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- 19:39, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Betty Brooks-Billy Brooks-Jean Moyer.png (Betty Brooks, Billy Brooks and Jean Moyer pose in front of a vintage car and the former Kaplon's store windows in the 1970s. See the folks looking at the display windows. Maybe an early Potomac River Festival? Jean Moyer worked at the West End Grocery store at 326 W. Potomac Street. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:36, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Gene Bowers Littens Salesman.jpg (Super salesman Gene Bowers posed in front of Jim Haley's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership on 600 W. Potomac Street in 1971. Longtime owner Russell Litten had sold the business to Mr. Haley around that time and gave the building facade a facelift. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:36, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gene Bowers Littens Salesman.jpg (Super salesman Gene Bowers posed in front of Jim Haley's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership on 600 W. Potomac Street in 1971. Longtime owner Russell Litten had sold the business to Mr. Haley around that time and gave the building facade a facelift. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown People)
- 19:34, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Kodachrome Alma Smith-Ann Malone-Beverly Langley.jpg (In another of several Kodachrome photos we have from the early 1940s, the inscription on the back identified these Brunswick girls as Alma Smith, Ann Malone and Beverly Langley. This photo is believed to date to the Summer of 1943. (Photo courtesy of Mindy Niles from the Duane Smith Collection and the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids)
- 19:34, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Kodachrome Alma Smith-Ann Malone-Beverly Langley.jpg (In another of several Kodachrome photos we have from the early 1940s, the inscription on the back identified these Brunswick girls as Alma Smith, Ann Malone and Beverly Langley. This photo is believed to date to the Summer of 1943. (Photo courtesy of Mindy Niles from the Duane Smith Collection and the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids)
- 19:31, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Gary Bowers, Doug and Donna Stewart.jpg (Gary Bowers, Doug and Donna Stewart posed in their Sunday best near the corner of the 500 block of West Potomac Street, south side, about a block from Littens. Early 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Kids)
- 19:31, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gary Bowers, Doug and Donna Stewart.jpg (Gary Bowers, Doug and Donna Stewart posed in their Sunday best near the corner of the 500 block of West Potomac Street, south side, about a block from Littens. Early 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Kids)
- 19:30, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Street Summer Gang.jpg (Brunswick Street summer gang photographed in Gene and Margaret Bowers's yard at 616 Brunswick Street in August 1953. Back row: Gary Bowers, Pat O'Connor, Mike O' Connor, Gloria Moore Front row: Freddy Moore, Brenda Bowers, Sherry Bowers The O'Connors were from Illinois and visited their aunt during the summer. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Kids)
- 19:30, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Street Summer Gang.jpg (Brunswick Street summer gang photographed in Gene and Margaret Bowers's yard at 616 Brunswick Street in August 1953. Back row: Gary Bowers, Pat O'Connor, Mike O' Connor, Gloria Moore Front row: Freddy Moore, Brenda Bowers, Sherry Bowers The O'Connors were from Illinois and visited their aunt during the summer. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Kids)
- 19:18, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Sherry Bowers and Leslie Forrest.jpg (July 20, 1954. Sherry Bowers and Leslie Forrest the Bowers' family yard at 616 Brunswick Street. Leslie's grandmother lived next door. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Brunswick Kids)
- 19:18, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Sherry Bowers and Leslie Forrest.jpg (July 20, 1954. Sherry Bowers and Leslie Forrest the Bowers' family yard at 616 Brunswick Street. Leslie's grandmother lived next door. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Brunswick Kids)
- 18:47, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Prescription Arts ladies.png (Edith Alger, Mildred "Pinky" Harper and Betty Powers pose in period clothes in the lunch area of the old Prescription Arts pharmacy in the mid-1970s. These ladies worked at the lunch counter. Maybe a Potomac River Festival? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 18:47, 16 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Prescription Arts ladies.png (Edith Alger, Mildred "Pinky" Harper and Betty Powers pose in period clothes in the lunch area of the old Prescription Arts pharmacy in the mid-1970s. These ladies worked at the lunch counter. Maybe a Potomac River Festival? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
- 20:15, 15 August 2024 Jcaves talk contribs created page Category:2024 Brunswick Distinguished Citizen (Created page with "Category:Brunswick Distinguished Citizen")
- 20:00, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:SW George Lehigh Cement.jpg (An advertising sign for a cement brand that was available at S.W. George & Co. The longtime Brunswick business was located at 302 W. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Advertising)
- 20:00, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:SW George Lehigh Cement.jpg (An advertising sign for a cement brand that was available at S.W. George & Co. The longtime Brunswick business was located at 302 W. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Advertising)
- 19:58, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (7) 2.jpg (BHS under construction, 1964. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketwon Schools)
- 19:58, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (7) 2.jpg (BHS under construction, 1964. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketwon Schools)
