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10 October 2023

  • 17:4717:47, 10 October 2023 diff hist +708‎ N File:Post Office Brunswick Street 1958.jpg ‎ When the U.S. Postal Service dedicated a new, then modern facility on Brunswick Street on October 11, 1958, the location of the post office had changed several times. The previous incarnations were located across from the YMCA, on the left side of the building that was the Potomac Shop & Hotel. We believe the first post office when the town the town was known as Barry, was established in 1832. (Photo courtesy of David Maloney and Heritage Frederick, Maryland via Frederick Maryland Old Phot... current
  • 17:4017:40, 10 October 2023 diff hist +795‎ N File:BHS Football Coaches Foltz, Daugherty, Gaither.jpg ‎ BHS varsity football coaches in the Fall of 1970. Assistant coaches Gene Foltz and Butch Gaither flank head coach Herb Daugherty. The first head coach of football at Brunswick High, Coach Daugherty was starting his 3rd season. All were remembered as tough, but fair coaches. With the help of others, Herb Daugherty brought Football to BHS starting with the 1968-69 school year. According to Norm Cornelius: "When the BOE would not fund the lighting for night games, Herb & others did fundraising... current
  • 17:2217:22, 10 October 2023 diff hist +214‎ N File:Civil Air Patrol Nick Burns.png ‎ CAP member Nicky Burns poses in front of an Army vehicle. The Edsel in the background dates the photo to at least the late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers
  • 17:1917:19, 10 October 2023 diff hist +855‎ File:Civil Air Patrol Boys.jpeg ‎ →‎Summary
  • 17:1617:16, 10 October 2023 diff hist −260‎ File:CAP Civilian Air Patrol..jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
  • 17:1417:14, 10 October 2023 diff hist +221‎ N File:Civil Air Patrol Hedges.jpeg ‎ Civilian Air Patrol member John Hedges poses sometime in the 1950s with the dirt landing strip of the old Brunswick airport behind him. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care) Category: Smoketown Our Soldiers
  • 17:1117:11, 10 October 2023 diff hist +333‎ N File:Civil Air Patrol Boys.jpeg ‎ The men and boys were identified on the photo as top (L-R): Will Beacht, John Hedges and Larry Webber. A kneeling Rhett Webber salutes on the right. See the 1951 or '52 Chevy in the background beside the old airplane hangars. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care via Norm Cornelius) Category: Smoketown Our Soldiers
  • 16:5916:59, 10 October 2023 diff hist +723‎ N File:Parade Clowns.png ‎ Here is a parade photo taken in front of Kaplons with the sign for what was then Fisher's Shell Station across W. Potomac Street. It's hard to tell if the parade celebrated the dedication of the Potomac River Bridge in August 1955, or the Diamond Jubilee in September, 1965. There was also an unseasonably warm Veteran's Day Parade in November, 1961. Some clues to date the photo are the 1950s era vehicles and the spectators' clothing styles. The spectators appear to have enjoyed the clowns in... current
  • 16:5416:54, 10 October 2023 diff hist +1,223‎ N File:Blade-Times.jpeg ‎ Many of us remember the Blade-Times newspaper in a form factor similar to The Brunswick Citizen, which ceased publication in 2020. At one time it was a broad sheet. Since Editor & Publisher Henry (Cap) Rinker was underaged when he started the Brunswick Blade, he always retained his father's name--K.I. Rinker & Son--as publishers on the masthead. Here is an example from November 22, 1945, almost three months after the end of World War II and 18 years to the day before President Kennedy was a... current
  • 16:5116:51, 10 October 2023 diff hist +500‎ N File:Gary Carter Signs with Senators.JPG ‎ 1967 news clipping of Gary Carter's professional signing with the old Washington Senators organization. Hard to tell whether this was from the Frederick News-Post or Blade-Times. A child prodigy Brunswick youth pitcher, he once threw a no-hitter in a Little League Game in 1961. Gary went on to pitch for 4 years in the old Washington Senators' system from 1967-70. He advanced as high as AAA in 1969. (News clipping courtesy of the Brunswick Orioles) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
  • 16:3716:37, 10 October 2023 diff hist +978‎ N File:Brunswick Herald.jpg ‎ In honor of the recent first edition of the Brunswick News-Journal, here's a photo of the first page of its most distant predecessor: Vol. 1, No. 1 of The Brunswick Herald, dated March 6, 1891. Newspapers had a different approach back then: most of Page 1 is taken up by a section of a novel, plus a curiosity piece about desert animals, an excerpt from the memoirs of a famous French diplomat who knew Napoleon, some reprinted advice from the Boston Herald newspaper on politeness, and -- at the... current
  • 16:3416:34, 10 October 2023 diff hist +30‎ File:Aircraft Warning ID (1).jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
  • 16:3316:33, 10 October 2023 diff hist +280‎ N File:Aircraft Warning ID (1).jpg ‎ This Aircraft Warning Service ID for Zoe Kline was found in an old desk by her daughter. The service utilized private citizens who looked for and reported on enemy aircraft during World War II. (Courtesy of Carolyn Kline Cogle) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers
  • 00:3200:32, 10 October 2023 diff hist +638‎ N File:Mrs. Manuel Class 1967-68.jpeg ‎ Mrs. Frances Manuel's blended 4th & 5th grade class at BES in the 1967-68 school year. BHS Classes of 1975 and '76 represented here. First row - Todd Grams, Chris Weitzel, Frank Strakonsky, Michael Moulton, John Wheeler, Rob Kolker, Keith Webber. Second row - Robin McCutcheon, Kelly Schwinn, Robin Smith, ?, Darla Sigler, Shelby Scott, ?. Third row - Kathy Carter, Anita Morris, Vicki Huffer, Billy Roelke, Cathy Heffner, Tommy Ayres, Dennis Stockton, Mrs. Manuel. Fourth row: Keith Wilhelm,... current
  • 00:2200:22, 10 October 2023 diff hist +736‎ N File:Meadows Building 1940s Saloon.jpeg ‎ According to a notation on the back of the photo, this was purportedly taken at Darr's Tavern in Brunswick on September 28, 1943. Jesse "Elg" Carter was the bartender on the right side. Several commenters on Smoketown History believe the location was whatever establishment preceded My Sister’s Place in the Meadows Building on S. Maple Avenue, however. According to Jim Dixon regarding this establishment in 1943, "I know about that time my mom worked there for a guy who's name was 'Jimmy the G... current
  • 00:1700:17, 10 October 2023 diff hist +350‎ N File:Gary Carter Award.JPG ‎ Two Brunswick baseball legends. Former Washington Senators farmhand and Brunswick pitching legend Gary Carter with longtime manager Roger Dawson. This was Gary's induction into the 2017 Brunswick NSPBA Hall of Fame. Gary Carter passed away in May, 2023. (News clipping courtesy of the Brunswick Orioles) Category:Smoketown Sports current
  • 00:0900:09, 10 October 2023 diff hist +568‎ N File:1959 BHS Girls Sports.JPG ‎ BHS Railroader girls were victorious in field hockey and field ball in 1959 at the old high school atop the 4th Avenue hill. According to Sean Staub, "Field ball was a game played on a soccer field with a soccer ball or basketball by two teams of 11 members each and combining many of the techniques of basketball and soccer." Mrs. Ruth Nicholson coached field hockey and may have also coached field ball. You may need to download the photo and enlarge to see all the names. (BHS Yearbook photo... current

