 just shy of his 102nd birthday. The farm is now known as “Hiddencroft Vinyards”. The photo was likely taken in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown People current
- 19:0719:07, 25 February 2023 diff hist +452 N File:Barger Dry Cleaning.jpeg Charles A. Barger Jr. operated the first modern steam press in Brunswick at Barger Dry Cleaning, located in a small building on East Potomac Street. Here he is in an October 1918 photo showing off the press. Note the advertisement on the right for Piedmont Cigarettes. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick" by Mary Rubin) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 19:0519:05, 25 February 2023 diff hist +704 N File:Van Pelts Hilltop House.jpeg Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Van Pelt of Brunswick pose high above the Harper's Ferry Tunnel, bridge and river sometome in the 1920s. M.B. Van Pelt was later promoted from Terminal Train Master in Brunswick to Terminal Superintendent in Philadelphia in 1945. Mrs. Van Pelt was the former Edith Olivia Wenner, daughter of C.M. Wenner. The Van Pelts lived at 10 5th Avenue in Brunswick before the promotion. The building behind them. has been identified to have been the Hilltop House Annex. The Van Pel... current
16 January 2023
- 18:5418:54, 16 January 2023 diff hist +525 N File:Slave Quarters Oakland.jpeg This is the tiny slave quarters on the old Oakland Estate, now Crown Rose Estate, on Route 180 in Petersville. The Frederick County historic registry for the property lists this as a spring house that was built in the mid-19th century and that "there is evidence it likely served as a residential slave quarters." It may be the oldest structure on the property--see pages #3-4. https://frederickcountymd.gov/.../04-02-311-Listing-on... (Photo by Peter Wenner) [[Category:Smoketown African Ameri... current
- 18:5218:52, 16 January 2023 diff hist +875 N File:Miss Carter's Class 1963-64.jpg Miss Peggy Carter's 6th grade class at Brunswick Elementary School during the 1963-64 school year. These kids were eventually members of BHS Class of 1970. Miss Carter noted that her nephew Keith Carter was in this class. 1st row ... Denny Connor, Debbie Blosser, Teresa Harris, Ricky Dawson, Larry King, Tony Barnhouse, Judy Payne, Melinda Harwood ??, ?? 2nd row ... Marcia Rhoderick, ? , Brenda can't remember her last name, ? , Patti Powers, Harold Tomlin, Billy Myers, ? , Keith Carter, Paul... current
- 18:4418:44, 16 January 2023 diff hist +560 N File:Kaplon's Window Reflection Buick.jpeg Abstract photo of a Kaplon's display window in the mid-'50s with a Buick and the Shell station in the reflection. Myer Kaplon once wrote that he was in charge of the window displays, and you can see his photos among other items, but the moving force was his sister Fanny. Please feel free to share your memories of the Kaplon's store windows. They were reportedly fantastic in the Christmas season. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Pub... current
- 18:4118:41, 16 January 2023 diff hist +334 N File:Russell McMurry PO.jpeg Russell McMurry sorts the mail at the old post office on E. Potomac Street across from the YMCA sometime in the 1950s. The current post office was dedicated in October 1958. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:3918:39, 16 January 2023 diff hist +256 N File:Peoples National Bank Xmas Ad.jpg A 1964 Blade-Times ad for Peoples Bank next to the bridge. By this time, the bank location known as Peoples Bank in Brunswick had been absorbed by Farmers and Mechanics National Bank. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 18:3818:38, 16 January 2023 diff hist +673 N File:Paynes Pharmacy 1964.jpg Blade-Times downtown advertising for Payne's Pharmacy in the first block of W. Potomac Street. The business was located up the hill from the square corner on the north side next door to the Bank of Brunswick, now City Hall. According to Norm Cornelius, "The business was right where the Bike Shop now sits. Mr. Harry Payne, when not working was an avid Flyer, owning his own C172 which he kept tied down at the Frederick Municipal Airport. Harry lived on Rte180 next to the Hawaiian Night Club…... current
- 18:3618:36, 16 January 2023 diff hist +202 N File:Karn Xmas adf.jpg Christmas wishes from J.P. Karn, the place to go in Brunswick for lumber and other building supplies for something like 80 years. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 18:3518:35, 16 January 2023 diff hist +809 N File:Chessie System Trains.JPG An undated photo from the Brunswick yards. Probably mid-70s. The Chessie System was formed as a holding company for the 3 railroads, C&O, B&O, and WM (owned by B&O), but each maintained their individual identities. Less than half of all the locomotives were ever painted in the Chessie scheme and all of the retained the reporting marks of their home railroad. This practice continued until Chessie merged with Seaboard and everything became CSX. These GP9 locomotives powered the pre-MARC commut... current
- 18:3018:30, 16 January 2023 diff hist +309 N File:Ephraims Xmas ad.jpg Appropriate Christmas ad from the 1964 Blade-Times special advertising section for Ephraim's. Some of us will recall that Mrs. Jeanette Ephraim loved cats that were often seen in the old E. Potomac Street store along with the aquarium. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
- 18:2818:28, 16 January 2023 diff hist +499 N File:Train-Roundhouse-Brunswick Spires 1975.JPG Train cars parked behind the Brunswick roundhouse in 1975 with the backside of old main street hovering over. Clockwise between the trains and roundhouse are the then First United Methodist Church on S. Maryland Avenue, Reformed Church, Kaplon's, Red Men's Hall (The Museum), Newberry's and Cincotta buildings on W. Potomac Street. At the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue, you can see the old Gross family home and J.P. Karn's. (Photo by Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:2718:27, 16 January 2023 diff hist +134 N File:Diesel Engine in Yard 1975.JPG A diesel engine sits in the Brunswick yard in 1975. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:2518:25, 16 January 2023 diff hist +204 N File:YMCA Engine and WB Tower 1975.JPG An image of the Brunswick yards in 1975 after the C&O took over. Is that an F unit that's framed by the YMCA and WB Tower? (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:2318:23, 16 January 2023 diff hist +168 N File:BES Lower Field Backstop.jpeg View of one of the old ballfields of old BES from behind the rusted backstop on Sunday, 10/23/22. (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:2118:21, 16 January 2023 diff hist +225 N File:BES Drinking Fountain.jpeg An old drinking fountain on the BES playground that no longer works. It's likely those black pipes at the lower right are stenciled, “DUCTILE IRON.” (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:1818:18, 16 January 2023 diff hist +2,830 N File:BES 1st grade wing.jpeg Old first grade classrooms at the current BES on Sunday, 10/23/22. Some of the memories that were written about include: Brenton Barger My first grade teacher was Mrs. Margaret Strailman. Loved her dearly... Like a 2nd Mom! 2nd grade was Miss Talbert...not sure of spelling.... remember when she made us take a nap... she took one too! Once in a while she would have "gas"...and it would slip out. If one was misbehaving... you had to sit under her desk! Paul Lake had that distinction one day wh... current
- 18:1118:11, 16 January 2023 diff hist +350 N File:BES Auditorium & Cafeteria.jpeg Cafeteria, auditorium and bus room at the old BES on Sunday, 10/23/22. Many of us remember being ordered by a patrolman to stand against the wall for misbehaving here while waiting for the bus, as well as performing in school plays and talent shows. This was also the lunch room. (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:0918:09, 16 January 2023 diff hist +136 N File:New BES Construction.jpeg New Brunswick Elementary School construction on Sunday, 10/23/22. (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:0518:05, 16 January 2023 diff hist +150 N File:Santa '22 Veterans Day Parade.jpg Mr. & Mrs. Santa ride in the 2022 Veterans Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 18:0318:03, 16 January 2023 diff hist +96 N File:New & Old BES.JPG Drone view of the new BES construction, Fall 2022. Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:0218:02, 16 January 2023 diff hist +336 N File:Gail Metzgar & grandson.JPG Gail Metzgar smiles for the camera in the undercroft at Grace Church sometime in the early 1990s with her grandson Andrew Metzgar. See Andrew's Mite Lenten offering box. They are a longtime tradition in Anglican and Episcopal parishes. (Photo courtesy of Rebecah Staup Daggett) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 17:5917:59, 16 January 2023 diff hist +601 N File:Othello-Estella Belt.jpeg Brunswick Distinguished Citizen Estella Belt stands beside the sign at the entrance to Othello Regional Park, which was named in honor of her great-great-grandfather, a Black slave who became free after the Civil War. Mrs. Belt resides just across the road from the park on the grounds of Crown Rose Estate. She and her husband James both worked for the Delmar family, who previously owned the estate. Mr. Belt also worked on the Flook farm where the park is situated. This photo was taken on Oc... current
