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24 October 2019

• 20:0920:09, 24 October 2019 diff hist +243 N File:John's Diner.jpg John's Diner before it was the Cindy Dee on Keep Tryst Rd near Sandy Hook. (No photo credit given) Kim Myers: Always a great place for a late night snack after hanging at the bowling alley. Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 20:0620:06, 24 October 2019 diff hist +69 N File:Blade Times when it was located in the old storefront next to the old People's National Bank.jpg No credit for photo Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 20:0420:04, 24 October 2019 diff hist +205 N File:Follin's Esso - 1970.jpg From The BHS 1970 Yearbook Joan Hale: I remember this well in the 1960s, where my Dad would purchase gas on our way to Frederick, before Rt. 340 was built Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 20:0220:02, 24 October 2019 diff hist +752 N File:Litten Chevrolet Sales - 600 W Potomac Street.jpg Litten Chevrolet Sales - 600 W Potomac St The flagship home of Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile from the 1930s until it became Jim Haley's in the early-1970s. (Photo courtesy of Rhonda Rooney - 1970 BHS Yearbook) Jeanell Morsberger Willis: Interesting t... current
• 19:5919:59, 24 October 2019 diff hist +600 N File:Willard Motor Company.jpg What started as the Willard Motor Company later became an office for Potomac Edison. (From the Potomac River Bridge Dedication program - 1955) According to John Brubaker, his uncle Garland Grams bought the Chrysler dealership on Petersville Rd. from... current
• 19:5719:57, 24 October 2019 diff hist +529 N File:Peoples National Bank.jpg 1955 ad for the Peoples National Bank in Brunswick. Note the names of the bank employees and directors: Harry Y. George - President W. Claude Lutman - Vice President Lytle J. Baker -Vice President C. Mervin Hirst - Cashier Ethel L. Strailman - Asst. C... current
• 19:5619:56, 24 October 2019 diff hist +261 N File:Kaplon's Ad 1955 in the River Bridge Dedication Program.jpg 1955 Kaplon's ad. This was part of the Potomac River Bridge dedication program from August of that year. The ad features Victor Kaplan, the store founder and family patriarch. (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 19:5419:54, 24 October 2019 diff hist +215 N File:J. P. Karn, Inc. - South Maryland Ave.jpg J. P. Karn, Inc. - S Maryland Ave Established 1889 Business transferred from Ralph Stauffer and Ed Herring to Joel Koehl in 1971 (Photo courtesy of Kathy Hale Cage) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 19:5219:52, 24 October 2019 diff hist +326 N File:Paul (Touch) Foster standing next to his taxis.jpg Here's another shot of Paul "Touch" Foster standing next to his taxis in front of the Metropolitan Tavern on East Potomac Street where Potomac Street Grille operates today. See the YMCA in the background. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Mary... current
• 19:5019:50, 24 October 2019 diff hist +452 N File:J.J. Newberry's circa 1950.jpg Dime Store window display with Arthur Godfrey endorsing Toni at J.J. Newberry's circa 1950. (From the Brunswick Railroad Museum) Frank McKnight That was Mom's (Grace McKnight) favorite store. Always made it a point to go there on Christmas Eve for he... current
• 19:4719:47, 24 October 2019 diff hist +322 N File:Henrico Dairy.jpg Henrico Dairy Chas. J. Arnold Brunswick, Md I was told this dairy was located somewhere near Gayln Manor (Biser's Farm). If anyone has any additional information on this dairy please contact us. Nancy Photo courtesy of Joe Stine Past & Present Antiqu... current
• 19:4519:45, 24 October 2019 diff hist +35 N File:Halloween 2019, New Hope Methodis Church Trunk or Treat, October 26, 2019.jpg Category:Events current
• 19:4319:43, 24 October 2019 diff hist +584 N File:Souder & Chick Dairy Mile Bottles.jpg Milk bottles from the Souder & Chick Dairy Remember when these were delivered to your door? No credit for photo Bill Eshbaugh: PW~ That would have been Charlie Stocks. He lived at the end of Chick lane across from where Jim & Sandy Cox and the Bondar... current
• 19:4119:41, 24 October 2019 diff hist +638 N File:Souder & Chick Milk Delivery Truck.jpg Mr. Charlie Stocks standing beside his Souder & Chick milk delivery truck sometime in the early Sixties. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) As kids, we called him "Charlie Chi... current
• 19:3719:37, 24 October 2019 diff hist +228 N File:Imperial Theater movie poster for the week of May 21, 1950.jpg Imperial Theater movie poster for the week of May 21, 1950. Wade Watson found it in the wall of the old Fire House on W. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Wade Watson and BVFD) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 19:3519:35, 24 October 2019 diff hist +182 N File:Roelke and Dixon Great Anniversary Sale.jpg Roelke and Dixon Great Anniversary Sale ad. How about 3 lbs of scrapple for a quarter? (Courtesy of the Brunswick Railroad Museum) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 19:3319:33, 24 October 2019 diff hist +730 N File:Roelke's Market New Ad.jpg Blade Times publisher Cap Rinker and Lloyd Roelke inspect a new ad for Roelke's Market in the location next to the old Reformed Church on West Potomac Street in the early 1950s. This was when there was a grocery store on almost every corner in downtown... current
• 19:3019:30, 24 October 2019 diff hist +427 N File:City Meat Market Calendar.jpg Calendar for the City Meat Market at Christmas from the mid-1950s. In addition to his grocery store on W. Potomac Street, Bill Wenner expanded to selling household appliances out of the Mace Building across the street after Harry Mace retired around 19...
