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| 18:49, 6 August 2021 | Donnie Deener throwing the first pitch in Railroader Little League game 1954.jpg (file) |  |
419 KB | From the footage, this appears to have been Donnie Deener throwing the first pitch in Railroader Little League game action for the Cubs back in June, 1954. See the green pastures of the Biser farm, now Galyn Manor, over the outfield fence. Can anyone verify and identify the opposing team? (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Sports | 1 |
| 18:46, 6 August 2021 | Mock Trial Team 1990.jpg (file) |  |
119 KB | This photo is from 1990 and shows the members the BHS Mock Trial Team. Being Mock Trial advisor was my favorite activity working with students outside of the normal classroom setting not only because of the students themselves but also watching then learn to "think on their feet" when they had to react at times to situations that were unexpected. As Molly Furze wrote for the yearbook - "The case this year was a criminal case based on search and seizure. It was not an actual trial of convicti... | 1 |
| 18:44, 6 August 2021 | The Cubs.jpg (file) |  |
225 KB | The Cubs (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Sports | 1 |
| 05:41, 6 August 2021 | Lions Club 2021 Donation from The Frederick News-Post, August 6, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
1.26 MB | Category:Organizations | 1 |
| 06:34, 5 August 2021 | Lee Craigie-Marshall Paint Downtown Mural from the Frederick News-Post, August 5, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
146 KB | Brunswick artist working on massive downtown mural By Jillian Atelsek From The Frederick News-Post, August 5, 2021 Photo by Teresa Schaeffer Once a bustling railroad town, Brunswick has quieted over the years. Lea Craigie-Marshall likes it that way. Craigie-Marshall, born and raised near Washington, D.C., has called Brunswick home for about a decade. And now, she’s working on a 2,500-square-foot mural that she hopes will add some color — and inspiration — to the city’s historic downtown. “... | 1 |
| 17:48, 4 August 2021 | Track 2021 Luke Campbell at the Tokyo Games from The Frederick News-Post, August 2, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
2.14 MB | Campbell shatters personal-best time but just misses 400-meter hurdles final at Tokyo Olympics Brunswick High alum takes 5th in heat, 11th overall in semifinals, where only the top 8 advanced By Joshua R. Smith from the Frederick News-Post, August 1, 2021 The concentration in Luke Campbell’s face gave way momentarily to a grimace as he strained toward the finish line during the second semifinal of the 400-meter hurdles Sunday in Tokyo. He was emptying the tank in hopes of beating long odds... | 1 |
| 17:35, 4 August 2021 | Honor Rolls 2021 Fourth Term from the Frederick News-Post, July 30, 2021.png (file) |  |
147 KB | Brunswick Middle School fourth term honor rolls Susan Guynn from the Frederick News-Post, July 30, 2021 The following students have been named to the honor roll for the fourth marking period of the 2020-2021 school year at Brunswick Middle School: Grade six, first honors: Adhan Ali, Zoey Amell, Jaden Asare, Joel Asare, Juliette Bel, Dylan Bleignier Baker, Ava Bonanno, Lucas Brutcher, Lena Butler, Gabriel Cabeza, Madison Cackowski, Victoria Christman, Kloey Donovan, Rowan Downey, Joshua Farr... | 1 |
| 12:29, 29 July 2021 | Cynthia Kirby Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, July 29, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
251 KB | Category:Obituary | 1 |
| 12:00, 28 July 2021 | Captain Lynch is pictured with Mayor Nathan Brown and Chief Kevin Grunwell, July 27, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
34 KB | Congratulations to Brunswick Police Department’s new Captain Matt Lynch. Captain Lynch was sworn in at July 27th Council Meeting. Here Captain Lynch is pictured with Mayor Nathan Brown and Chief Kevin Grunwell. Category:Police | 1 |
| 10:28, 27 July 2021 | The Blade-Times Vol 50, No 2, Sept 29, 1960 The Lace Store.jpg (file) |  |
598 KB | Category:The Blade-Times Newspaper | 1 |
| 10:20, 27 July 2021 | The Blade-Times Vol 50, No 2, Sept 29, 1960 Virginia Sine.jpg (file) |  |
356 KB | Category:The Blade-Times Newspaper | 1 |
| 10:19, 27 July 2021 | The Blade-Times Vol 50, No 2, Sept 29, 1960 James Powers.jpg (file) |  |
467 KB | Category:The Blade-Times Newspaper | 1 |
| 10:13, 27 July 2021 | Nellie Snoots Obituary from The Blade-Times Vol 50, No 2, Sept 29, 1960.jpg (file) |  |
127 KB | Category:Obituary | 1 |
| 10:06, 27 July 2021 | Elizabeth Hovermale Obituary from The Blade-Times Vol 50, No 2, Sept 29, 1960.jpg (file) |  |
264 KB | Category:Obituary | 1 |
| 10:02, 27 July 2021 | The Blade-Times Vol 50, No 2, Sept 29, 1960 M. E. McGaha.jpg (file) |  |
