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| 23:47, 24 November 2021 | Zane Hall.jpg (file) |  |
1,010 KB | Z.P. (Zane) Hall was the Chessy System railroad policeman shown in this 1982 photo taken at the foot of S. Maryland. The white building with the window visible to the left of his car was called the “Railroad Track Man’s Headquarters”. It was where workers met in the mornings to get orders for the day. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) | 1 |
| 17:53, 10 July 2022 | YMCA circa 1970s.JPG (file) |  |
111 KB | Here essentially is what the expanded location looked like from the mid-1920s until the building was destroyed by fire in November, 1980 right before the annual Veterans Day Parade. This photo was likely taken sometime in the 1970s. The main entrance was obscured by the Christmas tree. Rotary Club entrance on the left. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA | 1 |
| 18:25, 16 January 2023 | YMCA Engine and WB Tower 1975.JPG (file) |  |
164 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 17:07, 30 July 2023 | YMCA Bridge to Emergency Hospital.jpg (file) |  |
142 KB | Uploaded a work by B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh from B&O Museum with UploadWizard | 1 |
| 19:22, 14 August 2022 | YMCA '70s.jpg (file) |  |
123 KB | The B&O YMCA in its final days in the late 1970s. Note the Rotary Club emblem under the Coca-Cola sign. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA | 1 |
| 21:23, 17 October 2022 | YMCA-WB Tower looking west.JPG (file) |  |
347 KB | Unique view of the train yard in Brunswick back in 1975. See the bookends of the WB Tower (left) and B&O YMCA (right). (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 20:30, 20 November 2023 | Woody Free Trio Hawaiian.JPG (file) |  |
111 KB | A good Saturday at the old Hawaiian Restaurant and Nite Club back in the 1960s featured the playing of the Woody Free Trio. From left were Gary Free, Woody Free and Graham White. Richard Bowers: My parents, Richard and Elaine Bowers would often go there with their friends Jimmy and Peetie George and George and Eva Albert. Rhonda Hurt Late 1970's Brunswick High Cheerleaders used the Hawaiian as a staging to build a float for the Football Homecoming Parade. We were treated to pizzas during th... | 1 |
| 18:19, 10 April 2022 | White's Ferry.jpg (file) |  |
176 KB | An old photo of White's Ferry. White's Ferry was the last remaining cable ferry service that carried cars, bicycles, and pedestrians across the Potomac River between Loudoun County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland. The location offered fishing services and water recreation including canoeing. It transported approximately 600 customers daily until closing in 2020. The Ferry had a very long term lease with the landowner on the Virginia side. When it came time to renew the new the le... | 1 |
| 18:41, 17 October 2022 | Whistle Stop Matchbook.JPG (file) |  |
405 KB | A matchbook cover from the old Whistle Stop Restaurant on 201 E. Potomac Street that was purchased on EBay. Maybe for the late 1940s? (Photo courtesy of Asher Adelman) Category:Smoketown Advertising | 1 |
| 20:23, 30 May 2022 | Weverton Station Eastbound View.jpg (file) |  |
372 KB | The former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot in Weverton that briefly flourished along the canal and river about a mile west of Knoxville. We believe it was torn down in 1929. According to Reuben Moss: "The station stood around the area of the triangular section of road where people park on Keep Tryst Road. The track to the Washington County Branch needed realigning and most of the remnants of old trackside Weverton were removed to put in present day 340." (Photo courtesy of the South Mount... | 1 |
| 20:07, 5 December 2021 | Western Gentlemen in the 1970s.jpg (file) |  |
411 KB | If it's Saturday night, it's time for some music from The Midnight Express. Members of this band played in other tri-state area groups ranging from Bill Peer and the Melody Boys (and Girls), The Boppers, The Western Gentlemen and The Country Giants. (Photo courtesy of Joe Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown Music | 1 |
| 19:01, 19 March 2022 | Westbound Station desk.jpg (file) |  |
599 KB | A photo of Blair Harrington's desk in the Westbound Brunswick train station in 1982. Mr. Harrington was the Station Agent. He sold tickets for passenger trains. He also passed out railroader pay checks every payday. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 19:36, 14 August 2022 | Westbound Station Yellow & Blue.jpg (file) |  |