• 19:2819:28, 24 October 2019 diff hist +158 N File:Doc Watson's bowling shirt from when the Cut Rate sponsored a bowling team.jpg Doc Watson's bowling shirt from when the Cut Rate sponsored a bowling team. (Photo courtesy of Wade Watson) Category:Smoketown Advertising
• 19:2719:27, 24 October 2019 diff hist +469 N File:Dr. W.B. Watson, Dentist.jpg Brass sign at the home of Dr. W.B. Watson, Dentist, on W. Potomac Street. The first "Doc" Watson operated his practice there. In addition to serving as the town dentist, Doc Watson owned the Cut Rate on the SE corner of W. Potomac and Maryland Ave whe... current
• 19:2619:26, 24 October 2019 diff hist +242 N File:Ralph Mulkey's pick-up truck.jpg Ralph Mulkey's pick-up truck outside his Maytag dealership across from the YMCA. A handwritten notation on the picture says it was taken in June, 1948. (Credit - Brunswick History Commission) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 19:2519:25, 24 October 2019 diff hist +132 N File:Schnauffer's Garage.jpg 1930s newspaper ad for Schnauffer's Garage. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 19:2419:24, 24 October 2019 diff hist +744 N File:The Whistle Advertisements.jpg Advertisements for Brunswick and Frederick businesses in a 1936 edition of The Whistle, the BHS newspaper. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) I remember our four digit phone number when I was a toddler, around 1958. Our number... current
• 19:2219:22, 24 October 2019 diff hist +228 N File:Watson's Cut Rate Nov 8, 1941.jpg Grand opening of the new soda fountain. Watson's Cut Rate Nov 8, 1941 (Courtesy of Wade Watson Jacquelyn Ebersole: Oh, for a grilled cheese burger. And I loved the cherry cokes Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 19:1919:19, 24 October 2019 diff hist +324 N File:Amos Kaplon and Johnnie Grim with an advertising sign.jpg Amos Kaplon and Johnnie Grim with an advertising sign in what looks to have been the early 1960s. Kaplon's Department Store carried quality brand name merchandise. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick Co... current
• 19:1819:18, 24 October 2019 diff hist +290 N File:Kaplon's mannequin in 1965..jpg Who will be Miss Diamond Jubilee? So asked the Kaplon's mannequin in 1965. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Nancy Baker: Sharon Hebb Galen Harsh carried her trai [[Category... current
• 19:1519:15, 24 October 2019 diff hist +2,164 N File:Kaplon ad in the Brunswick Diamond Jubilee program..jpg Ad from the Brunswick Diamond Jubilee program. Kaplon's department store operated at this location on the corner of W. Potomac Street and Maryland Avenue from 1908 until it closed in 1967. The Kaplons sold quality merchandise in Brunswick for 78 years... current
• 17:5917:59, 24 October 2019 diff hist +582 N File:Kaplon's ad from an early-Sixties BHS yearbook.jpg Kaplon's ad from an early-Sixties BHS yearbook in the final years of the store's 75+ year history in Brunswick. Brothers Amos and Myer Kaplon are featured in the photo. (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Brenda Barger Swiger: Sure remember shopping th... current
• 17:5717:57, 24 October 2019 diff hist +222 N File:Kaplon Valentine's Day postcard advertising.jpg Valentine's Day postcard advertising the V. Kaplon Co., Inc. of Brunswick, MD. Postcard addressed to Henry Sigler, Petersville MD. in 1913. (Photo courtesy of Steve Moore) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 17:5617:56, 24 October 2019 diff hist +149 N File:Kaplon's Early Sale ad.jpg Early Kaplon's Sale ad "Brunswick's Most Prosperous Store" (Courtesy of Brunswick Railroad Museum) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 17:5417:54, 24 October 2019 diff hist +341 N File:Kaplon's Department Store.jpg Another advertisement for Kaplon's Department Store in Brunswick, Maryland. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Janet Hawes Hall This is where Mom bought all of mine & B... current
• 17:5217:52, 24 October 2019 diff hist +147 N File:Horine's Drug Store - 1 East Potomac Street.jpg Horine's Drug Store - 1 E Potomac St July 14, 1934 photo envelope Photo courtesy of Jaime George Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 17:5117:51, 24 October 2019 diff hist +157 N File:Feete's before they specialized in the funeral business..jpg Newspaper ad for Feete's before they specialized in the funeral business. (Courtesy of Bill & Lila Wenner) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
• 17:4917:49, 24 October 2019 diff hist +1,456 N File:C.H. Feete & Brothers.jpg An early 20th Century ad for C.H. Feete & Brothers, who offered home furnishings as well as funeral services. Furniture manufacturers often accompanied funeral establishments, which constructed their own caskets and coffins. The builders raised the fu... current
