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| 19:52, 14 August 2022 | Ada Belle Stewart.jpg (file) |  |
28 KB | Ada Belle (Arnett) Stewart posing when she worked as a volunteer in Brunswick during the Spanish Flu epidemic 1918. (Photo courtesy of Mark Stewart) Category:Smoketown Beginnings | 1 |
| 18:35, 17 October 2022 | Eastbound Station in Blue.jpg (file) |  |
29 KB | The Eastbound Brunswick Station in the late 1970s/early '80s when it was repainted Chessie System blue like the main station across the tracks. (Photo courtesy of Jody Brumage and the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 20:35, 20 November 2023 | Springdale Dairy Float.jpg (file) |  |
29 KB | Just a guess, but maybe this was an early Veterans' Day Parade float for Springdale Dairy, owned by J.N. Souder. The dairy business in Brunswick was intertwined in those days. According to John Souder, the location of this photo was on the Souder road farm. He believes dairy proprietor Woody Souder is standing front and center. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 18:23, 29 July 2023 | Harry Y George with Bull.jpg (file) |  |
30 KB | Uploaded a work by Unknown family photo from Randy George with UploadWizard | 1 |
| 17:42, 10 October 2021 | 1956 Chevy Pumper Rolls Out.jpg (file) |  |
30 KB | The 1956 Chevy Pumper rolls out. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) | 1 |
| 16:33, 10 October 2023 | Aircraft Warning ID (1).jpg (file) | .jpg) |
32 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 17:27, 10 October 2021 | IMG 5860.JPG (file) |  |
33 KB | A promotional item from the Werntz Store on East Potomac Street that used to stand where the community garden is today. Introduced to Brunswick by the Kaplons, H.N. Werntz sold discount general merchandise to railroaders and their families (shoes, hats, work clothes, etc) , as well as groceries, which were available in the back of the building on 1st Avenue. (Photos courtesy of James R. Castle from the "History In Our Attics" series) | 1 |
| 17:31, 27 December 2021 | S and N Katz Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (file) |  |
34 KB | From a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. Precision railroad watches were sold and repaired on the Square Corner opposite Horine's for generations. Frank Miglio was the friendly face who managed the shop for years. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 17:28, 27 December 2021 | Kaplons Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (file) |  |
34 KB | From a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. Brunswick's premier department store on W. Potomac Street that dated to 1889 in its original location in "the town between the tracks", eventually closed in 1967. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 18:35, 1 April 2023 | BES Farewell Celebration.jpg (file) |  |
35 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 18:37, 17 October 2022 | Swiger Wedding.jpg (file) |  |
35 KB | Brenda Barger and David Swiger after they had been just married in May 1983 by Pastor George Harpel at Trinity Lutheran Church in Knoxville. Brenda later served as church treasurer. (Photo courtesy of Brenda Barger Swiger) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 17:27, 27 December 2021 | Horines Xmas ad 1964.jpg (file) |  |
37 KB | From a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. The Horine's pharmacy and soda fountain business was still serving its signature Ammonia and Cherry Cokes in 1964. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 17:28, 10 October 2021 | IMG 5861.JPG (file) |  |
38 KB | A promotional item from the Werntz Store on East Potomac Street that used to stand where the community garden is today. Introduced to Brunswick by the Kaplons, H.N. Werntz sold discount general merchandise to railroaders and their families (shoes, hats, work clothes, etc) , as well as groceries, which were available in the back of the building on 1st Avenue. (Photos courtesy of James R. Castle from the "History In Our Attics" series) | 1 |
| 18:48, 19 February 2022 | Aunt Lucy.jpeg (file) |  |
38 KB | Aunt Lucy, the inspiration for the Aunt Lucy's brand of smoked and country hams. Aunt Lucy's Ham products were a fixture in Frederick County for generations. It was a marquee menu item at the Hawaiian restaurant on Route 180 for years. Lucy Scott was born to slave parents in Kent County, in 1834. She was brought to Walkersville when she was 4 years old. As an adult she became known around town as Aunt Lucy, a fantastic cook, specializing in curing hams. In 1929, the Stauffer family be... | 1 |
| 16:28, 1 April 2023 | Nelly Roby-Harry George Sr.JPG (file) |  |
40 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 19:32, 26 February 2022 | Titus & Chick Bottle.jpeg (file) |  |
41 KB | Titus & Chick milk bottle. This partnership lasted from 1928-1943 before George Chick went into business with Woody Souder. This bottle is dated from 1933. (Photo courtesy of Asher Adelman) Category:Smoketown Advertising | 1 |