- 17:5817:58, 16 January 2023 diff hist +378 N File:Crown Rose Barn.jpg he old barn at Crown Rose Estate, formerly known as Oakland. Barley, rye and walnuts are grown on the old farmland for a new distillery operated on the estate. This photo was taken in late October, 2022. https://marylandspirits.org/members/crown-rose-estate/ https://www.crownrose.com/mansion-house (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Farm Community current
- 17:5617:56, 16 January 2023 diff hist +359 N File:Men@Y 17.4.jpg A group of men play dominoes at the YMCA sometime in the 1960s. Tally Shewbridge is believed to be the man standing on the left. The man on the left in the white shirt was identified as Walter Riley. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
- 17:5017:50, 16 January 2023 diff hist +348 N File:Litten's Dinner-Caniford.jpeg Here's another photo of the Litten's family holiday dinner in 1948, possibly at the YMCA. Bob Caniford has been identified in the foreground on the right side of the table. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:4717:47, 16 January 2023 diff hist +590 N File:Litten's Dinner-Bowers-Hickman.png Photo of a Litten's Cheverolet-Oldsmobile holiday family dinner at an unknown location, which we believe was taken in the 1948 holiday season. Thios may have been the YMCA Standing serving a plate is top salesman Gene Bowers. Next to him are son Gary (in a highchair), his wife Margaret and their good friends Dick and Sue Hickman. Mr. Hickman ran the Litten's repair shop below the showroom on W. Potomac Street. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frede... current
- 17:4417:44, 16 January 2023 diff hist +471 N File:Townsmen watch Littens blaze.jpeg Townsmen watch Brunswick volunteer firefighters battle a blaze on the railroad behind Litten's car dealership on West Potomac Street in what we believe was 1940. Unless it was a railroad facility, this appears to have been a garage or auto shop behind the Litten's showroom on W. Potomac Street. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 17:4117:41, 16 January 2023 diff hist +367 N File:Flooded canal-mill-lock gate.jpeg A view of the old mill during one of the great floods of the 20th century. Flood waters like this proved how difficult it was to maintain a working canal along the Potomac River. The man appears to be walking on the lock gates in a photo taken from the old bridge. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
- 17:3817:38, 16 January 2023 diff hist +566 N File:BHS Outing.JPG he caption on this photo posted on the Frederick Maryland Old Photos page described this photo as depicting 7 BHS students attending a workshop with Mary Foster Cage (BHS Class of '36), who was a beloved English and Remedial Reading at BHS for a generation. Standing in back from left to right were her son Bob Cage (Class of '63), Mary Jo Roudabousch (Brown), Mrs. Cage, Ione Davis and James Short (Class of '62). (Photo from the Dave Maloney collection, courtesy of Heritage, Frederick, Maryl... current
14 January 2023
- 16:2816:28, 14 January 2023 diff hist +359 N File:Locomotive in Sandy Hook.png An old photo of a locomotive engine at Sandy Hook steaming its way towards Brunswick with Harpers Ferry visible on the left. This may have been taken in the 1930s prior to the advent of diesel trains. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 16:2316:23, 14 January 2023 diff hist +287 N File:Harpers Ferry Tunnel 2 Bridges.png Interesting perspective of the 2 tracks feeding into the Harpers Ferry tunnel. It's difficult to know when the photo was taken. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 16:1716:17, 14 January 2023 diff hist +478 N File:Men standing in a field.jpeg A group of men getting direction from the man in the plaid jacket in a local field. Maybe Rotarians preparing to cut trees for a Christmas drive in the late 1940s? It's believed to have been West Schnauffer on the far left, Bill Weller in the leather jacket and Harry Mace standing next to Mr. Weller on his right. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
- 16:0516:05, 14 January 2023 diff hist +184 N File:Blair Harrington Office.jpg Blair Harrington’s office inside the Brunswick westbound train station in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 15:4415:44, 14 January 2023 diff hist +687 N File:Leftwich Party.png Group photo of a party for Harry Leftwich, who was general manager of the B&O YMCA at the time in what we believe to have been the late 1940s. Judging from the briefcase, which may have been a gift, this might have been his going away party. Behind Mr. Leftwich on the left was his successor Marvin Younkins. It's believed that Clara Mentzer is the little lady with glasses left of the table. She worked in the YMCA restaurant for years. Evelyn Darr, who was secretary and eventually General Mana... current
- 15:3315:33, 14 January 2023 diff hist +559 N File:Red Men's Hall 1906.JPG This photo of the Red Men's Hall (now the Brunswick Heritage Museum on 40 W Potomac Street), was among many commissioned by then Mayor A.G. Horine in 1906 to reflect the town's progress. Note the natural dirt road on what was then known as Main Street and the three small shops where the Newberry's building is today. This is why Newberry's had three different addresses until recently when it was consolidated into one during the ongoing renovations of the historic building. (Photo courtesy of... current
- 15:3115:31, 14 January 2023 diff hist +680 N File:Eastbound waiting room.jpg The waiting room in Brunswick's eastbound train station back in 1982. When the station was demolished in the 1980s, the “no loafing” sign made its way to the museum. According to Norm Cornelius, "the reason that sign was posted was because the East Bound Station was not manned by an Agent oe Station Master. The Brunswick B&O Station Agent was located at the Westbound Office. During the 1960’s the agent would Open the Eastbound Building and sell tickets prior to the first Bud Car (MARC) depart... current
27 December 2022
- 19:2419:24, 27 December 2022 diff hist +286 N File:Haze Halley Xmas ad.jpg A holiday ad from the 1964 Blade-Times special advertising section for Haze Halley's fuel oil and burner service business. Mr. Halley operated the business out of his home on N. Maple Avenue, or "Wenner's Hill". (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
27 November 2022
- 23:4123:41, 27 November 2022 diff hist +132 N File:Vietnam Vets 2022.jpg Vietnam Veterans on E. Potomac Street (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:4023:40, 27 November 2022 diff hist +144 N File:Eagle Riders 2 2022.jpg Eagle Riders make their way up E. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:3323:33, 27 November 2022 diff hist +197 N File:Brunswick Library Staff 2022.jpg Brunswick Public Library staff prepare to march in the 2022 Veterans Day Parade. Mary Minnis on right. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:3223:32, 27 November 2022 diff hist +179 N File:Boy Scouts 2022.jpg Brunswick Boy Scout troop 277 across from City Park in the 2022 Veterans Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:3023:30, 27 November 2022 diff hist +176 N File:Eagle Riders City Park 2022.jpg Eagle Riders prepare for take off near City Park in the 2022 Veterans Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:2823:28, 27 November 2022 diff hist +189 N File:Mayor Brown 2022 Veterans Day Parade.jpg Dapper Mayor Nathan Brown on a bail of hay on S. Maple Avenue in the 2022 Veterans Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:2623:26, 27 November 2022 diff hist +144 N File:Local Veterans 2022.jpg Local Veterans truck in 2022 Veterans Day Parade (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:2323:23, 27 November 2022 diff hist +218 N File:D House with young passenger.jpg Brunswick Eagle Rider David House with his young passenger make their way up E. Potomac St in the 2022 Veterans Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:2123:21, 27 November 2022 diff hist +219 N File:Ambulance Co 2022.jpg Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Company begins its procession up E. Potomac Street in the 2022 Veterans Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 23:1823:18, 27 November 2022 diff hist +62 File:POW-MIA 2022.jpg No edit summary current
- 23:1723:17, 27 November 2022 diff hist +159 N File:POW-MIA 2022.jpg POW-MIA float on E. Potomac Street in 2022 Veterans' Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations
- 23:0723:07, 27 November 2022 diff hist +411 N File:First Methodist Sunday School 1950s.png One of several photos in the Kaplon Collection of Sunday School students at the old First Methodist Church on S. Maryland Avenue, this cute group included Mickey Orye, Michael Spurrier, Sylvia Feaster, Ann Eury, Nancy Frey, and Michael Coates. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 23:0223:02, 27 November 2022 diff hist +394 N File:Brown Farm Butchering Ladies Cooking.png Ladies in the kitchen on the Brown farm near Lovettsville preparing the meal on Thanksgiving. Ida Brown with her back to the camera is on the right. The men were outside butchering. 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
- 23:0123:01, 27 November 2022 diff hist +313 N File:Butchering Smith.png Country butchering at the Farmers Woods in the late '60s. The boy facing the camera appears to be Sam Smith and his father Willard Smith behind him. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Farm Community current
- 22:5822:58, 27 November 2022 diff hist +376 N File:City Council 1955.jpeg Brunswick City Council poses on the front steps of what was then City Hall on A Street (now the police station) in 1955: Front: Bud Albert, Chester Phillips Back: Dick Danner, Carl Hahne, Bill Hortman (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Politics and Public Works current
- 22:5622:56, 27 November 2022 diff hist +409 N File:Diane Shewbridge Oscar Mitchell.jpg Young Diane Shewbridge poses sometime in the 1950s with Oscar "Mitch" Mitchell before leaving with family and friends on a trip out of the Brunswick Westbound train station. In the background are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Hightman and Mrs. Pauline Hawkins. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 22:5422:54, 27 November 2022 diff hist +417 N File:Pettie Brown Winn.jpg Pettie Brown Winn posed on S. Maryland Avenue in front of the then new extension to First Methodist Church sometime in the 1950s. Mrs. Winn was among the women pioneers, who worked on the railroad in Brunswick when local men left for service in World War II. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
20 November 2022
- 20:1620:16, 20 November 2022 diff hist +155 N File:Senior Center.jpg Brunswick Senior Center Ladies circa late '90s? Who can you recognize? (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
- 20:1120:11, 20 November 2022 diff hist +503 N File:Acme Prize.jpg Store manager Joe Reed presented Beth Mentzer with a GE heavy duty dryer at the old Acme supermarket in 1987. Acme gave away the dryer as part of an ongoing promotion that also featured a color TV set. Beth said that prior to this, she had "never won anything". If anyone has other photos of the Acme store on New Addition, please feel free to share them with us! (Brunswick Citizen clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 20:0520:05, 20 November 2022 diff hist +560 N File:Buddy Gilbert v. Middletown.jpg Buddy Gilbert makes a head fake before driving around his Middletown opponent during what the newspaper called the Railroaders' “stunning upset” over the Knights on a Saturday night in March 1968. Following the game, Coach Herb Daugherty credited the BHS varsity team for playing some of their best basketball of the season. The Middletown player number 14 is Robert Rogowski. In the background for the Knights is Paul Throne. (Blade-Times photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland Histo... current
- 20:0320:03, 20 November 2022 diff hist +129 N File:Charlie King sitting.jpg Railroader Charlie King (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
14 November 2022
- 02:0002:00, 14 November 2022 diff hist +342 N File:Bob Stewart.jpg Leroy Herbert (Bob) Stewart and Ada Belle Arnett. This photo is believed to have been taken on their wedding day in April 1917 during World War I. It was taken on the sidewalk in front of his fathers house in Brunswick on A Street next door to Grace Church. (Photo courtesy of Mark Stewart) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 01:5701:57, 14 November 2022 diff hist +157 N File:Charlie Porter.jpg Charlie Porter worked for the passenger department. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:5501:55, 14 November 2022 diff hist +225 N File:Pete Stair.jpg Pete Stair. He worked from Brunswick to Martinsburg on a turnaround train service for years. Good message on the wall. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:5301:53, 14 November 2022 diff hist +172 N File:Bill Baker.jpg Artistic photo of Bill Baker with the bridge in a soft background. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:5101:51, 14 November 2022 diff hist +118 N File:Charlie King 2.jpg Charlie King (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:5001:50, 14 November 2022 diff hist +262 N File:WWII Army Private.jpeg A U.S. Army private boards the train as local soldiers deployed for duty in World War II. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 01:4601:46, 14 November 2022 diff hist +152 N File:Bennie Harsh.JPG Bennie Harsh Sr. in his U.S. Army uniform during World War II. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 01:3901:39, 14 November 2022 diff hist +182 N File:Buzz Darr.jpg Buzzy Darr poses in the Brunswick yard in 1982. He worked on the track team. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:3601:36, 14 November 2022 diff hist +150 N File:Roy Lipscomb.jpg Roy Lipscomb having a bite of lunch in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:3301:33, 14 November 2022 diff hist +182 N File:Barry Jones.jpg Barry Jones worked on track and was later transferred to the carpenter gang. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:3101:31, 14 November 2022 diff hist +157 N File:Joe Thomas.jpg Joe Thomas in 1982. He was an operator agent/clerk. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:3001:30, 14 November 2022 diff hist +145 N File:.Gayhart.jpg Dave Gayhart was Track Foreman in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:2701:27, 14 November 2022 diff hist +243 N File:Mr. Cook.JPG A great photo collage of beloved longtime BHS science teacher Paul Cook, who taught advanced biology to at least 2 generations of students. Mr. Cook made science fun. (Courtesy of BHS Throwbacks) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 01:2001:20, 14 November 2022 diff hist +427 N File:Mr. Imwold.jpeg Mr. Dennis Imwold taught English and drove a candy-apple red convertible Karman Gia as a young teacher back in the early '70s that he was good-naturedly teased about by students. After he left BHS, he spent his career in the State Department working in embasssies around the world. He married, raised 2 children and retired to Florida. (Photo from 1970 BHS Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 01:1001:10, 14 November 2022 diff hist +254 N File:Mr. Sullivan.jpg Mr. Gregory Sullivan taught art at BHS when the high school was still considered new. He was a talented artist, but was remembered as a sometimes irrascible teacher. (Photo from 1970 BHS Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 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
- 23:2223:22, 13 November 2022 diff hist +483 N File:Grace Chapel Burgess.jpeg Reverend Edward E. Burgess with acolytes and choir at the old Grace Chapel, which preceded the current Grace Church, which just celebrated its centennial on 10/23/22. We believe this photo dates to circa 1915. Father Burgess presided over the transition into the then new church until his death in 1938. The crucifer appears to have been Richmond "Dick" Wenner. (Photo courtesy of Shirley Shores and Grace Episcopal Church) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 23:2023:20, 13 November 2022 diff hist +330 N File:Hartman Anniversary.jpg Hartman family at a 50th anniversary party for Virts and Jerry Hartman in the 1960s. Daughters Marie Huffer on the left and Virginia Hartman on the right. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:2120:21, 13 November 2022 diff hist +306 N File:Mike Dallas.jpg Young Mike Dallas (BHS Class of '71) poses on W. Potomac Street in front of Kaplon's in the late 1950s in what appears to have been a Halloween costume. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 20:1920:19, 13 November 2022 diff hist +362 N File:Veterans Day Parade E Potomac.jpg This appears to have been a World War II era Veterans Day parade as the procession makes its way east on Potomac Street, as it did in those days. See Horine's on the southside, the Lace Store and Bank of Brunswick on the north. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:1720:17, 13 November 2022 diff hist +308 N File:Veterans Day Parade African-American Band 40s.jpg An African-American marching band makes its way down the first block of W. Potomac Street during a Veterans' Day parade in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:1520:15, 13 November 2022 diff hist +352 N File:Veterans Day Parade 1940s.jpeg In the 1940s, a marching band heads down the first block of W. Potomac Street from what must've been a window in the old Katz building on the Square Corner. See the old Bank of Brunswick where City Hall resides today. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:1320:13, 13 November 2022 diff hist +441 N File:Veterans Day Parade Spectators 1961.jpg The crowd, who have staked out prime seats for the unseasonably warm 1961 Veterans' Day Parade, await. See the boy on the lower left bending over trying to see if anything was coming. Also noted is Donald Darr's Corvair van in front of his business Brunswick Florist. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 20:1020:10, 13 November 2022 diff hist +415 N File:Veterans Day Parade Silver Bit.jpg The Silver Bit Riding Club makes its way down W. Potomac Street in a Veterans' Day Parade in what might have been the late 1950s. Right to left: Tom Hagan (with flag), Les Fry, Harwood Watson, Ruby Kemp, Buddy Sigler, Dawn Kemp, Tom Watson (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
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