• 17:4617:46, 24 October 2019 diff hist +329 N File:C.R. Gregory's horse-drawn bakery business.jpg Early Brunswick promotion for C.R. Gregory's horse-drawn bakery business on E. Potomac Street. This must've been the early 1920s as you see Grace Episcopal Church being built up the A Street hill at 2nd Avenue. (Photo credit: "History in Our Attics -... current
• 17:4517:45, 24 October 2019 diff hist +289 N File:C.R. Gregory's Potomac Bakery.jpg Ad for C.R. Gregory's Potomac Bakery at the corner of Bridge and Canal Streets near the mill, according to the ad. This address must've been in the "town between the tracks". (Courtesy of Jeff Pearl: Discover Lovettsville VA and Environs) [[Category:... current
• 17:4417:44, 24 October 2019 diff hist +325 N File:Swingle's & Company's Drug Store.jpg Early Brunswick ad from The Brunswick Herald for Swingle's & Company's Drug Store in the Gregory Building on E. Potomac Street. Note that they could manufacture home remedies, as well as doctors' prescriptions. (Courtesy of Jeff Pearl: Discover Lovett... current
• 17:4217:42, 24 October 2019 diff hist +927 N File:Savings Bank of Brunswick on the Square Corne.jpg A vintage ad for The Savings Bank of Brunswick on the Square Corner. The old bank was on the location of City Hall. "The institution was founded to promote economy and the practice of saving money among the poor and laboring classes of the community,... current
• 17:4017:40, 24 October 2019 diff hist +795 N File:Record of watch inspections made for Supervisor Williams.jpg Record of watch inspections made for Supervisor Williams of the Cumberland Division of the B&O by S&N Katz in Brunswick. Standard railroad watch inspections were made mandatory in North America in 1893 in the wake of the Great Kipton Train Disaster of... current
• 17:3917:39, 24 October 2019 diff hist +819 N File:Letter of agreement from Jordan, Crampton & Co. of Berlin.jpg This appears to be a letter of agreement from Jordan, Crampton & Co. of Berlin at the Barry Post Office, dated May 10, 1890. Note the brand name "Choice Family Flour", which was continued from the time of C.F. Wenner. The mill used canal water to grin... current
• 17:3617:36, 24 October 2019 diff hist −7 File:Yellow Pages - Brunswick Illustrated Business Directory from 1890.jpg No edit summary current
• 17:3617:36, 24 October 2019 diff hist +41 N Category:Smoketown Advertising Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection " current
• 17:3517:35, 24 October 2019 diff hist +1,199 N File:Yellow Pages - Brunswick Illustrated Business Directory from 1890.jpg "Yellow Pages" - Brunswick Illustrated Business Directory from 1890. Note familiar family names like Kaplon, Gross, Karn and Horine, who stayed in business in Brunswick until the 1960s. (Courtesy of Bill & Lila Wenner) Note ads for Willard's Hotel (b...
• 17:3217:32, 24 October 2019 diff hist +105 N File:Flood of 2018 Flooding at the downtown circle in Brunswick.jpg 8/12/18 Flooding at the downtown circle in Brunswick. Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
• 17:3117:31, 24 October 2019 diff hist +115 N File:Flood of 2018 Flooding St Mark's Rd.jpg 08/12/18 Flooding St Mark's Rd Photo courtesy of Sara McFarland Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
• 17:3017:30, 24 October 2019 diff hist +118 N File:Flood of 2018 road damage.jpg Aftermath of the great flood of May, 2018. No name for photo given Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
• 17:2917:29, 24 October 2019 diff hist +139 N File:Flood of 2018 near Merryland Park...jpg Aftermath of the great flood of May, 2018 near Merryland Park.. No name given for photo Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
• 17:2717:27, 24 October 2019 diff hist +283 N File:Flood of 2018 Rt 180 and Jefferson Pike just below the Park and Ride near Sheetz..jpg The aftermath of the torrential downpour of 5/15/2018. Rt 180/Jefferson Pike just below the Park and Ride near Sheetz. Photo courtesy of Facebook. If you took this picture let us know and we will put your name with your picture. [[Category:Smoketo... current
• 17:2517:25, 24 October 2019 diff hist +200 N File:Flood of 2018 Gapland Rd between Burkittsville and Catholic Church Rd..jpg Aftermath of torrential downpour of 05/15/2018. Gapland Rd between Burkittsville and Catholic Church Rd. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
• 17:2417:24, 24 October 2019 diff hist +432 N File:Flood of 2018 St. Marks Rd between Rt 180 and Jefferson Pike and Gapland Rd..jpg Aftermath of the great flood of May 15, 2018. St. Marks Rd between Rt 180/Jefferson Pike and Gapland Rd. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) The farmer may have cleared the debris but the road is still closed.... current