| 17:26, 1 April 2023 | Ginny Van Pelt 1942-43.jpeg (file) |  |
41 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 18:58, 19 February 2022 | Sledding Nellie Roby-Roby Morsberger.jpeg (file) |  |
41 KB | Young Roby Morsberger gets a push from his grandmother Nellie Roby at the bottom of 3rd Avenue in the early 1950s. His grandfather Tete Roby's Hupmobile sits proudly behind left in front of the Roby home. Mrs. Roby was a the first woman elected to public office in Frederick County when she won a seat on the Brunswick City Council in the '50s. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Big Snows | 1 |
| 17:14, 28 November 2021 | Richard Hebb.jpg (file) |  |
42 KB | Richard Hebb -- WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter) | 1 |
| 17:54, 10 July 2022 | Original Y.jpeg (file) |  |
42 KB | Old postcard of the original B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street. Postmark is May, 1908. Bonus points for identifying the recipient's name. The first "Y" was opened along with the hospital on April 5, 1907. It measured 90 by 45 feet and cost $16,000. According to Reuben Moss, this version had 46 dorms and was expanded in the mid-1920s to have 76. The first officers were W.E. Shannon, Chairman; H.M. Jones, Treasurer; and Mr. McNeally, Secretary. Directors were Dr. Levin West, J.J. Haskett, T.A. Si... | 1 |
| 18:52, 26 December 2021 | The Littlest Angel.jpg (file) |  |
44 KB | Here is the angel chorus of "The Littlest Angel", which was played by 1st graders largely from what became BHS Class of '76. This play was performed during the Christmas season of 1964. Please feel free to share memories of this production. Which teacher directed the play? Cast members were as follows: Front Row: Marty Smith, Cathy Heffner, Tim Dawson, Paula Sigler, Tim Phillips, Frank Strakonsky, Chris Weitzel, Pat Miglio, Tina Wheeler, Vince Sigler, Phil Lowrey Second Row: Valerie Zombro... | 1 |
| 17:32, 1 April 2023 | Ann Wenner 1942-43.jpeg (file) |  |
44 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 23:20, 13 November 2022 | Hartman Anniversary.jpg (file) |  |
46 KB | Hartman family at a 50th anniversary party for Virts and Jerry Hartman in the 1960s. Daughters Marie Huffer on the left and Virginia Hartman on the right. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 20:00, 19 February 2024 | Bill Peer & Melody Boys & Girls with Patsy Cline.jpg (file) |  |
46 KB | Bill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls, circa 1954. Bill Peer is standing on the left holding his guitar. Future country music legend Patsy Cline is seated 3rd from left. Patsy (nee Virginia Hensley) joined the band after an audition at the Brunswick Moose lodge on September 27, 1952 after an audition. Bill hired her on the spot and convinced her to change her name to "Patsy", which was short for her middle name Patterson. She married Gerald Cline in December, 1952. Patsy Cline was a membe... | 1 |
| 00:51, 25 November 2021 | Robys in 1930s.jpg (file) |  |
46 KB | JP & Barbara Ellen Roby pose in front of their home with a view down W. Potomac Street in the 1930s. See the billboard on the side of the Mace Building (now King's) directly behind Mr. Roby. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown People | 1 |
| 19:19, 26 December 2021 | Kids with Santa.JPG (file) |  |
47 KB | Joan Williams (Nelson) and Nancy Harsh (Baker) posed on Santa's lap. According to Nancy: This was "at the little tree by bridge. Before circle was ever thought of. It grew big with all of us. Sonny would come with the sound truck first." (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 19:17, 14 August 2022 | Haley-sterling.jpg (file) |  |
48 KB | Myer Kaplon photo of Kathy Haley and Debbie Sterling, circa 1973. This appears to have been taken at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Haley Rudeseal) Category:Smoketown Kids | 1 |
| 16:52, 7 November 2021 | James "Punk" Youtz.jpeg (file) |  |
49 KB | Punk Youtz at his desk working as a clerk at the Brunswick B&O Car Yard in the 1950s. He was a friend to many. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders | 1 |
| 18:49, 12 June 2022 | Fire Nikirk Thorntons.jpg (file) |  |
50 KB | Construction site for the new Brunswick Elementary School, June 2022. The current school, which opened in the Fall of 1952 and can be seen from a distance, will be replaced. (Photo by Kathy Carter Escamilla) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance | 1 |
| 21:47, 21 October 2022 | Grace Reformed Church Knoxville.jpg (file) |  |
51 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 22:06, 26 December 2021 | Gross Bros Xmas ad 1964.jpg (file) |  |
51 KB | From a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. Once a precursor of modern department stores before the turn of the 20th Century, the Gross brothers sold fuel oils out of the historic family store at the foot of S. Maryland Avenue in 1964. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 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 |