9 October 2023

16 August 2023

  • 15:2215:22, 16 August 2023 diff hist +454‎ N File:BES Farewell Former Faculty.jpg ‎ Former Brunswick Elementary School faculty gather for a group photo in front of the old stage in the cafeteria/auditorium at the farewell ceremony on 5/12/2023. Back row: Pam Thomas, Wendy Campbell , Jennifer Wilkins, Carol Vogler, Dena O'Neill, Barbara Howard; middle row: Missy Dirks, Linda Moss, Vicki Coleman, Sue Runkle, Margaret Lutman, Kneeling in front: Jonathan Cook (Photo courtesy of Linda Moss) Category:Smoketown Schools current

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22 July 2023

  • 18:0518:05, 22 July 2023 diff hist +815‎ N File:Turneys.jpg ‎ Bill and Cheryl Turney taught a couple generations of Brunswick High School students. This photo of them in their home was printed in the Brunswick Citizen following their retirements in 2013. Kevin Wayne Barker Just love both of them, great examples of Christ followers! Bill was a great English teacher, coach, and Sunday school teacher. Nothing but fine memories of them both. Doris Kelley Barker Loved working in Church with Billy Turney, the family Turney and Cheryl Anderson Turney & all t... current

14 May 2023

  • 19:4019:40, 14 May 2023 diff hist +367‎ N File:It's Academic BHS Team 1972.jpg ‎ The Brunswick High School "It's Academic" team of 1972 lost to Garrison Forest School, a private girls' preparatory school in Owings Mills, MD. This was the first time BHS participated on the long-running TV game show. (June 8, 1972 Blade-Times news clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Sports current
  • 19:3919:39, 14 May 2023 diff hist +974‎ N File:St. Paul's Episcopal.jpg ‎ On May 11, 1980, a renewal program began at the historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the outskirts of Point of Rocks. It was the first time in over 10 years a Sunday worship service had been conducted. According to a Brunswick Citizen article, in which this news story and photo was included, the church was consecrated in 1842. During the Civil War, Union troops used the church as a hospital during the Antietem and Gettysburg campaigns. To help with the services, Grace Episcopal Church in... current
  • 19:3819:38, 14 May 2023 diff hist +559‎ N File:Brunswick Ladies 1930s.jpg ‎ A group of Brunswick ladies at some kind of retreat in the 1930s. Look at those saddle shoes! Those we're sure of are 2nd to 4th from left: --Mrs. Ann Jenkins (wife of then Grace Church rector) --Miss Katherine Manor (who taught many of us at Brunswick Elementary School) --Mrs. Eleanor Wenner, (wife of Brunswick merchant and farmer W.B. Wenner, she was joint operator of the family stores; owner/operator of Pic'a Wenner Rooms & Apartments in Ocean City) (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen)... current
  • 19:3319:33, 14 May 2023 diff hist +1,326‎ N File:Wenner-Van Pelt.jpeg ‎ A Wenner-Van Pelt family photo on Easter Sunday, 1945, taken in the garden of the Wenner home on 1320 Petersville Road. Seated were Ann Wenner (Osteen), Edna Garrott Wenner, E. Virginia (Patty) Wenner. Standing in back were Edith Wenner Van Pelt, Edith's children Ginny and Mac Van Pelt, who was home from his service in World War II, Mrs. Van Pelt. Edna Wenner was the mother of Patty and Edith, grandmother of Ann. Doris Kelley Barker It is the Wenner's backyard on (the Brunswick) side of Sou... current
  • 19:2919:29, 14 May 2023 diff hist +1,353‎ N File:Bill & Eleanor Wenner 1938.jpeg ‎ Bill and Eleanor Wenner pose for a photo at a family picnic in 1938. With the help of his stylishly-dressed wife, Bill Wenner operated two grocery stores in Brunswick--City Meat Market on W. Potomac Street and Wenner's Hill Market on N. Maple Avenue just down the hill from the family farm. Speaking of the Wenners, Doris Kelley Barker remembered: "Love the picture of Bill Wenner and Eleanor, his lovely wife. He was a great businessman & treated the people of Brunswick wonderfully. I can st... current
