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| 18:34, 14 May 2022 | Canal Boat at Lock 30 with Lockhouse.jpeg (file) |  |
2.61 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 19:36, 25 February 2023 | BHS Handwork Club 1940.jpeg (file) |  |
2.63 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 18:41, 14 May 2022 | Potomac River Bridge Aerial View.jpeg (file) |  |
2.73 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 18:18, 16 January 2023 | BES 1st grade wing.jpeg (file) |  |
2.82 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 22:09, 21 October 2022 | Trinity Lutheran Church Knoxville Harpel.jpeg (file) |  |
2.9 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 00:32, 10 October 2023 | Mrs. Manuel Class 1967-68.jpeg (file) |  |
3.12 MB | 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,... | 1 |
| 16:50, 1 April 2023 | BES 1st Grade House-Kao-Cage.JPG (file) |  |
3.19 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 18:23, 16 January 2023 | BES Lower Field Backstop.jpeg (file) |  |
3.2 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 19:43, 25 February 2023 | Brunswick Boys Club 1909.jpeg (file) |  |
3.2 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 20:07, 9 October 2023 | BES Farewell Stage Lights.jpg (file) |  |
3.24 MB | Seeing these old stage lights was an incredible blast from the past. These date back at least 60 years. Kathy Bondarenko Quijada Cusack As soon as I saw the picture, I had a flashback to the talent shows. Oh my goodness, they were fun! (Photo courtesy of Pete Cage) Category:Smoketown Schools | 1 |
| 18:05, 1 April 2023 | "Independence Limited" excursion between DC and Chicago 1973.png (file) |  |
3.26 MB | 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)... | 1 |
| 19:07, 31 March 2024 | High's Mary Ann Wyncoop.png (file) |  |
3.26 MB | This was store manager Mary Ann Wyncoop behind the counter at High's in the early '70s. The High's store, which opened around that time was not only the first convenience store chain to open in Brunswick, it was planned to have been part of the new shopping center built on the corner of Souder Road and N. Maple Avenue. The shopping center wasn't fully built out until 1987. For years, High's and the service station were the only businesses at that location. A lot of us kids went there for th... | 1 |
| 20:15, 30 May 2022 | Flook Farmhouse.jpeg (file) |  |
3.28 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 18:58, 12 June 2022 | Flook Farmhouse 2.jpeg (file) |  |
3.28 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 17:59, 16 January 2023 | Othello-Estella Belt.jpeg (file) |  |
3.32 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 15:29, 1 April 2023 | Railroader Little League fans line the fence.png (file) |  |
3.32 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 18:30, 29 July 2023 | C.T. Byron Kao in his office.jpg (file) |  |
3.34 MB | Uploaded a work by Kao Family Photo from David Kao with UploadWizard | 1 |
| 16:34, 1 April 2023 | Lock 30 Ruins.jpeg (file) |  |
3.37 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 16:23, 14 January 2023 | Harpers Ferry Tunnel 2 Bridges.png (file) |  |
3.4 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 19:31, 11 December 2023 | Howard Lewis-Champ.png (file) |  |
3.41 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 16:54, 10 October 2023 | Blade-Times.jpeg (file) |  |
3.47 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 20:26, 25 February 2023 | Officer Ambrose Gas pump.jpeg (file) |  |
3.47 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 18:38, 2 August 2023 | B&O Railroad Medicine.png (file) |  |
3.47 MB | Uploaded a work by Myer Kaplan from Brunswick Public Library with UploadWizard | 1 |
| 20:36, 18 February 2024 | Snowy Westbound Yard 1960.jpeg (file) |  |
3.53 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 17:23, 30 July 2023 | HY George and Railroader in store.png (file) |  |
3.55 MB | Uploaded a work by Family photo for 1960 Blade-Times article from George Family with UploadWizard | 1 |
| 15:44, 14 January 2023 | Leftwich Party.png (file) |  |
3.64 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 18:54, 16 January 2023 | Slave Quarters Oakland.jpeg (file) |  |
3.72 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 01:50, 14 November 2022 | WWII Army Private.jpeg (file) |  |
3.82 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 19:20, 14 May 2023 | Kaplon's Window (2).png (file) | .png) |
4 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 01:03, 14 November 2022 | Grace Church Centennial.jpeg (file) |  |
4.12 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 19:27, 25 February 2023 | Gross House Central Avenue.jpeg (file) |  |
4.26 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 19:26, 14 May 2023 | Kaplon House Rosemont.png (file) |  |
4.27 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 17:07, 10 October 2021 | Camp Greentop Cabin.jpeg (file) |  |