99 KB | Before and after makeover of the Brunswick Westbound station in the late 1970s/early '80s. The change to blue was to conform with Chessie System colors of the time. Note that "Kehne Eyes" Commuter Lounge didn't change. (Photos courtesy of Norm Cornelius) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 17:50, 10 July 2022 | Westbound Station 1982.jpg (file) |  |
824 KB | The historic westbound train station in Brunswick back in 1982. It was built in 1907 and was the last station in the CSX system staffed by a human ticket agent, Blair Harrington. The station was blue at the time. According to Norm Cornelius, the blue or bluish gray was a Chessie System color. The B&O Station, WB Tower & B&O YMCA carried the same B&O R.R. color.—cream with brown trim. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 18:01, 17 March 2024 | West End Receiving Yard Demolition 1989.jpg (file) |  |
149 KB | Despite the sad circumstances, this is a nice perspective looking toward Weverton Cliffs as the west end of the receiving yard at Knoxville was being dismantled in 1989. The piles of rails were almost surreal. The small pile in the front are angle bars used to connect sections of rail together. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 15:50, 17 April 2022 | West End Elementary School Class Photo.jpg (file) |  |
1.21 MB | Here is a class photo from the old West End Elementary School in Brunswick. It belonged to Elaine Koogle Bowers, who graduated in the BHS Class of 1939. We think these children may have been in the 5th or 6th grade. Mrs. Bowers attached a list of names she could remember. She started numbering from the top down. It's believed that the photo may date to the 1932-33 school year. Here is the list of students: Top row: Bill McLane, Mary Ellen Griffith, Mary Wood, Katie McLane, Jeanette House... | 1 |
| 19:22, 26 December 2021 | Wenners Hill Christmas Tree.jpg (file) |  |
943 KB | Wenners Hill Christmas tree on the Harrington at 605 N. Maple Avenue in the 1950s. Local kids would participate in a Christmas pageant acting out the "Christmas Story". At the end, as they did in other locations around town, Santa arrived and each child received an orange and a box of hard candies. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 16:22, 17 October 2022 | Wenner gathering 1948 (2).jpeg (file) | .jpeg) |
223 KB | A Wenner family gathering in 1948. Not sure if this Brunswick or not. (L-R) Katherine Manor, Eleanor Wenner, Edith Garrott, Virginia Gregory Wenner, Edna Garrott Wenner, ? Gregory. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 21:55, 14 August 2022 | Wenner Reunion 1930s.jpeg (file) |  |
233 KB | A Wenner family gathering circa 1938. This may have been taken at Braddock Heights. (L-R) William B. Wenner, Victor Wingate, CM (Mac) Wenner, Jr., Mac's wife Evelyn Wingate Wenner, Mrs. Wingate, Charlie Oliver, his wife Margaret Wenner Oliver, Richmond (Dick) Wenner, William W. (Billy) Wenner, Edna Garrott Wenner, Garrott Hayes, Edith Garrott, E. Virginia (Patty) Wenner, Edith Wenner Van Pelt, Mark Van Pelt, ? , Gertrude Garrott W.B. Wenner operated the family farm on N. Maple Avenue and th... | 1 |
| 00:54, 17 May 2022 | Wenner Family Reunion 1948.jpeg (file) |  |
198 KB | Family celebration of future Judge William W. Wenner's graduation from St. James School in the Spring of 1948. Not sure if this is in Brunswick, but maybe? Can anyone place it? In the photo are: Front row - Ed Wenner, Ann Wenner (Osteen), Ed's wife Virginia Gregory (Dee) Wenner, Bill's Grandmother Edna Garrott Wenner, Edith Garrott Back row - William W. Wenner, Ted Wenner (son of Ed), Ted’s wife Esther, Katherine Manor, Joseph Kerns, E. Virginia (Patty) Wenner, a Gregory sister, ? (Photo... | 1 |
| 17:29, 30 July 2023 | Wenner Family Photo Washington Monument.jpg (file) |  |
143 KB | Uploaded a work by Van Pelt-Wenner Family photo from Peter Wenner with UploadWizard | 1 |
| 19:33, 14 May 2023 | Wenner-Van Pelt.jpeg (file) |  |
124 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 17:02, 30 July 2023 | Water Tub and Pumphouse.jpg (file) |  |
108 KB | Uploaded a work by B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh from B&O Museum with UploadWizard | 1 |
| 18:27, 14 October 2023 | Water Tower Construction NY Hill.jpg (file) |  |