- 21:2621:26, 17 October 2022 diff hist +463 N File:Miss Hood at Kaplons.jpg We believe this lady shopper in 1890s period garb at Kaplon's during the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Brunswick's 75th birthday in September, 1965 was Miss Lavinia Hood. That may have been Miss Fanny Kaplon who was partially hidden as she selected an item from a drawer for the customer. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 21:2321:23, 17 October 2022 diff hist +200 N File:YMCA-WB Tower looking west.JPG Unique view of the train yard in Brunswick back in 1975. See the bookends of the WB Tower (left) and B&O YMCA (right). (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 21:2121:21, 17 October 2022 diff hist +399 N File:POR Tunnel.JPG A photo of the Point of Rocks tunnel in the 1990s. The Point of Rocks Tunnel is located along the original route of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad and was first constructed between 1866 and 1868 through the Catoctin Mountain. The tunnel was enlarged between 1902 and 1903 in order to accommodate an additional track. (Photo courtesy of Dave Ware) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 21:1921:19, 17 October 2022 diff hist +357 N File:Cook Cannon.JPG Circa late-1960s photo of Roy B "Cook" Cannon in Brunswick on a deck at his West C Street home overlooking the hills of our hometown. See the old high school perched over his shoulder up on 4th Avenue. Cook was a brother to longtime Brunswick Volunteer Fire Chief Sonny Cannon. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown People current
- 21:1421:14, 17 October 2022 diff hist +393 N File:Shirley-lila.jpg Brunswick Distinguished Citizens and close friends Shirley Shores (2022) and Lila Wenner (2019) share a laugh at a conference at Claggett Center near Buckeystown in the early 2000s. Among their many contributions to the community, Shirley and Lila served on the altar guild at Grace Church for years. (Photo courtesy of Shirley Shores) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 21:1221:12, 17 October 2022 diff hist +339 N File:Color guard.jpeg The BHS Railroader color guard pose for the camera before marching in the unseasonably warm 1977 Veterans' Day Parade. Carrying the banner are Betty Brooks (left) and Sharon Campbell. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Sports current
- 18:4518:45, 17 October 2022 diff hist +366 N File:Lowery at Campbells.JPG Here is a late 1970s photo of Mary Kathleen Lowery working at the checkout counter for Campbell's Market on 24 W. Potomac Street. Rick and Debbie Campbell bought the former Roelke's Market after Bill Roelke's retirement in 1977. Mrs. Lowery also worked for Roelke's for many years. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:4318:43, 17 October 2022 diff hist +194 N File:Kem-Tone George's Hardware product label.JPG Some Kem-Tone brand wall finishing labels along with plug socket covers and screws from S.W. George Hardware. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 18:4118:41, 17 October 2022 diff hist +218 N File:Whistle Stop Matchbook.JPG A matchbook cover from the old Whistle Stop Restaurant on 201 E. Potomac Street that was purchased on EBay. Maybe for the late 1940s? (Photo courtesy of Asher Adelman) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 18:3818:38, 17 October 2022 diff hist +263 N File:Ariel View of Brunswick Yard.JPG Aerial view of the WB Yard in Brunswick. Can anyone guess the year? The roundhouse was still there in the lower part of the photo, but it appears that part of the coal tipple is gone. (Photo courtesy of Keith Yanky) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:3718:37, 17 October 2022 diff hist +287 N File:Swiger Wedding.jpg Brenda Barger and David Swiger after they had been just married in May 1983 by Pastor George Harpel at Trinity Lutheran Church in Knoxville. Brenda later served as church treasurer. (Photo courtesy of Brenda Barger Swiger) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 18:3518:35, 17 October 2022 diff hist +265 N File:Eastbound Station in Blue.jpg The Eastbound Brunswick Station in the late 1970s/early '80s when it was repainted Chessie System blue like the main station across the tracks. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 18:2018:20, 17 October 2022 diff hist +310 N File:Jefferson Plane Crash Cover.jpg The aftermath of a stunning air crash of a military jet and commercial airliner on the Smith farm off Fry Road on May 20, 1958. Warren Fry is in the background. We're not sure in which publication this article appeared. (Courtesy of Angela Fry) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 18:1718:17, 17 October 2022 diff hist +384 N File:Diamond Jubilee ladies.jpg Standing in front of Kaplon's display windows, Pauline King and Janie Gay Breeden pose in 1890s grab for Brunswick's Diamond Jubilee celebration in September 1965. Perhaps the lady behind them is Anna Dawson? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 16:2516:25, 17 October 2022 diff hist +378 N File:Mrs Smith and Mrs Barlow.jpeg During Brunswick's Diamond Jubilee in September 1965. Looks like Mrs. JGF (Sara) Smith and Mrs. Emerson Barlow posed in 1890s garb in front of the Hallmark Card display at Kaplon's on W. Potomac Street. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 16:2316:23, 17 October 2022 diff hist +370 N File:Mrs. CM Wenner.jpg Two ladies pose for Mr. Kaplon. The woman on the right was Mrs. C.M. (Edna) Wenner. The lady on the left, who appeared to have been in ill health at the time, is unidentified. The photo probably dates to the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
- 16:2216:22, 17 October 2022 diff hist +283 N File:Wenner gathering 1948 (2).jpeg A Wenner family gathering in 1948. Not sure if this Brunswick or not. (L-R) Katherine Manor, Eleanor Wenner, Edith Garrott, Virginia Gregory Wenner, Edna Garrott Wenner, ? Gregory. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 16:2016:20, 17 October 2022 diff hist +597 N File:Ladies Card Group.jpg In a familiar scene from the era, a group of Brunswick ladies are photographed enjoying themselves around a card table in the 1950s behind a quiet early TV. These ladies were part of a group that met weekly to play bridge. Those empty glasses appear to have been soda fountain drinks that were served as part of the post-game refreshments. From left to right were Margaret Orrison, Bertha Eddins, Ada Kirk and Bertha Long. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Librar... current
- 16:1716:17, 17 October 2022 diff hist +344 N File:Girls near old bridge.JPG Shirley Kline and Barbara Lloyd pose flanking the warning sign at the approach to the old Potomac River bridge on the Virginia side in the early 1950s. Obviously, there was no chance that they would exceed the weight limit on the bridge. (Photo courtesy of Carolyn Kline Cogle) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 16:1516:15, 17 October 2022 diff hist +200 N File:KarlShewbridgeCirca1940.jpg Brunswick Boy Scout Karl Shewbridge circa 1940. Being a scout was a Shewbridge family tradition over at least 2 generations. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 16:1416:14, 17 October 2022 diff hist +321 N File:BHS Custodians 1970.jpeg Bill Merriman and Quenton Cornelius posed on a loading dock at Brunswick High School where both men were custodians. Bill was a very talented pitcher for Brunswick adult baseball teams. He also coached Brunswick youth baseball. (Photo from the 1970 BHS Railroader yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
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
- 19:4519:45, 14 August 2022 diff hist +395 N File:Moss Family Diamond Jubilee.JPG The Moss family poses outside their home on N. Delaware Avenue to celebrate Brunswick's Diamond Jubilee celebration in September, 1965. From left to right are Linda, Dorothy, Eddie and Lenwood. According to Donna Poffinberger: "It was quite the celebration. Well organized and acts choreographed." (Photo courtesy of Linda Moss) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 19:3919:39, 14 August 2022 diff hist +365 N File:Darr-Cole 1964.JPG Evelyn Webber Darr and Sam Cole in an October 1964 photo. Mrs. Darr began as a cashier and worked her way up to Acting General Manager before her retirement in the 1980s. Mr. Cole was General Secretary and ran the Y after his longtime predecessor Marvin Younkins passed away. (Photo courtesy of James Robert Castle) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
- 19:3619:36, 14 August 2022 diff hist +303 N File:Westbound Station Yellow & Blue.jpg Before and after makeover of the Brunswick Westbound station in the late 1970s/early '80s. The change to blue was to conform with Chessie System colors of the time. Note that "Kehne Eyes" Commuter Lounge didn't change. (Photos courtesy of Norm Cornelius) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:3319:33, 14 August 2022 diff hist +370 N File:Pete Cheney (2).jpg Pete Chaney poses for the camera sometime in the 1970s. He operated a garage on 9th Avenue for years on New York Hill. It appears this this picture was taken on New York Hill where Mr. Cheney operated his garage. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
- 19:2219:22, 14 August 2022 diff hist +261 N File:YMCA '70s.jpg The B&O YMCA in its final days in the late 1970s. Note the Rotary Club emblem under the Coca-Cola sign. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