1.07 MB | Category:The Blade-Times Newspaper | 1 |
| 09:57, 27 July 2021 | The Blade-Times Vol 50, No 4, October 13, 1960 Jim Bryan and Dick Frye.jpg (file) |  |
980 KB | Category:The Blade-Times Newspaper | 1 |
| 09:56, 27 July 2021 | The Blade-Times Vol 50, No 4, October 13, 1960 Bowling League (3).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
353 KB | Category:The Blade-Times Newspaper | 1 |
| 09:11, 26 July 2021 | Little League 2021, Justin Ricketts, July 2021.jpg (file) |  |
71 KB | Justin Ricketts, 7 RBI's in first game, two triples in three games. Category:Recreation-Sports | 1 |
| 10:03, 25 July 2021 | Jane Weisemann Memorial Collection, July 2021.jpg (file) |  |
107 KB | The library is honored to remember our friend Jane Weisemann. Jane had a passion for science, adventure, the library, and above all else, she loved her dogs. Thanks to a very generous donation, the library now has a collection of fiction and nonfiction titles in memory of Jane that celebrates the special bond between people and their dogs. These books are on display and available for check out at the Brunswick Branch Library. From Friends of Brunswick Library Category:People | 1 |
| 07:26, 23 July 2021 | Abbie Ricketts shares her C&O Canal Store.jpg (file) |  |
78 KB | Abbie Ricketts, Chairman of the Board of the Canal Towns Partnership Abbie: My canal story begins long ago, even before the C&O canal became a national park, when as a small child, my father and mother began taking me camping on the Maryland side of the Potomac River along the towpath. In those days, my father could drive “Martha”, our beloved old fishing car, on the towpath to our cabin or tent destinations as sections were once open to motor vehicles. The ride was a bumpy one. What wonder... | 1 |
| 05:26, 23 July 2021 | Track Olympics 2021 Luke Campbell.jpg (file) |  |
1.44 MB | From lukewarm to burning passion: Brunswick's Campbell has been building up to his Olympic run By Joshua R. Smith from The Frederick News-Post, July 23, 2021 Tony Lawson, then the Brunswick High boys outdoor track coach, had to do some running of his own back in 2009 after the final school bell rang. He was trying to chase down Luke Campbell — a lean, lithe freshman soccer and basketball player for the Railroaders who, despite a year as a runner and jumper in the Potomac Valley Youth Associ... | 1 |
| 17:32, 22 July 2021 | Russell Litten, owner of the Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership.jpg (file) |  |
45 KB | Young soapbox derby racers pose with Russell Litten, owner of the Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership and sponsor of the Brunswick races that were run on E. Potomac Street just below "dead man's curve" around 1950. Shown here are: Front (L-R) Noel Shewbridge, Blaine Davis, Atlee Grams Back (L-R) Mr. Litten, Dan Lutman, Brock Gordon (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Businesses | 1 |
| 17:30, 22 July 2021 | ACME Store on West Potomac Street.jpg (file) |  |
60 KB | An ACME Store employee mugs for the camera in this post-World War II street scene on W. Potomac Street. He wore a bag over his head before this big reveal. Can anyone identify him? Looks like then Shell station owner Bill Deener behind him on the left and a man sitting in front of Watson's Cut Rate on the right. The ACME or American Store was located at 24 W. Potomac Street next door to J.J. Newberry's. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and... | 1 |
| 17:29, 22 July 2021 | Seminary teacher Ben Campbell leading the kids in song.jpg (file) |  |
56 KB | For at least 10 years, Vacation Bible School classes were taught by divinity students (or seminarians) shared between Bethany Lutheran and Grace Episcopal Church on E. A Street. Here is a seminary teacher named Ben Campbell leading the kids in song outside the Lutheran church in a photo dated from sometime around the Summer of 1965. What are your memories of Vacation Bible School at your church in Brunswick? (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship | 1 |
| 17:25, 22 July 2021 | Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) 1994.jpg (file) | _1994.jpg) |
153 KB | This photo is from the 1994 BHS Yearbook and shows the members of the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA). This was the first year that VICA existed as a club at Brunswick and it consisted of students from the Auto I & II classes. Similar to FFA (Future Farmers of America) members of VICA competed with other students at various competitions at the local, state, and national levels. Competitions not only involved public speaking but also in the area of diagnostic and repair in which... | 1 |
| 16:46, 20 July 2021 | Dunkin Donut 2021 Ribbon Cutting, July 10, 2021.png (file) |  |
