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  • 20:16, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:B&O Safety First.jpg ("Safety First" was a longtime motto of the B&O Railroad. Here's the cover of a B&O Employees Magazine from August 1913. (B&O Museum image courtesy of David McIntosh) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 20:16, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:B&O Safety First.jpg ("Safety First" was a longtime motto of the B&O Railroad. Here's the cover of a B&O Employees Magazine from August 1913. (B&O Museum image courtesy of David McIntosh) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 20:13, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:John B. Funk Family 1947.jpg (The John B. Funk family poses in front of the family home at 13 East A Street, circa 1947. The finely crafted Victorian house was built by Mr. Funk's father Harry in 1905. From left are 1st wife Doris, who passed away in 1953, John Funk, Anne, William and Demory. John B. Funk had a long career as a public servant, a term he asked his family to chisel on his tombstone. A 1922 graduate of Brunswick High School, he was Brunswick City Engineer for years overseeing historic building projects in...)
  • 20:13, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:John B. Funk Family 1947.jpg (The John B. Funk family poses in front of the family home at 13 East A Street, circa 1947. The finely crafted Victorian house was built by Mr. Funk's father Harry in 1905. From left are 1st wife Doris, who passed away in 1953, John Funk, Anne, William and Demory. John B. Funk had a long career as a public servant, a term he asked his family to chisel on his tombstone. A 1922 graduate of Brunswick High School, he was Brunswick City Engineer for years overseeing historic building projects in...)
  • 20:11, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mammy Belle Crummel.jpg ("Mammy Belle" Crummel was a liberated former slave who worked in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Slicer Hedges on 115 E. Potomac Street. As she was still listed as a servant in Eichelberger household in Martinsburg in 1910, she lived with the Hedges family for less than 5 years. Mrs. Hedges was formerly an Eichelberger, whose family operated a newspaper in Martinsburg. "Mammy Belle's" back story is fascinating, according to this research: Robert Daniel Jr. (or Daniels) 1784-1866 was a miller...)
  • 20:11, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mammy Belle Crummel.jpg ("Mammy Belle" Crummel was a liberated former slave who worked in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Slicer Hedges on 115 E. Potomac Street. As she was still listed as a servant in Eichelberger household in Martinsburg in 1910, she lived with the Hedges family for less than 5 years. Mrs. Hedges was formerly an Eichelberger, whose family operated a newspaper in Martinsburg. "Mammy Belle's" back story is fascinating, according to this research: Robert Daniel Jr. (or Daniels) 1784-1866 was a miller...)
  • 20:08, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Methodist Youth Fellowship c 1943-44.jpg (Noted on the back of this photo was "MYF Youth Hike c. 1943-44". The acronym of the group stood for Methodist Youth Fellowship. The children and adults were identified as: Front row (L-R): B. Langley, J. Burgee, M. Taylor, S. Jones, A. Funk, M. Leftwich Middle Row (L-R): D. Stewart, L. Trott, Leftwich, Funk, C. Leftwich, B. Kidwell, C. Frye, L. Griffith Standing (L-R): Rev. Trott, ?, Carlos Myers, Elwood Wineholt Guess at the location are: Jacquelyn Ebersole This could have been Manidok...)
  • 20:08, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Methodist Youth Fellowship c 1943-44.jpg (Noted on the back of this photo was "MYF Youth Hike c. 1943-44". The acronym of the group stood for Methodist Youth Fellowship. The children and adults were identified as: Front row (L-R): B. Langley, J. Burgee, M. Taylor, S. Jones, A. Funk, M. Leftwich Middle Row (L-R): D. Stewart, L. Trott, Leftwich, Funk, C. Leftwich, B. Kidwell, C. Frye, L. Griffith Standing (L-R): Rev. Trott, ?, Carlos Myers, Elwood Wineholt Guess at the location are: Jacquelyn Ebersole This could have been Manidok...)
  • 20:03, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Girl group posing 1940s.jpg (We're unsure of the occasion, but some of the girls have been identified as: Top Row: Marcella Gladstone, Susanne Gordon, Anne Funk, Beverly Langley, ?, Middle Row: Peggy Langley, Kate Gladstone, Shirley Kneisley?, ? Insley, ?Frye First row: ?, ?, ?, ?, Mary Louise Bratt Terry Heffner My Great Aunt Kate… good memories.. she was ahead of time.. a very independent woman.. miss having conversations with here.. 🥲. Marcella was my Dad’s cousin, wonderful woman… friends with all her daughters....)
  • 20:03, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Girl group posing 1940s.jpg (We're unsure of the occasion, but some of the girls have been identified as: Top Row: Marcella Gladstone, Susanne Gordon, Anne Funk, Beverly Langley, ?, Middle Row: Peggy Langley, Kate Gladstone, Shirley Kneisley?, ? Insley, ?Frye First row: ?, ?, ?, ?, Mary Louise Bratt Terry Heffner My Great Aunt Kate… good memories.. she was ahead of time.. a very independent woman.. miss having conversations with here.. 🥲. Marcella was my Dad’s cousin, wonderful woman… friends with all her daughters....)
  • 19:34, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Boys at Pool 1940s.jpg (Some Brunswick boys having fun in 1940 near the swimming pool. they were identified as Buddy Kidwell, Bill Weller, Floyd Smith, Wayne Barker, Johnny Lovelace, Palmer, Jim Welty. (Photo courtesy of Mindy Niles from the Duane Smith Collection and the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Kids)
  • 19:34, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Boys at Pool 1940s.jpg (Some Brunswick boys having fun in 1940 near the swimming pool. they were identified as Buddy Kidwell, Bill Weller, Floyd Smith, Wayne Barker, Johnny Lovelace, Palmer, Jim Welty. (Photo courtesy of Mindy Niles from the Duane Smith Collection and the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Kids)
  • 19:31, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Rosemont Schauffer House.png (Plowing a path with an International Harvester Cub Cadet snowblower on a snow day at the Schnaufer house on Rosemont. The driver looks to have been Scott Stauffer. Scott W Stauffer That looks like it could be me. To my knowledge, we were the only family in Rosemont with a Cub Cadet 105 10 hp hydrostatic with chains, wheel weights and a snowblower, bought from HC Summers(Jefferson) in 1968. I removed snow for my neighbors, mostly for free. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunsw...)
  • 19:31, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Rosemont Schauffer House.png (Plowing a path with an International Harvester Cub Cadet snowblower on a snow day at the Schnaufer house on Rosemont. The driver looks to have been Scott Stauffer. Scott W Stauffer That looks like it could be me. To my knowledge, we were the only family in Rosemont with a Cub Cadet 105 10 hp hydrostatic with chains, wheel weights and a snowblower, bought from HC Summers(Jefferson) in 1968. I removed snow for my neighbors, mostly for free. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunsw...)
  • 19:26, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:B&O Roundhouse Final Days 1995.jpg (The empty, decaying roundhouse in its final days in 1995. Despite a thousand signatures on a petition to save it, the CSX moved forward to demolish it in 1996. It was a sad day in Brunswick to all who worked there and remember it fondly. Susan Alexander My father, Floyd Waters, worked on the B&O Railroad. One day he took me down to the roundhouse (We lived on Walnut Street) and I got to see an engine being turned around. What a wonderful sight. I wish it was still there. So much history. Te...)
  • 19:26, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:B&O Roundhouse Final Days 1995.jpg (The empty, decaying roundhouse in its final days in 1995. Despite a thousand signatures on a petition to save it, the CSX moved forward to demolish it in 1996. It was a sad day in Brunswick to all who worked there and remember it fondly. Susan Alexander My father, Floyd Waters, worked on the B&O Railroad. One day he took me down to the roundhouse (We lived on Walnut Street) and I got to see an engine being turned around. What a wonderful sight. I wish it was still there. So much history. Te...)
  • 19:21, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:B&O Roundhouse and Turntable 1995.jpg (The turntable covered in snow and cordoned off in its final days in 1995. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 19:21, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:B&O Roundhouse and Turntable 1995.jpg (The turntable covered in snow and cordoned off in its final days in 1995. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 19:16, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Medora Brady.jpeg (Mrs. Medora Elgin Brady posed for Mr. Kaplon in her beautiful fur coat, hat and gloves sometime in the 1970s. She was active in the community and celebrated on her 90th birthday by the Merryland Tract Homemaker's Club on March 27, 1976. She had been a 30-year member at the time. She owned an antique store at the intersection of Routes 180 and 79 and also sold antiques from her home. Randy George Her parents built the Elgin Hotel in Brunswick in the 1890’s.They also owned a General Merchandi...)
  • 19:16, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Medora Brady.jpeg (Mrs. Medora Elgin Brady posed for Mr. Kaplon in her beautiful fur coat, hat and gloves sometime in the 1970s. She was active in the community and celebrated on her 90th birthday by the Merryland Tract Homemaker's Club on March 27, 1976. She had been a 30-year member at the time. She owned an antique store at the intersection of Routes 180 and 79 and also sold antiques from her home. Randy George Her parents built the Elgin Hotel in Brunswick in the 1890’s.They also owned a General Merchandi...)
  • 19:07, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:High's Mary Ann Wyncoop.png (This was store manager Mary Ann Wyncoop behind the counter at High's in the early '70s. The High's store, which opened around that time was not only the first convenience store chain to open in Brunswick, it was planned to have been part of the new shopping center built on the corner of Souder Road and N. Maple Avenue. The shopping center wasn't fully built out until 1987. For years, High's and the service station were the only businesses at that location. A lot of us kids went there for th...)
  • 19:07, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:High's Mary Ann Wyncoop.png (This was store manager Mary Ann Wyncoop behind the counter at High's in the early '70s. The High's store, which opened around that time was not only the first convenience store chain to open in Brunswick, it was planned to have been part of the new shopping center built on the corner of Souder Road and N. Maple Avenue. The shopping center wasn't fully built out until 1987. For years, High's and the service station were the only businesses at that location. A lot of us kids went there for th...)
  • 18:59, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:C.F. Wenner Mill Wayside Marker Dedication.jpeg (This was the ribbon cutting dedicating a National Park Service wayside marker to commemorate Charles Fenton's Wenner's 19th Century mill at Lock 30 on the towpath. The dedication took place in June, 2005. In the photo from left are George Lewis, 2 unidentified park rangers, Judge William W. Wenner (great grandson of C.F. Wenner), Lila Wenner and Jacquelyn Ebersole. Mr. Lewis and Ms. Ebersole were members of the Brunswick Regional Planning Committee. The mill's strategic location made it a cen...)
  • 18:59, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:C.F. Wenner Mill Wayside Marker Dedication.jpeg (This was the ribbon cutting dedicating a National Park Service wayside marker to commemorate Charles Fenton's Wenner's 19th Century mill at Lock 30 on the towpath. The dedication took place in June, 2005. In the photo from left are George Lewis, 2 unidentified park rangers, Judge William W. Wenner (great grandson of C.F. Wenner), Lila Wenner and Jacquelyn Ebersole. Mr. Lewis and Ms. Ebersole were members of the Brunswick Regional Planning Committee. The mill's strategic location made it a cen...)
  • 18:56, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Shady Lane Easter.JPG (A lovely mid-'70s Easter Sunday photo from Shady Lane in Petersville. In the photo are: Front row (L-R): Ricky Cooper, Mike Jackson, Leslie Barnes, Melissa Barnes and Amber Dykes 2nd row (L-R): Fay Scott, Velva Cooper, Karen Lipscomb, Cindy Jackson (we had matching hats) Back row: Jeffrey Ramey (Myer Kaplon photo courtesy of Velva Cooper) Category: Smoketown African American Heritage)
  • 18:56, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Shady Lane Easter.JPG (A lovely mid-'70s Easter Sunday photo from Shady Lane in Petersville. In the photo are: Front row (L-R): Ricky Cooper, Mike Jackson, Leslie Barnes, Melissa Barnes and Amber Dykes 2nd row (L-R): Fay Scott, Velva Cooper, Karen Lipscomb, Cindy Jackson (we had matching hats) Back row: Jeffrey Ramey (Myer Kaplon photo courtesy of Velva Cooper) Category: Smoketown African American Heritage)
  • 21:38, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Cub Scouts 1940s.jpg (While unfortunately blurry, this photo shows Brunswick's Cub Scout Troop posing on the old tank in Veterans Park. We think the graffiti was there as late as the 1970s. No idea what it means. We can't confirm, but the photo may date to the early- to mid-1940s along with others in this collection. Rebecah Staup Daggett Great memories. 1970’s A Street Gang. We had one word - “Patton”. Chris Weitzel Karl Marcy Anders Metzgar we played on and in that tank every day. Steve Moore Had a lot of fun...)
  • 21:38, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Cub Scouts 1940s.jpg (While unfortunately blurry, this photo shows Brunswick's Cub Scout Troop posing on the old tank in Veterans Park. We think the graffiti was there as late as the 1970s. No idea what it means. We can't confirm, but the photo may date to the early- to mid-1940s along with others in this collection. Rebecah Staup Daggett Great memories. 1970’s A Street Gang. We had one word - “Patton”. Chris Weitzel Karl Marcy Anders Metzgar we played on and in that tank every day. Steve Moore Had a lot of fun...)
  • 21:25, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:City Hall Metal Drive WWII.jpg (The notation on the back of this photo was "World War II Metal Collection: City Hall - A Street". Items like these were donated for the war effort as part of the "Salvage for Victory" program that was launched on January 10, 1942. Citizens scoured their homes, farms and businesses for metal. Housewives donated pots and pans, farmers turned in farm equipment and children even sacrificed metal toys. Unfortunately, only 25% of the iron work collected was used for munitions and by 1944, much of...)
  • 21:25, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:City Hall Metal Drive WWII.jpg (The notation on the back of this photo was "World War II Metal Collection: City Hall - A Street". Items like these were donated for the war effort as part of the "Salvage for Victory" program that was launched on January 10, 1942. Citizens scoured their homes, farms and businesses for metal. Housewives donated pots and pans, farmers turned in farm equipment and children even sacrificed metal toys. Unfortunately, only 25% of the iron work collected was used for munitions and by 1944, much of...)
  • 21:20, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Community Band Circa 1915.jpg (The Brunswick Community Band, circa 1915. Town bands were once commonplace, and many small towns in our region had one. The trombone player on the bottom left is reportedly Grover "Tops" Stewart. Third row back and second from the right holding a trumpet is Frank A. Barker. Charles Booth is believed to have been the last man on the top row holding his tuba. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick" by Mary H. Rubin...)
  • 21:20, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Community Band Circa 1915.jpg (The Brunswick Community Band, circa 1915. Town bands were once commonplace, and many small towns in our region had one. The trombone player on the bottom left is reportedly Grover "Tops" Stewart. Third row back and second from the right holding a trumpet is Frank A. Barker. Charles Booth is believed to have been the last man on the top row holding his tuba. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick" by Mary H. Rubin...)
  • 21:14, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Amber Dykes Fashion Contest.jpg (Brunswick High's Amber Dykes won fourth place in a statewide clothing design contest in 1987. Amber went on the work wardrobe for Tyler Perry and other prominent entertainers. The Brunswick Citizen, January 22, 1987. (Clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Kids)
  • 21:14, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Amber Dykes Fashion Contest.jpg (Brunswick High's Amber Dykes won fourth place in a statewide clothing design contest in 1987. Amber went on the work wardrobe for Tyler Perry and other prominent entertainers. The Brunswick Citizen, January 22, 1987. (Clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Kids)
  • 21:03, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1924 Flood Aerial View Virginia Side.jpg (This early aviation aerial photo shows the raging Potomac River leaving its banks on the Virginia side of the old bridge. When this photo was taken in May, 1924, the bridge had been ordered closed to all traffic heading to and from Brunswick, which was obviously the right call as it was under deep water. At the approach, we see the old bridge tollhouse on the left that was destroyed by the historic flood of 1936. The section closest to the bridge access ramp was demolished in 1955 when the n...)
  • 21:03, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1924 Flood Aerial View Virginia Side.jpg (This early aviation aerial photo shows the raging Potomac River leaving its banks on the Virginia side of the old bridge. When this photo was taken in May, 1924, the bridge had been ordered closed to all traffic heading to and from Brunswick, which was obviously the right call as it was under deep water. At the approach, we see the old bridge tollhouse on the left that was destroyed by the historic flood of 1936. The section closest to the bridge access ramp was demolished in 1955 when the n...)
  • 20:59, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Eastbound Classification Yard 1975.JPG (A serene view of the Eastbound Yard in New Addition exists happily in many of our memories. Michael Campbell That is the Classification Yard. If you zoom in, you can see the power poles. They separated the even and odd numbered tracks. The even are where the coal cars are and the odd are the mixed freight cars. Ed Hartman I lived along the the Washington Branch and could lay in my bed and see in the cab of the Engine as it passed. Could also the conductor sitting in the caboose I was always...)
  • 20:59, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Eastbound Classification Yard 1975.JPG (A serene view of the Eastbound Yard in New Addition exists happily in many of our memories. Michael Campbell That is the Classification Yard. If you zoom in, you can see the power poles. They separated the even and odd numbered tracks. The even are where the coal cars are and the odd are the mixed freight cars. Ed Hartman I lived along the the Washington Branch and could lay in my bed and see in the cab of the Engine as it passed. Could also the conductor sitting in the caboose I was always...)
  • 20:56, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Rt. 180 Little Catoctin Creek.jpeg (Here's a Winter rural scene of Little Catoctin Creek off Rts. 180 and 17 near Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown In and Around)
  • 20:56, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Rt. 180 Little Catoctin Creek.jpeg (Here's a Winter rural scene of Little Catoctin Creek off Rts. 180 and 17 near Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown In and Around)
  • 20:50, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Garland Grams and Jean.JPG (Garland Grams is shown posing with his daughter Jean in front of a beautiful 1954 Buick Roadmaster. We assume that Mr. Grams got a good deal on the car since he sold Buicks at his service station located on Petersville Road. The photo was taken when the Grams family lived near the Farmers Picnic Woods between the Lutmans and the Mains. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category: Smoketown People)
  • 20:50, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Garland Grams and Jean.JPG (Garland Grams is shown posing with his daughter Jean in front of a beautiful 1954 Buick Roadmaster. We assume that Mr. Grams got a good deal on the car since he sold Buicks at his service station located on Petersville Road. The photo was taken when the Grams family lived near the Farmers Picnic Woods between the Lutmans and the Mains. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category: Smoketown People)
  • 20:47, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mary Lou Walker.JPG (Mary Lou Walker delivers a duckpin ball at the old Brunswick Bowling Center on 620 Souder Road in the 1960s. From all reports, Mary Lou was an excellent Tuesday Night league bowler. Janet Roudabousch Biser I would say that Mary Lou was probably the best lady bowler at the Brunswick alley. She was a great bowler. Judy Ware She was one of Brunswick's great bowlers. Anna Rentzel Wow, that brings back a lot of memories, we had a lot of fun in those days. She was hard to beat!!!! (Photo court...)
  • 20:47, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mary Lou Walker.JPG (Mary Lou Walker delivers a duckpin ball at the old Brunswick Bowling Center on 620 Souder Road in the 1960s. From all reports, Mary Lou was an excellent Tuesday Night league bowler. Janet Roudabousch Biser I would say that Mary Lou was probably the best lady bowler at the Brunswick alley. She was a great bowler. Judy Ware She was one of Brunswick's great bowlers. Anna Rentzel Wow, that brings back a lot of memories, we had a lot of fun in those days. She was hard to beat!!!! (Photo court...)
  • 18:17, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge in Snow.JPG (We've seen several photos of the old 1893 bridge looking towards Brunswick, but this snowy view seems rare. No current member of the Brunswick History Commission had seen it before. With the houses on N. Dayton Avenue in view above the old West End Elementary School that were built in 1920, this photo likely dates to the decade of the Roaring '20s. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
  • 18:17, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Potomac River Bridge in Snow.JPG (We've seen several photos of the old 1893 bridge looking towards Brunswick, but this snowy view seems rare. No current member of the Brunswick History Commission had seen it before. With the houses on N. Dayton Avenue in view above the old West End Elementary School that were built in 1920, this photo likely dates to the decade of the Roaring '20s. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
  • 18:13, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1924 Flood Tollhouse on Virginia Side.jpeg (This photo shows the toll gates on the Virginia side of the old Brunswick bridge. The tollgate was in use until October 15th, 1934, when the road became part of the Maryland State Road System and became toll free. This image was taken when the May 14th, 1924 floodwaters came right up to the toll gate. The toll house was torn down when the new bridge was completed in 1955. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; Info excerpted from “Images of America: Brunswick”...)
  • 18:13, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1924 Flood Tollhouse on Virginia Side.jpeg (This photo shows the toll gates on the Virginia side of the old Brunswick bridge. The tollgate was in use until October 15th, 1934, when the road became part of the Maryland State Road System and became toll free. This image was taken when the May 14th, 1924 floodwaters came right up to the toll gate. The toll house was torn down when the new bridge was completed in 1955. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; Info excerpted from “Images of America: Brunswick”...)
  • 18:01, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:West End Receiving Yard Demolition 1989.jpg (Despite the sad circumstances, this is a nice perspective looking toward Weverton Cliffs as the west end of the receiving yard at Knoxville was being dismantled in 1989. The piles of rails were almost surreal. The small pile in the front are angle bars used to connect sections of rail together. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:01, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:West End Receiving Yard Demolition 1989.jpg (Despite the sad circumstances, this is a nice perspective looking toward Weverton Cliffs as the west end of the receiving yard at Knoxville was being dismantled in 1989. The piles of rails were almost surreal. The small pile in the front are angle bars used to connect sections of rail together. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 17:58, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Car Yard Demolition 1.jpg (Here's another sad shot of the Brunswick car yard demolition in 1989. The blue building next to the track is the lumber shed. To the extreme left, you can see the remains of the hump and piles of rails. Beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains toward the gap. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 17:58, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Car Yard Demolition 1.jpg (Here's another sad shot of the Brunswick car yard demolition in 1989. The blue building next to the track is the lumber shed. To the extreme left, you can see the remains of the hump and piles of rails. Beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains toward the gap. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 17:51, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1920px-Building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street, destroyed by fire.jpg (This old building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street was then home to the A. Hemp Jr. Meat & Grocery Store and MacKenzie's Ice Cream Parlor in the early 20th Century. The folks posing in front of Hemp's are from left, Charles Bowers, Abe Hemp, unknown. Outside MacKenzie's were Paul MacKenzie, future confectionary owner Betz Mills and his brother Howard. Note the dirt street. We believe that the photo dates to the early 1900s since the Mills brothers were born in the 1890s. The building...)
  • 17:51, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1920px-Building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street, destroyed by fire.jpg (This old building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street was then home to the A. Hemp Jr. Meat & Grocery Store and MacKenzie's Ice Cream Parlor in the early 20th Century. The folks posing in front of Hemp's are from left, Charles Bowers, Abe Hemp, unknown. Outside MacKenzie's were Paul MacKenzie, future confectionary owner Betz Mills and his brother Howard. Note the dirt street. We believe that the photo dates to the early 1900s since the Mills brothers were born in the 1890s. The building...)
  • 15:17, 16 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School Miss Carter Early 50s.jpeg (Miss Carter's class at the old East End Elementary School in the early 1950s. It would be BHS Class of 1957. Thanks to Jackie Ebersole for identifying most of the kids: Front row - Janet Anderson, Doreen Brubaker, Glenda Clark, Patsy Thompson, Loberta Bryan, Bonnie Hobson, Rosiland Stone, Shirley MaGaha Second row - Lee Ridgeway, Phillip.Cloby, Lyman Cunningham, David McIntosh, Donnie Hollar, Ray Dockery, Gary Free Third Row - Wayne Arnold, Lanny Harrington ? , Wayne Carter, Ken Jones, Mar...)
  • 15:17, 16 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:East End School Miss Carter Early 50s.jpeg (Miss Carter's class at the old East End Elementary School in the early 1950s. It would be BHS Class of 1957. Thanks to Jackie Ebersole for identifying most of the kids: Front row - Janet Anderson, Doreen Brubaker, Glenda Clark, Patsy Thompson, Loberta Bryan, Bonnie Hobson, Rosiland Stone, Shirley MaGaha Second row - Lee Ridgeway, Phillip.Cloby, Lyman Cunningham, David McIntosh, Donnie Hollar, Ray Dockery, Gary Free Third Row - Wayne Arnold, Lanny Harrington ? , Wayne Carter, Ken Jones, Mar...)
  • 20:00, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bill Peer & Melody Boys & Girls with Patsy Cline.jpg (Bill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls, circa 1954. Bill Peer is standing on the left holding his guitar. Future country music legend Patsy Cline is seated 3rd from left. Patsy (nee Virginia Hensley) joined the band after an audition at the Brunswick Moose lodge on September 27, 1952 after an audition. Bill hired her on the spot and convinced her to change her name to "Patsy", which was short for her middle name Patterson. She married Gerald Cline in December, 1952. Patsy Cline was a membe...)
  • 20:00, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bill Peer & Melody Boys & Girls with Patsy Cline.jpg (Bill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls, circa 1954. Bill Peer is standing on the left holding his guitar. Future country music legend Patsy Cline is seated 3rd from left. Patsy (nee Virginia Hensley) joined the band after an audition at the Brunswick Moose lodge on September 27, 1952 after an audition. Bill hired her on the spot and convinced her to change her name to "Patsy", which was short for her middle name Patterson. She married Gerald Cline in December, 1952. Patsy Cline was a membe...)
  • 19:56, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Reed Canal Boat.jpg (Here we see the Reed, a canal boat that was typical in the late 19th Century. African Americans worked as deck hands on canal boats, but were banned from owning their own until after the Civil War. There were black boat captains during the 1870s. By the final years of the canal, however, only one African American canal boat family was still listed. Once boatbuilder Canal Towage began supplying the canal boats, the days of each boat having a unique name like the Reed faded into the past. Inst...)
  • 19:56, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Reed Canal Boat.jpg (Here we see the Reed, a canal boat that was typical in the late 19th Century. African Americans worked as deck hands on canal boats, but were banned from owning their own until after the Civil War. There were black boat captains during the 1870s. By the final years of the canal, however, only one African American canal boat family was still listed. Once boatbuilder Canal Towage began supplying the canal boats, the days of each boat having a unique name like the Reed faded into the past. Inst...)
  • 19:54, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Victor-Kaplon-and-Family.jpg (This formal photo shows a prosperous young Kaplon family, circa 1895. From left (we believe) are daughter Fanny, wife Ida, daughters Annie and Elizabeth (sitting), sons Myer and Abraham or Amos. Victor Kaplon escaped from Russia with his brother on a ship hidden under a load of hay and came to America in the 1880s. He started as a peddler carrying his pack, a walking department store, selling his wares in Virginia and Washington County, Maryland. Eventually, Victor and family owned and oper...)
  • 19:54, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Victor-Kaplon-and-Family.jpg (This formal photo shows a prosperous young Kaplon family, circa 1895. From left (we believe) are daughter Fanny, wife Ida, daughters Annie and Elizabeth (sitting), sons Myer and Abraham or Amos. Victor Kaplon escaped from Russia with his brother on a ship hidden under a load of hay and came to America in the 1880s. He started as a peddler carrying his pack, a walking department store, selling his wares in Virginia and Washington County, Maryland. Eventually, Victor and family owned and oper...)
  • 19:51, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Christmas Tree A Street Veterans Pk.jpg (Lighted Christmas tree at night in Veteran's Memorial Park on A Street where there has long been a Christmas display of some kind. We believe this was taken sometime in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Christmas)
  • 19:51, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Christmas Tree A Street Veterans Pk.jpg (Lighted Christmas tree at night in Veteran's Memorial Park on A Street where there has long been a Christmas display of some kind. We believe this was taken sometime in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Christmas)
  • 21:09, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Sports Awards Old Fire Hall.png (This photo, which we guess was taken in the late-1950s, shows a young man at a podium at the old fire hall with several sports trophies to be awarded. The men in the audience are believed to be Bob Derflinger and Bob Grams, sports cartoonist for the Baltimore News American. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 21:09, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Sports Awards Old Fire Hall.png (This photo, which we guess was taken in the late-1950s, shows a young man at a podium at the old fire hall with several sports trophies to be awarded. The men in the audience are believed to be Bob Derflinger and Bob Grams, sports cartoonist for the Baltimore News American. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 21:05, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Boys Old High School Gym.jpeg (A basketball game at the old high school gym on 4th Avenue in late 1950s. Jenifer Kidwell Looks a lot like Tony Walker behind the player going up for the tip off. Nancy Ferrell Piper #9 Bobby Mullins? Jennifer I agree on your Dad (Tony Walker) and jumper John Good? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Sports)
  • 21:05, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Basketball Boys Old High School Gym.jpeg (A basketball game at the old high school gym on 4th Avenue in late 1950s. Jenifer Kidwell Looks a lot like Tony Walker behind the player going up for the tip off. Nancy Ferrell Piper #9 Bobby Mullins? Jennifer I agree on your Dad (Tony Walker) and jumper John Good? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Sports)
  • 21:01, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Souder & Chick Dairy Milk Bottle Processing.jpeg (Here's a scene of milk bottles being processed at the old Souder & Chick Dairy on Brunswick Street. These bottles were delivered directly to the doors of people in and around Brunswick. Alice Wiles My dad delivered Milk for them. Loved the chocolate milk in glass bottles. Garland Young I remember as an elementary student we were given a tour of the dairy and how it operated. Richard Bowers My grandparents (Paul & Viola Koogle) lived across from the dairy. We would go over and watch the b...)
  • 21:01, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Souder & Chick Dairy Milk Bottle Processing.jpeg (Here's a scene of milk bottles being processed at the old Souder & Chick Dairy on Brunswick Street. These bottles were delivered directly to the doors of people in and around Brunswick. Alice Wiles My dad delivered Milk for them. Loved the chocolate milk in glass bottles. Garland Young I remember as an elementary student we were given a tour of the dairy and how it operated. Richard Bowers My grandparents (Paul & Viola Koogle) lived across from the dairy. We would go over and watch the b...)
  • 20:55, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mr. & Mrs. Charles Magalis.jpeg (The library identified the folks in this lovely portrait as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Magalis. Showing off a new grandchild perhaps? The photo appears to have been taken in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown People)
  • 20:55, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mr. & Mrs. Charles Magalis.jpeg (The library identified the folks in this lovely portrait as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Magalis. Showing off a new grandchild perhaps? The photo appears to have been taken in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown People)
  • 20:45, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Frozen River 1985.JPG (This dramatic photo shows a frozen Potomac River on January 24, 1985. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
  • 20:45, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Frozen River 1985.JPG (This dramatic photo shows a frozen Potomac River on January 24, 1985. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
  • 20:39, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School 1930s class photo.jpeg (A 1930s photo of students at the old East Brunswick Elementary School. We believe Teeny Wenner (Phillips) was seated 3rd from right in the front row. Gloria Moore Crowl: "Teacher could possibly be my Aunt Frances Moore Burgee, depending on the year. I know she taught Third Grade." Patricia Marsh Patricia and Joan Brengle 3rd and 4th from left in front row. (Photo courtesy of Marsha Sutfin from the Teeny Phillips Collection) Category: Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:39, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:East End School 1930s class photo.jpeg (A 1930s photo of students at the old East Brunswick Elementary School. We believe Teeny Wenner (Phillips) was seated 3rd from right in the front row. Gloria Moore Crowl: "Teacher could possibly be my Aunt Frances Moore Burgee, depending on the year. I know she taught Third Grade." Patricia Marsh Patricia and Joan Brengle 3rd and 4th from left in front row. (Photo courtesy of Marsha Sutfin from the Teeny Phillips Collection) Category: Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:36, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Snowy Westbound Yard 1960.jpeg (This Winter view of a largely inactive westbound yard was part of a 1960 article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". While ironic in retrospect 64 years later, it was in many ways prescient. At the time, the U.S. economy was in recession and the westbound hump operations had been moved to Cumberland. Yet some furloughed car repair workers expected to be recalled as snowy conditions created extra maintenance jobs. Mayor James Cummings and Bank of Brunswick executive Emory Frye were optimistic...)
  • 20:36, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Snowy Westbound Yard 1960.jpeg (This Winter view of a largely inactive westbound yard was part of a 1960 article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". While ironic in retrospect 64 years later, it was in many ways prescient. At the time, the U.S. economy was in recession and the westbound hump operations had been moved to Cumberland. Yet some furloughed car repair workers expected to be recalled as snowy conditions created extra maintenance jobs. Mayor James Cummings and Bank of Brunswick executive Emory Frye were optimistic...)
  • 20:33, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Point of Rock Original Station.JPG (This photo, which may date to the 1890s or early 20th Century, shows the original train station in Point of Rocks that serviced the old mainline trains. Art Reid believes the location was "down towards the current park where the other houses and businesses were located track side." We don't know when this station opened, but according to the B&O Railroad timeline, the line reached Point of Rocks in April, 1832. Matt Watson documented that The Eli Mercier flour mill visible on the left was lis...)
  • 20:33, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Point of Rock Original Station.JPG (This photo, which may date to the 1890s or early 20th Century, shows the original train station in Point of Rocks that serviced the old mainline trains. Art Reid believes the location was "down towards the current park where the other houses and businesses were located track side." We don't know when this station opened, but according to the B&O Railroad timeline, the line reached Point of Rocks in April, 1832. Matt Watson documented that The Eli Mercier flour mill visible on the left was lis...)
  • 20:27, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:English Bell Choir.jpg (The English Hand Bell Choir performed at the New York Hill Methodist Church in the Christmas season, circa 1964. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category: Smoketown Christmas)
  • 20:27, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:English Bell Choir.jpg (The English Hand Bell Choir performed at the New York Hill Methodist Church in the Christmas season, circa 1964. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category: Smoketown Christmas)
  • 20:25, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Boys Sledding.JPG (Some Brunswick boys get set to sled down the hill between the old Harrington shoe shop and Hudson Row off W. Potomac Street, circa 1966. From left are Phil Lowery, Jackie Minnick, Terry Staubs, Junior Lowery and Bobby Conner. To try to date the photo, this was between the time the grocery store closed and the Berlin Restaurant opened in the old Mace Building where King's Pizza is today. (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Category: Smoketo...)
  • 20:25, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Boys Sledding.JPG (Some Brunswick boys get set to sled down the hill between the old Harrington shoe shop and Hudson Row off W. Potomac Street, circa 1966. From left are Phil Lowery, Jackie Minnick, Terry Staubs, Junior Lowery and Bobby Conner. To try to date the photo, this was between the time the grocery store closed and the Berlin Restaurant opened in the old Mace Building where King's Pizza is today. (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Category: Smoketo...)
  • 20:04, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Guy Lombardo Sonny Cannon.jpg (At one of his many appearances with The Royal Canadiens at the ballroom above the old Brunswick fire hall on W. Potomac Street, bandleader Guy Lombardo (right) poses with (from left) Fire Chief H.E. "Sonny" Cannon, Brunswick City Councilwoman Nellie Roby and business leader Harry Nicholson. Lombardo and the band played at least seven Easter Sundays in a row in the 1950s and '60s, according to Cannon in a 1967 Washington Post interview. According to Wayne Smith: "I'm not really sure of the ye...)
  • 20:04, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Guy Lombardo Sonny Cannon.jpg (At one of his many appearances with The Royal Canadiens at the ballroom above the old Brunswick fire hall on W. Potomac Street, bandleader Guy Lombardo (right) poses with (from left) Fire Chief H.E. "Sonny" Cannon, Brunswick City Councilwoman Nellie Roby and business leader Harry Nicholson. Lombardo and the band played at least seven Easter Sundays in a row in the 1950s and '60s, according to Cannon in a 1967 Washington Post interview. According to Wayne Smith: "I'm not really sure of the ye...)
  • 18:56, 28 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mar-lu-ridge chapel.jpg (The Salem-on-the-Mountain Chapel at Mar-Lu-Ridge with its renowned view of the Potomac River and valley below. BHS alumni fondly remember weeklong excursions to the camp as part of Mr. Frank Mullen's 8th grade science curriculum. Mar-Lu-Ridge was founded in 1959 as the Outdoor Ministry of the Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church. The initial construction efforts included a lodge for dining and four cabins the first year that summer camp was held. In 1962, the chapel was constructed and in 1...)
  • 18:56, 28 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mar-lu-ridge chapel.jpg (The Salem-on-the-Mountain Chapel at Mar-Lu-Ridge with its renowned view of the Potomac River and valley below. BHS alumni fondly remember weeklong excursions to the camp as part of Mr. Frank Mullen's 8th grade science curriculum. Mar-Lu-Ridge was founded in 1959 as the Outdoor Ministry of the Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church. The initial construction efforts included a lodge for dining and four cabins the first year that summer camp was held. In 1962, the chapel was constructed and in 1...)
  • 19:31, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Howard Lewis-Champ.png (The amusing notation at the library for this photo was "Man with Angry Dog". The gentleman has been identified as Rosemont resident and Kaplon neighbor Howard Lewis with his dog Champ. It was likely taken in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
  • 19:31, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Howard Lewis-Champ.png (The amusing notation at the library for this photo was "Man with Angry Dog". The gentleman has been identified as Rosemont resident and Kaplon neighbor Howard Lewis with his dog Champ. It was likely taken in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
  • 19:29, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fire Councilmen-Police.jpeg (Brunswick City Councilman Willard "Pickett" Barger and his wife Millie are shown facing the camera at Chief Sonny Cannon's March 9, 1978 retirement dinner at the old fire hall. Fellow councilman Frank Strakonsky was across the table in profile. The two policemen were Officers Miller and McCleaf. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance)
  • 19:29, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Fire Councilmen-Police.jpeg (Brunswick City Councilman Willard "Pickett" Barger and his wife Millie are shown facing the camera at Chief Sonny Cannon's March 9, 1978 retirement dinner at the old fire hall. Fellow councilman Frank Strakonsky was across the table in profile. The two policemen were Officers Miller and McCleaf. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance)
  • 19:26, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Phillips Insurance Burch-Lewis.png (Ernestine Burch and Jo Ann Lewis appear to have just finished trimming the Christmas Tree at Phillips Insurance Company on W. Potomac Street in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
  • 19:26, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Phillips Insurance Burch-Lewis.png (Ernestine Burch and Jo Ann Lewis appear to have just finished trimming the Christmas Tree at Phillips Insurance Company on W. Potomac Street in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
  • 19:18, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Archway.jpg (The “Brunswick Archway”is a project of the Frederick Arts Council (FAC) as part of their public art program. The purpose of the gateway arch is to welcome visitors coming to Brunswick, including hikers and cyclists from the C&O Canal towpath, trainriders, campground users andboaters. The arch was designed as a replica of a bridge span from the 1893 iron truss bridge that crossed the Potomac River. That bridge existed until 1955 when it was demolished after construction of the current concret...)
  • 19:18, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Archway.jpg (The “Brunswick Archway”is a project of the Frederick Arts Council (FAC) as part of their public art program. The purpose of the gateway arch is to welcome visitors coming to Brunswick, including hikers and cyclists from the C&O Canal towpath, trainriders, campground users andboaters. The arch was designed as a replica of a bridge span from the 1893 iron truss bridge that crossed the Potomac River. That bridge existed until 1955 when it was demolished after construction of the current concret...)
  • 19:16, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel 2.jpg (Another view of the basement tunnel under the Meadows Building. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization)
  • 19:16, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel 2.jpg (Another view of the basement tunnel under the Meadows Building. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization)
  • 18:49, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Meadows Bldg Old Signs.jpg (Found in the basement of the Meadows Building. Large mugs on tap for only 15 cents! These signs may have predated My Sister's Place when the bar was called Beaver's Tavern. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization)
  • 18:49, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Meadows Bldg Old Signs.jpg (Found in the basement of the Meadows Building. Large mugs on tap for only 15 cents! These signs may have predated My Sister's Place when the bar was called Beaver's Tavern. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization)
  • 18:27, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel.jpg (The tunnel under the Meadows Building is a source of interesting speculation. Could it have housed a gambling room or prohibition era speakeasy? The tunnel led from this building to the one next door. Could it have provided as escape route up onto W. Potomac if it were one or the other? It's also possible the reason for its existence was innocent. Gene Fauble I remember that area. Fritz Powers used it for storage for the bar and restaurant back in the early 80s. Taffie Wilson My grandfather...)
  • 18:27, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel.jpg (The tunnel under the Meadows Building is a source of interesting speculation. Could it have housed a gambling room or prohibition era speakeasy? The tunnel led from this building to the one next door. Could it have provided as escape route up onto W. Potomac if it were one or the other? It's also possible the reason for its existence was innocent. Gene Fauble I remember that area. Fritz Powers used it for storage for the bar and restaurant back in the early 80s. Taffie Wilson My grandfather...)
  • 18:11, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Meadows Bldg Cupola.jpg (Inside the cupola of the old Meadows Building during renovations in December 2023. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization)
  • 18:11, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Meadows Bldg Cupola.jpg (Inside the cupola of the old Meadows Building during renovations in December 2023. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization)
  • 17:12, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page Category:Downtown Revitalization (Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection")
  • 17:00, 11 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page Historic Downtown Revitalization (Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection")
  • 21:18, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Diamond Jubilee Townsmen.jpg (In honor of the 1965 Diamond Jubilee Celebration, many local men grew facial hair and donned clothing in 1890s fashion. Here is a full group of the celebrants on the corner of W. Potomac Street and S. Virginia Avenue. We were able to identify: First row: Frank Miglio (1st from left) Middle row: Herb Daugherty (6th from left), Lyman Crawford (10th), Lynn Follin (13th), Ted Lackey (15th), Linwood Moss (16th on the end) Back row: Red Phillips (7th) (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick...)
  • 21:18, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Diamond Jubilee Townsmen.jpg (In honor of the 1965 Diamond Jubilee Celebration, many local men grew facial hair and donned clothing in 1890s fashion. Here is a full group of the celebrants on the corner of W. Potomac Street and S. Virginia Avenue. We were able to identify: First row: Frank Miglio (1st from left) Middle row: Herb Daugherty (6th from left), Lyman Crawford (10th), Lynn Follin (13th), Ted Lackey (15th), Linwood Moss (16th on the end) Back row: Red Phillips (7th) (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick...)
  • 21:09, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Christmas Tree Cutting Mace-Bowers-Schnauffer-Baker.jpeg (Some Brunswick Rotarians out in search of Christmas trees to chop down. From left are former mayor and furniture store owner Harry Mace, Littens' Chevrolet-Olds key salesman and community leader Richard Bowers, garage owner West Schnauffer (Corner of A Street & S. Maple Avenue) and Lytle Baker, whose back was to the camera (Insurance Broker). (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
  • 21:09, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Christmas Tree Cutting Mace-Bowers-Schnauffer-Baker.jpeg (Some Brunswick Rotarians out in search of Christmas trees to chop down. From left are former mayor and furniture store owner Harry Mace, Littens' Chevrolet-Olds key salesman and community leader Richard Bowers, garage owner West Schnauffer (Corner of A Street & S. Maple Avenue) and Lytle Baker, whose back was to the camera (Insurance Broker). (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas)
  • 21:04, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:First Methodist Fellowship Hall Pastor Bennett.jpeg (First Methodist minister Reverend George Bennett and his wife Sadie are shown facing the camera at a church celebration. We believe this was the late 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
  • 21:04, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:First Methodist Fellowship Hall Pastor Bennett.jpeg (First Methodist minister Reverend George Bennett and his wife Sadie are shown facing the camera at a church celebration. We believe this was the late 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
  • 21:01, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Country Butchering Farmers Woods in shadows.png (Country butchering at the Farmers Woods. Maybe late 1960s? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Farm Community)
  • 21:01, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Country Butchering Farmers Woods in shadows.png (Country butchering at the Farmers Woods. Maybe late 1960s? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Farm Community)
  • 20:57, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Cummings Funk McKeldin.jpeg (Brunswick Mayor James E. Cummings listens as Maryland State Roads Commission Chairman John B. Funk makes a point to Governor Theodore R. McKeldin. A clue to what they may have been discussing is that Mr. Funk served as Chairman from 1959-66. Maybe the construction of a new Rt. 340? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Politics and Public Works)
  • 20:57, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Cummings Funk McKeldin.jpeg (Brunswick Mayor James E. Cummings listens as Maryland State Roads Commission Chairman John B. Funk makes a point to Governor Theodore R. McKeldin. A clue to what they may have been discussing is that Mr. Funk served as Chairman from 1959-66. Maybe the construction of a new Rt. 340? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Politics and Public Works)
  • 20:50, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Country Butchering-Hog Killing at Browns.jpg (Big kettles heating up during a country butchering a long time ago. These community events often took place on Thanksgiving morning or the day after as many farm families and organizations prepared food for the less fortunate. From other photos we have, this butchering appears to have taken place at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Lovettsville in the 1950s. What's going on here appears to be a hog killing operation. According to Ronald Carbaugh: "The five gallon bucket h...)
  • 20:50, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Country Butchering-Hog Killing at Browns.jpg (Big kettles heating up during a country butchering a long time ago. These community events often took place on Thanksgiving morning or the day after as many farm families and organizations prepared food for the less fortunate. From other photos we have, this butchering appears to have taken place at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Lovettsville in the 1950s. What's going on here appears to be a hog killing operation. According to Ronald Carbaugh: "The five gallon bucket h...)
  • 20:42, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Country Butchering Hog Killing.jpg (Big kettles heating up during a country butchering a long time ago. These community events often took place on Thanksgiving morning or the day after as many farm families and organizations prepared food for the less fortunate. From other photos we have, this butchering appears to have taken place at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Lovettsville in the 1950s. What's going on here appears to be a hog killing operation. According to Ronald Carbaugh: "The five gallon bucket...)
  • 20:42, 7 December 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Country Butchering Hog Killing.jpg (Big kettles heating up during a country butchering a long time ago. These community events often took place on Thanksgiving morning or the day after as many farm families and organizations prepared food for the less fortunate. From other photos we have, this butchering appears to have taken place at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Lovettsville in the 1950s. What's going on here appears to be a hog killing operation. According to Ronald Carbaugh: "The five gallon bucket...)
  • 19:02, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Girls 1940s.jpeg (Here's a mid-1940s era photo of a group of Brunswick High School girls from a mixture of classes at the old high school. The location appears to have been the back door of the old gymnasium. Note the girls in the middle row holding hands. The following have been identified: Front row: ?, Jacqueline Moler, Beverly Langley, Teeny Wenner Middle Row: Mickey Woods, ?, Roma Cummings, Betty Beatty Back row: Unknown (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category: Smoketown Schools)
  • 19:02, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BHS Girls 1940s.jpeg (Here's a mid-1940s era photo of a group of Brunswick High School girls from a mixture of classes at the old high school. The location appears to have been the back door of the old gymnasium. Note the girls in the middle row holding hands. The following have been identified: Front row: ?, Jacqueline Moler, Beverly Langley, Teeny Wenner Middle Row: Mickey Woods, ?, Roma Cummings, Betty Beatty Back row: Unknown (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category: Smoketown Schools)
  • 18:50, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:New York Hill Stewart House.jpg (This photo shows the William Stewart home at 108 9th Avenue, circa 1900. Note the fancy woodwork on the porch. Posing in the front yard were LeRoy Stewart, his mother, and Bess the horse. Bess was used both for gardening and riding. The house is still there, but the windows have been altered over the years. The woodwork is still visible and porch looks largely the same. (Photo from "Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories" by the Brunswick History Commission) Category: Smoketown Beginnings)
  • 18:50, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:New York Hill Stewart House.jpg (This photo shows the William Stewart home at 108 9th Avenue, circa 1900. Note the fancy woodwork on the porch. Posing in the front yard were LeRoy Stewart, his mother, and Bess the horse. Bess was used both for gardening and riding. The house is still there, but the windows have been altered over the years. The woodwork is still visible and porch looks largely the same. (Photo from "Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories" by the Brunswick History Commission) Category: Smoketown Beginnings)
  • 18:48, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:The Gut 1912.JPG (A photo of "The Gut" in 1912. This inlet of the Potomac River has long been a recreation area for boaters in the Summer and ice skaters in the Winter. (Photo by F.M. Stone courtesy of Jeff Pearl and Discover Lovettsville) Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
  • 18:48, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:The Gut 1912.JPG (A photo of "The Gut" in 1912. This inlet of the Potomac River has long been a recreation area for boaters in the Summer and ice skaters in the Winter. (Photo by F.M. Stone courtesy of Jeff Pearl and Discover Lovettsville) Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
  • 18:45, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mayor presents award.jpg (In this mid-1950s photo, Mayor Jim Cummings chats with a well-dressed young woman after some kind of award presentation. Sadly, we have no idea what the ceremony was about. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Politics and Public Works)
  • 18:45, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mayor presents award.jpg (In this mid-1950s photo, Mayor Jim Cummings chats with a well-dressed young woman after some kind of award presentation. Sadly, we have no idea what the ceremony was about. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Politics and Public Works)
  • 18:42, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:C&O Canal at Lock 30 looking westward.jpg (Two boats approaching Lock 30 from downstream on the C&O canal. See the water gap sitting majestically as you look westward. This image shows "mule power", as you see a mule and driver on the left pulling the first boat on the towpath. The railroad tracks are somewhere to the right. It's difficult to know the date of the photo. Possibly late 19th century? (Photo courtesy of C&O Canal National Historical Park Headquarters) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
  • 18:42, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:C&O Canal at Lock 30 looking westward.jpg (Two boats approaching Lock 30 from downstream on the C&O canal. See the water gap sitting majestically as you look westward. This image shows "mule power", as you see a mule and driver on the left pulling the first boat on the towpath. The railroad tracks are somewhere to the right. It's difficult to know the date of the photo. Possibly late 19th century? (Photo courtesy of C&O Canal National Historical Park Headquarters) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
  • 17:39, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Students 1959-60 3rd Grade Class.jpg (This BES class picture was of the 1959-60 3rd Grade class of what became the BHS Class of 1970. Top Row: Robin Foster, Jimmy McKnight, Kathy Lerch, Randy Corum, Kathy Hale, Alan Robertson 2nd Row: John Moore, Linda Wood, Harry Warnick, Diane Werking, Michael Carter, Dianne Ault, Donald Conner, George Hoffman 3rd Row: Nancy Gibbons, Randy Corum (he's in twice!), Debbie Care, Steve Slifer, Harold Tomlin, Mike Deener, Debbie Wetzel, Mark Brawner 4th Row: Sharon Mann, Vicki Hawes, Ronald Oden?,...)
  • 17:39, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Students 1959-60 3rd Grade Class.jpg (This BES class picture was of the 1959-60 3rd Grade class of what became the BHS Class of 1970. Top Row: Robin Foster, Jimmy McKnight, Kathy Lerch, Randy Corum, Kathy Hale, Alan Robertson 2nd Row: John Moore, Linda Wood, Harry Warnick, Diane Werking, Michael Carter, Dianne Ault, Donald Conner, George Hoffman 3rd Row: Nancy Gibbons, Randy Corum (he's in twice!), Debbie Care, Steve Slifer, Harold Tomlin, Mike Deener, Debbie Wetzel, Mark Brawner 4th Row: Sharon Mann, Vicki Hawes, Ronald Oden?,...)
  • 17:38, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Students 1955-56 3rd Grade Class.jpg (Mrs. Lillian Cain's 3rd grade class from 1955-56. This is part of the BHS Class of 1965, the final graduation class at the old high school on 4th Avenue. Pictured here are: Top row..Linda Ridgeway, David Mohler, Barbara Gaither, Edward Racey, Shirley Grams, Dale Edwards, Ann Roelke Second row...Tom Waters, Sandra Jones, Webb Blessley, Floyd Harbert, Malinda Merriman, Charles Hedges Third row…Christina Bloom, Barry Cannon, Ernestine Burch, Linda Tritapoe, Carol Ann Boyer, Donna Wetnight, Sh...)
  • 17:38, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Students 1955-56 3rd Grade Class.jpg (Mrs. Lillian Cain's 3rd grade class from 1955-56. This is part of the BHS Class of 1965, the final graduation class at the old high school on 4th Avenue. Pictured here are: Top row..Linda Ridgeway, David Mohler, Barbara Gaither, Edward Racey, Shirley Grams, Dale Edwards, Ann Roelke Second row...Tom Waters, Sandra Jones, Webb Blessley, Floyd Harbert, Malinda Merriman, Charles Hedges Third row…Christina Bloom, Barry Cannon, Ernestine Burch, Linda Tritapoe, Carol Ann Boyer, Donna Wetnight, Sh...)
  • 17:34, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Oil Storage House.jpg (This was the oil storage house. Locomotives required a lot of heavy oil. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 17:34, 21 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Oil Storage House.jpg (This was the oil storage house. Locomotives required a lot of heavy oil. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
  • 21:02, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Civil Air Patrol Bill Care.jpg (Bill Care and his Luscombe aircraft sometime in the 1950s. In the 1950s and '60s, he was one of several citizen pilots who took off and landed from the small airfield near the campgrounds in Brunswick. He was active in the Civil Air Patrol. Bill Care owned and operated an Amoco filling station and garage on Petersville Road where Jerry's Liquors is today, was a conductor on the B&O Railroad and served in World War II? (Photo courtesy of Richard Care and Norm Cornelius) [[Category:Smoketown...)
  • 21:02, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Civil Air Patrol Bill Care.jpg (Bill Care and his Luscombe aircraft sometime in the 1950s. In the 1950s and '60s, he was one of several citizen pilots who took off and landed from the small airfield near the campgrounds in Brunswick. He was active in the Civil Air Patrol. Bill Care owned and operated an Amoco filling station and garage on Petersville Road where Jerry's Liquors is today, was a conductor on the B&O Railroad and served in World War II? (Photo courtesy of Richard Care and Norm Cornelius) [[Category:Smoketown...)
  • 20:51, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS 1945 Girls Basketball Team.jpg (The 1945 BHS girls basketball team sitting on the steps of the old high school on 4th Avenue. Accordin g to Doris Kelley Barker, "the team was made up of Sopohmore, Junior & Senior class members." Those identified are: Front row: June Phillips (Orrison), ?, ? Middle Row: Mary Jane Pace, Duane Virts (Smith), Jackie Mohler (McCoy), Barbara Gordon (Good) Back row: ?, ?, Miss McCaffrey (Coach), ? (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category:Smoketown Sports)
  • 20:51, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BHS 1945 Girls Basketball Team.jpg (The 1945 BHS girls basketball team sitting on the steps of the old high school on 4th Avenue. Accordin g to Doris Kelley Barker, "the team was made up of Sopohmore, Junior & Senior class members." Those identified are: Front row: June Phillips (Orrison), ?, ? Middle Row: Mary Jane Pace, Duane Virts (Smith), Jackie Mohler (McCoy), Barbara Gordon (Good) Back row: ?, ?, Miss McCaffrey (Coach), ? (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category:Smoketown Sports)
  • 20:46, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS 1944-45 Basketball Champs.jpg (The 1945 BHS boy's championship basketball team on the steps of the old high school. Can anyone tell us what conference they were champions of? The players that have been identified were: Bottom row: ?, Mud Brooks Middle row: Ken Taylor, ?, Carroll Hebb, ? Top row: Bob Grams, Carmen Donovan, Bob Burgee (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category:Smoketown Sports)
  • 20:46, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BHS 1944-45 Basketball Champs.jpg (The 1945 BHS boy's championship basketball team on the steps of the old high school. Can anyone tell us what conference they were champions of? The players that have been identified were: Bottom row: ?, Mud Brooks Middle row: Ken Taylor, ?, Carroll Hebb, ? Top row: Bob Grams, Carmen Donovan, Bob Burgee (Photo courtesy of Teeny Phillips via Marsha Sutfin) Category:Smoketown Sports)
  • 20:42, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Group Photo 1944-45.jpeg (This appears to be a group photo posed sitting on the steps of the old high school. We're not sure if all the kids were in the Class of 1947 or 1948. Peter Wenner Pretty sure that’s my dad Bill Wenner on the far right of the back row. Maybe his good friend Bob Shewbridge 4th from the left on the same row. Maybe Blair Harrington with the big pompadour second from left on the top row? Kathy Ann Merriman Sears Right in the middle, slightly in front of and to the left of the girl in the checke...)
  • 20:42, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BHS Group Photo 1944-45.jpeg (This appears to be a group photo posed sitting on the steps of the old high school. We're not sure if all the kids were in the Class of 1947 or 1948. Peter Wenner Pretty sure that’s my dad Bill Wenner on the far right of the back row. Maybe his good friend Bob Shewbridge 4th from the left on the same row. Maybe Blair Harrington with the big pompadour second from left on the top row? Kathy Ann Merriman Sears Right in the middle, slightly in front of and to the left of the girl in the checke...)
  • 20:35, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Springdale Dairy Float.jpg (Just a guess, but maybe this was an early Veterans' Day Parade float for Springdale Dairy, owned by J.N. Souder. The dairy business in Brunswick was intertwined in those days. According to John Souder, the location of this photo was on the Souder road farm. He believes dairy proprietor Woody Souder is standing front and center. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 20:35, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Springdale Dairy Float.jpg (Just a guess, but maybe this was an early Veterans' Day Parade float for Springdale Dairy, owned by J.N. Souder. The dairy business in Brunswick was intertwined in those days. According to John Souder, the location of this photo was on the Souder road farm. He believes dairy proprietor Woody Souder is standing front and center. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 20:30, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Woody Free Trio Hawaiian.JPG (A good Saturday at the old Hawaiian Restaurant and Nite Club back in the 1960s featured the playing of the Woody Free Trio. From left were Gary Free, Woody Free and Graham White. Richard Bowers: My parents, Richard and Elaine Bowers would often go there with their friends Jimmy and Peetie George and George and Eva Albert. Rhonda Hurt Late 1970's Brunswick High Cheerleaders used the Hawaiian as a staging to build a float for the Football Homecoming Parade. We were treated to pizzas during th...)
  • 20:30, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Woody Free Trio Hawaiian.JPG (A good Saturday at the old Hawaiian Restaurant and Nite Club back in the 1960s featured the playing of the Woody Free Trio. From left were Gary Free, Woody Free and Graham White. Richard Bowers: My parents, Richard and Elaine Bowers would often go there with their friends Jimmy and Peetie George and George and Eva Albert. Rhonda Hurt Late 1970's Brunswick High Cheerleaders used the Hawaiian as a staging to build a float for the Football Homecoming Parade. We were treated to pizzas during th...)
  • 20:26, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Hawaiian Junior Main.JPG (Junior Main, then manager of the Hawaiian Restaurant & Nite Club poses in front of the business sometime in the 1950s during it's heyday. It was a great place to go on a Saturday night to dance to live bands or stop on the way back from the Charlestown Races. (Photo courtesy of Patsy Main Davies and Frederick MD Old Photos) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
  • 20:26, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Hawaiian Junior Main.JPG (Junior Main, then manager of the Hawaiian Restaurant & Nite Club poses in front of the business sometime in the 1950s during it's heyday. It was a great place to go on a Saturday night to dance to live bands or stop on the way back from the Charlestown Races. (Photo courtesy of Patsy Main Davies and Frederick MD Old Photos) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
  • 20:24, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Needwood Horsey Distillery Farm.jpg (This is an aerial view of the Horsey Distillery Farm, part of the historic Needwood Plantation off Rt. 17 between Brunswick Crossing and Burkittsville. From the 1850s until the beginning of Prohibition, rye whiskey was distilled from grain grown on this farm and marketed across the United States as "Horsey's Old Maryland Rye." The photograph from SMHS' Horsey Collection shows the farm in the 1930s after the distillery had closed. According to Christopher Mentzer: "The distillery was approxi...)
  • 20:24, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Needwood Horsey Distillery Farm.jpg (This is an aerial view of the Horsey Distillery Farm, part of the historic Needwood Plantation off Rt. 17 between Brunswick Crossing and Burkittsville. From the 1850s until the beginning of Prohibition, rye whiskey was distilled from grain grown on this farm and marketed across the United States as "Horsey's Old Maryland Rye." The photograph from SMHS' Horsey Collection shows the farm in the 1930s after the distillery had closed. According to Christopher Mentzer: "The distillery was approxi...)
  • 20:16, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES MLK Rememberance 1968.jpg (Brunswick Elementary School children on stage in an assembly at the old school in 1968. Kathy thinks that it was a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. following his assassination. Shown here are Rob Kolker (speaking). Behind him are (hidden), George Brown and Kathy Ann Merriman (Sears). Kids comprised a combination of eventual BHS classes 1977-78. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick, MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:16, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES MLK Rememberance 1968.jpg (Brunswick Elementary School children on stage in an assembly at the old school in 1968. Kathy thinks that it was a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. following his assassination. Shown here are Rob Kolker (speaking). Behind him are (hidden), George Brown and Kathy Ann Merriman (Sears). Kids comprised a combination of eventual BHS classes 1977-78. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick, MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:13, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Veterans Day Parade Rotary Float-back 1962.png (Brunswick Rotary Club float from what appears to have been the 1962 Veterans Day Parade judging from the Chevy pulling it. According to Scott Stauffer: "I remember as a young boy watching the men assemble the float at Boyer’s milk transportation at one of their barns. Those helping out were Bruce Boyer, Phil Childs, Doug Wetnight, Gene Bowers, Pat Lakin, Ralph Stauffer, and others, that I have forgotten. I also remember Gary Bowers, son of Gene, coming to help. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo...)
  • 20:13, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Veterans Day Parade Rotary Float-back 1962.png (Brunswick Rotary Club float from what appears to have been the 1962 Veterans Day Parade judging from the Chevy pulling it. According to Scott Stauffer: "I remember as a young boy watching the men assemble the float at Boyer’s milk transportation at one of their barns. Those helping out were Bruce Boyer, Phil Childs, Doug Wetnight, Gene Bowers, Pat Lakin, Ralph Stauffer, and others, that I have forgotten. I also remember Gary Bowers, son of Gene, coming to help. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo...)
  • 20:09, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Veterans Day Parade Clown-Beauty.png (This looks like a 1940s-era Veterans Day Parade. A clown pulling an Eagles float on a tractor carrying a beauty queen! See the businesses on the northern side of W. Potomac Street. Maryland Dining Room is obvious and either was at the time or was later Mrs. Himes' restaurant. Liquor and food stores were marked by the other signs, but are difficult to read. Frank Snoots operated a barber shop in the left side of the building the float is passing by. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at...)
  • 20:09, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Veterans Day Parade Clown-Beauty.png (This looks like a 1940s-era Veterans Day Parade. A clown pulling an Eagles float on a tractor carrying a beauty queen! See the businesses on the northern side of W. Potomac Street. Maryland Dining Room is obvious and either was at the time or was later Mrs. Himes' restaurant. Liquor and food stores were marked by the other signs, but are difficult to read. Frank Snoots operated a barber shop in the left side of the building the float is passing by. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at...)
  • 20:06, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Veterans Day Parade Procession 1940 E. Potomac.jpg (Here's a great shot of a rainy 1940s-era Veterans Day Parade procession making its way around the bend of E. Potomac Street in front of what was then a Western Auto store. That store was later replaced in the 1950s by People's Home & Auto. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 20:06, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Veterans Day Parade Procession 1940 E. Potomac.jpg (Here's a great shot of a rainy 1940s-era Veterans Day Parade procession making its way around the bend of E. Potomac Street in front of what was then a Western Auto store. That store was later replaced in the 1950s by People's Home & Auto. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 20:03, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Veterans Day Parade Pom Pom Girls.jpg (Middletown High School pom-pom girls raise their arms in unison. We think this was a late 1960s parade. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 20:03, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Veterans Day Parade Pom Pom Girls.jpg (Middletown High School pom-pom girls raise their arms in unison. We think this was a late 1960s parade. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 20:01, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Veterans Day Parade African-American Color Guard 40s.jpg (The color guard of an African-American marching band in a Veterans Day Parade in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 20:01, 20 November 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Veterans Day Parade African-American Color Guard 40s.jpg (The color guard of an African-American marching band in a Veterans Day Parade in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 18:27, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Water Tower Construction NY Hill.jpg (According to sources, this water tower had just been built on or near New York Hill. Can anyone identify the structure under construction and the date? We're thinking 1920s. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:27, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Water Tower Construction NY Hill.jpg (According to sources, this water tower had just been built on or near New York Hill. Can anyone identify the structure under construction and the date? We're thinking 1920s. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:23, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Coal Tipple with locomotives.jpg (This photo shows the massive, interconnected wooden Coal Tipple structure in the heyday of steam. We believe this was 1928, given other photos. Almost looks like the infrastructure of a roller coaster. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:23, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Coal Tipple with locomotives.jpg (This photo shows the massive, interconnected wooden Coal Tipple structure in the heyday of steam. We believe this was 1928, given other photos. Almost looks like the infrastructure of a roller coaster. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:17, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Pumphouse Construction.jpg (This view of the pump house construction looking west towards the 300 block of E. Potomac Street in July, 1928. See the old cars on the street, some of which were "high-end" at the time. (Photo from the B&O Railroad Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:17, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Pumphouse Construction.jpg (This view of the pump house construction looking west towards the 300 block of E. Potomac Street in July, 1928. See the old cars on the street, some of which were "high-end" at the time. (Photo from the B&O Railroad Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:14, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Pumphouse-Water Tub Construction.jpg (This July 1928 view of the pumphouse and water tub construction shows a view of the Brunswick yard operations looking eastward under New York Hill. (Photo from the B&O Railroad Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:14, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Pumphouse-Water Tub Construction.jpg (This July 1928 view of the pumphouse and water tub construction shows a view of the Brunswick yard operations looking eastward under New York Hill. (Photo from the B&O Railroad Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:11, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:City Hall Harry Funk.jpg (Harry B. Funk built this City Hall building at 31 A Street in 1910. His son John B. Funk built the replacement City Hall on the same location in 1948. The building was most recently home to the Brunswick Police Department. Because the police department has operated out of both locations off and on for over 100 years, there were jail cells in both iterations of City Hall on this location. Today, the jail cells function as storage rooms. It's believed that City Hall operated from the homes of...)
  • 18:11, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:City Hall Harry Funk.jpg (Harry B. Funk built this City Hall building at 31 A Street in 1910. His son John B. Funk built the replacement City Hall on the same location in 1948. The building was most recently home to the Brunswick Police Department. Because the police department has operated out of both locations off and on for over 100 years, there were jail cells in both iterations of City Hall on this location. Today, the jail cells function as storage rooms. It's believed that City Hall operated from the homes of...)
  • 18:02, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Coal Tipple Foundation.jpg (This is a fascinating photo because it shows how the Coal Tipple was perched atop a simple-looking foundation of wood or concrete blocks. For perspective, see how small the workers look next to the massive wooden structure. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 18:02, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Coal Tipple Foundation.jpg (This is a fascinating photo because it shows how the Coal Tipple was perched atop a simple-looking foundation of wood or concrete blocks. For perspective, see how small the workers look next to the massive wooden structure. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 17:55, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Coal Tipple Emergency Hospital.jpg (Here is an interesting view of the old coal tipple on the right. If you look closely through the gap between the structures, you'll see a locomotive approaching, along with the B&O Emergency Hospital and YMCA framed by the Blue Ridge Mountains. The coal tipple was a massive structure. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 17:55, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Coal Tipple Emergency Hospital.jpg (Here is an interesting view of the old coal tipple on the right. If you look closely through the gap between the structures, you'll see a locomotive approaching, along with the B&O Emergency Hospital and YMCA framed by the Blue Ridge Mountains. The coal tipple was a massive structure. (Photo courtesy of the B&O Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 17:51, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Remsburgs-Littens.jpg (Great photo of Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Remsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Litten cruising on the Yarmouth Panama R.P. It may have been the Remsburgs' honeymoon in 1959. Mr. Remsburg owned the Hawaiian Niteclub on old Rt. 340 in Knoxville and Mr. Litten owned Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership in Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of David Maloney and Heritage Frederick, Maryland via Frederick Maryland Old Photos) Category:Smoketown People)
  • 17:51, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Remsburgs-Littens.jpg (Great photo of Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Remsburg and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Litten cruising on the Yarmouth Panama R.P. It may have been the Remsburgs' honeymoon in 1959. Mr. Remsburg owned the Hawaiian Niteclub on old Rt. 340 in Knoxville and Mr. Litten owned Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership in Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of David Maloney and Heritage Frederick, Maryland via Frederick Maryland Old Photos) Category:Smoketown People)
  • 17:42, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Civil Air Patrol Group (2).jpg (Here's another photo of the young members of Brunswick's Civil Air Patrol. Their meetings were held in what's now the Masonic lodge. According to names written on the photo, pictured here are: Top row (L-R): Chubby Merriman, Larry Barger, Ed Beacht, Richard Nichols, Richard Care, John Hedges, unknown Bottom row (L-R): Rhett Webber, Lester Lloyd, Woody Bohrer, Nelson Burns Can anyone date the photo, tell us the location, and identify the young man on the top row, far right? (Photo courtes...)
  • 17:42, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Civil Air Patrol Group (2).jpg (Here's another photo of the young members of Brunswick's Civil Air Patrol. Their meetings were held in what's now the Masonic lodge. According to names written on the photo, pictured here are: Top row (L-R): Chubby Merriman, Larry Barger, Ed Beacht, Richard Nichols, Richard Care, John Hedges, unknown Bottom row (L-R): Rhett Webber, Lester Lloyd, Woody Bohrer, Nelson Burns Can anyone date the photo, tell us the location, and identify the young man on the top row, far right? (Photo courtes...)
  • 17:32, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Civil Air Patrol Group (1).jpg (This was the Brunswick Civil Air Patrol sometime in the 1950s. The duration of the CAP is believed to have covered 1954-1964. Their meetings were held in what's now the Masonic lodge. Pictured here are: Top row (L-R): Edna Care, Donald Hess(4th), Harold Crabill(5th), Nicky Burns and Bill Care. Others unknown Middle Row(L-R): Larry Barger (1st), Wayne Hill (2nd), Charlie Brown (3rd), Edward Beacht (4th), John Hedges (5th). Others unknown Kneeling (L-R): Donald Darr (1st), Woody Bohrer (2nd),...)
  • 17:32, 14 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Civil Air Patrol Group (1).jpg (This was the Brunswick Civil Air Patrol sometime in the 1950s. The duration of the CAP is believed to have covered 1954-1964. Their meetings were held in what's now the Masonic lodge. Pictured here are: Top row (L-R): Edna Care, Donald Hess(4th), Harold Crabill(5th), Nicky Burns and Bill Care. Others unknown Middle Row(L-R): Larry Barger (1st), Wayne Hill (2nd), Charlie Brown (3rd), Edward Beacht (4th), John Hedges (5th). Others unknown Kneeling (L-R): Donald Darr (1st), Woody Bohrer (2nd),...)
  • 17:56, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:S.W. George & Co. Street Corner Scene.jpg (S.W. George & Co. at 302 W. Potomac Street in the 1950s. The George family operated a hardware and home appliances business at this location from 1907-1968. Potomac Furniture looms large two doors down. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
  • 17:56, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:S.W. George & Co. Street Corner Scene.jpg (S.W. George & Co. at 302 W. Potomac Street in the 1950s. The George family operated a hardware and home appliances business at this location from 1907-1968. Potomac Furniture looms large two doors down. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
  • 17:54, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:S.W. George & Co. George Wabel Null Bennett.jpg (Posing in front of S.W. George & Company at 302 W. Potomac Street were (L-R) Harry George, Jr., Jim Wable?, Jim Null and Syd Bennett. At this location, the Georges sold hardware, sporting goods, home appliances and more for over 60 years. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
  • 17:54, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:S.W. George & Co. George Wabel Null Bennett.jpg (Posing in front of S.W. George & Company at 302 W. Potomac Street were (L-R) Harry George, Jr., Jim Wable?, Jim Null and Syd Bennett. At this location, the Georges sold hardware, sporting goods, home appliances and more for over 60 years. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
  • 17:52, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:S.W. George & Co. Bennett George.jpg (Street scene in front of S.W. George & Co. at 302 W. Potomac Street. Maybe late 1940s/early 1950s? From left: Unidentified, Syd Bennett, Harry George, Jr. The two ladies are also unidentified. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
  • 17:52, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:S.W. George & Co. Bennett George.jpg (Street scene in front of S.W. George & Co. at 302 W. Potomac Street. Maybe late 1940s/early 1950s? From left: Unidentified, Syd Bennett, Harry George, Jr. The two ladies are also unidentified. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
  • 17:47, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Post Office Brunswick Street 1958.jpg (When the U.S. Postal Service dedicated a new, then modern facility on Brunswick Street on October 11, 1958, the location of the post office had changed several times. The previous incarnations were located across from the YMCA, on the left side of the building that was the Potomac Shop & Hotel. We believe the first post office when the town the town was known as Barry, was established in 1832. (Photo courtesy of David Maloney and Heritage Frederick, Maryland via Frederick Maryland Old Phot...)
  • 17:47, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Post Office Brunswick Street 1958.jpg (When the U.S. Postal Service dedicated a new, then modern facility on Brunswick Street on October 11, 1958, the location of the post office had changed several times. The previous incarnations were located across from the YMCA, on the left side of the building that was the Potomac Shop & Hotel. We believe the first post office when the town the town was known as Barry, was established in 1832. (Photo courtesy of David Maloney and Heritage Frederick, Maryland via Frederick Maryland Old Phot...)
  • 17:40, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Football Coaches Foltz, Daugherty, Gaither.jpg (BHS varsity football coaches in the Fall of 1970. Assistant coaches Gene Foltz and Butch Gaither flank head coach Herb Daugherty. The first head coach of football at Brunswick High, Coach Daugherty was starting his 3rd season. All were remembered as tough, but fair coaches. With the help of others, Herb Daugherty brought Football to BHS starting with the 1968-69 school year. According to Norm Cornelius: "When the BOE would not fund the lighting for night games, Herb & others did fundraising...)
  • 17:40, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BHS Football Coaches Foltz, Daugherty, Gaither.jpg (BHS varsity football coaches in the Fall of 1970. Assistant coaches Gene Foltz and Butch Gaither flank head coach Herb Daugherty. The first head coach of football at Brunswick High, Coach Daugherty was starting his 3rd season. All were remembered as tough, but fair coaches. With the help of others, Herb Daugherty brought Football to BHS starting with the 1968-69 school year. According to Norm Cornelius: "When the BOE would not fund the lighting for night games, Herb & others did fundraising...)
  • 17:22, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Civil Air Patrol Nick Burns.png (CAP member Nicky Burns poses in front of an Army vehicle. The Edsel in the background dates the photo to at least the late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
  • 17:22, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Civil Air Patrol Nick Burns.png (CAP member Nicky Burns poses in front of an Army vehicle. The Edsel in the background dates the photo to at least the late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
  • 17:14, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Civil Air Patrol Hedges.jpeg (Civilian Air Patrol member John Hedges poses sometime in the 1950s with the dirt landing strip of the old Brunswick airport behind him. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care) Category: Smoketown Our Soldiers)
  • 17:14, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Civil Air Patrol Hedges.jpeg (Civilian Air Patrol member John Hedges poses sometime in the 1950s with the dirt landing strip of the old Brunswick airport behind him. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care) Category: Smoketown Our Soldiers)
  • 17:11, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Civil Air Patrol Boys.jpeg (The men and boys were identified on the photo as top (L-R): Will Beacht, John Hedges and Larry Webber. A kneeling Rhett Webber salutes on the right. See the 1951 or '52 Chevy in the background beside the old airplane hangars. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care via Norm Cornelius) Category: Smoketown Our Soldiers)
  • 17:11, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Civil Air Patrol Boys.jpeg (The men and boys were identified on the photo as top (L-R): Will Beacht, John Hedges and Larry Webber. A kneeling Rhett Webber salutes on the right. See the 1951 or '52 Chevy in the background beside the old airplane hangars. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care via Norm Cornelius) Category: Smoketown Our Soldiers)
  • 16:59, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Parade Clowns.png (Here is a parade photo taken in front of Kaplons with the sign for what was then Fisher's Shell Station across W. Potomac Street. It's hard to tell if the parade celebrated the dedication of the Potomac River Bridge in August 1955, or the Diamond Jubilee in September, 1965. There was also an unseasonably warm Veteran's Day Parade in November, 1961. Some clues to date the photo are the 1950s era vehicles and the spectators' clothing styles. The spectators appear to have enjoyed the clowns in...)
  • 16:59, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Parade Clowns.png (Here is a parade photo taken in front of Kaplons with the sign for what was then Fisher's Shell Station across W. Potomac Street. It's hard to tell if the parade celebrated the dedication of the Potomac River Bridge in August 1955, or the Diamond Jubilee in September, 1965. There was also an unseasonably warm Veteran's Day Parade in November, 1961. Some clues to date the photo are the 1950s era vehicles and the spectators' clothing styles. The spectators appear to have enjoyed the clowns in...)
  • 16:54, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Blade-Times.jpeg (Many of us remember the Blade-Times newspaper in a form factor similar to The Brunswick Citizen, which ceased publication in 2020. At one time it was a broad sheet. Since Editor & Publisher Henry (Cap) Rinker was underaged when he started the Brunswick Blade, he always retained his father's name--K.I. Rinker & Son--as publishers on the masthead. Here is an example from November 22, 1945, almost three months after the end of World War II and 18 years to the day before President Kennedy was a...)
  • 16:54, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Blade-Times.jpeg (Many of us remember the Blade-Times newspaper in a form factor similar to The Brunswick Citizen, which ceased publication in 2020. At one time it was a broad sheet. Since Editor & Publisher Henry (Cap) Rinker was underaged when he started the Brunswick Blade, he always retained his father's name--K.I. Rinker & Son--as publishers on the masthead. Here is an example from November 22, 1945, almost three months after the end of World War II and 18 years to the day before President Kennedy was a...)
  • 16:51, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gary Carter Signs with Senators.JPG (1967 news clipping of Gary Carter's professional signing with the old Washington Senators organization. Hard to tell whether this was from the Frederick News-Post or Blade-Times. A child prodigy Brunswick youth pitcher, he once threw a no-hitter in a Little League Game in 1961. Gary went on to pitch for 4 years in the old Washington Senators' system from 1967-70. He advanced as high as AAA in 1969. (News clipping courtesy of the Brunswick Orioles) Category:Smoketown Baseball)
  • 16:51, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Gary Carter Signs with Senators.JPG (1967 news clipping of Gary Carter's professional signing with the old Washington Senators organization. Hard to tell whether this was from the Frederick News-Post or Blade-Times. A child prodigy Brunswick youth pitcher, he once threw a no-hitter in a Little League Game in 1961. Gary went on to pitch for 4 years in the old Washington Senators' system from 1967-70. He advanced as high as AAA in 1969. (News clipping courtesy of the Brunswick Orioles) Category:Smoketown Baseball)
  • 16:37, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Herald.jpg (In honor of the recent first edition of the Brunswick News-Journal, here's a photo of the first page of its most distant predecessor: Vol. 1, No. 1 of The Brunswick Herald, dated March 6, 1891. Newspapers had a different approach back then: most of Page 1 is taken up by a section of a novel, plus a curiosity piece about desert animals, an excerpt from the memoirs of a famous French diplomat who knew Napoleon, some reprinted advice from the Boston Herald newspaper on politeness, and -- at the...)
  • 16:37, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Herald.jpg (In honor of the recent first edition of the Brunswick News-Journal, here's a photo of the first page of its most distant predecessor: Vol. 1, No. 1 of The Brunswick Herald, dated March 6, 1891. Newspapers had a different approach back then: most of Page 1 is taken up by a section of a novel, plus a curiosity piece about desert animals, an excerpt from the memoirs of a famous French diplomat who knew Napoleon, some reprinted advice from the Boston Herald newspaper on politeness, and -- at the...)
  • 16:33, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Aircraft Warning ID (1).jpg (This Aircraft Warning Service ID for Zoe Kline was found in an old desk by her daughter. The service utilized private citizens who looked for and reported on enemy aircraft during World War II. (Courtesy of Carolyn Kline Cogle) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
  • 16:33, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Aircraft Warning ID (1).jpg (This Aircraft Warning Service ID for Zoe Kline was found in an old desk by her daughter. The service utilized private citizens who looked for and reported on enemy aircraft during World War II. (Courtesy of Carolyn Kline Cogle) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers)
  • 00:32, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mrs. Manuel Class 1967-68.jpeg (Mrs. Frances Manuel's blended 4th & 5th grade class at BES in the 1967-68 school year. BHS Classes of 1975 and '76 represented here. First row - Todd Grams, Chris Weitzel, Frank Strakonsky, Michael Moulton, John Wheeler, Rob Kolker, Keith Webber. Second row - Robin McCutcheon, Kelly Schwinn, Robin Smith, ?, Darla Sigler, Shelby Scott, ?. Third row - Kathy Carter, Anita Morris, Vicki Huffer, Billy Roelke, Cathy Heffner, Tommy Ayres, Dennis Stockton, Mrs. Manuel. Fourth row: Keith Wilhelm,...)
  • 00:32, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mrs. Manuel Class 1967-68.jpeg (Mrs. Frances Manuel's blended 4th & 5th grade class at BES in the 1967-68 school year. BHS Classes of 1975 and '76 represented here. First row - Todd Grams, Chris Weitzel, Frank Strakonsky, Michael Moulton, John Wheeler, Rob Kolker, Keith Webber. Second row - Robin McCutcheon, Kelly Schwinn, Robin Smith, ?, Darla Sigler, Shelby Scott, ?. Third row - Kathy Carter, Anita Morris, Vicki Huffer, Billy Roelke, Cathy Heffner, Tommy Ayres, Dennis Stockton, Mrs. Manuel. Fourth row: Keith Wilhelm,...)
  • 00:22, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Meadows Building 1940s Saloon.jpeg (According to a notation on the back of the photo, this was purportedly taken at Darr's Tavern in Brunswick on September 28, 1943. Jesse "Elg" Carter was the bartender on the right side. Several commenters on Smoketown History believe the location was whatever establishment preceded My Sister’s Place in the Meadows Building on S. Maple Avenue, however. According to Jim Dixon regarding this establishment in 1943, "I know about that time my mom worked there for a guy who's name was 'Jimmy the G...)
  • 00:22, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Meadows Building 1940s Saloon.jpeg (According to a notation on the back of the photo, this was purportedly taken at Darr's Tavern in Brunswick on September 28, 1943. Jesse "Elg" Carter was the bartender on the right side. Several commenters on Smoketown History believe the location was whatever establishment preceded My Sister’s Place in the Meadows Building on S. Maple Avenue, however. According to Jim Dixon regarding this establishment in 1943, "I know about that time my mom worked there for a guy who's name was 'Jimmy the G...)
  • 00:17, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gary Carter Award.JPG (Two Brunswick baseball legends. Former Washington Senators farmhand and Brunswick pitching legend Gary Carter with longtime manager Roger Dawson. This was Gary's induction into the 2017 Brunswick NSPBA Hall of Fame. Gary Carter passed away in May, 2023. (News clipping courtesy of the Brunswick Orioles) Category:Smoketown Sports)
  • 00:17, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Gary Carter Award.JPG (Two Brunswick baseball legends. Former Washington Senators farmhand and Brunswick pitching legend Gary Carter with longtime manager Roger Dawson. This was Gary's induction into the 2017 Brunswick NSPBA Hall of Fame. Gary Carter passed away in May, 2023. (News clipping courtesy of the Brunswick Orioles) Category:Smoketown Sports)
  • 00:09, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1959 BHS Girls Sports.JPG (BHS Railroader girls were victorious in field hockey and field ball in 1959 at the old high school atop the 4th Avenue hill. According to Sean Staub, "Field ball was a game played on a soccer field with a soccer ball or basketball by two teams of 11 members each and combining many of the techniques of basketball and soccer." Mrs. Ruth Nicholson coached field hockey and may have also coached field ball. You may need to download the photo and enlarge to see all the names. (BHS Yearbook photo...)
  • 00:09, 10 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1959 BHS Girls Sports.JPG (BHS Railroader girls were victorious in field hockey and field ball in 1959 at the old high school atop the 4th Avenue hill. According to Sean Staub, "Field ball was a game played on a soccer field with a soccer ball or basketball by two teams of 11 members each and combining many of the techniques of basketball and soccer." Mrs. Ruth Nicholson coached field hockey and may have also coached field ball. You may need to download the photo and enlarge to see all the names. (BHS Yearbook photo...)
  • 23:06, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Great Frederick Fair .JPG (Here's a photo from the midway at the Great Frederick Fair in October, 1949. The caption tells the story. Students all over the county always got the Friday off from school to attend the Fair. Some memories: Doris Kelley Barker YES, WE HAD FRIDAY OFF AND WE WENT & HAD LOTS OF FUN. Anne Zumbach Looks like the hoochie girls on the left! (Photo courtesy of Frederick Maryland Old Photos) Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 23:06, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Great Frederick Fair .JPG (Here's a photo from the midway at the Great Frederick Fair in October, 1949. The caption tells the story. Students all over the county always got the Friday off from school to attend the Fair. Some memories: Doris Kelley Barker YES, WE HAD FRIDAY OFF AND WE WENT & HAD LOTS OF FUN. Anne Zumbach Looks like the hoochie girls on the left! (Photo courtesy of Frederick Maryland Old Photos) Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
  • 22:59, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Petersville School.jpg (The old part of Compher's Crossroads Inn restaurant on the left side was originally the Petersville School. These are some of the students in what we believe to have been the early 1900s. Note the P's on the headbands. (Photo courtesy of Connie Silliman) Category: Smoketown Schools)
  • 22:59, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Petersville School.jpg (The old part of Compher's Crossroads Inn restaurant on the left side was originally the Petersville School. These are some of the students in what we believe to have been the early 1900s. Note the P's on the headbands. (Photo courtesy of Connie Silliman) Category: Smoketown Schools)
  • 22:54, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS girls talk.jpeg (mong some candid yearbook photos was this gem showing some girlfriends having happy chats with sweeping views of the mountains and sports fields. It was known as the "New High School" back then. We can identify Delores Jackson on the left foreground talking to Jocelyn Hill (both Class of ‘75). Deborah Jackson (Class of ‘74) is kneeling in the background chatting with Regina Peters (Class of ‘75). Cathy Dustin was sitting on the far left next to Mary Taulton facing the camera. The other girl...)
  • 22:54, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BHS girls talk.jpeg (mong some candid yearbook photos was this gem showing some girlfriends having happy chats with sweeping views of the mountains and sports fields. It was known as the "New High School" back then. We can identify Delores Jackson on the left foreground talking to Jocelyn Hill (both Class of ‘75). Deborah Jackson (Class of ‘74) is kneeling in the background chatting with Regina Peters (Class of ‘75). Cathy Dustin was sitting on the far left next to Mary Taulton facing the camera. The other girl...)
  • 20:18, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Library.jpg (Photo of the library shelves. (Photo courtesy of Jody Simmons) Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:18, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Library.jpg (Photo of the library shelves. (Photo courtesy of Jody Simmons) Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:16, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Mrs. Strailman's Room.jpg (This looks like the classroom where Mrs. Margaret Strailman taught first grade. (Photo courtesy of Linda Moss) Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:16, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Mrs. Strailman's Room.jpg (This looks like the classroom where Mrs. Margaret Strailman taught first grade. (Photo courtesy of Linda Moss) Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:13, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Brick.jpg (An example of souvenir bricks that were sold at the Farewell Ceremony on May 12, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:13, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Brick.jpg (An example of souvenir bricks that were sold at the Farewell Ceremony on May 12, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:11, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Speakers & Crowd.jpg (Guest speakers with Mayor Nathan Brown before the ceremony. Each shared memories of when they entered when it was new in 1952. Speakers were (L to R) Dick Goodrich (who was in 5th grade when the school opened in 1952), Bill Eshbaugh (4th grade), Jim Cox (3rd grade), Gloria Crowl (2nd grade), Karen Cornelius (1st grade). (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:11, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Speakers & Crowd.jpg (Guest speakers with Mayor Nathan Brown before the ceremony. Each shared memories of when they entered when it was new in 1952. Speakers were (L to R) Dick Goodrich (who was in 5th grade when the school opened in 1952), Bill Eshbaugh (4th grade), Jim Cox (3rd grade), Gloria Crowl (2nd grade), Karen Cornelius (1st grade). (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:09, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Girls Bathroom Sign.jpg (Sign on the floor as you enter the girls bathroom. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:09, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Girls Bathroom Sign.jpg (Sign on the floor as you enter the girls bathroom. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:07, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Stage Lights.jpg (Seeing these old stage lights was an incredible blast from the past. These date back at least 60 years. Kathy Bondarenko Quijada Cusack As soon as I saw the picture, I had a flashback to the talent shows. Oh my goodness, they were fun! (Photo courtesy of Pete Cage) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 20:07, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Stage Lights.jpg (Seeing these old stage lights was an incredible blast from the past. These date back at least 60 years. Kathy Bondarenko Quijada Cusack As soon as I saw the picture, I had a flashback to the talent shows. Oh my goodness, they were fun! (Photo courtesy of Pete Cage) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 19:53, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Cafeteria.jpg (The sign on the floor as you entered the old cafeteria and auditorium. Many of us thought these were precious stones embedded on the floor. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 19:53, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Cafeteria.jpg (The sign on the floor as you entered the old cafeteria and auditorium. Many of us thought these were precious stones embedded on the floor. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 19:51, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Karen Cornelius BES Farewell.jpg (Karen Cornelius representing BHS class of 1963, the first class to go from 1st through 6th grade at the school, which opened in 1952. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 19:51, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Karen Cornelius BES Farewell.jpg (Karen Cornelius representing BHS class of 1963, the first class to go from 1st through 6th grade at the school, which opened in 1952. (Photo courtesy of Lisa Cornelius Soudry) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 19:49, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Speakers BES Farewell (1).jpg (Former BES students Bill Eshbaugh, Jim Cox, Gloria Crowl, Karen Cornelius, Mayor Brown waiting for the ceremony to begin. Bill, Jim, Gloria and Karen were all part of the 1st year students when the school opened in the Fall of 1952. (Photo courtesy of Jody Simmons) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 19:49, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Speakers BES Farewell (1).jpg (Former BES students Bill Eshbaugh, Jim Cox, Gloria Crowl, Karen Cornelius, Mayor Brown waiting for the ceremony to begin. Bill, Jim, Gloria and Karen were all part of the 1st year students when the school opened in the Fall of 1952. (Photo courtesy of Jody Simmons) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 19:41, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Generating Station & Coal Tipple.jpg (We believe this a photo of the generating station in front of the Coal Tipple. (Photo from the B&O Railroad Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 19:41, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Generating Station & Coal Tipple.jpg (We believe this a photo of the generating station in front of the Coal Tipple. (Photo from the B&O Railroad Museum courtesy of David McIntosh) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
  • 19:32, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Josie Compher and Mom Sasso.jpg (Josephine Compher and her mother, who was known as "Mom" Sasso. They were instrumental to the success of Compher's Crossroads Inn on old Rt. 340 in Knoxville, which was managed by Josie's husband Buck Compher. The restaurant was a popular stop on the way to or from the Charlestown races. It was renowned for its delicious Italian food, especially the spaghetti. According to Linda Amato-Creeden: "Josie Sasso Compher's great italian cooking and hard work grew the success of this restaurant. My...)
  • 19:32, 9 October 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Josie Compher and Mom Sasso.jpg (Josephine Compher and her mother, who was known as "Mom" Sasso. They were instrumental to the success of Compher's Crossroads Inn on old Rt. 340 in Knoxville, which was managed by Josie's husband Buck Compher. The restaurant was a popular stop on the way to or from the Charlestown races. It was renowned for its delicious Italian food, especially the spaghetti. According to Linda Amato-Creeden: "Josie Sasso Compher's great italian cooking and hard work grew the success of this restaurant. My...)
  • 15:22, 16 August 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Former Faculty.jpg (Former Brunswick Elementary School faculty gather for a group photo in front of the old stage in the cafeteria/auditorium at the farewell ceremony on 5/12/2023. Back row: Pam Thomas, Wendy Campbell , Jennifer Wilkins, Carol Vogler, Dena O'Neill, Barbara Howard; middle row: Missy Dirks, Linda Moss, Vicki Coleman, Sue Runkle, Margaret Lutman, Kneeling in front: Jonathan Cook (Photo courtesy of Linda Moss) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 15:22, 16 August 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Former Faculty.jpg (Former Brunswick Elementary School faculty gather for a group photo in front of the old stage in the cafeteria/auditorium at the farewell ceremony on 5/12/2023. Back row: Pam Thomas, Wendy Campbell , Jennifer Wilkins, Carol Vogler, Dena O'Neill, Barbara Howard; middle row: Missy Dirks, Linda Moss, Vicki Coleman, Sue Runkle, Margaret Lutman, Kneeling in front: Jonathan Cook (Photo courtesy of Linda Moss) Category:Smoketown Schools)
  • 17:04, 15 August 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School (1).jpg (Uploaded a work by Unknown from John Roby Morsberger with UploadWizard) Tag: uploadwizard
  • 17:04, 15 August 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School (1).jpg (Uploaded a work by Unknown from John Roby Morsberger with UploadWizard)
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