- 19:2119:21, 14 August 2022 diff hist +395 N File:Car Yard office.jpg This 1970s photo shows the offices of the eastbound Car Yard, First floor likely housed operations offices led by Dick Mullen. Tower or 2nd floor was a part of the hump operation where they could oversee the process of making up a train. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:1919:19, 14 August 2022 diff hist +386 N File:Souder & Chick Hat.jpeg Many will remember seeing this hat on Charlie Stocks when he came to your house to deliver the milk for Souder & Chick. Note what appears to be an American Legion Auxiliary hat on the left, which belonged to Bowie George. Mrs. George served n the Army and was actually a member of the American Legion. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 19:1719:17, 14 August 2022 diff hist +223 N File:Haley-sterling.jpg Myer Kaplon photo of Kathy Haley and Debbie Sterling, circa 1973. This appears to have been taken at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Haley Rudeseal) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 19:1619:16, 14 August 2022 diff hist +508 N File:Burkittsville Carnival (2).png Sam Crone on the left, Bob Huffer (standing at the Coke machine), Richard Geisler and Paul Smith at a Burkittsville Ruritan carnival in the 1960s. The carnivals have long been held on the grounds of the Ruritan Hall, which was once home to Burkittsville Elementary School. Looking at Mr. Crone, you'll note his nail apron, which Ingalls Lumber in Middletown always donated those carnivals. (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 19:1419:14, 14 August 2022 diff hist +527 N File:Burkittsville Carnival1.jpg This photo caption of a 1960s-era Burkittsville Ruritan Carnival read "the Dime Pitch -- Mr. Smith." According to Cheryl Beachley Varkalis: "Loved dime & nickel pitch. Won a lot of glassware for my hope chest & then my 1st apartment in Jefferson. My Dad Emmett worked at those games in the 70s. He got tired of picking up coins so he built a table with a wire top & slanted bottom for the coins to roll down." (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) [[Category:Smoketown Parades an... current
- 19:1119:11, 14 August 2022 diff hist +539 N File:Anne-Lynn Gross.jpg Brunswick's "singing auctioneer" Anne-Lynn Gross held up one of many historic items that she auctioned off at the old Gross Brothers' store on S. Maryland Avenue next to the railroad tracks. According to the photo caption from The Brunswick Citizen, September 24, 1987, the auction was "one of the many events being held this busy weekend." It also posed the question "will she blow the horn she is holding to start the event." (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) [... current
10 July 2022
- 17:5417:54, 10 July 2022 diff hist +709 N File:Original Y.jpeg Old postcard of the original B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street. Postmark is May, 1908. Bonus points for identifying the recipient's name. The first "Y" was opened along with the hospital on April 5, 1907. It measured 90 by 45 feet and cost $16,000. According to Reuben Moss, this version had 46 dorms and was expanded in the mid-1920s to have 76. The first officers were W.E. Shannon, Chairman; H.M. Jones, Treasurer; and Mr. McNeally, Secretary. Directors were Dr. Levin West, J.J. Haskett, T.A. Si... current
- 17:5317:53, 10 July 2022 diff hist +440 N File:YMCA circa 1970s.JPG Here essentially is what the expanded location looked like from the mid-1920s until the building was destroyed by fire in November, 1980 right before the annual Veterans Day Parade. This photo was likely taken sometime in the 1970s. The main entrance was obscured by the Christmas tree. Rotary Club entrance on the left. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
- 17:5017:50, 10 July 2022 diff hist +492 N File:Westbound Station 1982.jpg The historic westbound train station in Brunswick back in 1982. It was built in 1907 and was the last station in the CSX system staffed by a human ticket agent, Blair Harrington. The station was blue at the time. According to Norm Cornelius, the blue or bluish gray was a Chessie System color. The B&O Station, WB Tower & B&O YMCA carried the same B&O R.R. color.—cream with brown trim. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 17:4917:49, 10 July 2022 diff hist +451 N File:Ladies on the River WVA.jpeg Some Brunswick ladies relaxing on the Potomac River in the 1930s. This was likely taken at the Mohler farm in Bakerton, W. VA. Brunswick folks often camped on Garland Mohler’s farm along the river in the '30s. Pictured here are Eleanor Wenner, Mary Jane Watson, and Eva Mohler Watson (all standing). These are the only ladies we can identify. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 17:4717:47, 10 July 2022 diff hist +471 N File:JJ Newberry Celebration.jpg J.J. Newberry’s dinner honoring Helen Cooper hosted by the store manager at the time, who’s standing and name is thought to be Woodworth. Mrs. Cooper, her niece Carol Ann and Carol Ann’s mother Margaret are to the left of Mr. Woodworth. Photo looks to have been taken sometime in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:4617:46, 10 July 2022 diff hist +370 N File:Frederick Shopping Center Carnivals-Circuses.JPG Carnivals and circuses were held annually in the Frederick Shopping Center parking lot in the 1950s and '60s. This photo was included in a retrospective of the Shopping Center's 11th anniversary on 7th Street. It opened in 1957. (Frederick Shopping Center "Shopper" clipping courtesy of Jeff Pearl 5/17/68) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:4417:44, 10 July 2022 diff hist +470 N File:Softball Field Lights.jpg The caption under the photo read "The lights go on. Jim Main, in back, puts his hand on the switch to turn on the new lights at the slowpitch ballpark that Jim and many others have worked so hard to bring to Brunswick. “Helping” him are Neil Wilhelm, Wayne Hill, Bubby Dixon, Junior Lowry, and Angie Hill. What a crew! This was a clipping from the Brunswick Citizen. The photo was likely taken in the mid 1970s. Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 17:4217:42, 10 July 2022 diff hist +1,699 N File:Moler's Last Day.JPG Junior and Fern Moler working in their East Potomac Street store on it’s final day in business on June 15, 1990. When Moler’s Market served its last customer at 8PM that evening, it left Brunswick without a grocery store downtown. Mr Moler followed in his late father's footsteps when he bought the market on East Potomac St in 1957 from Churchman and Ridgeway. His father had operated the New York Hill Market in Brunswick for a number of years. You could buy just about anything at Moler's st... current
- 17:3817:38, 10 July 2022 diff hist +663 N File:Veterans's Day Parade Nov 1961 Old Guard street scene 001.jpg Even though this was an unseasonably balmy Veterans' Day Parade in November 1961, the 3rd Infantry Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps of Ft. Myer, VA works for the 4th of July. Can you pick out any of the spectators shown here on W. Potomac Street? We’ve identified Finks Heffner standing, holding daughter Karen, and wife Oneida in the middle of the street facing the camera. Daughter Lavonne Heffner is standing in front of her parents. Her brother Larry is sitting on the curb. The photo was taken... current
- 17:3317:33, 10 July 2022 diff hist +353 N File:Mrs. Brooks 100th Birthday.jpg Milestone birthday for Mrs. Brooks who lived to 106. She was the daughter of a slave and for a time was Maryland's oldest citizen. Her 100th birthday celebration was held at the Smith farm in Jefferson in 1969. (News clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:3217:32, 10 July 2022 diff hist +629 N File:Maryland and Virginia General Store.jpg This store was briefly in business in the old Mace Building where King's Pizza has operated for years? Before this store, Mace Furniture, and City Meat Market did business. After that, it was the Berlin Restaurant. We think the Maryland and Virginia General Store operated from 1962 until sometime in the mid-'60s. It was an empty storefront after Cavell went out of business and was the Democratic campaign headquarters in 1968; an empty Kaplon's building served for Republican candidates. (Bl... current
- 17:2717:27, 10 July 2022 diff hist +701 N File:Stroup.jpg Adrian Stroup poses next to the door to the basement furnace at 1 N. Virginia Avenue in the early 1960s when the William W. Wenner family lived there. Mr. Stroup lived in the old Knights of Pythias "golf house" that was connected to the main house. At this time, the back of the golf house looked out into the parking lot of the Maryland and Virginia General Store where the miniature golf course once was. The fire sirens were extra loud at that location. Les Conner stoked the coal furnace ins... current
- 17:2717:27, 10 July 2022 diff hist +352 N File:Joe Shewbridge c1949.jpg Most people who know Joe Shewbridge recognize him for his expert fiddle playing gigging with bands including Bill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls, the Western Gentlemen, the Midnight Express, Free State Boys and more. Here he is as a teenager circa 1949 playing guitar. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People current
19 June 2022
