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- 19:16, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Harpers Ferry 1865.jpeg (A view of the highly strategic B&O Railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry in 1865. Overall, this B&O route was critical to the Union victory after Western Virginia voted to secede from Virginia in 1861 due to access to the important coal and timber resources of the WVA-Ohio region. (Photo from the Library of Congress) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 19:16, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Harpers Ferry 1865.jpeg (A view of the highly strategic B&O Railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry in 1865. Overall, this B&O route was critical to the Union victory after Western Virginia voted to secede from Virginia in 1861 due to access to the important coal and timber resources of the WVA-Ohio region. (Photo from the Library of Congress) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 19:14, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Snowy B&O Yard 1899.jpeg (Snow covered cars sitting in the busy East End B&O yards of Brunswick in 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode 17) Category:Smoketown Big Snows)
- 19:14, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Snowy B&O Yard 1899.jpeg (Snow covered cars sitting in the busy East End B&O yards of Brunswick in 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode 17) Category:Smoketown Big Snows)
- 19:13, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Flynn Early Barber Shop.jpeg (In this early 20th century photo, Elias Flynn is shown cutting hair at his barbershop that was located along the railroad tracks on S. Maple Ave. It was one of many in town at the time to keep railroaders looking sharp. The American Legion parking lot is on this location now. According to the "Images of America" book by Mary Rubin that covered Brunswick, she offered the tidbit that when Ken Harshman retired in 1989, he brought in Karen Poole, the town's first female barber to take over his b...)
- 19:13, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Flynn Early Barber Shop.jpeg (In this early 20th century photo, Elias Flynn is shown cutting hair at his barbershop that was located along the railroad tracks on S. Maple Ave. It was one of many in town at the time to keep railroaders looking sharp. The American Legion parking lot is on this location now. According to the "Images of America" book by Mary Rubin that covered Brunswick, she offered the tidbit that when Ken Harshman retired in 1989, he brought in Karen Poole, the town's first female barber to take over his b...)
- 19:09, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Car Accident Early 1950s.jpeg (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...)
- 19:09, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Car Accident Early 1950s.jpeg (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...)
- 19:04, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bank of Brunswick Diamond Jubilee 1965.jpeg (In the Summer of 1965, Brunswick citizens grew facial hair and put on 1890s period clothes for the Diamond Jubilee to celebrate our 75th anniversary. This is a photo inside the Bank of Brunswick on the square corner, which now houses City Hall. Bruce Porter was the teller on the right with his 1890s period beard. Maybe Mrs. Younkins on the left? (Photo from the 1965 Diamond Jubilee program) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 19:04, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bank of Brunswick Diamond Jubilee 1965.jpeg (In the Summer of 1965, Brunswick citizens grew facial hair and put on 1890s period clothes for the Diamond Jubilee to celebrate our 75th anniversary. This is a photo inside the Bank of Brunswick on the square corner, which now houses City Hall. Bruce Porter was the teller on the right with his 1890s period beard. Maybe Mrs. Younkins on the left? (Photo from the 1965 Diamond Jubilee program) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 18:58, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Sledding Nellie Roby-Roby Morsberger.jpeg (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)
- 18:58, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Sledding Nellie Roby-Roby Morsberger.jpeg (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)
- 18:56, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Darr's Tavern Ad.jpeg (Ad for Darr's Tavern on the Square Corner. This iconic local establishment was destroyed in the Brunswick Seafood House fire of September, 1994. At the time of the fire, the seafood restaurant occupied both the building on the corner where S and N Katz operated for years and the former Darr's location, which dated to the early 20th Century. Posing in the doorway were BHS seniors Melody Fambrough, Dave Yarnick and Linda Caniford, who were selling ads for the yearbook. (Ad from the 1970 BHS...)
- 18:56, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Darr's Tavern Ad.jpeg (Ad for Darr's Tavern on the Square Corner. This iconic local establishment was destroyed in the Brunswick Seafood House fire of September, 1994. At the time of the fire, the seafood restaurant occupied both the building on the corner where S and N Katz operated for years and the former Darr's location, which dated to the early 20th Century. Posing in the doorway were BHS seniors Melody Fambrough, Dave Yarnick and Linda Caniford, who were selling ads for the yearbook. (Ad from the 1970 BHS...)
- 18:49, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Aunt Lucy's Ads.jpeg (Ads for Aunt Lucy's show that the brand was about more than ham. (Photos and information courtesy of "Walkersville: Our Town") Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
- 18:49, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Aunt Lucy's Ads.jpeg (Ads for Aunt Lucy's show that the brand was about more than ham. (Photos and information courtesy of "Walkersville: Our Town") Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
- 18:48, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Aunt Lucy.jpeg (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...)
- 18:48, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Aunt Lucy.jpeg (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...)