| 19:09, 19 February 2022 | Car Accident Early 1950s.jpeg (file) |  |
53 KB | Here's another mystery photo. Smoketown followers tried to place the scene of this accident and came up with these possible locations: --Off 2nd Avenue between Brickyard Hill and the bottom of C Street --Next to two houses on Petersville Rd next to the Napa store --East A Street towards City Park Looks like the early 1950s from the looks of the overturned vintage car. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:S... | 1 |
| 18:41, 12 June 2022 | New BES Plan 2.jpg (file) |  |
54 KB | This image provides a wider view of the west Brunswick view surrounding the plot where the new school will be located. The school grounds are shown in pink. The area in yellow, in the tax data base, is owned by the city and is a large piece of land at 7.21 acres. That includes basically everything around Greenwood Street and what touches Petersville Road. (From the Frederick County Public Schools website; information courtesy of Eric Minnick) Category:Smoketown Schools | 1 |
| 19:46, 26 December 2021 | Brunswick Florist-Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (file) |  |
54 KB | When Donald Darr's shop operated out of the storefront next to Kaplon's (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 17:50, 7 November 2021 | Ayres Fauble Thompson.jpg (file) |  |
55 KB | From a late 1960s parade, it looks like Charlie Flook behind the wheel of a 1929 Chrysler. Among the faces in the crowd from the left are young Tommy Ayres, Russell Fauble, Donald Ayres and then Police Chief Tommy Thompson, in uniform. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 19:05, 14 May 2023 | Gwyneth Holder & Grandchild.jpg (file) |  |
56 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 17:16, 28 November 2021 | Robert Carter.jpg (file) |  |
56 KB | Robert Carter - Vietnam War Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers | 1 |
| 18:30, 16 January 2023 | Ephraims Xmas ad.jpg (file) |  |
59 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 17:14, 10 October 2023 | Civil Air Patrol Hedges.jpeg (file) |  |
59 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 16:59, 1 April 2023 | Doris Kelley 1st Grade 1935.jpg (file) |  |
59 KB | 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... | 1 |
| 17:11, 10 October 2023 | Civil Air Patrol Boys.jpeg (file) |  |
59 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 18:53, 12 June 2022 | New F&M Bank Welty.jpg (file) |  |
59 KB | Keith Welty takes his place behind the teller's desk at the then new Farmers & Mechanics bank branch soon after it opened on the corner of Maple Avenue and Souder Road on June 9, 1975. It is now PNC Bank. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses | 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 |
| 17:51, 14 October 2023 | Remsburgs-Littens.jpg (file) |  |
61 KB | Great photo of Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Remsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Litten cruising on the Yarmouth Panama R.P. It may have been the Remsburgs' honeymoon in 1959. Mr. Remsburg owned the Hawaiian Niteclub on old Rt. 340 in Knoxville and Mr. Litten owned Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership in Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of David Maloney and Heritage Frederick, Maryland via Frederick Maryland Old Photos) Category:Smoketown People | 1 |
| 19:24, 19 March 2022 | Engine at Coal Tipple.jpg (file) |  |
62 KB | B&O Pacific 5007 at the coaling station. Date is believed to be 1950 in the last days of steam locomotives. (Photo by Bob Flack. Potomac Chapter, NRHS Archive) Category:Smoketown Railroad | 1 |
| 17:59, 19 February 2022 | It's Academic-BHS Cheerleaders.jpeg (file) |  |
62 KB | BHS Cheerleaders rally the student body prior to the Railroaders' appearance on It's Academic in the Fall of 1975. From left to right are: Darla Sigler, ?, Kathy Carter (Escamilla), Kathy Doyle, Rhonda Wenner (Renn) and Kathy Merriman (Sears) Can anyone tell us how Brunswick fared in this competition? BHS sent teams to the long-running Saturday night student quiz show hosted by Mac McGarry for years. (Photo courtesy of Kathleen Doyle) Category:Smoketown Schools | 1 |
| 20:40, 25 February 2023 | Nellie Roby dancing.jpg (file) |  |
62 KB | 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 | 1 |
| 02:00, 14 November 2022 | Bob Stewart.jpg (file) |  |
63 KB | Leroy Herbert (Bob) Stewart and Ada Belle Arnett. This photo is believed to have been taken on their wedding day in April 1917 during World War I. It was taken on the sidewalk in front of his fathers house in Brunswick on A Street next door to Grace Church. (Photo courtesy of Mark Stewart) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers | 1 |
| 19:44, 26 December 2021 | Brunswick Mobil Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (file) |  |
63 KB | This business operated out of the garage next to Garland and Bill "Gumps" Grams station, later Nininger's. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
