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24 October 2019

• 11:3111:31, 24 October 2019 diff hist +525 N File:B&O Paymaster and Knoxville political kingpin R.A. (Ashie) Webber.jpg B&O Paymaster and Knoxville political kingpin R.A. (Ashie) Webber on the left with some unidentified men sitting outside the YMCA barber shop in 1977. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public L... current
• 11:2711:27, 24 October 2019 diff hist +156 N File:Emerson Barlow (left) and Tom Marcum (conductor) in the TV lounge on main floor at the YMCA, circa 1975.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 11:2511:25, 24 October 2019 diff hist +317 N File:R.A. Scott is in the blue hat reading the newspaper and G.P. Smith is in the yellow t-shirt..jpg B&O crew members from Baltimore at the YMCA restaurant in 1977. R.A. Scott is in the blue hat reading the newspaper and G.P. Smith is in the yellow t-shirt. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Pu... current
• 11:2311:23, 24 October 2019 diff hist +156 N File:R.A. (Ashie) Webber and Tom Green enjoying the YMCA dining room in the mid-'70s.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 11:2111:21, 24 October 2019 diff hist +34 File:Rex Merriman with Mildred Himes, head cook of the YMCA kitchen.jpg No edit summary current
• 11:2011:20, 24 October 2019 diff hist +325 N File:Rex Merriman with Mildred Himes, head cook of the YMCA kitchen.jpg Rex Merriman with Mildred Himes, head cook of the YMCA kitchen. See the clean appliances and floor you could almost eat off of. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries). Mary Sue Bo...
• 11:1811:18, 24 October 2019 diff hist +156 N File:YMCA Restaurant Clara Metzer is working with checks in the foreground and Helen Lust (McFall) is standing in the background.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 11:1411:14, 24 October 2019 diff hist +857 N File:YMCA lunch counter, Yonnie Longerbeam, Clarence Ebberts and G.P. Smith.jpg The other side of the YMCA lunch counter where the double doors faced out to the long hallway leading to the main entrance. Yonnie Longerbeam on the stool at the counter. The gentleman are Clarence Ebberts and G.P.Smith, Baltimore West End Engineer.... current
• 11:0911:09, 24 October 2019 diff hist +297 N File:Lunch counter at the Y. Annabelle Taulton and Rex Merriman.jpg The lunch counter at the Y. Annabelle Taulton and Rex Merriman are the ladies posing to the left. Clarence Ebberts is finishing his coffee. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)... current
• 11:0711:07, 24 October 2019 diff hist +112 N File:YMCA 1943 Christmas Day Dinner Menu.jpg (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 11:0611:06, 24 October 2019 diff hist +647 N File:YMCA menu with the daily specials insert, dated January 24, 1938..jpg Regular YMCA menu with the daily specials insert, dated January 24, 1938. (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Nancy Ferrell Piper: Many fond memories of the YMCA restaurant. Mommie (Grandmother Eve Kronk who was a caller... current
• 10:5910:59, 24 October 2019 diff hist +289 N File:Ken Harshman barbering at the YMCA in the early '70s.jpg Ken Harshman barbering at the YMCA in the early '70s. The man getting his haircut is believed to be Johnny Brady from Lovettsville. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Catego... current
• 10:5710:57, 24 October 2019 diff hist +174 N File:Towel Check Token, Side 2.jpg Brunswick, Maryland Towel Check Token (Side 1) (Courtesy of Joe Stine, Past & Present Antiques 24 W. Potomac St, Brunswick, Md Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 10:5610:56, 24 October 2019 diff hist +174 N File:Towel Check Token, Side 1.jpg Brunswick, Maryland Towel Check Token (Side 1) (Courtesy of Joe Stine, Past & Present Antiques 24 W. Potomac St, Brunswick, Md Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 10:5510:55, 24 October 2019 diff hist +328 N File:David Emanuel Holland (right) talking with Harry Leftwich.jpg The always dapper David Emanuel Holland (right) talking with Harry Leftwich, general manager of the B&O YMCA at the time. Mr. Holland was the longtime custodian at the Y. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frede... current
• 10:5310:53, 24 October 2019 diff hist +34 File:Rambling Bill Dunn at the Brunswick YMCA..jpg No edit summary current
• 10:5310:53, 24 October 2019 diff hist +1,255 N File:Rambling Bill Dunn at the Brunswick YMCA..jpg Brunswick's rambling Bill Dunn at the Brunswick YMCA. This was on the lower back porch of the Y outside the locker room area. According to Jim Castle, "Bill knew more about the railroad than the bosses did..." Karen Cornelius recounts a story from Ro...
