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18 February 2024

• 20:4320:43, 18 February 2024 diff hist +206‎ File:Class of 1952 - BHS Students.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 20:3920:39, 18 February 2024 diff hist +477‎ N File:East End School 1930s class photo.jpeg ‎ A 1930s photo of students at the old East Brunswick Elementary School. We believe Teeny Wenner (Phillips) was seated 3rd from right in the front row. Gloria Moore Crowl: "Teacher could possibly be my Aunt Frances Moore Burgee, depending on the year. I know she taught Third Grade." Patricia Marsh Patricia and Joan Brengle 3rd and 4th from left in front row. (Photo courtesy of Marsha Sutfin from the Teeny Phillips Collection) Category: Smoketown Schools current
• 20:3620:36, 18 February 2024 diff hist +1,051‎ N File:Snowy Westbound Yard 1960.jpeg ‎ This Winter view of a largely inactive westbound yard was part of a 1960 article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". While ironic in retrospect 64 years later, it was in many ways prescient. At the time, the U.S. economy was in recession and the westbound hump operations had been moved to Cumberland. Yet some furloughed car repair workers expected to be recalled as snowy conditions created extra maintenance jobs. Mayor James Cummings and Bank of Brunswick executive Emory Frye were optimistic... current
• 20:3320:33, 18 February 2024 diff hist +1,441‎ N File:Point of Rock Original Station.JPG ‎ This photo, which may date to the 1890s or early 20th Century, shows the original train station in Point of Rocks that serviced the old mainline trains. Art Reid believes the location was "down towards the current park where the other houses and businesses were located track side." We don't know when this station opened, but according to the B&O Railroad timeline, the line reached Point of Rocks in April, 1832. Matt Watson documented that The Eli Mercier flour mill visible on the left was lis... current
• 20:2720:27, 18 February 2024 diff hist +207‎ N File:English Bell Choir.jpg ‎ The English Hand Bell Choir performed at the New York Hill Methodist Church in the Christmas season, circa 1964. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category: Smoketown Christmas current
• 20:2520:25, 18 February 2024 diff hist +520‎ N File:Brunswick Boys Sledding.JPG ‎ Some Brunswick boys get set to sled down the hill between the old Harrington shoe shop and Hudson Row off W. Potomac Street, circa 1966. From left are Phil Lowery, Jackie Minnick, Terry Staubs, Junior Lowery and Bobby Conner. To try to date the photo, this was between the time the grocery store closed and the Berlin Restaurant opened in the old Mace Building where King's Pizza is today. (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Category: Smoketo... current
• 20:2220:22, 18 February 2024 diff hist −5‎ File:Sonny Cannon's dances at the old Fire Hall.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
• 20:0420:04, 18 February 2024 diff hist +1,005‎ N File:Guy Lombardo Sonny Cannon.jpg ‎ At one of his many appearances with The Royal Canadiens at the ballroom above the old Brunswick fire hall on W. Potomac Street, bandleader Guy Lombardo (right) poses with (from left) Fire Chief H.E. "Sonny" Cannon, Brunswick City Councilwoman Nellie Roby and business leader Harry Nicholson. Lombardo and the band played at least seven Easter Sundays in a row in the 1950s and '60s, according to Cannon in a 1967 Washington Post interview. According to Wayne Smith: "I'm not really sure of the ye... current

29 January 2024

• 17:4817:48, 29 January 2024 diff hist −69‎ File:Crossing tower on the eastbound side of the tracks.jpg ‎No edit summary current

28 December 2023

• 18:5618:56, 28 December 2023 diff hist +2,156‎ N File:Mar-lu-ridge chapel.jpg ‎ The Salem-on-the-Mountain Chapel at Mar-Lu-Ridge with its renowned view of the Potomac River and valley below. BHS alumni fondly remember weeklong excursions to the camp as part of Mr. Frank Mullen's 8th grade science curriculum. Mar-Lu-Ridge was founded in 1959 as the Outdoor Ministry of the Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church. The initial construction efforts included a lodge for dining and four cabins the first year that summer camp was held. In 1962, the chapel was constructed and in 1... current

11 December 2023

• 19:3119:31, 11 December 2023 diff hist +378‎ N File:Howard Lewis-Champ.png ‎ The amusing notation at the library for this photo was "Man with Angry Dog". The gentleman has been identified as Rosemont resident and Kaplon neighbor Howard Lewis with his dog Champ. It was likely taken in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
• 19:2919:29, 11 December 2023 diff hist +472‎ N File:Fire Councilmen-Police.jpeg ‎ Brunswick City Councilman Willard "Pickett" Barger and his wife Millie are shown facing the camera at Chief Sonny Cannon's March 9, 1978 retirement dinner at the old fire hall. Fellow councilman Frank Strakonsky was across the table in profile. The two policemen were Officers Miller and McCleaf. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 19:2619:26, 11 December 2023 diff hist +317‎ N File:Phillips Insurance Burch-Lewis.png ‎ Ernestine Burch and Jo Ann Lewis appear to have just finished trimming the Christmas Tree at Phillips Insurance Company on W. Potomac Street in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
• 19:1819:18, 11 December 2023 diff hist +1,103‎ N File:Brunswick Archway.jpg ‎ The “Brunswick Archway”is a project of the Frederick Arts Council (FAC) as part of their public art program. The purpose of the gateway arch is to welcome visitors coming to Brunswick, including hikers and cyclists from the C&O Canal towpath, trainriders, campground users andboaters. The arch was designed as a replica of a bridge span from the 1893 iron truss bridge that crossed the Potomac River. That bridge existed until 1955 when it was demolished after construction of the current concret... current
• 19:1619:16, 11 December 2023 diff hist +165‎ N File:Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel 2.jpg ‎ Another view of the basement tunnel under the Meadows Building. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization current
• 19:0119:01, 11 December 2023 diff hist +351‎ File:Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
• 18:4918:49, 11 December 2023 diff hist +274‎ N File:Meadows Bldg Old Signs.jpg ‎ Found in the basement of the Meadows Building. Large mugs on tap for only 15 cents! These signs may have predated My Sister's Place when the bar was called Beaver's Tavern. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization current
• 18:3618:36, 11 December 2023 diff hist +48‎ File:Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel.jpg ‎ →‎Summary
• 18:2718:27, 11 December 2023 diff hist +886‎ N File:Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel.jpg ‎ The tunnel under the Meadows Building is a source of interesting speculation. Could it have housed a gambling room or prohibition era speakeasy? The tunnel led from this building to the one next door. Could it have provided as escape route up onto W. Potomac if it were one or the other? It's also possible the reason for its existence was innocent. Gene Fauble I remember that area. Fritz Powers used it for storage for the bar and restaurant back in the early 80s. Taffie Wilson My grandfather...
• 18:1118:11, 11 December 2023 diff hist +184‎ N File:Meadows Bldg Cupola.jpg ‎ Inside the cupola of the old Meadows Building during renovations in December 2023. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization current