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• 19:21, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Car Yard office.jpg (This 1970s photo shows the offices of the eastbound Car Yard, First floor likely housed operations offices led by Dick Mullen. Tower or 2nd floor was a part of the hump operation where they could oversee the process of making up a train. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:21, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Car Yard office.jpg (This 1970s photo shows the offices of the eastbound Car Yard, First floor likely housed operations offices led by Dick Mullen. Tower or 2nd floor was a part of the hump operation where they could oversee the process of making up a train. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:19, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Souder & Chick Hat.jpeg (Many will remember seeing this hat on Charlie Stocks when he came to your house to deliver the milk for Souder & Chick. Note what appears to be an American Legion Auxiliary hat on the left, which belonged to Bowie George. Mrs. George served n the Army and was actually a member of the American Legion. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Advertising)
• 19:19, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Souder & Chick Hat.jpeg (Many will remember seeing this hat on Charlie Stocks when he came to your house to deliver the milk for Souder & Chick. Note what appears to be an American Legion Auxiliary hat on the left, which belonged to Bowie George. Mrs. George served n the Army and was actually a member of the American Legion. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Advertising)
• 19:17, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Haley-sterling.jpg (Myer Kaplon photo of Kathy Haley and Debbie Sterling, circa 1973. This appears to have been taken at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Haley Rudeseal) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 19:17, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Haley-sterling.jpg (Myer Kaplon photo of Kathy Haley and Debbie Sterling, circa 1973. This appears to have been taken at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Haley Rudeseal) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 19:16, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Burkittsville Carnival (2).png (Sam Crone on the left, Bob Huffer (standing at the Coke machine), Richard Geisler and Paul Smith at a Burkittsville Ruritan carnival in the 1960s. The carnivals have long been held on the grounds of the Ruritan Hall, which was once home to Burkittsville Elementary School. Looking at Mr. Crone, you'll note his nail apron, which Ingalls Lumber in Middletown always donated those carnivals. (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 19:16, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Burkittsville Carnival (2).png (Sam Crone on the left, Bob Huffer (standing at the Coke machine), Richard Geisler and Paul Smith at a Burkittsville Ruritan carnival in the 1960s. The carnivals have long been held on the grounds of the Ruritan Hall, which was once home to Burkittsville Elementary School. Looking at Mr. Crone, you'll note his nail apron, which Ingalls Lumber in Middletown always donated those carnivals. (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 19:14, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Burkittsville Carnival1.jpg (This photo caption of a 1960s-era Burkittsville Ruritan Carnival read "the Dime Pitch -- Mr. Smith." According to Cheryl Beachley Varkalis: "Loved dime & nickel pitch. Won a lot of glassware for my hope chest & then my 1st apartment in Jefferson. My Dad Emmett worked at those games in the 70s. He got tired of picking up coins so he built a table with a wire top & slanted bottom for the coins to roll down." (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) [[Category:Smoketown Parades an...)
• 19:14, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Burkittsville Carnival1.jpg (This photo caption of a 1960s-era Burkittsville Ruritan Carnival read "the Dime Pitch -- Mr. Smith." According to Cheryl Beachley Varkalis: "Loved dime & nickel pitch. Won a lot of glassware for my hope chest & then my 1st apartment in Jefferson. My Dad Emmett worked at those games in the 70s. He got tired of picking up coins so he built a table with a wire top & slanted bottom for the coins to roll down." (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) [[Category:Smoketown Parades an...)
• 19:11, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Anne-Lynn Gross.jpg (Brunswick's "singing auctioneer" Anne-Lynn Gross held up one of many historic items that she auctioned off at the old Gross Brothers' store on S. Maryland Avenue next to the railroad tracks. According to the photo caption from The Brunswick Citizen, September 24, 1987, the auction was "one of the many events being held this busy weekend." It also posed the question "will she blow the horn she is holding to start the event." (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) [...)