- 18:45, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Railroaders 1920s.jpeg (A group of Brunswick railroaders gathered for this photo in the 1920s. KIm Myers believes all of these men, including his grandfather, were working in the B&O shops at the time: L-R: Unknown, Harry Burns, Dalton Kidwell, Oliver Myers. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 18:45, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Railroaders 1920s.jpeg (A group of Brunswick railroaders gathered for this photo in the 1920s. KIm Myers believes all of these men, including his grandfather, were working in the B&O shops at the time: L-R: Unknown, Harry Burns, Dalton Kidwell, Oliver Myers. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 18:43, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:People on Bridge.jpeg (This appears to be group of folks taking a walk on the old Potomac River bridge after church on a Sunday sometime in the early 1920's. We think the younger woman may be carrying a bible. Unfortunately, we can't identify any of the people in this photo, but we hope someone can help us identify some of them. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
- 18:43, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:People on Bridge.jpeg (This appears to be group of folks taking a walk on the old Potomac River bridge after church on a Sunday sometime in the early 1920's. We think the younger woman may be carrying a bible. Unfortunately, we can't identify any of the people in this photo, but we hope someone can help us identify some of them. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
- 18:41, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Waitresses at Darr's.jpeg (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)
- 18:41, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Waitresses at Darr's.jpeg (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)
- 18:39, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BHS Shop Class 1962.jpeg (Mr. Donald "King" Campbell's shop class at the old BHS on the hill in 1962. l(L-R): Donnie Hill, Benson Haller, Kim Myers, Curtis Cooper, Carlos Conner, Mr. Campbell, Charlie Jackson, Billy Nichols, and Tommy Lake. Where was the shop located in the old high school and of course, feel free to share your memories of Mr. Campbell. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 18:39, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Shop Class 1962.jpeg (Mr. Donald "King" Campbell's shop class at the old BHS on the hill in 1962. l(L-R): Donnie Hill, Benson Haller, Kim Myers, Curtis Cooper, Carlos Conner, Mr. Campbell, Charlie Jackson, Billy Nichols, and Tommy Lake. Where was the shop located in the old high school and of course, feel free to share your memories of Mr. Campbell. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 18:38, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Ann Smallwood 1957.jpeg (Graduation photo of Ann Smallwood, Lincoln High School Class of 1957. She was the daughter of Charles and Agnes Smallwood of Petersville. In those days, black secondary students were still bussed to Frederick to attend school until BHS was de-segregated in the late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Linda Smallwood Fisher) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
- 18:38, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Ann Smallwood 1957.jpeg (Graduation photo of Ann Smallwood, Lincoln High School Class of 1957. She was the daughter of Charles and Agnes Smallwood of Petersville. In those days, black secondary students were still bussed to Frederick to attend school until BHS was de-segregated in the late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Linda Smallwood Fisher) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
- 18:36, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Confirmation Class 1959.jpeg (This photo shows the Confirmation Class at Bethany Lutheran Church on March 29, 1959. (L-R): Kim Myers, Joan Remsburg, Sylvia Cauley, Karen Kidwiler, Brent Wade. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
- 18:36, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Confirmation Class 1959.jpeg (This photo shows the Confirmation Class at Bethany Lutheran Church on March 29, 1959. (L-R): Kim Myers, Joan Remsburg, Sylvia Cauley, Karen Kidwiler, Brent Wade. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
- 18:34, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Comer Family on old bridge.jpeg (Rachel Helena Goode Comer, of Brunswick, with three of her sons on the old river bridge. The boys were Norman, Emory, and Bobby. Photo was likely taken in the early 1930s, we think. (Photo courtesy of Donna Mattson) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
- 18:34, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Comer Family on old bridge.jpeg (Rachel Helena Goode Comer, of Brunswick, with three of her sons on the old river bridge. The boys were Norman, Emory, and Bobby. Photo was likely taken in the early 1930s, we think. (Photo courtesy of Donna Mattson) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
- 17:59, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:It's Academic-BHS Cheerleaders.jpeg (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)
- 17:59, 19 February 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:It's Academic-BHS Cheerleaders.jpeg (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)
- 19:43, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Fent & Bill Wenner.jpeg (Future Judge Bill Wenner gets a horseback ride from his Uncle Fent at the family farmhouse off N. Maple Avenue, circa 1934. The house dates back to around 1840 and still sits back across from the library. Judge Wenner told how Uncle Fent took him to Washington Senators games in the pre-World War II era. For years, Charles Fenton Wenner II was the eastbound trainmaster in the B&O yards in Brunswick. Three generations of Wenners lived in the family homeplace at that time. Fent later lived in...)
- 19:43, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fent & Bill Wenner.jpeg (Future Judge Bill Wenner gets a horseback ride from his Uncle Fent at the family farmhouse off N. Maple Avenue, circa 1934. The house dates back to around 1840 and still sits back across from the library. Judge Wenner told how Uncle Fent took him to Washington Senators games in the pre-World War II era. For years, Charles Fenton Wenner II was the eastbound trainmaster in the B&O yards in Brunswick. Three generations of Wenners lived in the family homeplace at that time. Fent later lived in...)
- 19:40, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Clarence Reginald Shewbridge.jpg (Clarence Reginald Shewbridge cuts a dashing pose on a snowy day in the 1920s. This photo was taken at the family home at 16 N. Virginia Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:40, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Clarence Reginald Shewbridge.jpg (Clarence Reginald Shewbridge cuts a dashing pose on a snowy day in the 1920s. This photo was taken at the family home at 16 N. Virginia Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:39, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Carter Family.jpg (Vintage Carter family photo taken across from what was then known as St. Paul's Evangelical (now Bethany) Lutheran Church in the early 1920s. From left to right are 3 generations: George Carter, George Jr. on his lap, Lib Carter and Issac Carter. (Photo courtesy of Kathy Carter Escamilla) Category:Smoketown Beginnings)
- 19:39, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Carter Family.jpg (Vintage Carter family photo taken across from what was then known as St. Paul's Evangelical (now Bethany) Lutheran Church in the early 1920s. From left to right are 3 generations: George Carter, George Jr. on his lap, Lib Carter and Issac Carter. (Photo courtesy of Kathy Carter Escamilla) Category:Smoketown Beginnings)
- 19:10, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Early Brunswick Boardwalk.JPG (Interesting Victorian photo from the early days of Brunswick that Jim Castle posted on Christmas Eve. This is one of the clearest photos you'll see of the old boardwalk that ran along what is now E. Potomac Street around the turn of the 20th Century or earlier. Can anyone tell us more about the old boardwalk and how long it was in existence? (Photo courtesy of James Robert Castle) Category:Smoketown Beginnings)
- 19:10, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Early Brunswick Boardwalk.JPG (Interesting Victorian photo from the early days of Brunswick that Jim Castle posted on Christmas Eve. This is one of the clearest photos you'll see of the old boardwalk that ran along what is now E. Potomac Street around the turn of the 20th Century or earlier. Can anyone tell us more about the old boardwalk and how long it was in existence? (Photo courtesy of James Robert Castle) Category:Smoketown Beginnings)
- 19:05, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Phyllis Maude and Gloria.jpg (Sisters Phyllis Harrington Peyton, Maude Harrington Custer and Gloria Custer in a photo dated to the mid 1930s. Maude married Raymond Custer in 1929. Gloria was the oldest daughter. Later the couple lived on W. B Street. Raymond worked at Kaplons and Maude operated the M&M market 2 doors down on W. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:05, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Phyllis Maude and Gloria.jpg (Sisters Phyllis Harrington Peyton, Maude Harrington Custer and Gloria Custer in a photo dated to the mid 1930s. Maude married Raymond Custer in 1929. Gloria was the oldest daughter. Later the couple lived on W. B Street. Raymond worked at Kaplons and Maude operated the M&M market 2 doors down on W. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:03, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Eva and Marie.jpg (This photo by Phil Peyton shows sisters Eva (standing) and Marie Harrington talking on their porch at the Harrington homeplace on N. Maple Avenue. Both lived there until their deaths in the 1960s. Eva never married and remained home to help her parents raise another 9 children. Marie and sister Maude Custer ran the M&M Market next to Brunswick Florist shop on W. Potomac Street across from the People's National Bank. Their store was known for their excellent homemade fudge and other candie...)
- 19:03, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Eva and Marie.jpg (This photo by Phil Peyton shows sisters Eva (standing) and Marie Harrington talking on their porch at the Harrington homeplace on N. Maple Avenue. Both lived there until their deaths in the 1960s. Eva never married and remained home to help her parents raise another 9 children. Marie and sister Maude Custer ran the M&M Market next to Brunswick Florist shop on W. Potomac Street across from the People's National Bank. Their store was known for their excellent homemade fudge and other candie...)