• 10:4910:49, 24 October 2019 diff hist +322 N File:Flood in 1936, under the back porch of the B&O Emergency Hospital.jpg The 1936 Flood under the back porch of the B&O Emergency Hospital next to the YMCA. Note the roundhouse on the right. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) John Younkins: In the basement of the Y was a brass sign stating the level of the flood water line. It was a... current
• 10:4710:47, 24 October 2019 diff hist +649 N File:View behind the old YMCA with the B&O hospital on the right. The yard office is in the foreground..jpg (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Reuben Moss Note: the strange paths and the area in the foreground...thats grass (now all gravel and asphalt). Between the yard office and the roundhouse had at one point been an elaborate park with a... current
• 10:4410:44, 24 October 2019 diff hist +78 N File:Annual Report for the YMCA 1912.jpg (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 10:4310:43, 24 October 2019 diff hist +365 N File:Annual Report for the YMCA 1912 - Outside Cover.jpg (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss) Reuben Moss: The Y was putting out good money for the railroad, the modern equivalent of about $2million in expenses, and $65,000 total profit after expenses for the previous year. And take a look at those attendance nu... current
• 10:4110:41, 24 October 2019 diff hist +34 File:Barber shop at the YMCA was a long-time gathering spot for railroaders.jpg No edit summary current
• 10:4010:40, 24 October 2019 diff hist +606 N File:Barber shop at the YMCA was a long-time gathering spot for railroaders.jpg The barber shop at the YMCA was a long-time gathering spot for railroaders. Some of the barbers who operated here included Albert Johnson, Cliff Porter, George Merriman, Bill Cage, Monkey Runkles and Ken Harshman. (Photo and information courtesy of th...
• 10:3810:38, 24 October 2019 diff hist +361 N File:Restaurant at the YMCA. This photo appears to have been taken in the 1920s or '30s..jpg (Photo courtesy of Brunswick Heritage Museum) Mary Lee Cossairt: My paternal grandmother, Gertie Albert, worked here for many years. They had the most delicious meals and home-made desserts! Maria Carter: My mother Mary Carmen Donnovan Kaetzel used t... current
• 10:3510:35, 24 October 2019 diff hist +1,387 N File:Medical Examiner's office.jpg The Medical Examiner's office The picture shows the inside of the Brunswick Railroad YMCA - the east wing, the part that burned down many years before the main building burned. This is the office of the railroad Medical Examiner, Dr. Ward (on the lef... current
• 10:3310:33, 24 October 2019 diff hist +72 N File:Nurses Suters, Crim and Nicodemus at the B&O Emergency Hospital around 1924.jpg (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 10:0510:05, 24 October 2019 diff hist +1,314 N File:Soccer 1982 - 83 Boys Varsity Team.jpg This photo show the members of 1982-83 Boys Varsity Soccer Team. To paraphrase Coach Alan Lesscalleet’s comments in the 1983 Yearbook, the season was one of mixed emotions for the soccer team. The team did not make the Regional playoffs, one signif... current

23 October 2019

• 20:4420:44, 23 October 2019 diff hist +342 N File:Shop Superintendent M. E. (Ed) Mullen left, Ward Shields trainmaster on right.jpg B&O officals behind the YMCA and emergency hospital in 1924. Shop Superintendent M. E. "Ed" Mullen left, Ward Shields trainmaster on right. Note what appears to be the The Hotel Potomac (Originally the Yardley) and Potomac Shop (later the Post Office)... current
• 20:4220:42, 23 October 2019 diff hist +165 N File:B&O hospital next to the YMCA.jpg Winter shot of the B&O hospital next to the YMCA - late 1940s? (Photo credit City of Brunswick, MD History Commission Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA current
• 20:3920:39, 23 October 2019 diff hist +973 N File:B&O YMCA from the back.jpg The back of the B&O YMCA. Note the emergency hospital on the right. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Kimberly Smrcka: This brings back great memories! I still remember the night my Dad drove us down as close as you could get, when we heard that the YM... current
• 20:3620:36, 23 October 2019 diff hist +374 N File:B&O YMCA in Brunswick with the emergency hospital on the right.jpg The B&O YMCA in Brunswick with the emergency hospital on the right from a "Y and How Report" dated 1929. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries Cheryl Beachley Varkalis: I r... current
• 20:3420:34, 23 October 2019 diff hist +756 N File:B&O YMCA. Note the stained glass window on the left side.jpg The familiar face of the B&O YMCA. Note the stained glass window on the left side. This was a chapel and a meeting place for local clubs like the Rotary and Lions. The restaurant was on the right and there was a barber shop behind it on the 1st floor.... current
• 20:3220:32, 23 October 2019 diff hist +477 N File:B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street after its expansion in the mid-1920s.jpg The B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street after its expansion in the mid-1920s. This building was destroyed by fire on November 8, 1980. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Reuben Moss: Note the trolley tracks in Potomac Street. Sean Thomas St... current
• 20:2920:29, 23 October 2019 diff hist −6 File:Brunswick High School Band - 1935.jpg No edit summary
• 20:2920:29, 23 October 2019 diff hist +597 N File:YMCA building on the left with the B&O Emergency Hospital building on the right..jpg This photo that was commissioned by Dr. Arlington G. Horine shows the original YMCA building on the left with the B&O Emergency Hospital building on the right. The YMCA was later expanded in the mid-1920s. The flowers and fountain were part of B&O Rail... current
• 20:2620:26, 23 October 2019 diff hist −10 File:B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street..jpg No edit summary current
• 20:2620:26, 23 October 2019 diff hist +41 N Category:Smoketown B&O YMCA Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection " current
• 20:2620:26, 23 October 2019 diff hist +609 N File:B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street..jpg Early B&O YMCA on E. Potomac Street. The first "Y" was opened along with the hospital on April 5, 1907. It measured 90 by 45 feet and cost $16,000. According to Reuben Moss, this version had 46 dorms and was expanded in the mid-1920s to have 76. The f...
• 20:2320:23, 23 October 2019 diff hist +273 N File:Connie Nicholson Silliman with Jimmy Dean.jpg Connie Nicholson Silliman with Jimmy Dean several years ago at Church Street Station in Orlando. Connie took along a picture of his band at the Brunswick Fire Hall and shared memories. (Photo courtesy of Connie Silliman) [[Category:Smoketown History...
• 20:2220:22, 23 October 2019 diff hist +481 N File:The Men of Smoketown.jpg Frankie Zientek - Guitar, Vocals, & Songwriter Dave Crowl - Lead Vocals Dean Dxon - Drums Dean Griffith- Bass Guitar Scott Dustin - Lead Guitar ( Not pictured ) Pictured left to right are Band Members Dave Crowl (Standing), Dean Dixon, Frankie Zientek...
• 20:2020:20, 23 October 2019 diff hist +197 N File:Second Kix Concert ever in Brunswick...Second Album..jpg Brunswick Fire House: Second Kix Concert ever in Brunswick...Second Album...Cool Kids... I believe 83 if not 84. Photo courtesy of Robert Foster Category:Smoketown History Music
• 20:1920:19, 23 October 2019 diff hist +159 N File:First Kix Concert at fire co. 1982 Their First Album.jpg Brunswick Fire House: First Kix Concert at fire co. 1982 Their First Album Photo courtesy of Robert Foster Category:Smoketown History Music
• 20:1820:18, 23 October 2019 diff hist +336 N File:Rampage Makes Last Stand.jpg Rampage Makes Last Stand At the Fire Hall this Saturday night, 10/15 Final performance. Come see Rampage for the last time. (L-R) Brett Stocks (guitar), Arnie Stewart (drums), Mark Barnes (lead vocals, lead guitar), Danny Heyden (bass); longtime bass...
• 20:1720:17, 23 October 2019 diff hist +625 N File:ROCK & ROLL WITH BOOEY KUE, 1981.jpg ROCK & ROLL WITH BOOEY KUE, 1981 Arney Stewart, Brete Stocks, Mike Rutherford, Mike Hebb Photo courtesy of Kathleen Doyle Phil Lowery: I remember when they played at the Brunswick carnival. At the time the carnival was out where the junked cars are n...
• 20:1520:15, 23 October 2019 diff hist +711 N File:Ted Clark Big Band.jpg This picture of Ted Clark Big Band in Frederick (that I sang with) also has some history with Brunswick (besides me). Ted Clark was really Clark Sheetenhelm. Clark, Darwin Hueting, and Woody Free played with The John Funk's Potomac Club Orchestra in Br...
• 20:1420:14, 23 October 2019 diff hist +130 N File:Johnny Norris on the guitar at the American Legion Post 96, Brunswick, Maryland.jpg (Photo courtesy of Gary Free) Grandson of Woody Free and son of Gary Free Sr Category:Smoketown History Music
• 20:1120:11, 23 October 2019 diff hist +594 N File:Sonny Perdum, Gary Free Sr. and Johnny Norris.jpg Sonny Perdum, Gary Free Sr. and Johnny Norris at the American Legion Post 96 in Brunswick, Maryland. Photo courtesy of Gary Free Jr Gary Free: Sonny Perdum, his sister was a police lady in town,we went on to play in Genie Shepard's band and moved to...
• 20:0820:08, 23 October 2019 diff hist +39 File:Gary Free Sr, guitarist and vocalist.jpg No edit summary
• 20:0820:08, 23 October 2019 diff hist +467 N File:Gary Free Sr, guitarist and vocalist.jpg In this photo is guitarist and vocalist Gary Free Sr. Gary is the son of Woody Free and played and sang in his father's well-known trio the "Woody Free Trio." Photo courtesy of Gary Free Jr. Keith Carter: I sat in and played with Gary a few times in...
• 20:0620:06, 23 October 2019 diff hist +399 N File:The CRUISERS - 1976 to 1999.jpg The CRUISERS - 1976 to 1999 A 50's/60's, 5 part harmony Group Picture taken 1984 Left to Right - Guy Taylor, Sonny Franklin, Mike Lushbaugh, Keith Carter, Phil Turner. Phil came in the group just for a few months to replace Phil and Ronnie James. Later...