  • 19:2619:26, 14 May 2023 diff hist +968‎ N File:Kaplon House Rosemont.png ‎ The Kaplon "Steel House" on Petersville Road in Rosemont where Myer Kaplon lived with his wife Oshyie and children Mortimer and Bernice. Mr. Kaplon had the aluminum-based house built in 1933 after seeing an archetype at the World's Fair in Chicago that year. It looks very different today. Judging from the 1968 Chevy Caprice parked out front, this photo was taken sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s. John Younkins "I rode this by house many times As a kid on my bike. I thought it was th... current
  • 19:2319:23, 14 May 2023 diff hist +718‎ N File:Class of 1915 (2).jpg ‎ For this photo of the BHS graduating class of 1915, we have an alphabetized list of names, but they're not matched to the students. There are 17 names listed, but only 16 present for the photo. We would appreciate it if you can help us match the names to the faces--the boys may be easier since there were only 2 in the class: Josephine Evans Helen Hammond Georgia Hood Lavenia Hood Mary Kaetzel Oscar Karn Eva Lloyd Carroll Maurer Ottie McDonald (later Miller who taught 4th grade) Nellie Mehrl... current
  • 19:2019:20, 14 May 2023 diff hist +587‎ N File:Kaplon's Window (2).png ‎ One of Miss Fanny Kaplon's beautfiully-designed department store windows at Kaplon's. Can anyone guess the date? According to Bill Mohler in the 2012 Smithsonian "Journey Stories" movie, Myer Kaplon often claimed to have been in charge of the store windows, but the moving force was his sister Fanny, who often traveled to New York to study the famous department stores on 5th Avenue. She brought that style back to Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Li... current
  • 19:1919:19, 14 May 2023 diff hist +807‎ N File:Charlie Keller's Gas.JPG ‎ Who remembers former Yankee and Frederick County native Charlie "King Kong" Keller's Sinclair filling station in downtown Middletown? Not sure of dates when the station was open, but this photo appears to have been in the 1930s or '40s. Here's a link to Charlie Keller's career stats--he was a valuable player on some great Yankee teams: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kellech01.shtml Doris Kelley Barker remembered: My Dad V. Franklin Kelley loved the Yankees and especially Charl... current
  • 19:1419:14, 14 May 2023 diff hist +459‎ N File:Pontoon Bridge LoC.JPG ‎ A view of the Pontoon Bridge looking across the Potomac River from Virginia into what was then Berlin in 1862. See the piles on the right of the covered bridge that was destroyed by the Confederate Army in 1861. In November of the same year, during the Civil War, the pontoons were removed and transported to Fredericksburg, VA for use in crossing the Rappahannock River. (Photo from the Library of Congress) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
  • 19:1219:12, 14 May 2023 diff hist +242‎ N File:Old locomotive postcard.JPG ‎ An old postcard, likely from the early 20th Century, features what was then a "new type of B&O engine at Brunswick, MD". (Postcard courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
  • 19:1019:10, 14 May 2023 diff hist +270‎ N File:Rt. 17 Curve.jpeg ‎ Overcast Spring sky over the farm fields on Burkittsville Road--Route 17. This is where the road makes an "S-turn" near the Pry farms. Damazo Pond is visible to right of mailboxes. (Photo by Peter Wenner--April, 2022) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
  • 19:0719:07, 14 May 2023 diff hist +436‎ N File:BRLL Memorial Wall.JPG ‎ The Brunswick Little League Legends Wall at Marvin L. Younkins Memorial Field. The sign says a lot for these players who left us too young. Daphne Carey Maught, whose son Andy Maught is memorialized here: "Thank you Steve and Amy Dinges for being instrumental acknowledging our Boys. Lots of great memories and friendships made through Brunswick Little League." (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
  • 19:0519:05, 14 May 2023 diff hist +404‎ N File:Gwyneth Holder & Grandchild.jpg ‎ This was Gwyneth Holder posing with her grandaughter Shelli Lewis in one of the old storefronts just west of the Kaplon building on Potomac Street. From the looks of the cars parked on the street, this photo dates to the late 1960s or early 1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