4.81 MB | In the Photo: Front Row: GBACC Vice President Phil Graves(holding banner), Brent Fauntleroy, franchisee owner, GBACC President Sheila Gray, Xander Ripley, City Council Brian Sandusky and Angel White. Back Row: City Administrator Dave Dunn, City Council Vaughn Ripley, GBACC At large Member Arch Hodges, and Dunkin Employee. Stacy Fauntleroy holding the banner. At 10:00 AM on July 10, 2021 local Dunkin' franchisee network Upcounty Frederick Donuts welcomed City Administrator David Dunn for the... | 1 |
| 06:14, 19 July 2021 | Jousting Tournment 2021 from The Frederick News-Post, July 19, 2021 (3).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
396 KB | See Story on (1) Category:Recreation-Sports | 1 |
| 06:13, 19 July 2021 | Jousting Tournment 2021 from The Frederick News-Post, July 19, 2021 (2).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
305 KB | See story on (1) Category:Recreation-Sports | 1 |
| 06:12, 19 July 2021 | Jousting Tournment 2021 from The Frederick News-Post, July 19, 2021 (1).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
870 KB | Petersville Farmers Club holds 100th ring jousting tournament By Angela Roberts from The Frederick News-Post, July 10, 2021 The faint smell of hot dogs and hamburgers hovered lazily above the small crowd gathered on the grassy field behind the headquarters of the Petersville Farmers Club Sunday afternoon. If not for the snuffling sounds of horses sighing or the 80-yard dirt track that ran before them, segmented by three wooden arches, it would feel like any old family reunion. Laughter bubbl... | 1 |
| 12:38, 17 July 2021 | Member of the Boys Club of Brunswick at Soap Box Races.jpg (file) |  |
67 KB | A member of the Boys Club of Brunswick standing proudly over his soap box race car on E. Potomac Street just before the race down the stretch just below "Dead Man's Curve". Soap Box Derby races were a big deal for boys in Frederick County right after the war in the late 1940s. Does anyone know why they were discontinued? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries; Biographical information from Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories... | 1 |
| 12:36, 17 July 2021 | First diesel locomotives arrived in Brunswick Circa 1940s.jpg (file) |  |
70 KB | A young man rides his bike down the hill toward the river on the day that the first diesel locomotives arrived in Brunswick. We think this happened in the early 1940s. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 12:35, 17 July 2021 | Senior Superlatives 2007.jpg (file) |  |
75 KB | This photo is from the 2007 and shows some of the Senior Superlatives for that year. This section was pretty much a stable in yearbook of each year, and I always thought it was interesting to see what categories were chosen and which students were selected for each of these categories. Some years the categories were unique including this year’s “Most Likely to Host – Talk Soup,” while “Best Smile” and Most Spirited” were quite common over the years. Now that it’s fifteen later, it would be i... | 1 |
| 13:40, 16 July 2021 | Museum 2021 welcomed a donation, July 2, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
57 KB | Museum Receives Donation of Rare C&O Canal Photo On Friday, July 2, 2021, the Brunswick Heritage Museum welcomed a donation of a rare ca.1917 image of the C&O Canal in Brunswick. Donated by Dr. Thomas Dilamarter of East Aurora, New York, in memory of his aunt, Judith Patricia Ellenburg, the image was discovered in a larger collection of glass slides of the B&O Railroad and shows a view of the C&O Canal looking down from the bridge onto the Lock 30 area. The framed photo is currently th... | 1 |
| 05:51, 15 July 2021 | Little League 2021 Age 9 - 11 State Crown from The Frederick News-Post, July 15, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
297 KB | Category:Recreation-Sports | 1 |
| 05:45, 15 July 2021 | Nadine (Dee De) St. John Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, July 15, 2021.jpg (file) | _St._John_Obituary_from_The_Frederick_News-Post,_July_15,_2021.jpg) |
276 KB | Category:Obituary | 1 |
| 05:41, 14 July 2021 | Reuben Waldon Harrison Obituary from the Frederick News-Post, July 14, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
261 KB | Category:Obituary | 1 |
| 05:40, 14 July 2021 | Nettie Helen Sharitz Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, July 14, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
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| 08:17, 13 July 2021 | Tom and Vivian Smith July 2021 on their Anniversary.jpg (file) |  |
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| 08:16, 13 July 2021 | Tom and Vivian Smith on their Anniversary July 2021.jpg (file) |  |