- 19:01, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Lonely Caboose.jpeg (A lonely caboose sits in the snowy Brunswick B&O yards after a big snow in 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode 17) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 19:01, 8 January 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Lonely Caboose.jpeg (A lonely caboose sits in the snowy Brunswick B&O yards after a big snow in 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode 17) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 18:27, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Peace on Earth Isaiah 2.4 2021.JPG (The message from Isaiah 2.4 within the Christmas message on the tank at Veterans' Memorial Park. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:27, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Peace on Earth Isaiah 2.4 2021.JPG (The message from Isaiah 2.4 within the Christmas message on the tank at Veterans' Memorial Park. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:22, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Peace on Earth 2.JPG (When the past is present. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to All. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:22, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Peace on Earth 2.JPG (When the past is present. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to All. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:21, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Peace on Earth 2021.JPG (When the past is present. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to All. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:21, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Peace on Earth 2021.JPG (When the past is present. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to All. We understand this display was found in storage where the Lion’s Club used to meet in the old library at the former West End school and placed where it stood in Christmases past. (Photos courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:11, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Molers Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (This was from when the Molers moved to E. Potomac Street. Forrest (Red) Moler originally owned the New York Hill Market on the corner of 9th Avenue. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 18:11, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Molers Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (This was from when the Molers moved to E. Potomac Street. Forrest (Red) Moler originally owned the New York Hill Market on the corner of 9th Avenue. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 17:34, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mayor and Council Xmas ad 1964.jpg (Ad from the Brunswick Mayor & Council led by Mayor James Cummings. Councilwoman Nellie Roby was the first woman elected to office in Frederick County. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 17:34, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mayor and Council Xmas ad 1964.jpg (Ad from the Brunswick Mayor & Council led by Mayor James Cummings. Councilwoman Nellie Roby was the first woman elected to office in Frederick County. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 17:31, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:S and N Katz Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 17:31, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:S and N Katz Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 17:30, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:SW George Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (Original longtime owners of what became the Strawsburg family business. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 17:30, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:SW George Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (Original longtime owners of what became the Strawsburg family business. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 17:28, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Kaplons Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 17:28, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Kaplons Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 17:27, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Horines Xmas ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 17:27, 27 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Horines Xmas ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 22:06, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Gross Bros Xmas ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 22:06, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gross Bros Xmas ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 22:05, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Blade Times Xmas Front cover 12-24 1964.jpg (Front cover of a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 22:05, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Blade Times Xmas Front cover 12-24 1964.jpg (Front cover of a special advertising section of the Blade-Times in December 1964. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 22:02, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Lutheran church Xmas Card.jpg (A 1950s-era Christmas Card from Reverend Ralph Miller and his family featured a photo of Bethany Lutheran Church on A Street. Mrs. Gladys Miller taught Mathematics and English at Brunswick High School. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 22:02, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Lutheran church Xmas Card.jpg (A 1950s-era Christmas Card from Reverend Ralph Miller and his family featured a photo of Bethany Lutheran Church on A Street. Mrs. Gladys Miller taught Mathematics and English at Brunswick High School. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:47, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Follins Esso Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (In loving memory of Betty & Lynn.Follin. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:47, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Follins Esso Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (In loving memory of Betty & Lynn.Follin. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:46, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Florist-Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (When Donald Darr's shop operated out of the storefront next to Kaplon's (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:46, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Florist-Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (When Donald Darr's shop operated out of the storefront next to Kaplon's (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:44, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Mobil Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 19:44, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Mobil Xmas Ad 1964.jpg (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)
- 19:36, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Peace on Earth 1956.jpg (Lion's Club Christmas display in Veterans' Memorial Park on A Street. You can see the star on the tank and the Manuels’ house on the far left. Unfortunately, the message from Isaiah isn't very clear, but you can read it in the 2021 photo. This photo is believed to have been taken in 1956. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:36, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Peace on Earth 1956.jpg (Lion's Club Christmas display in Veterans' Memorial Park on A Street. You can see the star on the tank and the Manuels’ house on the far left. Unfortunately, the message from Isaiah isn't very clear, but you can read it in the 2021 photo. This photo is believed to have been taken in 1956. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:32, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Town Christmas Tree Maryland Ave 1956.jpg (A view of the town Christmas tree looking south. See the Red Men's Hall (now the Museum), the houses on Maryland Avenue and the approach to the bridge in the background. This photo is believed to have been taken in 1956. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:32, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Town Christmas Tree Maryland Ave 1956.jpg (A view of the town Christmas tree looking south. See the Red Men's Hall (now the Museum), the houses on Maryland Avenue and the approach to the bridge in the background. This photo is believed to have been taken in 1956. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:30, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Town Christmas Tree Petersville Rd 1956.jpg (An abstract view of the town Christmas Tree at the entrance to Brunswick from the then new Potomac River bridge. See the old bowling alley on Petersville Road and C Street. Feete's Funeral Home is visible behind the tree at Petersville Road and B Street. This photo is believed to have been taken in 1956. sm (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:30, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Town Christmas Tree Petersville Rd 1956.jpg (An abstract view of the town Christmas Tree at the entrance to Brunswick from the then new Potomac River bridge. See the old bowling alley on Petersville Road and C Street. Feete's Funeral Home is visible behind the tree at Petersville Road and B Street. This photo is believed to have been taken in 1956. sm (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:28, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Coffman Fisher Xmas Ad.jpg (Ad for Coffman-Fisher's Christmas Festival in December 1964. Check out the prices. There an elaborate Christmas display on the 2nd floor of the store where toys were sold. The business on the 1st block of E. Potomac Street was always known as The Lace Store. (Blade-Times ad courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:28, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Coffman Fisher Xmas Ad.jpg (Ad for Coffman-Fisher's Christmas Festival in December 1964. Check out the prices. There an elaborate Christmas display on the 2nd floor of the store where toys were sold. The business on the 1st block of E. Potomac Street was always known as The Lace Store. (Blade-Times ad courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:25, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Newberrys Xmas Ad.jpg (Christmas promotion at J.J. Newberry's (the Dime Store) in December 1964. (Blade-Times ad courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:25, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Newberrys Xmas Ad.jpg (Christmas promotion at J.J. Newberry's (the Dime Store) in December 1964. (Blade-Times ad courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:22, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Wenners Hill Christmas Tree.jpg (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)
- 19:22, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Wenners Hill Christmas Tree.jpg (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)
- 19:21, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Santa 1964.jpg (he Blade-Times caption from December 1964 says it all, as Santa greeted local kids at the town tree next to the Potomac River Bridge. One child was obviously unhappy at the sight of Kris Kringle. In the picture at the lower left is Anita (NeeNee) Morris & Dolores Jackson. Who else can you recognize? Maybe this Santa's suit was cleaned and pressed at Shelley's Cleaners? (Clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:21, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Santa 1964.jpg (he Blade-Times caption from December 1964 says it all, as Santa greeted local kids at the town tree next to the Potomac River Bridge. One child was obviously unhappy at the sight of Kris Kringle. In the picture at the lower left is Anita (NeeNee) Morris & Dolores Jackson. Who else can you recognize? Maybe this Santa's suit was cleaned and pressed at Shelley's Cleaners? (Clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
- 19:19, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Kids with Santa.JPG (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)
- 19:19, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Kids with Santa.JPG (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)
- 19:17, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Christmas Candy.jpg (This commemorates Christmas Celebrations in Brunswick in the 1950s. During the Christmas season, local kids got to see Santa in various locations, including the town tree next to the bridge and in other locations around town, especially the churches. When Santa arrived, each child would receive an orange and a box of hard candies. Please feel free to share your memories of these Christmas pageants in churches and in other locations around town. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) [[Category:Smoketo...)