  • 19:0219:02, 14 May 2023 diff hist +615‎ N File:E. Potomac - Railroad panorama.JPG ‎ Panoramic view from the railroad in what appears to have been the late 1920s or 1930s, judging from the cars in the foreground. From the left are the WB Tower, the rear entrance of the YMCA after the 4th floor had been added in the mid-'20s, the caller's office, the B&O Emergency Hospital Annex, Grace Church sitting high above on A Street, East Potomac Street businesses Cage's Garage, the Whistle Stop restaurant and Ridgeway's Market (later Moler's) and the old High School up on 4th Avenue.... current
  • 19:0119:01, 14 May 2023 diff hist +209‎ N File:Train at the Knoxville curve.JPG ‎ Drone's eye view from Weverton Cliffs of a train making its way past the Rt. 180 turn at Knoxville in 2022. (From Vaughn Ripley and the Original Brunswick Group) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
  • 18:5518:55, 14 May 2023 diff hist +629‎ N File:Mayor Cummings at his desk.jpg ‎ Mayor Jim Cummings at his desk at City Hall sometime during his 3 terms from 1954-66. Doris Kelley Barker shared her memory of our colorful former mayor: Jim Cummings and his wife were the best looking couple you would ever find anywhere. She was stunning as Jim also was—both of them dressed gorgeously at all times. His personality just radiated everywhere he stepped his feet & you could only love him & her & the family. He was good for our town. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at t... current
  • 18:5218:52, 14 May 2023 diff hist +666‎ N File:Fashion Show Two Girls.jpg ‎ Two girls show off their Easter Sunday best in the 1961 Kaplon's sponsored fashion show at the old fire hall. Lori Price was facing the camera. Mrs. Flossie Hill can be seen with her arms folded in the audience. Jacquelyn Ebersole remembered: "That is Mrs. Flossie Hill, with arms folded, grandmother of Brenda Hill who is also in this show with her mother Helen Mater Hill. Jocelyn Hill, another grandaughter is also in the show. Kaplon's store put on this show. Helen Hill worked there." (Fr... current
  • 18:5018:50, 14 May 2023 diff hist +787‎ N File:Mayor Orndorrf presents check to Shelley Dawson.jpg ‎ Mayor Jess D. Orndorff presents Brunswick Little League President Shelley Dawson with a check to the 1970 Little League Fund right before opening day on Saturday May 2 with its traditional parade to Marvin Younkins Memorial Field. Some memories: Peter Wenner - I used to enjoy Shelley Dawson in the booth above the concession stand announcing the lineups (“Kendall Gordon will be twirling for the Tigers”) before our little league games. They’d also pipe in country music from WTRI while we were... current
  • 18:4818:48, 14 May 2023 diff hist +833‎ N File:WFMD's Happy Johnny & Family.jpg ‎ An autographed circa 1954 promo photo of longtime WFMD Radio personality "Happy Johnny" Zufall with his wife Vonnie and three children. As a fiddler and band leader, he was probably best known at WFMD in Frederick, Maryland and as a deejay at WSIG in Mt Jackson, Virginia and WBAL in Baltimore. Baby Boomers in the tri-state area grew up listening to “Happy Johnny” in the morning. It appears that his show aired between the 1950s until the 1970s. He was succeeded by Tommy Grumwell on morning b... current
  • 18:4118:41, 14 May 2023 diff hist +367‎ N File:WFMD Groff Mansion.jpg ‎ Many Brunswick natives remember waking up to the sounds of AM radio on WFMD. Broadcast from the old Groff Mansion on the corner of N. Market and 7th Street, this was the station's first home before the building was razed in March 1973 for a parking lot. (Photo courtesy of Myersville & Wolfsville Area Historical Society) Category:Smoketown Music current
  • 18:3518:35, 14 May 2023 diff hist +459‎ N File:Battle of Crampton's Gap.jpg ‎ On September 14th, 1862, 12,800 U.S. soldiers under General William Franklin clashed with 2,100 Confederate soldiers under Brigadier General Howell Cobb at Crampton's Gap overlooking Burkittsville. By the end of the day, the union forces had captured the gap and 14 field hospitals had been established in Burkittsville for the over 1,100 wounded soldiers. (Courtesy of the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown In and Around current