- 17:1517:15, 19 June 2022 diff hist +345 N File:Wade in the Water.JPG This photo shows Lorraine Kronk (Ferrell) on the left, an unknown lady in middle, and Zettie Lucas (Smith) on the right. It was taken around 1939 in shallow water down by the Potomac River Bridge. Note the other bathers in the lower left. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Ferrell Piper) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 17:1417:14, 19 June 2022 diff hist +456 N File:Reed-Myers kids.jpg This photo is of Edith Reed, Austin Myers, and Nell Reed at 205 East A Street around 1922. The Reed girls were the daughters of Harry and Mary Cole Reed. Harry was a conductor on the B&O and died in 1912. The family resided at 212 A Street through the 1930's. Harold and Mary had 12 children. The children look like they were dressed for church with bibles in hand. (Photo and information courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 17:0217:02, 19 June 2022 diff hist +306 N File:George Lowery Sr and his Buick.JPG George W. Lowery Sr. poses proudly with his vintage automobile in the 1950s outside of Moler's Market on E. Potomac Street. See the old B&O water tower on the right. Looks like a 1951 or '52 Buick They were sold in Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown People current
- 16:5716:57, 19 June 2022 diff hist +292 N File:Brunswick Street 2022.JPG Beautiful sunset photo taken of Brunswick Street after a rainstorm on April 1, 2022. The old West End Elementary School, now Sherman W. Lowry VFW Post 10421, is visible on the right. It was dedicated in 1905. (Photo by Hannah Vanbilliard) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
13 June 2022
- 00:4900:49, 13 June 2022 diff hist +274 N File:APA Guy Lombardo 1965.jpeg A cover letter that accompanied a proposed contract from the Agency of the Performing Arts (APA) in Chicago for Guy Lombardo to appear with his orchestra at the old Brunswick Fire Hall on May 12, 1965. (Courtesy of Mary Jo Brown) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 00:4700:47, 13 June 2022 diff hist +305 N File:APA Guy Lombardo 1965 (2).jpeg A follow up letter from the APA to Sonny Cannon advising that Guy Lombardo's appearance at the old Fire Hall needed to be cancelled due to the bankruptcy of Lombardo's Florida nightclub. Sammy Kaye was available to perform instead. (Courtesy of Mary Jo Brown) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 00:4400:44, 13 June 2022 diff hist +253 N File:APA Guy Lombardo 1965 (1).jpeg A proposal from the Agency of the Performing Arts (APA) in Chicago regarding the availability of Guy Lombardo or Sammy Kaye to perform with their orchestras at the old Brunswick Fire Hall in the Spring of 1965. (Courtesy of Mary Jo Brown) current
12 June 2022
- 22:2222:22, 12 June 2022 diff hist +284 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Babo.jpeg The Railroader Little League Cubs on the first opening day in June, 1954. Manager Lee "Babo" Merriman on the right. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 22:2122:21, 12 June 2022 diff hist +242 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Cubs.jpeg The Railroader Little League Cubs on the first opening day in June, 1954. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 22:1922:19, 12 June 2022 diff hist +243 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Lions.jpeg The Railroader Little League Bears on the first opening day in June, 1954. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 22:1822:18, 12 June 2022 diff hist +243 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Tigers.jpeg The Railroader Little League Bears on the first opening day in June, 1954. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 22:1722:17, 12 June 2022 diff hist +243 N File:BRLL Opening Day 54 Bears.jpeg The Railroader Little League Bears on the first opening day in June, 1954. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
- 18:5818:58, 12 June 2022 diff hist +1,381 N File:Flook Farmhouse 2.jpeg The two-story Flook Farmhouse, built in the early 20th century by Daniel Charles Flook was home to several generations of the Flook Family. The house incorporates design features from the Queen Anne Revival period (1880-1910), with its focus on elegance and simplicity, and the Colonial Revival period (1880-1930) with its use of design features common to colonial American architecture. The Flook house was the center of the Flook family farm and Daniel and Nena Flook raised their seven childr... current
- 18:5418:54, 12 June 2022 diff hist +322 N File:Machine Shop Capino-Green.jpg According to the library records, this photo shows Charlie Capino and Gene Green in a machine shop, dated August, 1974. Does anyone know where this shop was located? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
- 18:5318:53, 12 June 2022 diff hist +365 N File:New F&M Bank Welty.jpg Keith Welty takes his place behind the teller's desk at the then new Farmers & Mechanics bank branch soon after it opened on the corner of Maple Avenue and Souder Road on June 9, 1975. It is now PNC Bank. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:5218:52, 12 June 2022 diff hist +345 N File:Bank Books.jpg Bank book sleeves from the old Bank of Brunswick, which was located were City Hall is today. This was one of the primary ways people did their banking long before the Internet age, all in person. These items belonged to Brunswick businessman Donald Woods. (Courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 18:5118:51, 12 June 2022 diff hist +306 N File:Grams Cousins B Street.JPG Sharon Grams (Green), Adriene Reynolds (Yount), Billie Grams (Hickman), Kenny Reynolds, and Sandra Grams (Cox) in a 1950s-era photo taken on West B Street in Brunswick. If you look closely, Kenny is holding some baseball cards. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 18:5018:50, 12 June 2022 diff hist +317 N File:Howes.jpg Doug and Mary Howe posing in the mid-1970s. This photo may have been taken in their backyard on W. Potomac Street across from Littens Chevrolet-Olds dealership. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
- 18:4918:49, 12 June 2022 diff hist +273 N File:Fire Nikirk Thorntons.jpg Construction site for the new Brunswick Elementary School, June 2022. The current school, which opened in the Fall of 1952 and can be seen from a distance, will be replaced. (Photo by Kathy Carter Escamilla) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 18:4618:46, 12 June 2022 diff hist +255 N File:New BES Construction Site.JPG Construction site for the new Brunswick Elementary School, June 2022. The current school, which opened in the Fall of 1952 and can be seen from a distance, will be replaced. (Photo by Kathy Carter Escamilla) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:4518:45, 12 June 2022 diff hist +170 N File:New BES Artist Rendering.JPG Artist's rendering of the new school which will be built on the current site. (Courtesy of Frederick County Public Schools) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:4118:41, 12 June 2022 diff hist +493 N File:New BES Plan 2.jpg This image provides a wider view of the west Brunswick view surrounding the plot where the new school will be located. The school grounds are shown in pink. The area in yellow, in the tax data base, is owned by the city and is a large piece of land at 7.21 acres. That includes basically everything around Greenwood Street and what touches Petersville Road. (From the Frederick County Public Schools website; information courtesy of Eric Minnick) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:4018:40, 12 June 2022 diff hist +524 N File:New BES Pans 1.jpg Here is the plan for the new BES complex. Left side is Central Avenue, bottom right corner shows the corner of West C and Dayton Avenue. Once the current school building is razed, the entrance will remain on Central Avenue. The area where the current school sits will become the new parking lot for teachers, visitors and school buses. The new building will essentially reside behind the current BES. (From the Frederick County Public Schools website courtesy of Eric Minnick) [[Category:Smoket... current
30 May 2022
- 23:3323:33, 30 May 2022 diff hist +686 N File:Jimmy Dickens.jpeg Contract for Little Jimmy Dickens and his Country Boys at the old Brunswick fire hall for September 4, 1952. Jimmy stood all of 4'11" tall and was well known for his rhinestone-studded outfits for which he was an early influencer. Before his death in 2015 at age 94, he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry. Does anyone remember seeing Little Jimmy and his band at the fire hall and if there were return engagements? Other country legends like Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones and Strin... current