- 19:17, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Christmas Candy.jpg (This commemorates Christmas Celebrations in Brunswick in the 1950s. During the Christmas season, local kids got to see Santa in various locations, including the town tree next to the bridge and in other locations around town, especially the churches. When Santa arrived, each child would receive an orange and a box of hard candies. Please feel free to share your memories of these Christmas pageants in churches and in other locations around town. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) [[Category:Smoketo...)
- 19:14, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:WB Tower-E. Potomac Street.jpg (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...)
- 19:14, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:WB Tower-E. Potomac Street.jpg (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...)
- 19:08, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:Greentop Fall Photo.jpeg to File:Camp Greentop Fall Photo.jpeg
- 19:07, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:Fall Greentop Photo.jpeg to File:Greentop Fall Photo.jpeg
- 19:03, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Fall Greentop Photo.jpeg (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)
- 19:03, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fall Greentop Photo.jpeg (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)
- 19:00, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Connie Grams.JPG (Connie Taylor Grams with her daughter Jean posing in front of a beautiful 1954 Buick Roadmaster. Her husband Garland Grams sold Buicks at the family service station on Petersville Road. Mrs. Grams' brother-in-law Bill "Gumps" Grams took over the station and auto service business following Garland's untimely death, circa 1960. Mrs. Grams passed away recently at age 91. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:00, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Connie Grams.JPG (Connie Taylor Grams with her daughter Jean posing in front of a beautiful 1954 Buick Roadmaster. Her husband Garland Grams sold Buicks at the family service station on Petersville Road. Mrs. Grams' brother-in-law Bill "Gumps" Grams took over the station and auto service business following Garland's untimely death, circa 1960. Mrs. Grams passed away recently at age 91. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category:Smoketown People)
- 18:58, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Rev. Thomas West Claggett III.jpg (The Rev. Thomas West Claggett, III February 20, 1938 - December 7, 2021 He served the Lord, his church and community with humor, humility and grace. (Photo courtesy of Grace Episcopal Church) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
- 18:58, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Rev. Thomas West Claggett III.jpg (The Rev. Thomas West Claggett, III February 20, 1938 - December 7, 2021 He served the Lord, his church and community with humor, humility and grace. (Photo courtesy of Grace Episcopal Church) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
- 18:52, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:The Littlest Angel.jpg (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...)
- 18:52, 26 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:The Littlest Angel.jpg (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...)
- 20:25, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1958 Mid-Air Collision Citizens .jpg (Local citizens on their way to the crash site of a military jet and commercial airliner on 30 May, 1958. near Point of Rocks off 464. (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance)
- 20:25, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1958 Mid-Air Collision Citizens .jpg (Local citizens on their way to the crash site of a military jet and commercial airliner on 30 May, 1958. near Point of Rocks off 464. (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance)
- 20:20, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1958 Mid-Air Collision 2.jpg (On May 30, 1958, a horrific air crash between military and jet airliners collided in mid-air between Brunswick and Point of Rocks. It was a long-fought legal case that led to stronger federal air traffic controls. Using binoculars, mill operator Walker Smith watched the surviving pilot descend by parachute. He drove to the crash site and took this photo of what appears to be part of the fusilage of the military jet (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) [[Category:Smoketown Police - Fir...)
- 20:20, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1958 Mid-Air Collision 2.jpg (On May 30, 1958, a horrific air crash between military and jet airliners collided in mid-air between Brunswick and Point of Rocks. It was a long-fought legal case that led to stronger federal air traffic controls. Using binoculars, mill operator Walker Smith watched the surviving pilot descend by parachute. He drove to the crash site and took this photo of what appears to be part of the fusilage of the military jet (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) [[Category:Smoketown Police - Fir...)
- 20:17, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1958 Mid-Air Collision 1.jpg (On May 30, 1958, a horrific air crash between military and jet airliners collided in mid-air between Brunswick and Point of Rocks. It was a long-fought legal case that led to stronger federal air traffic controls. Using binoculars, mill operator Walker Smith watched the surviving pilot descend by parachute. He drove to the crash site and took a few pictures. (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance)
- 20:17, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1958 Mid-Air Collision 1.jpg (On May 30, 1958, a horrific air crash between military and jet airliners collided in mid-air between Brunswick and Point of Rocks. It was a long-fought legal case that led to stronger federal air traffic controls. Using binoculars, mill operator Walker Smith watched the surviving pilot descend by parachute. He drove to the crash site and took a few pictures. (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance)
- 20:07, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Western Gentlemen in the 1970s.jpg (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)
- 20:07, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Western Gentlemen in the 1970s.jpg (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)
- 20:02, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Sunday School Grace Church.jpg (Sunday School class taught by Lila Wenner in the undercroft at Grace Church sometime in the '80s. (Photo courtesy of Rebecah Staup Daggett) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
- 20:02, 5 December 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Sunday School Grace Church.jpg (Sunday School class taught by Lila Wenner in the undercroft at Grace Church sometime in the '80s. (Photo courtesy of Rebecah Staup Daggett) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
- 18:23, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:Default-35.jpg to File:Beer Party.jpg
- 18:22, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Default-35.jpg (Photo of a party way back when, maybe the 1940s. Assuming from other photos we have that appear to have been shot at the same time, it was a crab feed. Some guesses are that it was held at the Farmers Woods or Rod & Gun Club in Petersville. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 18:22, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Default-35.jpg (Photo of a party way back when, maybe the 1940s. Assuming from other photos we have that appear to have been shot at the same time, it was a crab feed. Some guesses are that it was held at the Farmers Woods or Rod & Gun Club in Petersville. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 18:18, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Butchering.jpg (Country butchering at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Virginia. 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)
- 18:18, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Butchering.jpg (Country butchering at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Virginia. 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)
- 18:10, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Crane Operator.jpeg (Unidentified crane operator in the Brunswick yard. Photo taken in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 18:10, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Crane Operator.jpeg (Unidentified crane operator in the Brunswick yard. Photo taken in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 17:21, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Benny Harsh.JPG (Benny Harsh with his children Galen and Nancy pose outside their house on N. Maple Avenue before a Veterans' Day Parade circa 1969. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
- 17:21, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Benny Harsh.JPG (Benny Harsh with his children Galen and Nancy pose outside their house on N. Maple Avenue before a Veterans' Day Parade circa 1969. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
- 17:16, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:KarlShewbridge.jpg (Karl Shewbridge - WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
- 17:16, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:KarlShewbridge.jpg (Karl Shewbridge - WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
- 17:16, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Robert Carter.jpg (Robert Carter - Vietnam War Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
- 17:16, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Robert Carter.jpg (Robert Carter - Vietnam War Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
- 17:14, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Richard Hebb.jpg (Richard Hebb -- WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter))
- 17:14, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Richard Hebb.jpg (Richard Hebb -- WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter))
- 17:06, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Dorothy Shewbridge Frye.jpg (Dorothy Shewbridge Frye poses in front of her family home on N. Virginia Avenue in the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People)
- 17:06, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Dorothy Shewbridge Frye.jpg (Dorothy Shewbridge Frye poses in front of her family home on N. Virginia Avenue in the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People)
- 16:41, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Teeny Garrott.jpeg (Ernestine "Teeny" Garrott standing outside the family home and boarding house on W. B. Street next to the funeral home. The home was known to the family as "The Junction" because of its proximity to the bridge and entrance to Brunswick. She was a daughter of Dr. John E. Garrott of Burkittsville, who along with their grandfather Dr. John D. Garrott treated wounded Union troops in field hospitals after the Battle of South Mountain. Their grand nephew, Judge Bill Wenner told the story that t...)