60 KB | According to sources, this water tower had just been built on or near New York Hill. Can anyone identify the structure under construction and the date? We're thinking 1920s. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 18:31, 10 April 2022 | Washington Monument Postcard.jpg (file) |  |
64 KB | Here is an undated postcard of the Washington Monument outside Boonsboro. Judging from the attire of the people on the top of the monument, especially the ladies, the photo likely dates to the turn of the 20th Century or earlier. Built in 1827, the original tower was the first monument dedicated to George Washington to be completed. Although it was a popular meeting place for the citizenry of Boonsboro, weather and vandalism reduced the monument to rubble. In that condition, it was used by th... | 1 |
| 18:30, 10 April 2022 | War Correspondents Arch Postcard.jpg (file) |  |
80 KB | An old postcard of the War Correspondents Arch, located just over the Frederick County border in Washington County, Maryland, on the top of South Mountain at Gathland State Park on old Route 40. This is the only monument in the world dedicated to the memory of war correspondents. This unusual piece of masonry was erected by George Alfred Townsend, who was a famous author and war correspondent himself. The notation on the back of the postcard said that it is visited annually by thousands. is... | 1 |
| 18:41, 19 February 2022 | Waitresses at Darr's.jpeg (file) |  |
71 KB | Mary Alice Eagle and Mary Frances Simpson pose at the Darr's Tavern bar in the 1970s. Mary Alice and her husband Bud owned the legendary tavern and restaurant after Luther B. Darr retired in 1961. Mary Francis was a waitress there. Does anyone know what year Darr's closed? (Photo courtesy of Dena Simpson Virts) Category:Smoketown Businesses | 1 |
| 17:15, 19 June 2022 | Wade in the Water.JPG (file) |  |
859 KB | This photo shows Lorraine Kronk (Ferrell) on the left, an unknown lady in middle, and Zettie Lucas (Smith) on the right. It was taken around 1939 in shallow water down by the Potomac River Bridge. Note the other bathers in the lower left. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Ferrell Piper) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal | 1 |
| 17:51, 7 November 2021 | WWI Veterans 1968 .jpg (file) |  |
138 KB | Another angle of Brunswick WWI Veterans observing the 1968 Veterans' Day parade. Edward Shipley is the veteran on the far right in the 2nd row, wearing glasses. C (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 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 |
| 18:41, 14 May 2023 | WFMD Groff Mansion.jpg (file) |  |
53 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 18:48, 14 May 2023 | WFMD's Happy Johnny & Family.jpg (file) |  |
116 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 18:53, 10 April 2022 | WB Tower on the move (2).JPG (file) | .JPG) |
434 KB | Aerial view of the historic WB Tower on the move across the tracks to its new location on E. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Jay Jay) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 18:51, 10 April 2022 | WB Tower on the move.JPG (file) |  |
563 KB | WB Tower on wheels ready to move to its new location across the tracks. (Photo courtesy of Richard A. Foot) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 19:19, 19 March 2022 | WB Tower looking west.jpg (file) |  |
84 KB | Interesting westward view of the WB Tower with the Red Men's Hall towering above on the right. The photo dates to 1906-07 (Photo courtesy of W. Frank Mathers) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 18:54, 10 April 2022 | WB Tower New Location.JPG (file) |  |
542 KB | On April 2, 2022, the B & O Westbound Tower was relocated to E. Potomac Street adjacent to the site of the old YMCA, which was destroyed by fire in November, 1980. Following years of planning and discussion, the City of Brunswick, Maryland finally moved the historic WB Tower off of CSX property. The interlocking tower, built around 1906-07, was removed from service a decade ago and residents feared the historic Baltimore & Ohio structure would be demolished. Coordination of engineering ser... | 1 |
| 19:14, 26 December 2021 | WB Tower-E. Potomac Street.jpg (file) |  |