• 19:11, 14 August 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Anne-Lynn Gross.jpg (Brunswick's "singing auctioneer" Anne-Lynn Gross held up one of many historic items that she auctioned off at the old Gross Brothers' store on S. Maryland Avenue next to the railroad tracks. According to the photo caption from The Brunswick Citizen, September 24, 1987, the auction was "one of the many events being held this busy weekend." It also posed the question "will she blow the horn she is holding to start the event." (Courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) [...)
• 17:54, 10 July 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Original Y.jpeg (Old postcard of the original B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street. Postmark is May, 1908. Bonus points for identifying the recipient's name. The first "Y" was opened along with the hospital on April 5, 1907. It measured 90 by 45 feet and cost $16,000. According to Reuben Moss, this version had 46 dorms and was expanded in the mid-1920s to have 76. The first officers were W.E. Shannon, Chairman; H.M. Jones, Treasurer; and Mr. McNeally, Secretary. Directors were Dr. Levin West, J.J. Haskett, T.A. Si...)
• 17:54, 10 July 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Original Y.jpeg (Old postcard of the original B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street. Postmark is May, 1908. Bonus points for identifying the recipient's name. The first "Y" was opened along with the hospital on April 5, 1907. It measured 90 by 45 feet and cost $16,000. According to Reuben Moss, this version had 46 dorms and was expanded in the mid-1920s to have 76. The first officers were W.E. Shannon, Chairman; H.M. Jones, Treasurer; and Mr. McNeally, Secretary. Directors were Dr. Levin West, J.J. Haskett, T.A. Si...)
• 17:53, 10 July 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:YMCA circa 1970s.JPG (Here essentially is what the expanded location looked like from the mid-1920s until the building was destroyed by fire in November, 1980 right before the annual Veterans Day Parade. This photo was likely taken sometime in the 1970s. The main entrance was obscured by the Christmas tree. Rotary Club entrance on the left. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA)
• 17:53, 10 July 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:YMCA circa 1970s.JPG (Here essentially is what the expanded location looked like from the mid-1920s until the building was destroyed by fire in November, 1980 right before the annual Veterans Day Parade. This photo was likely taken sometime in the 1970s. The main entrance was obscured by the Christmas tree. Rotary Club entrance on the left. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA)
• 17:50, 10 July 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Westbound Station 1982.jpg (The historic westbound train station in Brunswick back in 1982. It was built in 1907 and was the last station in the CSX system staffed by a human ticket agent, Blair Harrington. The station was blue at the time. According to Norm Cornelius, the blue or bluish gray was a Chessie System color. The B&O Station, WB Tower & B&O YMCA carried the same B&O R.R. color.—cream with brown trim. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 17:50, 10 July 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Westbound Station 1982.jpg (The historic westbound train station in Brunswick back in 1982. It was built in 1907 and was the last station in the CSX system staffed by a human ticket agent, Blair Harrington. The station was blue at the time. According to Norm Cornelius, the blue or bluish gray was a Chessie System color. The B&O Station, WB Tower & B&O YMCA carried the same B&O R.R. color.—cream with brown trim. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 17:49, 10 July 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Ladies on the River WVA.jpeg (Some Brunswick ladies relaxing on the Potomac River in the 1930s. This was likely taken at the Mohler farm in Bakerton, W. VA. Brunswick folks often camped on Garland Mohler’s farm along the river in the '30s. Pictured here are Eleanor Wenner, Mary Jane Watson, and Eva Mohler Watson (all standing). These are the only ladies we can identify. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 17:49, 10 July 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Ladies on the River WVA.jpeg (Some Brunswick ladies relaxing on the Potomac River in the 1930s. This was likely taken at the Mohler farm in Bakerton, W. VA. Brunswick folks often camped on Garland Mohler’s farm along the river in the '30s. Pictured here are Eleanor Wenner, Mary Jane Watson, and Eva Mohler Watson (all standing). These are the only ladies we can identify. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)