- 16:41, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Teeny Garrott.jpeg (Ernestine "Teeny" Garrott standing outside the family home and boarding house on W. B. Street next to the funeral home. The home was known to the family as "The Junction" because of its proximity to the bridge and entrance to Brunswick. She was a daughter of Dr. John E. Garrott of Burkittsville, who along with their grandfather Dr. John D. Garrott treated wounded Union troops in field hospitals after the Battle of South Mountain. Their grand nephew, Judge Bill Wenner told the story that t...)
- 16:36, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Gertrude Garrott.jpeg (Gertrude Garrott standing outside the family home and boarding house on W. B. Street next to the funeral home. The home was known to the family as "The Junction". She was a daughter of Dr. John E. Garrott of Burkittsville, who along with their grandfather Dr. John D. Garrott treated wounded Union troops in field hospitals after the Battle of South Mountain. Their grand nephew, Judge Bill Wenner told the story that the Garrott ladies once operated a store out of the ground floor of this ho...)
- 16:36, 28 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gertrude Garrott.jpeg (Gertrude Garrott standing outside the family home and boarding house on W. B. Street next to the funeral home. The home was known to the family as "The Junction". She was a daughter of Dr. John E. Garrott of Burkittsville, who along with their grandfather Dr. John D. Garrott treated wounded Union troops in field hospitals after the Battle of South Mountain. Their grand nephew, Judge Bill Wenner told the story that the Garrott ladies once operated a store out of the ground floor of this ho...)
- 00:56, 25 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Old & New Bridges 1955.JPG (Photo juxtaposition of the old and new Potomac River bridges spanning Loudoun County to Brunswick, MD in 1955 sometime after the then new bridge opened. (Magazine clipping courtesy of Frank Noe) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
- 00:56, 25 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Old & New Bridges 1955.JPG (Photo juxtaposition of the old and new Potomac River bridges spanning Loudoun County to Brunswick, MD in 1955 sometime after the then new bridge opened. (Magazine clipping courtesy of Frank Noe) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
- 00:51, 25 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Robys in 1930s.jpg (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)
- 00:51, 25 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Robys in 1930s.jpg (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)
- 23:47, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Zane Hall.jpg (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))
- 23:47, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Zane Hall.jpg (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))
- 23:45, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Trackman.jpg (An excellent Blair Harrington portrait of a track department worker in the Brunswick railroad yard with the soft background of the bridge and old Gross store behind the railroader. The photo was taken in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 23:45, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Trackman.jpg (An excellent Blair Harrington portrait of a track department worker in the Brunswick railroad yard with the soft background of the bridge and old Gross store behind the railroader. The photo was taken in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:42, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Danny Swope.jpg (Danny Swope poses in the Brunswick Westbound Station in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:42, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Danny Swope.jpg (Danny Swope poses in the Brunswick Westbound Station in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:33, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Vernon Strout.jpg (Vernon Strout - 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:33, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Vernon Strout.jpg (Vernon Strout - 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:31, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Marianne Weidemann .jpg (Marianne Weidemann - 1982 According to Denise Duncan Moore: "She was on the extra list. She worked a lot at WB Tower. Every now and then she would catch a checking job or the booking job at the yard office. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:31, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Marianne Weidemann .jpg (Marianne Weidemann - 1982 According to Denise Duncan Moore: "She was on the extra list. She worked a lot at WB Tower. Every now and then she would catch a checking job or the booking job at the yard office. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:23, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Buzzy Darr.jpg (Buzzy Darr worked in the track department. He was also a crane operator. He posed here in 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:23, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Buzzy Darr.jpg (Buzzy Darr worked in the track department. He was also a crane operator. He posed here in 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:21, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bill Sheckles.jpg (Trackman Bill Sheckles in 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:21, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bill Sheckles.jpg (Trackman Bill Sheckles in 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:07, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Dave Waters.jpg (This is a portrait of Dave Waters in 1982. He worked in the car department. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:07, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Dave Waters.jpg (This is a portrait of Dave Waters in 1982. He worked in the car department. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:03, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Jessie Brown.jpg (Railroader Jessie Brown-1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:03, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Jessie Brown.jpg (Railroader Jessie Brown-1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 02:00, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Charles King.jpg (Charlie King in the Brunswick yard in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese))
- 02:00, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charles King.jpg (Charlie King in the Brunswick yard in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese))
- 01:59, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Charlie Selby-1982.jpg (Charlie Selby poses in the Brunswick Westbound Station in 1982. Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 01:59, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charlie Selby-1982.jpg (Charlie Selby poses in the Brunswick Westbound Station in 1982. Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 01:57, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Robbie Grams.jpg (Robbie Grams in the railroad parking lot in 1982. At the time, he was Yardmaster and WB Tower operator. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese))
- 01:57, 24 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Robbie Grams.jpg (Robbie Grams in the railroad parking lot in 1982. At the time, he was Yardmaster and WB Tower operator. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese))