121 KB | A photo of the WB Tower and the 100 block of E. Potomac Street in 2020. Now residential, the 3 buildings on E. Potomac Street were occupied (from left) by businesses such as Mulkey’s Maytag Repair, Harrington’s Shoe Repair, a pool room. the building in the middle was where Dr. Strother had his office in the 1940s, Frank Wenner’s barber shop was in the building on the far right in the’60s. After Frank moved, Carol Lewis operated a beauty parlor in that location. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl... | 1 |
| 23:41, 27 November 2022 | Vietnam Vets 2022.jpg (file) |  |
643 KB | Vietnam Veterans on E. Potomac Street (Photo courtesy of Jeff Pearl) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 19:56, 14 August 2022 | Victor Kaplon ad 1890s.jpg (file) |  |
255 KB | 1890s era ad for Victor Kaplon & Bro. when their first store was located in the old Opera House building on the south side of the present westbound railroad route in the old town “Between the Tracks”. Victor Kaplon opened his first store in 1889 with his brother Abraham, who also ran a general store in Harpers Ferry. The Brunswick store was headquarters for the family business, including the Harpers Ferry operation. (Courtesy of City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) [[Category:Sm... | 1 |
| 19:54, 19 February 2024 | Victor-Kaplon-and-Family.jpg (file) |  |
371 KB | This formal photo shows a prosperous young Kaplon family, circa 1895. From left (we believe) are daughter Fanny, wife Ida, daughters Annie and Elizabeth (sitting), sons Myer and Abraham or Amos. Victor Kaplon escaped from Russia with his brother on a ship hidden under a load of hay and came to America in the 1880s. He started as a peddler carrying his pack, a walking department store, selling his wares in Virginia and Washington County, Maryland. Eventually, Victor and family owned and oper... | 1 |
| 20:13, 13 November 2022 | Veterans Day Parade Spectators 1961.jpg (file) |  |
210 KB | The crowd, who have staked out prime seats for the unseasonably warm 1961 Veterans' Day Parade, await. See the boy on the lower left bending over trying to see if anything was coming. Also noted is Donald Darr's Corvair van in front of his business Brunswick Florist. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 20:10, 13 November 2022 | Veterans Day Parade Silver Bit.jpg (file) |  |
1.83 MB | The Silver Bit Riding Club makes its way down W. Potomac Street in a Veterans' Day Parade in what might have been the late 1950s. Right to left: Tom Hagan (with flag), Les Fry, Harwood Watson, Ruby Kemp, Buddy Sigler, Dawn Kemp, Tom Watson (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 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 |
| 20:06, 20 November 2023 | Veterans Day Parade Procession 1940 E. Potomac.jpg (file) |  |
122 KB | Here's a great shot of a rainy 1940s-era Veterans Day Parade procession making its way around the bend of E. Potomac Street in front of what was then a Western Auto store. That store was later replaced in the 1950s by People's Home & Auto. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 20:03, 20 November 2023 | Veterans Day Parade Pom Pom Girls.jpg (file) |  |
84 KB | Middletown High School pom-pom girls raise their arms in unison. We think this was a late 1960s parade. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 20:19, 13 November 2022 | Veterans Day Parade E Potomac.jpg (file) |  |
117 KB | This appears to have been a World War II era Veterans Day parade as the procession makes its way east on Potomac Street, as it did in those days. See Horine's on the southside, the Lace Store and Bank of Brunswick on the north. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 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 |
| 20:01, 20 November 2023 | Veterans Day Parade African-American Color Guard 40s.jpg (file) |  |
85 KB | The color guard of an African-American marching band in a Veterans Day Parade in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 20:17, 13 November 2022 | Veterans Day Parade African-American Band 40s.jpg (file) |  |
112 KB | An African-American marching band makes its way down the first block of W. Potomac Street during a Veterans' Day parade in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 20:15, 13 November 2022 | Veterans Day Parade 1940s.jpeg (file) |  |
1.62 MB | In the 1940s, a marching band heads down the first block of W. Potomac Street from what must've been a window in the old Katz building on the Square Corner. See the old Bank of Brunswick where City Hall resides today. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