2 April 2023

1 April 2023

  • 18:3518:35, 1 April 2023 diff hist +233‎ N File:BES Farewell Celebration.jpg ‎ A flyer promoting the Farewell Celebration of Brunswick Elementary School on May 12, 2023. Former students and teachers were given one last chance to walk the halls of the beloved school. Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 18:3018:30, 1 April 2023 diff hist +331‎ N File:Dirty Shirt Train Crew.jpg ‎ In this touching story, a group of toy train enthusiasts from the B&O "Dirty Shirt" train share their hobby with a young conductor. (Photo taken December 1961 and appeared in the B&O magazine in February 1962; Collection of Dave Maloney; Courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
  • 18:1918:19, 1 April 2023 diff hist +681‎ N File:Grace Chapel Procession--Rear of church.jpg ‎ The rector, acolytes and choir standing by what appears to have been the rear entrance of Grace Chapel that stood on the corner of A Street and 2nd Avenue. The chapel was the precursor to the present Grace Episcopal Church, which was completed in the same location in 1922. Richmond "Dick" Wenner was the crucifer holding the same cross used at the present Grace Church. Reverend Edward E. Burgess stands on the far left. Other folks we can guess at are Mrs. Nixon (mother of Frances Manuel) 4th... current
  • 18:1618:16, 1 April 2023 diff hist +623‎ N File:Grace Chapel Procession on A Street.jpeg ‎ A procession of acolytes and the choir from Grace Chapel, the precursor to Grace Episcopal Church at 114 E. A Street in Brunswick, circa 1915. The crucifer was Richmond "Dick" Wenner. His future brother-in-law Mark Van Pelt is noted with a check mark over his head. Reverend Edward E. Burgess is visible at the back of the procession. This photo was taken on the north side of A Street across from the old chapel that was at the same location as the current church. See the 2nd Avenue slope on th... current
  • 18:0518:05, 1 April 2023 diff hist +548‎ N File:"Independence Limited" excursion between DC and Chicago 1973.png ‎ Brunswick railroaders and a policeman Bernard Burch with a steam locomotive under the water tower. According to Wade Watson: “Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501. In the summer of 1973 it pulled the "Independence Limited" excursion between DC and Chicago. I'm sure this is a photo of the service and crew change from that trip.” Directly behind the tender was an auxillery-water only tender. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)... current
  • 17:4717:47, 1 April 2023 diff hist +342‎ N File:Railroaders late 1960s.png ‎ In this late-60s photo is a group of Brunswick Railroaders. Several have been identified as from left, Engineer C.T. Tom” Keller, Emerson Barlow, Mr. Roelkey, unknown, Mr. Ifert. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
  • 17:4517:45, 1 April 2023 diff hist +258‎ N File:Cabling Spools.jpg ‎ Nice Kaplon landscape photo of railroad cabling spools with the old mill and the bridge behind them. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
  • 17:3617:36, 1 April 2023 diff hist +525‎ m File:Mark .jpeg ‎No edit summary current
  • 17:3517:35, 1 April 2023 diff hist +37‎ File:Mark .jpeg ‎ Mark Van Pelt (center) rose to the position of Terminal Trainmaster with the B&O in Brunswick before he was promoted to Terminal Superintendent in Philadelphia in 1945. Before the move to Philadelphia, the Van Pelt family lived at 10 5th Avenue in Brunswick. The photo is believed to have been taken in the lower car yard sometime in the 1950s. Mr. Van Pelt looked happy to be home. The family lived in Seaford, DE at the time. (Photo from the collection of E. Virginia "Ginny" Van Pelt)
  • 17:3317:33, 1 April 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Mark .jpeg ‎No edit summary
  • 17:3217:32, 1 April 2023 diff hist +185‎ N File:Ann Wenner 1942-43.jpeg ‎ Ann Wenner (Osteen) in her 3rd grade year at West Brunswick Elementary School. (Photo from the collection of E. Virginia "Ginny" Van Pelt) Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 17:2617:26, 1 April 2023 diff hist +336‎ N File:Ginny Van Pelt 1942-43.jpeg ‎ Ginny Van Pelt in her 9th grade year at Brunswick High School. The Van Pelt family moved to Philadelphia in 1945. According to Joanne Runkles,"these photos were issued by the school and the family bought what they could afford." (Photo from the collection of E. Virginia "Ginny" Van Pelt) Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 16:5916:59, 1 April 2023 diff hist +575‎ N File:Doris Kelley 1st Grade 1935.jpg ‎ First grade photo of Doris Kelley (Barker) when she attended the St. Francis Parochial School at the top W. B Street. According to Mrs. Barker, "On the one with dutch-boy cut (no natural curl), I was almost 6 and attending the Catholic School for first grade because my birthday was the 18th of December and you needed to be “6” by December 1. I wanted to go to school like my friends. My parents were not wealthy but they had $7 per month for me to go to school a year." (Courtesy of Doris Kell... current