- 19:34, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Reviewing Stand Veterans Park.jpg (A ceremony at Veterans' Memorial Park on A Street. Maybe late 1940s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 19:34, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Reviewing Stand Veterans Park.jpg (A ceremony at Veterans' Memorial Park on A Street. Maybe late 1940s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 19:33, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Marching Band W Potomac St.jpg (Marching band moves into the crowd of onlookers on W. Potomac Street in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 19:33, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Marching Band W Potomac St.jpg (Marching band moves into the crowd of onlookers on W. Potomac Street in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 19:31, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Marching Band Florida Avenue.jpg (A marching band makes its way from Florida Avenue to W. Potomac Street in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 19:31, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Marching Band Florida Avenue.jpg (A marching band makes its way from Florida Avenue to W. Potomac Street in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 17:51, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:WWI Veterans 1968 .jpg (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)
- 17:51, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:WWI Veterans 1968 .jpg (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)
- 17:50, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Ayres Fauble Thompson.jpg (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)
- 17:50, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Ayres Fauble Thompson.jpg (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)
- 17:48, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Boy Scouts?.jpg (Here we think are the Boy Scouts in a Veterans' Day Parade on W. Potomac Street, circa 1969. Bill Shewbridge is one of the older scouts inspecting the troops in the foreground. It was pointed out that these weren't Boy Scouts' uniforms. Developing... (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 17:48, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Boy Scouts?.jpg (Here we think are the Boy Scouts in a Veterans' Day Parade on W. Potomac Street, circa 1969. Bill Shewbridge is one of the older scouts inspecting the troops in the foreground. It was pointed out that these weren't Boy Scouts' uniforms. Developing... (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 17:47, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Cindy Porter, Kathy Myers, Kris Myers, Linda Sell.jpg (One thing you might notice in our Veterans' Day Parade album is you can watch Kathy and Kris Myers grow up as Girl Scouts marching in the November parades through the years. Here they are leading the troop as Flag Bearers, circa 1959 or '60 on W. Potomac Street at the corner pf N. Virginia Avenue. Flanking them on the left and right are Cindy Porter and Linda Sell. According to Kathy Hale Cage: "Behind the first girl on the left in front of the banner ... over her right shoulder I see Lin...)
- 17:47, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Cindy Porter, Kathy Myers, Kris Myers, Linda Sell.jpg (One thing you might notice in our Veterans' Day Parade album is you can watch Kathy and Kris Myers grow up as Girl Scouts marching in the November parades through the years. Here they are leading the troop as Flag Bearers, circa 1959 or '60 on W. Potomac Street at the corner pf N. Virginia Avenue. Flanking them on the left and right are Cindy Porter and Linda Sell. According to Kathy Hale Cage: "Behind the first girl on the left in front of the banner ... over her right shoulder I see Lin...)
- 17:45, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Majorettes.jpg (Majorettes make their way down Florida Avenue towards the turn on W. Potomac Street when the parade used to run east. Late 1940s or early '50s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 17:45, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Majorettes.jpg (Majorettes make their way down Florida Avenue towards the turn on W. Potomac Street when the parade used to run east. Late 1940s or early '50s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 17:36, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Railroad Yard in 1982.jpg (A shot of what was left of the old railroad yard operations in 1982, taken from in front of the Westbound Station. See the WB Tower, roundhouse and water tower. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 17:36, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Railroad Yard in 1982.jpg (A shot of what was left of the old railroad yard operations in 1982, taken from in front of the Westbound Station. See the WB Tower, roundhouse and water tower. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
- 17:31, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Fast Eddie's Construction.jpg (Fast Eddie's gas station and convenience store taking shape in 1982. The historic Foster house on W. Potomac Street and Jordan House on Maryland Avenue above the station create an L-shaped perimeter that remains today. Fast Eddie's operated at this location until the 1990s and was known for it's delicious fried chicken and potato wedges. It later became headquarters for the Brunswick Citizen newspaper until its demise in 2020 during the global pandemic. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy o...)
- 17:31, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fast Eddie's Construction.jpg (Fast Eddie's gas station and convenience store taking shape in 1982. The historic Foster house on W. Potomac Street and Jordan House on Maryland Avenue above the station create an L-shaped perimeter that remains today. Fast Eddie's operated at this location until the 1990s and was known for it's delicious fried chicken and potato wedges. It later became headquarters for the Brunswick Citizen newspaper until its demise in 2020 during the global pandemic. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy o...)
- 17:29, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Old Shell Transition 1982.jpg (Early part of the transition of the old downtown Shell station to Fast Eddie's in 1982. A Shell gasoline franchise had operated in this location on the corner of W. Potomac Street and Maryland Avenue for 40 years under different owners, including Bill Deener, Renace Painter, Dutch Miller, Donald Woods and others. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 17:29, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Old Shell Transition 1982.jpg (Early part of the transition of the old downtown Shell station to Fast Eddie's in 1982. A Shell gasoline franchise had operated in this location on the corner of W. Potomac Street and Maryland Avenue for 40 years under different owners, including Bill Deener, Renace Painter, Dutch Miller, Donald Woods and others. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 17:23, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Downtown Businesses 1982.jpg (The downtown business district on W. Potomac Street in 1982 when it was in its dying days as the railroad decreased its operations in Brunswick. Newberry's was still in business next door to the museum. Brunswick Market occupied the space where the Acme and Roelke's once operated. At the time, Jerry's Liquors was next door to the market. On the north side of the street were Ralph Brown's real estate and H&R Block offices. Further down were Burns' Liquors and Payne's Pharmacy. (Photo by Blai...)
- 17:23, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Downtown Businesses 1982.jpg (The downtown business district on W. Potomac Street in 1982 when it was in its dying days as the railroad decreased its operations in Brunswick. Newberry's was still in business next door to the museum. Brunswick Market occupied the space where the Acme and Roelke's once operated. At the time, Jerry's Liquors was next door to the market. On the north side of the street were Ralph Brown's real estate and H&R Block offices. Further down were Burns' Liquors and Payne's Pharmacy. (Photo by Blai...)