- 21:3421:34, 30 May 2022 diff hist +295 N File:Earth Day 1972 hard work.jpeg Students working hard during the 2nd BHS Earth Day celebration on April 17, 1972. John Schuster (Class of '76) is wiping his brow. Steve Moser (Class of '77) is facing the camera with hands in his pockets. (Photo from the 1972 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 21:2921:29, 30 May 2022 diff hist +235 N File:Kathy Beall Earth Day 1972.jpeg Kathy Beall (Class of '73) picks up trash along the roadside during the 2nd BHS Earth Day celebration on April 17, 1972. Can anyone identify her? (Photo from the 1972 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 21:2721:27, 30 May 2022 diff hist +223 N File:John Schuster Earth Day 1072.jpeg John Schuster (Top) and Tim Dawson clean what appears to be the music room during the 2nd BHS Earth Day celebration on April 17, 1972. (Photo from the 1972 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 20:4320:43, 30 May 2022 diff hist +191 N File:Doris Capino Earth Day.jpeg Doris Capino (Class of '76) cleans a classroom on the 2nd BHS Earth Day celebration on April 17, 1972. (Photo from the 1972 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 20:3920:39, 30 May 2022 diff hist +374 N File:Boy looking over Kaplon's Counter.jpg A boy looking over the counter at Kaplon's Department Store in the early '60s. Myer Kaplon loved to take photos of children inside the store. Can anybody recognize him? Amos Kaplon is visible in the right of the frame. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 20:3820:38, 30 May 2022 diff hist +326 N File:Fannie Kaplon Graduation Dress.jpg According to their great-grandson Roby Morsberger, this is perhaps the last photo of J.P. & Barbara Ellen Roby together. The Look magazine Mrs. Roby is reading was dated July 1949. That sedan was big enough to carry those rocking chairs! (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 20:3520:35, 30 May 2022 diff hist +1,055 N File:Distinguished Citizens 1987.jpg This photo was featured in the November 10, 1987 edition of the Brunswick Citizen. These Brunswick Distinguished Citizens had been recently honored at a luncheon at the Eagles Club. First row: Ann Wenner Osteen was a noted southern painter and designer; Betty Lou Cavalier taught generations of Brunswickians to dance at her studio on W. Potomac Street; Carlos Myers was a longtime business leader; Leona Sauser a lawyer and community leader along with her husband Bill; Connie Koenig is a local... current
- 20:2820:28, 30 May 2022 diff hist +1,407 N File:Distinguished Citizens 2018.jpeg Brunswick Distinguished Citizens of 2018. This ceremony at American Legion Post 96 was the first since 1993. The honorees were: Front row - Joanne Runkles, educator and moving force behind the Brunswick Medical Center for which she served as President of the Board; Ruth Kline Staples, Brunswick's pioneering and last "Rosie the Rivetor" who worked hard jobs on the railroad during World War II; Estelle Belt, Master Docent of the Brunswick Heritage Museum, who was one of its first volunteers in... current
- 20:2320:23, 30 May 2022 diff hist +566 N File:Weverton Station Eastbound View.jpg The former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot in Weverton that briefly flourished along the canal and river about a mile west of Knoxville. We believe it was torn down in 1929. According to Reuben Moss: "The station stood around the area of the triangular section of road where people park on Keep Tryst Road. The track to the Washington County Branch needed realigning and most of the remnants of old trackside Weverton were removed to put in present day 340." (Photo courtesy of the South Mount... current
- 20:1720:17, 30 May 2022 diff hist +1,027 N File:Leon Enfield Jousting Worldseries.jpg A longtime dairy Knoxville dairy farmer, who was inducted into the Maryland Agriculture Hall of Fame in 1995, Leon Enfield (1933-2018) was well known for his jousting activities. He was a member of various clubs including the Maryland Jousting Tournament Association and the Western Maryland Jousting Club. He won four National Jousting Championship titles and eight State Championship titles. He was a charter member of the National Jousting Hall of Fame, Class of 1979. Leon was inducted into th... current
- 20:1520:15, 30 May 2022 diff hist +1,290 N File:Flook Farmhouse.jpeg The two-story Flook Farmhouse, built in the early 20th century by Daniel Charles Flook was home to several generations of the Flook Family. The house incorporates design features from the Queen Anne Revival period (1880-1910), with its focus on elegance and simplicity, and the Colonial Revival period (1880-1930) with its use of design features common to colonial American architecture. The Flook house was the center of the Flook family farm and Daniel and Nena Flook raised their seven childr... current
17 May 2022
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- 01:0201:02, 17 May 2022 diff hist +220 N File:Earth Day 1972.jpeg Students clean what appears to be the music room during the 2nd BHS Earth Day celebration on April 17, 1972. John Schuster on top? (Photo from the 1972 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools
- 01:0101:01, 17 May 2022 diff hist +191 N File:Earth Day 1972 Doris Capino.jpeg Doris Capino (Class of '76) cleans a classroom on the 2nd BHS Earth Day celebration on April 17, 1972. (Photo from the 1972 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 00:5900:59, 17 May 2022 diff hist +387 N File:Ruth Kline Staples Legion.JPG Ruth Kline Staples was honored by the ladies at the Brunswick American Legion Auxillary, Post 96 a few years back when the members posed with her in "Rosie the Riveter" headscarves. Having worked on the railroad in town when the men were away fighting World War II, Mrs. Staples was the last of Brunswick's "Rosie's". (Photo courtesy of American Legion Auxillary, Post 96) current
- 00:5700:57, 17 May 2022 diff hist +297 N File:SN Katz Frank Miglio.jpeg Frank Miglio, longtime manager of the S.& N. Katz jewelry store on the Square Corner Brunswick and city coucilman poses in the doorway. Maybe 1976? This building was destroyed by fire in 1992. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick History Commission) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 00:5400:54, 17 May 2022 diff hist +594 N File:Wenner Family Reunion 1948.jpeg Family celebration of future Judge William W. Wenner's graduation from St. James School in the Spring of 1948. Not sure if this is in Brunswick, but maybe? Can anyone place it? In the photo are: Front row - Ed Wenner, Ann Wenner (Osteen), Ed's wife Virginia Gregory (Dee) Wenner, Bill's Grandmother Edna Garrott Wenner, Edith Garrott Back row - William W. Wenner, Ted Wenner (son of Ed), Ted’s wife Esther, Katherine Manor, Joseph Kerns, E. Virginia (Patty) Wenner, a Gregory sister, ? (Photo... current
14 May 2022
- 19:1419:14, 14 May 2022 diff hist +497 N File:Hits & Misses 1971-72.jpeg Singing around the piano with Mr. Sam Huffer in 1972. Was this the "Hits and Misses"? Standing left to right: Linda Ifert, Mike Hale?, Sheree Childers, ?, Deborah Riggs, Michelle Guyton, Keith Welty, Tim McLane, Buddy Cunningham, Mickey Lynn, Lou Ann Dawson, ? Sitting at the piano: Chester Loy was on guitar siting next to Mr. Huffer Does anyone remember or can decipher what was written on the blackboard? (Photo from the 1972 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 19:1219:12, 14 May 2022 diff hist +376 N File:The King & I (2).jpeg In this scene of Sam Huffer's production of "The King and I", the King of Siam (Roger Hatcher) and teacher (Lou Ann Dawson) were prostrated in front of Prince Chulalongkorn and the monks. In back (L-R) David House, Johnny Kitts, David Hamilton, ?, ?, ?, Bill Cauley, Peter Wenner, Drew Hawes, ?, (From the 1972 BHS Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Performance current
- 19:0919:09, 14 May 2022 diff hist +243 N File:Tim McLane Injury.jpeg Tim McLane nursing a knee injury suffered while playing basketball during his senior year. The shoes on Timmy and whoever was sitting behind them were so of the times. (From the 1972 BHS Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Sports current
- 19:0719:07, 14 May 2022 diff hist +460 N File:The King & I Finale.jpeg This appears to have been the finale of "The King and I". It was Sam Huffer's Brunswick High School production from the Spring of 1972. Johnny Kitts (left foreground) was Prince Chulalongkorn. Lou Ann Dawson (center) played the English governess Anna. Linda Ifert was standing in back between Johnny and Lou Ann and to the far right of Lou Ann in white is Sheree Childers (From the 1972 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Performance current
- 19:0319:03, 14 May 2022 diff hist +594 N File:BHS Glee Club 1971-72.jpeg The BHS Glee Club of 1971-72 with Mr. Sam Huffer on piano. Front row: ?, Kim Garrott, Donna Hahn, Nancy Huffer, Louann Dawson, Gail Webber, Kristi Deener, Sandy Reynolds, Eric Koogle, Davey Webber, Keith Welch Second row: Second row: Cindy Williams, ?, Susan Waters, Joan Cook, Joan Williams, ?, ?, Jerry Ebersole Third row: ?, Sharon Loy, Patti Woullard, ?, ?, Christy Ayers, Dena Vanover, Lois Remsburg Fourth row: ?, Sharon Harrison, Debbie Gosnell, Joanna Feaster, Debbie Haller, ?, Linda... current
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- 18:4118:41, 14 May 2022 diff hist +866 N File:Potomac River Bridge Aerial View.jpeg An aerial view of the then new Potomac River Bridge which was dedicated in Summer 1955, next to the old bridge built in 1897. Within this view of Potomac Street at the time, there were 4 grocery stores, a Dime Store, the Eagles Club lodge, a lunch counter inside a patent drug store, a department store, a Shell station and 2 churches. According to Thomas Watson: South side of Potomac St from the bridge was Roelke's market, Reformed church, flower shop, Kaplon’s, Watson’s Cut Rate, Eagles Lodg...