  • 16:5316:53, 1 April 2023 diff hist +468‎ N File:Doris Kelley 3rd grade 1937.jpg ‎ According to Doris Kelley Barker, who at the time was a student at West Brunswick Elementary School, "The picture with some curls is when I was 8 and had my first permanent so I could have curls like all my friends. It was with that horrible permanent machine that if a fire had started in Mildred Dean’s shop, they would have had to take me and the machine outside!" (Courtesy of Doris Kelley Barker via Debbie Barker) Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 16:5016:50, 1 April 2023 diff hist +322‎ N File:BES 1st Grade House-Kao-Cage.JPG ‎ First day of school for first graders at Brunswick Elementary School in Mrs. Zelda Virts' class on September 4, 1963. David House, David Kao and Pete Cage were photographed here for The Blade-Times. The facial expressions were priceless. (Photo courtesy of A.F. "Pete" Cage) Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 16:4316:43, 1 April 2023 diff hist +482‎ N File:Mayor & Council Harris.JPG ‎ Photo of the Brunswick Mayor and Council in the 1930s during what we believe was the administration of Alfred Harris (middle). Mayor Harris served from 1938-42. We believe Mayor Harris's successor Elmer Bowers (1942-46) sat to 3rd from the right. Future Mayor and then Fire Chief Stanley T. Virts (!946-54) was seated on the right. Councilman Thompson was seated on the far left. (Photo courtesy of Rae O. Sunshine) Category:Smoketown Politics and Public Works current
  • 16:3416:34, 1 April 2023 diff hist +620‎ N File:Lock 30 Ruins.jpeg ‎ This photo taken sometime after the bridge was dedicated in 1955 shows how far into disrepair the old C&O canal lock 30 had fallen. See the small bridge that you crossed to get to the ferry before the larger river bridges where built. It was later the way to boat ramp and towpath and was still the only way to get there even into the 1970s. Frankie Foster remembers there were crossties on side for railings back then. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission; infor... current
  • 16:2916:29, 1 April 2023 diff hist +860‎ N File:George Stables.jpeg ‎ A view of Harry Y. George Sr's stables that housed horses and mules to haul coal as well as wagons for tin work. In addition to their hardware and coal business, Mr. George was an entrepreneur, who operated a cannery behind the former Litten's car dealership on the outer west end of town. The old stables are still located behind the former George-Strawsburg store on South Delaware Avenue. They date to circa 1905. In addition to the stables, there was once a long row of storage sheds for ha... current
  • 16:2816:28, 1 April 2023 diff hist +327‎ N File:Nelly Roby-Harry George Sr.JPG ‎ n honor of Saturday night, here's a 1950s photo of future Brunswick Councilwoman Nelly Roby cutting a rug with business leader Harry Y. George, Sr at an old fire hall dance. The man behind their hands is believed to have been Sherman Lowry. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Music current
  • 16:2616:26, 1 April 2023 diff hist +325‎ N File:Carter kids & Paul Orrison.JPG ‎ Late 1930s Carter family photo at a swimming location. From right to left are George Junior (Junie) Betty (Roelke), Paul Orrison, Peggy, Billie, Patsy. The girl on far left is unknown. The Orrisons and Carters were neighbors on E Street. (Photo courtesy of Kathy Carter Escamilla) Category:Smoketown Kids current
  • 15:2915:29, 1 April 2023 diff hist +369‎ N File:Railroader Little League fans line the fence.png ‎ Spectators line the fence on what might have been the first opening day of the Brunswick Railroader Little League baseball on June 1954. The original little league field was located where the parking lot of Brunswick High School is today. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
  • 15:2415:24, 1 April 2023 diff hist +256‎ N File:Fashion how at old fire hall Enfield.png ‎ Sally Enfield on-stage in a fashion show sponsored by Kaplon's at the old Fire Hall on Easter Sunday in 1961. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current