- 17:13, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:F&M Bank Staff.jpg (Lee Smith behind the counter at the old F&M Bank on W. Potomac Street in 1982. The tellers on the right are Sheri Harrington and Ernestine Reynolds. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 17:13, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:F&M Bank Staff.jpg (Lee Smith behind the counter at the old F&M Bank on W. Potomac Street in 1982. The tellers on the right are Sheri Harrington and Ernestine Reynolds. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
- 17:11, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Blair Harrington at Station.jpg (Self portrait of Blair Harrington at the westbound train station? (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown People)
- 17:11, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Blair Harrington at Station.jpg (Self portrait of Blair Harrington at the westbound train station? (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown People)
- 17:05, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Lena Troxell at Kaplons.jpg (Mrs. Lena Troxell was a regular customer at Kaplon's Department Store. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries))
- 17:05, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Lena Troxell at Kaplons.jpg (Mrs. Lena Troxell was a regular customer at Kaplon's Department Store. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries))
- 17:02, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Railroad Doctor.jpg (A B&O doctor examining a patient--maybe 1950s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 17:02, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Railroad Doctor.jpg (A B&O doctor examining a patient--maybe 1950s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
- 16:53, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:06B7D739-61D4-4508-ACED-6101A3E8FABA.jpeg to File:James "Punk" Youtz.jpeg
- 16:52, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:06B7D739-61D4-4508-ACED-6101A3E8FABA.jpeg (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)
- 16:52, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:06B7D739-61D4-4508-ACED-6101A3E8FABA.jpeg (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)
- 16:40, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:79426E21-D85C-40C0-8967-8952EF7714FA 1 201 a.jpeg to File:Cage Brothers.jpeg
- 16:39, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:79426E21-D85C-40C0-8967-8952EF7714FA 1 201 a.jpeg (A happy photo of Bob Cage hoisting his little brother Pete up to the roofline of the Cage family home on W. B Street. This was Bob’s 16th birthday on May 21, 1961. (Photo courtesy of A.F. "Pete" Cage) Category:Smoketown Kids)
- 16:39, 7 November 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:79426E21-D85C-40C0-8967-8952EF7714FA 1 201 a.jpeg (A happy photo of Bob Cage hoisting his little brother Pete up to the roofline of the Cage family home on W. B Street. This was Bob’s 16th birthday on May 21, 1961. (Photo courtesy of A.F. "Pete" Cage) Category:Smoketown Kids)
- 13:22, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Family at Diamond Jubilee Parade.jpg (A young family getting ready to watch a parade in front of Kaplon’s on W. Potomac Street. Judging from the period headware, this photo was likely taken during the 1965 Diamond Jubilee parade. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 13:22, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Family at Diamond Jubilee Parade.jpg (A young family getting ready to watch a parade in front of Kaplon’s on W. Potomac Street. Judging from the period headware, this photo was likely taken during the 1965 Diamond Jubilee parade. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 13:18, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Charlie & Evie McLane.jpg (A beautiful young couple, Evie & Charlie McLane pose on the steps of the old Wenner family home on W. Potomac Street--late 1940s? (Photo courtesy of Kelley McLane Bender) Category:Smoketown People)
- 13:18, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charlie & Evie McLane.jpg (A beautiful young couple, Evie & Charlie McLane pose on the steps of the old Wenner family home on W. Potomac Street--late 1940s? (Photo courtesy of Kelley McLane Bender) Category:Smoketown People)
- 13:03, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:S.W. George Store Foundation.jpg (A view of the foundation being laid for the S.W. George Hardware Store on W Potomac St. (Wenner Street at the time) in 1907 or '08. The backs of houses on Walnut Street are visible in the background as are the old barn and stables directly on the left. According to Randy George, "the stables were built years before and was where draft horses, wagons and equipment for tinning roofs were kept." The old structures are still standing. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Mays))
- 13:03, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:S.W. George Store Foundation.jpg (A view of the foundation being laid for the S.W. George Hardware Store on W Potomac St. (Wenner Street at the time) in 1907 or '08. The backs of houses on Walnut Street are visible in the background as are the old barn and stables directly on the left. According to Randy George, "the stables were built years before and was where draft horses, wagons and equipment for tinning roofs were kept." The old structures are still standing. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Mays))
- 12:46, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:German Crossing Ferry.bmp (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...)
- 12:46, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:German Crossing Ferry.bmp (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...)
- 12:43, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:24265330-1AF3-4B92-BD77-0B62AC0C1309 1 201 a.jpeg to File:Mr. & Mrs. C.M. Wenner.jpeg
- 12:42, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:92823180 3121190291246049 6080634566748405760 o.jpg to File:Under the Bridge.jpg
- 12:40, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:IMG 6570.JPG to File:Sam Huffer & Carol Smith.JPG
- 12:38, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:IMG 6790.JPG to File:BHS Football Fireworks.JPG (BHS Football Fireworks)
- 12:35, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:BD330C1C-83A8-4042-B6BC-C8CA59723228 1 201 a.jpeg to File:Camp Greentop Dining Hall.jpeg
- 12:34, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:IMG 6451.jpeg to File:Camp Greentop Cabin.jpeg
- 12:33, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:244519877 10226783600446310 4762607446774886640 n.jpg to File:1956 Chevy Pumper Rolls Out.jpg
- 12:31, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:244641585 10226787069333030 5046227744615175706 n.jpg to File:Delivery of 1956 Chevy Pumper.jpg
- 12:29, 24 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs moved page File:46501202 10219316877539456 4609180446176051200 n.jpg to File:Jimmy Dean's Engine.jpg
- 22:49, 13 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:24265330-1AF3-4B92-BD77-0B62AC0C1309 1 201 a.jpeg (Portraits of the young couple Charles Malcolm (C.M.) and Edna Garrott Wenner, circa 1880s. The Wenners raised 8 children, including Brunswick Distinguished Citizens E. Virginia (Educator) and William B. Wenner (Farmer & Merchant), as well as grandson William W. Wenner (MD Appellate Judge). Like his distant cousin, W.W. Wenner in the west end of early Brunswick, C.M. Wenner had visions of prospering his growing family by selling lots on the 500 acre family farm that bordered both sides of N....)
- 22:49, 13 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:24265330-1AF3-4B92-BD77-0B62AC0C1309 1 201 a.jpeg (Portraits of the young couple Charles Malcolm (C.M.) and Edna Garrott Wenner, circa 1880s. The Wenners raised 8 children, including Brunswick Distinguished Citizens E. Virginia (Educator) and William B. Wenner (Farmer & Merchant), as well as grandson William W. Wenner (MD Appellate Judge). Like his distant cousin, W.W. Wenner in the west end of early Brunswick, C.M. Wenner had visions of prospering his growing family by selling lots on the 500 acre family farm that bordered both sides of N....)
- 18:05, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:IMG 6790.JPG (Great shot of the fireworks after the BHS Railroaders' Homecoming Game on 10/8/21. They won 29-27 over Liberty to improve their record to 5-1. (Photo by Courtney Twayne Allison))
- 18:05, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:IMG 6790.JPG (Great shot of the fireworks after the BHS Railroaders' Homecoming Game on 10/8/21. They won 29-27 over Liberty to improve their record to 5-1. (Photo by Courtney Twayne Allison))
- 18:00, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:92823180 3121190291246049 6080634566748405760 o.jpg (Great "under the bridge" photo of Brunswick by Jeff Pearl in September, 2020. This one is looking up S. Virginia Avenue towards W. Potomac Street. There are 4 historical landmarks, in addition to the bridge: 1) D.C. Weinbrenner Wholesale Warehouse: Red building to right of bridge at the foot of the hill. 2) The old Beall-McMurry house on the corner of Virginia Avenue and Potomac Street, which is possibly the oldest house in Brunswick. It is being restored after the terrible fire in June, 2...)