- 18:3418:34, 14 May 2022 diff hist +194 N File:Canal Boat at Lock 30 with Lockhouse.jpeg A canal boat at Lock 30 looking westward. See the old lockhouse on the right. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 18:2918:29, 14 May 2022 diff hist +990 N File:Horines on the Square Corner.jpeg An undated photo of Horine's Drug Store. Dr. Arlington G. Horine built his signature business and residence at the corner of Maple Avenue and Potomac Street in 1910 as the railroad yard expanded and forced merchants to move the business district up the hill. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Ruth Kennedy: They were the sweetest people. Mr. Horine was always whistling. She has such patience at the candy counter. Melanie Stewart: Loved that place. Daddy used to take Arney and... current
- 18:2418:24, 14 May 2022 diff hist +331 File:Werntz Dry Goods Store at 100 E. Potomac Street, circa 1933.jpg No edit summary current
- 18:1918:19, 14 May 2022 diff hist +665 N File:C&O Lock 30 Eastward View.jpeg An old view of the C&O Canal at Lock 30 looking in the opposite direction of the earlier photo we posted this week. In addition to the canal boat, the tow path and the men in the foreground, we see the old mill, which in those days, was likely run by B.P. Crampton & Co. Prior to that, it was known as Jordan, Crampton & Co. after the widow of C.F. Wenner sold her interest following her husband's death in 1882. It had been operated as Jordan & Wenner and in 1859 was spoken of as Berlin Milling... current
- 18:1718:17, 14 May 2022 diff hist +3,099 N File:Edward Schafer Morsberger research.JPG Edward Shafer was born in Burkittsville. He came to Brunswick, started investing in real estate, and founded a newspaper, its first issue rolling off the press on 6 March 1891. Shafer was a real man-about-town and made the guest list of many private parties and dances. While he was probably popular, he could also mention the soirée in the paper. On the serious side, he was also tapped to serve on committees for public improvement and community celebrations, was a candidate for the Maryland H... current
17 April 2022
- 17:1217:12, 17 April 2022 diff hist +596 N File:Jimmy Dean Contract (2).jpeg Tendered contract for 3 more return engagements for Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats at the old fire hall in the Spring of 1956. At the time, Dean hosted the popular Washington, DC radio program “Town and Country Time” on WARL-AM and with his Texas Wildcats became popular in the mid-Atlantic region. Patsy Cline and Roy Clark both got their starts on the show and Clark played with the Wildcats. Jimmy Dean and his band performed so much in those days that a 1957 Chevrolet pumper was dubbed "... current
- 17:1017:10, 17 April 2022 diff hist +215 N File:Jimmy Dean Contract 1956 (1).jpeg Signed contract by H.E. "Sonny" Cannon for a return engagement of Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats at the old fire hall on February 17, 1956. (Courtesy of Mary Jo Brown) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 16:5916:59, 17 April 2022 diff hist +178 N File:Cannon's Historic Piano.JPG The old piano that was played on by big bands as well as honky tonk acts in the ballroom's heyday. (Photo courtesy of Vicki Allgaier) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 16:3116:31, 17 April 2022 diff hist +344 N File:Cannon's Dance Floor.JPG This photo shows the large dance floor at Cannon's, which has been estimated at around 10,000 square feet. In a 1967 feature story on Brunswick, Sonny Cannon told the Washington Post: "Duke Ellington--you shoulda seen his face when he saw the size of this place!" (Photo courtesy of Vicki Allgaier) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 16:1316:13, 17 April 2022 diff hist +493 N File:Cannon's Stage.JPG The renovated ballroom located above the old fire hall, now Smoketown Brewery, which was built around 1948. Namesake Sonny Cannon was both fire chief and impresario, who booked big bands conducted by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Guy Lombardo, as well as bands fronted by country legends such as Jimmy Dean and Patsy Cline. Those acts helped pay for fire engines and other lifesaving technology of the time. (Photos courtesy of Vicki Allgaier) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 16:1116:11, 17 April 2022 diff hist +366 N File:Cannon's Entrance.JPG This new back entrance to the ballroom is a revelation to those who remember the narrow stairs that led up to the ballroom in the days of the old Fire Hall dances. The old kitchen has been converted to modern bathrooms, another relief to those who remember the cramped, smokey spaces. (Photo courtesy of Vicki Allgaier) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 16:0216:02, 17 April 2022 diff hist +561 N File:FDR-Willkie Bet (3).jpeg Back in November 1940, the man on the right lost his bet that Wendell Willkie would defeat Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1940. He fulfilled his obligation to push the winner (left) up and down Potomac Street, which was a dirt road on the east side. Not an easy task. Looks like the business on the right was called Dyer's, perhaps a dry cleaner. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum)... current
- 15:5915:59, 17 April 2022 diff hist +319 N File:FDR-Willkie bet (2).jpeg The loser of the FDR-Willkie bet prepares to chauffeur the winner up Potomac Street. See the old post office on East Potomac Street. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Politics and Public Works current
- 15:5715:57, 17 April 2022 diff hist +423 N File:FDR-Willkie bet (1).jpeg East Potomac Street scene across from the old YMCA in November 1940. These folks were watching two Brunswick men getting set to pay off a bet on the 1940 presidential election when Franklin Delano Roosevelt won an unprecedented 3rd term. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Politics and Public Works current
- 15:5415:54, 17 April 2022 diff hist +485 N File:Judge Gross 1983.jpeg Classic news clipping of a recuperating Judge Bill Gross holding up a Brunswick Citizen issue that had incorrectly announced that he was either dead or dying. There was an article on him the next week featuring this picture showing him very much alive and quoting Mark Twain with the words "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." Judge Gross did pass away not much longer after this. (Brunswick Citizen clipping sometime in 1983) Category:Smoketown People current
- 15:5015:50, 17 April 2022 diff hist +1,120 N File:West End Elementary School Class Photo.jpg Here is a class photo from the old West End Elementary School in Brunswick. It belonged to Elaine Koogle Bowers, who graduated in the BHS Class of 1939. We think these children may have been in the 5th or 6th grade. Mrs. Bowers attached a list of names she could remember. She started numbering from the top down. It's believed that the photo may date to the 1932-33 school year. Here is the list of students: Top row: Bill McLane, Mary Ellen Griffith, Mary Wood, Katie McLane, Jeanette House... current
10 April 2022
- 18:5418:54, 10 April 2022 diff hist +1,595 N File:WB Tower New Location.JPG On April 2, 2022, the B & O Westbound Tower was relocated to E. Potomac Street adjacent to the site of the old YMCA, which was destroyed by fire in November, 1980. Following years of planning and discussion, the City of Brunswick, Maryland finally moved the historic WB Tower off of CSX property. The interlocking tower, built around 1906-07, was removed from service a decade ago and residents feared the historic Baltimore & Ohio structure would be demolished. Coordination of engineering ser... current
- 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