6 March 2023

  • 01:4901:49, 6 March 2023 diff hist +719‎ N File:Grace Chapel Procession.jpeg ‎ A procession of acolytes and the choir from Grace Chapel, the precursor to Grace Episcopal Church at 114 E. A Street in Brunswick, circa 1915. The crucifer was Richmond "Dick" Wenner carrying the same cross used in services today at Grace Episcopal Church. His future brother-in-law Mark Van Pelt is noted with a check mark over his head. Reverend Edward E. Burgess is visible at the back of the procession. This photo appears to have been taken on the north side of A Street across from the old... current
  • 01:4301:43, 6 March 2023 diff hist +420‎ N File:Mrs. Brooks Portrait.png ‎ A portrait of Mary Pauline Brooks, the daughter of slaves, who lived to age 106 and was for a time Maryland's oldest citizen. This photo may have dated back to the 1950s. Trivia question. Has any Brunswick Citizen lived longer than Mrs. Brooks? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage current
  • 01:4101:41, 6 March 2023 diff hist +971‎ N File:Rotary Club at Shenandoah Downs.jpg ‎ The Blade-Times photo caption read: "Approximately 40 members and guests of the Brunswick Rotary Club were entertained last Thursday night on the Starlight Terrace of Shenandoah Downs. Pictured above are a part of the group that dined and then had fun trying to pick winners of the 9-race program. Another Brunswick group, The Silver Bit Riding Club were guests of the track this past Monday night." We can identify the following Rotarians and their family members: Front table - Gene Bowers, Di... current

26 February 2023

  • 16:0916:09, 26 February 2023 diff hist +656‎ N File:Hawaiian Dance.JPG ‎ Looks like a fun Saturday night sometime in the 1950s at the old Hawaiian Nightclub on Rt. 180 in Knoxville. The nightclub was a popular spot when it was located on the "main drag" between Frederick and the Charlestown Races. Woody Free's Memory Trio was a fixture on stage here for years. Nelly and Tete Roby swing on the dance floor at about one o'clock in the photo. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Litton are dancing at eleven o'clock. We believe Fran New is dancing in profile behind the man in the low... current

25 February 2023

  • 20:4020:40, 25 February 2023 diff hist +368‎ N File:Nellie Roby dancing.jpg ‎ According to her grandson John Roby Morsberger, Nelly Roby loved to dance. Here she is dancing with an unknown gentleman at their home on Third Avenue in Brunswick. When she was elected to the Brunswick City Council, Nelly Roby was first elected woman official in Frederick County. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Music current
  • 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

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27 November 2022

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

13 November 2022

21 October 2022

  • 22:1622:16, 21 October 2022 diff hist +217‎ N File:Stewarts.jpg ‎ Ada Belle Stewart poses with her son Gerald Stewart in the backyard of their home on 47 East B Street. This photo was taken in 1945. (Photo courtesy of Mark Stewart) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
  • 22:0922:09, 21 October 2022 diff hist +427‎ N File:Trinity Lutheran Church Knoxville Harpel.jpeg ‎ Pastor George Harpel presides at a Sunday service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Knoxville in the 1970s. The old church is now a residence. The painting of Christ now resides in the sanctuary at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Burkittsville. Please feel free to share your memories of this church. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
  • 22:0522:05, 21 October 2022 diff hist +450‎ N File:B&O Emergency Hospital Porch.jpeg ‎ A view of the B&O Yard likely taken from the porch of the old emergency hospital building next to the YMCA. Although the date is unknown, this photo was taken after 1907 as the original roundhouse had been replaced by this structure as part of an infrastructure improvement that included the YMCA and the west half of the yard. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
  • 22:0322:03, 21 October 2022 diff hist +845‎ N File:Square Corner Post Office.jpeg ‎ This building on the square corner, which many of us remember as S.& N. Katz jewelers was an early post office for Brunswick. Judging from the photo style, we believe it dates to the early 20th century between 1900-1910. It was later a grocery store before it became Katz. According to Jody Brumage, a copy of a Frederick News article from 1927 stated in that year the Post Office was moving to the "building nearly completed by Dr. J.G.F. Smith on South Maple Avenue." The Brunswick post office... current
  • 21:4921:49, 21 October 2022 diff hist +308‎ N File:Old bridge before new construction.jpeg ‎ A view from the Virginia side during construction of the then new Potomac River Bridge with the old bridge still operational. The bridge was dedicated in August, 1955. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
  • 21:4721:47, 21 October 2022 diff hist +775‎ N File:Grace Reformed Church Knoxville.jpg ‎ This was Grace Reformed Church in Knoxville. It was built in the 1848 and used as a field hospital during the Maryland Campaign of 1862. According to Jody Brumage, "the church was originally built in Weverton. It was used as a hospital and badly damaged. According to records, the congregation disbanded after the Civil War. Rev. William Wire, pastor of Saint Paul’s, Burkittsville, began holding services in a schoolhouse in Knoxville which formed into Trinity Church. In the 1870s, the old Weve... current
  • 21:4321:43, 21 October 2022 diff hist +411‎ N File:1966 LL State Champs.jpg ‎ P.L. Orrison, Mitch Deener, Brent Albert and Craig Crowl celebrate on their home field in Brunswick after our Little League all stars defeated East Frederick 4-1 to advance to the State Tournament in Hagerstown. The year was 1966. Brunswick won the state tournament and went to the regionals in Louisville, KY. (News clipping courtesy of Kristi Deener Mitchell) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
  • 21:3721:37, 21 October 2022 diff hist +382‎ N File:Board of Trade 1968.jpg ‎ Under the headline "Board of Trade Meets", this Blade-Times photo from March 7, 1968 shows (left to right) Draper Sutcliffe, Dr. Paul Shaffer and Richard Snoots talking over the tallying of election votes. Schaefer and Sutcliffe had just been elected to the board. (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
  • 21:3021:30, 21 October 2022 diff hist +283‎ N File:American legion champs 1968.jpg ‎ The 1968 Blade-Times caption read: "Paul Barker and Paul Taylor present American Legion District baseball trophy to Bill Merriman during Sunday's banquet at the Legion." (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
  • 21:2421:24, 21 October 2022 diff hist +257‎ N File:BHS Cheerleaders 1969.jpg ‎ BHS Cheerleaders from the 1968-69 school year: Terry Dawson, Roxanne Dixon, Linda Ifert, Sherry Crampton (Mascot), Lou Ann Dawson, Tana Anderson (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools current

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