- 18:00, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:92823180 3121190291246049 6080634566748405760 o.jpg (Great "under the bridge" photo of Brunswick by Jeff Pearl in September, 2020. This one is looking up S. Virginia Avenue towards W. Potomac Street. There are 4 historical landmarks, in addition to the bridge: 1) D.C. Weinbrenner Wholesale Warehouse: Red building to right of bridge at the foot of the hill. 2) The old Beall-McMurry house on the corner of Virginia Avenue and Potomac Street, which is possibly the oldest house in Brunswick. It is being restored after the terrible fire in June, 2...)
- 17:43, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:IMG 6570.JPG ('70s flashback in real time to 2 beloved teachers at the recent 2021 Sizzling '70s Reunion. Sam Huffer and Carol Smith taught us how to let loose expressing ourselves in BHS plays, music and sports. (Photo courtesy of Joanna Feaster Henson))
- 17:43, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:IMG 6570.JPG ('70s flashback in real time to 2 beloved teachers at the recent 2021 Sizzling '70s Reunion. Sam Huffer and Carol Smith taught us how to let loose expressing ourselves in BHS plays, music and sports. (Photo courtesy of Joanna Feaster Henson))
- 17:42, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:244519877 10226783600446310 4762607446774886640 n.jpg (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))
- 17:42, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:244519877 10226783600446310 4762607446774886640 n.jpg (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))
- 17:40, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:244641585 10226787069333030 5046227744615175706 n.jpg (Delivery of a then new 1956 Chevy Pumper to the old Fire Hall (now Smoketown Brewery).Like almost all service vehicles in those days, Litten's Chevrolet-Olds dealership supplied them. The business operated on the western edge of Brunswick, which used to be a main entrance to town. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum))
- 17:40, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:244641585 10226787069333030 5046227744615175706 n.jpg (Delivery of a then new 1956 Chevy Pumper to the old Fire Hall (now Smoketown Brewery).Like almost all service vehicles in those days, Litten's Chevrolet-Olds dealership supplied them. The business operated on the western edge of Brunswick, which used to be a main entrance to town. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum))
- 17:31, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:46501202 10219316877539456 4609180446176051200 n.jpg (According to Jason Russell, this is the famous pumper that was dubbed "Jimmy Dean's Engine". The 1957 Chevrolet fire engine was so named because Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats appeared so often at the Brunswick Fire Hall in the 1950s, the Brunswick Volunteer Fire Dept was able to buy it. (Photo courtesy of Jason A. Russell))
- 17:31, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:46501202 10219316877539456 4609180446176051200 n.jpg (According to Jason Russell, this is the famous pumper that was dubbed "Jimmy Dean's Engine". The 1957 Chevrolet fire engine was so named because Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats appeared so often at the Brunswick Fire Hall in the 1950s, the Brunswick Volunteer Fire Dept was able to buy it. (Photo courtesy of Jason A. Russell))
- 17:28, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:IMG 5861.JPG (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))
- 17:28, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:IMG 5861.JPG (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))
- 17:27, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:IMG 5860.JPG (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))
- 17:27, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:IMG 5860.JPG (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))
- 17:24, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:15578271 10154262276795208 1518142801246346412 o.jpg (This safe deposit bag was used by W.B. Wenner and family members to deposit daily earnings from The City Meat Market on W. Potomac Street into the bank. According to Judge Bill Wenner, only family members were allowed to staff the cash register and drop off the daily proceeds. The store stood where the Ambulance Company resides today. The People's National Bank building still stands proudly across from Beans in the Belfry. In recent years, it was the home office of a printing company? (Pho...)
- 17:24, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:15578271 10154262276795208 1518142801246346412 o.jpg (This safe deposit bag was used by W.B. Wenner and family members to deposit daily earnings from The City Meat Market on W. Potomac Street into the bank. According to Judge Bill Wenner, only family members were allowed to staff the cash register and drop off the daily proceeds. The store stood where the Ambulance Company resides today. The People's National Bank building still stands proudly across from Beans in the Belfry. In recent years, it was the home office of a printing company? (Pho...)
- 17:10, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:IMG 3357.JPG (This photo was shot with an Olympus Pen F half frame camera on Agfachrome in the B&O railroad yard at Brunswick in 1976. According to Robert Foster, the engine looks like the engine was coming out of the roundhouse, just east of turntable. "Probably at fueling station that big Water Tank was on other side beside Roundhouse directly across from the Waste Treatment plant." (Photo by Ray Soderberg))
- 17:10, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:IMG 3357.JPG (This photo was shot with an Olympus Pen F half frame camera on Agfachrome in the B&O railroad yard at Brunswick in 1976. According to Robert Foster, the engine looks like the engine was coming out of the roundhouse, just east of turntable. "Probably at fueling station that big Water Tank was on other side beside Roundhouse directly across from the Waste Treatment plant." (Photo by Ray Soderberg))
- 17:07, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:IMG 6451.jpeg (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...)
- 17:07, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:IMG 6451.jpeg (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...)
- 16:41, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BD330C1C-83A8-4042-B6BC-C8CA59723228 1 201 a.jpeg (Here's a photo of the Camp Greentop dining room and recreation hall, just as many will remember it in the Fall of whatever was your 6th grade year in elementary school all around Frederick County. There were some ghost stories and it was cold in the mountains. Here are some memories from Smoketown followers: Kelly Leigh I went to Valley Elementary. In 1977, I remember our camp counselor Tim Fogle died in a jeep accident the week after we went. We did a fundraiser for him. He was from Middle...)
- 16:41, 10 October 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BD330C1C-83A8-4042-B6BC-C8CA59723228 1 201 a.jpeg (Here's a photo of the Camp Greentop dining room and recreation hall, just as many will remember it in the Fall of whatever was your 6th grade year in elementary school all around Frederick County. There were some ghost stories and it was cold in the mountains. Here are some memories from Smoketown followers: Kelly Leigh I went to Valley Elementary. In 1977, I remember our camp counselor Tim Fogle died in a jeep accident the week after we went. We did a fundraiser for him. He was from Middle...)
- 16:25, 19 September 2021 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1971 BHS JV Football.jpeg (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...)
- 16:25, 19 September 2021 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1971 BHS JV Football.jpeg (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...)