4.28 MB | The cabins where we slept at Camp Greentop looked a lot like this, but the beds weren't as nice in the late Sixties. Some memories include: Angela Berry Selby I stayed there in 92 and my cabin had metal cots. My cabin also had a fireplace. Not that we used it, but a baby ring-necked snake fell down the chimney and into the fireplace. 😳 Peter Wenner In the Fall of 1968, Marty Cusack kept us up laughing most of one night reciting the Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in line “look that up in your Fun... | 1 |
| 16:28, 14 January 2023 | Locomotive in Sandy Hook.png (file) |  |
4.29 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 20:16, 25 February 2023 | First Methodist Steeple.png (file) |  |
4.36 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 16:59, 10 October 2023 | Parade Clowns.png (file) |  |
4.37 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 18:24, 2 August 2023 | Picnic at Lakins near Jefferson.png (file) |  |
4.38 MB | Uploaded a work by Myer Kaplan from Brunswick Public Library with UploadWizard | 1 |
| 16:25, 19 September 2021 | 1971 BHS JV Football.jpeg (file) |  |
4.49 MB | The BHS Junior Varsity football team in the Fall of 1971. After losing it's first two games to Boonsboro and Smithburg, the Railroaders finsihed the season by reeling off 6 straight victories to finish 6-2. Here's who was on the team: First row: Mike Barker (Manager), David Deavers, Kevin Barker, Chris Hoffman, Tim Schuster, Mike Stack, Steve Barnhart, David Hamilton, Todd Cummings, Tommy Ayers, Drew Hawes (Manager) Second Row: Steve Smith (Manager), Randy Carey, Steve Utterback, David Hou... | 1 |
| 17:47, 1 April 2023 | Railroaders late 1960s.png (file) |  |
4.53 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 20:09, 20 November 2023 | Veterans Day Parade Clown-Beauty.png (file) |  |
4.53 MB | This looks like a 1940s-era Veterans Day Parade. A clown pulling an Eagles float on a tractor carrying a beauty queen! See the businesses on the northern side of W. Potomac Street. Maryland Dining Room is obvious and either was at the time or was later Mrs. Himes' restaurant. Liquor and food stores were marked by the other signs, but are difficult to read. Frank Snoots operated a barber shop in the left side of the building the float is passing by. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at... | 1 |
| 19:26, 11 December 2023 | Phillips Insurance Burch-Lewis.png (file) |  |
4.59 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 23:07, 27 November 2022 | First Methodist Sunday School 1950s.png (file) |  |
4.59 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 12:46, 24 October 2021 | German Crossing Ferry.bmp (file) | Error creating thumbnail: File with dimensions greater than 12.5 MP |
4.75 MB | The areas of Lovettsville and Brunswick were originally known as “The German Crossing” because German settlers migrated from York and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania ("Pennsylvania Dutch" or "Deutsch") to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. This is an early photo of the ferry sometime in the mid- to late-19th Century. In the 1720s trader Abraham Pennington became the first permanent settler and established a ferry across the Potomac River in 1731. The ferry continued operating well into t... | 1 |
| 01:20, 14 November 2022 | Mr. Imwold.jpeg (file) |  |
4.77 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 20:13, 20 November 2023 | Veterans Day Parade Rotary Float-back 1962.png (file) |  |
4.77 MB | Brunswick Rotary Club float from what appears to have been the 1962 Veterans Day Parade judging from the Chevy pulling it. According to Scott Stauffer: "I remember as a young boy watching the men assemble the float at Boyer’s milk transportation at one of their barns. Those helping out were Bruce Boyer, Phil Childs, Doug Wetnight, Gene Bowers, Pat Lakin, Ralph Stauffer, and others, that I have forgotten. I also remember Gary Bowers, son of Gene, coming to help. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo... | 1 |
| 23:02, 27 November 2022 | Brown Farm Butchering Ladies Cooking.png (file) |  |
4.79 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 17:47, 16 January 2023 | Litten's Dinner-Bowers-Hickman.png (file) |  |
4.83 MB | 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... | 1 |
| 19:03, 26 December 2021 | Camp Greentop Fall Photo.jpeg (file) |  |
4.93 MB | This beautiful Fall photo was taken at Camp Greentop in 1969 and graced the spine of the inside back cover of the BHS yearbook. The couple with their backs to the camera, who were probably camp counsellors in their senior BHS year, are unidentified. (Photo from the 1970 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools | 1 |
| 23:01, 27 November 2022 | Butchering Smith.png (file) |  |
5.3 MB | 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 | 1 |
| 18:21, 16 January 2023 | BES Drinking Fountain.jpeg (file) |  |
5.9 MB | 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 | 1 |