- 19:57, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (6) 4.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:57, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (6) 4.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:56, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (5) 5.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:56, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (5) 5.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:55, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (4).jpg (BHS under construction. April 1965. The school opened for classes in the Fall of that year. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:55, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (4).jpg (BHS under construction. April 1965. The school opened for classes in the Fall of that year. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:51, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (3) 3.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. The boy is unidentified. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:51, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (3) 3.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. The boy is unidentified. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:36, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1024px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (2).jpg (BHS under construction. View of the frame and foundation, looking toward Jefferson. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:36, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1024px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (2).jpg (BHS under construction. View of the frame and foundation, looking toward Jefferson. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:35, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960.jpg (During early construction of Brunswick High School in the early 1960, this snowy view looks towards the location of the baseball field. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:35, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960.jpg (During early construction of Brunswick High School in the early 1960, this snowy view looks towards the location of the baseball field. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 13:51, 15 August 2024 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Football Brunswick High School Players Get Ready for 2024-2025 Season, The Frederick News-Post, August 15, 2024.pdf (Brunswick's quarterback Ethan Houck getting ready for the season. Category:Recreation-Sports)
- 13:51, 15 August 2024 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Football Brunswick High School Players Get Ready for 2024-2025 Season, The Frederick News-Post, August 15, 2024.pdf (Brunswick's quarterback Ethan Houck getting ready for the season. Category:Recreation-Sports)
- 22:55, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Litten's Ad 1952.jpg (Litten's Chevrolet sales ad, April 1952. This was before the dealership started selling Oldsmobiles. Ads in this style were typically made by national auto manufacturers for local franchisees to run. (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Advertising)
- 22:55, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Litten's Ad 1952.jpg (Litten's Chevrolet sales ad, April 1952. This was before the dealership started selling Oldsmobiles. Ads in this style were typically made by national auto manufacturers for local franchisees to run. (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Advertising)
- 22:51, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Factory 1947.jpeg (The Polan, Katz & Co. umbrella factory at the corner of Fifth Avenue & D Street in 1947. Currently Puerto Rico Distillery, the old factory was built sometime before 1936. According to the Brunswick News-Journal, it pre-dated residential development in that area as a 1936 Maryland National Guard aerial photo "shows the building with just a scattering of houses around it." Over the years, the building has been home to Brown's Hosiery (Ladies' stockings 1938-1939), Polan, Katz & Co. (Umbrellas...)
- 22:51, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Factory 1947.jpeg (The Polan, Katz & Co. umbrella factory at the corner of Fifth Avenue & D Street in 1947. Currently Puerto Rico Distillery, the old factory was built sometime before 1936. According to the Brunswick News-Journal, it pre-dated residential development in that area as a 1936 Maryland National Guard aerial photo "shows the building with just a scattering of houses around it." Over the years, the building has been home to Brown's Hosiery (Ladies' stockings 1938-1939), Polan, Katz & Co. (Umbrellas...)
- 22:43, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bessie Westall Strickler.jpeg (This was Bessie Westall Strickler using an adding machine. Judging from the ledgers under the desk, perhaps this was Brunswick's Clerk Office at City Hall? Lynn Biller Folk Town of Brunswick's Clerk Office?? John Roby Morsberger No occupation listed in 1950 census. She may have been photographed working at one of the many organizations that she involved with. Sandra Cavalier When we moved to Brunswick in September 1963, we moved into Mr. and Mrs. Strickler's upstairs apartment at One Sixth...)
- 22:43, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bessie Westall Strickler.jpeg (This was Bessie Westall Strickler using an adding machine. Judging from the ledgers under the desk, perhaps this was Brunswick's Clerk Office at City Hall? Lynn Biller Folk Town of Brunswick's Clerk Office?? John Roby Morsberger No occupation listed in 1950 census. She may have been photographed working at one of the many organizations that she involved with. Sandra Cavalier When we moved to Brunswick in September 1963, we moved into Mr. and Mrs. Strickler's upstairs apartment at One Sixth...)
- 22:21, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Medora Brady Antiques.jpeg (Mrs. Medora Elgin Brady was an authority on antiques and a collector. She dealt in antiques, at one time operating this shop at the crossroads of Routes 79 and 180. She also dealt from her home at 521 West Potomac Street. Her home was filled with 19th century furniture. Her shop is believed to have been on the southwestern corner where Follin's service station stood. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries; information fro...)
- 22:21, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Medora Brady Antiques.jpeg (Mrs. Medora Elgin Brady was an authority on antiques and a collector. She dealt in antiques, at one time operating this shop at the crossroads of Routes 79 and 180. She also dealt from her home at 521 West Potomac Street. Her home was filled with 19th century furniture. Her shop is believed to have been on the southwestern corner where Follin's service station stood. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries; information fro...)