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| 08:13, 13 July 2021 | Bob Moler's Prescription Arts Pharmacy in the 1970s.jpg (file) |  |
69 KB | At Bob Moler's Prescription Arts Pharmacy in the 1970 Christmas season, a couple of men enjoy the famous lunch counter and a woman awaits her prescription order. The pharmacy and lunch counter were on the side of the old Red Men's Hall on W. Potomac Street where the Park Service Museum is located. The business was eventually expanded to where the office of the Brunswick Heritage Museum is today befiore it moved into the Medical Center on 9th Avenue in 1981. Does anyone have a better view of... | 1 |
| 08:12, 13 July 2021 | Brunswick Diamond Jubilee Corporation of 1965 Robert L. (Bob) and Addison F. (Pete) Cage.jpg (file) | _and_Addison_F._(Pete)_Cage.jpg) |
106 KB | Two young shareholders in the Brunswick Diamond Jubilee Corporation of 1965 were Messrs. Robert L. (Bob) and Addison F. (Pete) Cage. The certificate was signed by Jubilee President, Rev. A.D. Salmon, Jr., then Rector of Grace Episcopal Church. The Jubliee celebration in honor of Brunswick's 75 birthday was held in September, 1965. (From "Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories" courtesy of The City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 08:09, 13 July 2021 | John David Tritapoe shows off his catch with his wife Linda Weir Tritapoe.jpg (file) |  |
55 KB | John David Tritapoe shows off his catch with his wife Linda Weir Tritapoe at his side. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People | 1 |
| 08:08, 13 July 2021 | Bill Wenner and his Aunt Bea Brady show off their catch.jpg (file) |  |
91 KB | Bill Wenner and his Aunt Bea Brady show off their catch at the Brady's Potomac River Camp Bea-Jack. near Point of Rocks. It was the Summer of 1942. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown People | 1 |
| 08:02, 13 July 2021 | B&O Bridge at Point of Rocks before it was destroyed.jpg (file) |  |
104 KB | This is a depiction of the B&O Bridge at Point of Rocks before it was destroyed by the Confederate Army at the beginning of the Civil War in June, 1861. In the early days of the Civil War, the Rebels were intent on destroying the 3 river bridges at Point of Rocks, Berlin and Harpers Ferry, to prevent the Union from invading Virginia. (Courtesy of Brunswick Heritage Museum Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 08:01, 13 July 2021 | Dotty West with Bill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls.jpg (file) |  |
55 KB | Dotty West with Bill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls at Shenandoah Downs or Charles Town Race Track. Looks like early 1960s, judging from the skinny ties. Fiddlin' Joe Shewbridge on the right. (Photo courtesy of Joe Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown Music | 1 |
| 08:00, 13 July 2021 | William B. Gross Circa 1940 - 50s.jpg (file) |  |
54 KB | William B. Gross addresses a crowd in what might have been the late 1940s/early-'50s? Does anyone recognize the event or location? The Gross brothers, Bill and Charles, operated a hardware store next to the Bank of Brunswick on Maple Avenue and later ran a kerosine business out of the old family store building on S. Maryland Avenue. In 1959, Mr. Gross was appointed Court Commissioner for Frederick County and was known for the rest of his life as Judge Gross. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collec... | 1 |
| 07:58, 13 July 2021 | Amerian Legion 2021 Auxiliary Department President Andrea Anderson.jpg (file) |  |
98 KB | The State of Maryland America Legion Auxiliary Department President Andrea Anderson. The first Department President from Steadman-Keenan Unit 96. Here with Dave House, Past Commander Post 96. Category:Organizations | 1 |
| 07:28, 13 July 2021 | Allie White.jpg (file) |  |
101 KB | Happiest of birthday wishes to this kid right here!!! Allie White you never cease to amaze us. Love you lots!!! July 6, 2021 from Angel White's Facebook page. Category:People | 1 |
| 05:29, 13 July 2021 | Honor Rolls 2021 Fourth Term from the Frederick News-Post, July 13, 2021.png (file) |  |
147 KB | Brunswick High School fourth term honor rolls Susan Guynn from The Frederick News-Post, July 13, 2021 The following students have been named to the honor roll for the fourth marking period of the 2017-2018 school year at Brunswick High School: Grade nine, first honors: Audrey Allgaier, Emma Allgaier, Alexandra Alward, Schuyler Bowers, Sophia Budine, Mari Burggraf, Sarah Burton, Thea Connor, Kyle Cruz, Enrique De Anda Zavala, Amanda Eason, Emanuela Effah Owusu, Harper Everett, Jessica Fessm... | 1 |
| 05:27, 13 July 2021 | Little League 2021 State Final from The Frederick News-Post, July 13, 2021.jpg (file) |  |
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