- 22:14, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Roscoe Rockwell.jpeg (Roscoe Rockwell (1895-1956) poses on a rail outside Kaplon's on the Maryland Avenue side. He was manager of Brunswick's Potomac Edison store at 25 W. Potomac Street. The longtime electric utility once operated stores like the one in downtown Brunswick that sold household appliances. Do these stores still operate anywhere today? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
- 22:14, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Roscoe Rockwell.jpeg (Roscoe Rockwell (1895-1956) poses on a rail outside Kaplon's on the Maryland Avenue side. He was manager of Brunswick's Potomac Edison store at 25 W. Potomac Street. The longtime electric utility once operated stores like the one in downtown Brunswick that sold household appliances. Do these stores still operate anywhere today? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
- 20:02, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Tri-County League Scoreboard.jpeg (1937 Brunswick Tri-County League baseball team in front of the scoreboard at Scheer Stadium. Here are the names of the players and men in suits: Back row (L-R): Ray Danner, John Hammond, Lee Hahn, Jonnie Stewart, Gene Bowers, John McQuillen, Red Hawes (manager) Front row (L-R): Elmer Bowers, Ellis Grams, Gene Hahn, Beanie Taylor, Carl McQuillen, Doug Howe, Roy Powell, Carroll Flora (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison) Category:Smoketown Baseball (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison))
- 20:02, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Tri-County League Scoreboard.jpeg (1937 Brunswick Tri-County League baseball team in front of the scoreboard at Scheer Stadium. Here are the names of the players and men in suits: Back row (L-R): Ray Danner, John Hammond, Lee Hahn, Jonnie Stewart, Gene Bowers, John McQuillen, Red Hawes (manager) Front row (L-R): Elmer Bowers, Ellis Grams, Gene Hahn, Beanie Taylor, Carl McQuillen, Doug Howe, Roy Powell, Carroll Flora (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison) Category:Smoketown Baseball (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison))
- 19:48, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Tommy Thompson Funeral.JPG (Local reporting on the funeral of Former Chief of Police Tommy Thompson. Since he had served faithfully during a time of declining health, he was accorded the honor of a traditional police funeral despite not having been killed in the line of duty. He was only 48. Doris Kelley Barker Always loved Tommy at First Baptist Church and as our policeman. He also had his license, I believe, to fly an airplane. (Brunswick Citizen clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) [[C...)
- 19:48, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Tommy Thompson Funeral.JPG (Local reporting on the funeral of Former Chief of Police Tommy Thompson. Since he had served faithfully during a time of declining health, he was accorded the honor of a traditional police funeral despite not having been killed in the line of duty. He was only 48. Doris Kelley Barker Always loved Tommy at First Baptist Church and as our policeman. He also had his license, I believe, to fly an airplane. (Brunswick Citizen clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) [[C...)
- 19:41, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Fabulous 40s Reunion .jpeg (A BHS Fabulous '40s reunion, early 1970s. The following people have been identified: Kneeling: Ernie Weinholt, Charles Weddle, ?, ?, ?, ?, the Coopers. Standing: Bill Harrington,?,?, Paul Orrison, June Orrisson, Red Phillips, tTeeny Phillips, ?, Noni and Tommy Sigler, ?, Mary Margrabe, ?, the Utterbacks Bill Wenner, Clair and Betty Ebersole, Carl Margrabe (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner from the collection of Judge William W. Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:41, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fabulous 40s Reunion .jpeg (A BHS Fabulous '40s reunion, early 1970s. The following people have been identified: Kneeling: Ernie Weinholt, Charles Weddle, ?, ?, ?, ?, the Coopers. Standing: Bill Harrington,?,?, Paul Orrison, June Orrisson, Red Phillips, tTeeny Phillips, ?, Noni and Tommy Sigler, ?, Mary Margrabe, ?, the Utterbacks Bill Wenner, Clair and Betty Ebersole, Carl Margrabe (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner from the collection of Judge William W. Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools)
- 19:34, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Knights of Pythias A.M. Thomas.jpeg (This is a framed Knights of Pythias membership certificate for A.M. Thomas, who was inducted into Brunswick's Loyalty Lodge 122 on July 18, 1911. The lodge was organized on October 24, 1892. The brotherhood owned several properties in town, including lots acquired in 1919 at 1 N. Virginia Avenue and the former fire hall on Delaware Avenue. They once operated a lodge on I Street, which may have been the location in 1911. Does anyone know? The organization has been dormant in Brunswick since...)
- 19:34, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Knights of Pythias A.M. Thomas.jpeg (This is a framed Knights of Pythias membership certificate for A.M. Thomas, who was inducted into Brunswick's Loyalty Lodge 122 on July 18, 1911. The lodge was organized on October 24, 1892. The brotherhood owned several properties in town, including lots acquired in 1919 at 1 N. Virginia Avenue and the former fire hall on Delaware Avenue. They once operated a lodge on I Street, which may have been the location in 1911. Does anyone know? The organization has been dormant in Brunswick since...)