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3 November 2019

• 12:0612:06, 3 November 2019 diff hist +61 N File:New Hope Methodist Church Steeple, November 3, 2091.jpg Category:New Hope United Methodist Church
• 11:3111:31, 3 November 2019 diff hist +33 File:Bridge on Md. 478 near Knoxville is nearing completion from Frederick News-Post, November 3, 2019. Photo by Graham Cullen.jpg No edit summary current
• 11:3011:30, 3 November 2019 diff hist 0 N File:Bridge on Md. 478 near Knoxville is nearing completion from Frederick News-Post, November 3, 2019. Photo by Graham Cullen.jpg No edit summary

2 November 2019

• 20:2120:21, 2 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Kaplon’s Shoe window display in the 1960s. Fanny Kaplon designed the windows..jpg No edit summary current
• 20:2120:21, 2 November 2019 diff hist +628 N File:Kaplon’s Shoe window display in the 1960s. Fanny Kaplon designed the windows..jpg The shoe display in the window at Kaplon's in the 1960s. Fanny Kaplon designed the windows. "Beatle Boots" and other stylish shoes are mixed in with classic Myer Kaplon photos of our town. Imagine getting the latest happenin' pair of shoes for 10 buck...
• 20:1620:16, 2 November 2019 diff hist +160 N File:Kaplon's window designed by Miss Fanny.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 20:1220:12, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,965 N File:Kaplon's Going Out of Business Sale in 1967..jpg An empty store after Kaplon's Going Out of Business Sale in 1967. Kaplon's department store operated at this location on the corner of W. Potomac Street and Maryland Avenue from 1908 until it closed. The Kaplons sold quality merchandise in Brunswick f... current
• 20:0820:08, 2 November 2019 diff hist +158 N File:Kaplon's historical display in the old store.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 20:0720:07, 2 November 2019 diff hist +37 File:Henry Beard, proprietor of Cooper's Tavern, The Swing Inn, From the Myer Kaplon photo and Smoketown History.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:0520:05, 2 November 2019 diff hist +420 N File:Pearl Taylor behind the counter at Moler's Prescription Pharmacy in the mid-1970s.jpg Pearl Taylor behind the counter at Moler's Prescription Pharmacy in the mid-1970s. She was a familiar face there for a long time dating back to the Cut Rate era. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick Coun... current
• 20:0220:02, 2 November 2019 diff hist +287 N File:Eleanor Green at Bob Moler's Prescription Arts Pharmacy.jpg Eleanor Green at Bob Moler's Prescription Arts Pharmacy, affectionately known as The Cut Rate, in the Halloween Season - Mid-70s (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries [[Category:S... current
• 19:4819:48, 2 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Bob Moler's Pharmacy-Prescription Arts Pharmacy.jpg No edit summary current
• 19:4819:48, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,174 N File:Bob Moler's Pharmacy-Prescription Arts Pharmacy.jpg Bob Moler's Pharmacy/Prescription Arts Pharmacy (formerly Watson's Cut Rate until 1962). The lunch counter is in the foreground. Brunswick old-timers remember it fondly for its grilled cheeseburgers and soda fountain. This photograph was taken in 1965...
• 19:4219:42, 2 November 2019 diff hist +49 N File:Newberry’s empty store room, Thanksgiving weekend 2011.jpg Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 19:3919:39, 2 November 2019 diff hist +15 File:J.J. Newberry'.jpg No edit summary current
• 19:3519:35, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,634 N File:Newberry's, the old Dime Store on West Potomac Street..jpg Here's another 1930s'-era photo of the inside of JJ Newberry's, the old Dime Store on West Potomac Street. As you can see, the shelves were stuffed with merchandise, including stuff hanging from the ceilings. In those days, Wendell Stewart was a stock... current
• 19:2819:28, 2 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:JJ Newberry Co - The Dime Store from the 1971 BHS Yearbook.jpg No edit summary current
• 19:2819:28, 2 November 2019 diff hist +541 N File:JJ Newberry Co - The Dime Store from the 1971 BHS Yearbook.jpg Lisa Moss Westfall: My Nanny Hazel Deaner worked there along with Rosie Moss and Miss Miller was the manager at the time. I always loved going to see Nanny at the store many times when I was a little girl oh how the memories are so priceless. Artie Fa...
• 19:2319:23, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,753 N File:Newberry stores in the 1930s.jpg This photo of the old "Dime Store" likely dates to the 1930s. Newberry stores were sold to the McCrory chain in the late 1960s, but continued the Newberry brand until the time the Brunswick store closed around 1990. The store was managed in the 1960s-'... current
• 19:2219:22, 2 November 2019 diff hist −1,705 File:Russell Litten outside his Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership on West Potomac Street in 1964.jpg Replaced content with "== Summary == Category:Smoketown Businesses" current Tag: Replaced
• 19:2119:21, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,753 N File:Russell Litten outside his Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership on West Potomac Street in 1964.jpg This photo of the old "Dime Store" likely dates to the 1930s. Newberry stores were sold to the McCrory chain in the late 1960s, but continued the Newberry brand until the time the Brunswick store closed around 1990. The store was managed in the 1960s-'...
• 19:1319:13, 2 November 2019 diff hist +922 N File:Souder & Chick team behind the old dairy on Brunswick Street.jpg Souder & Chick team behind the old dairy on Brunswick Street in the mid-1950s? (L-R) ??, T. Woodrow "Woody" Souder, George Chick, Henry Conner, Charlie Stocks, Richard Summers, John Henry Morsberger III The dairy business was always strong in Brunswi... current
• 19:0919:09, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,587 N File:Souder & Chick Dairy in Brunswick, Maryland..jpg From Richard Foot, we send our gratitude to Carol and Norman Birzer for the gift of an antique pint-sized pasteurized milk bottle from the former Souder & Chick Dairy in Brunswick, Maryland. Who remembers Souder & Chick milk delivered to your back doo... current
• 17:2817:28, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,173 N File:Werntz Dry Goods Store at 100 E. Potomac Street, circa 1933.jpg An old photo inside the Werntz Dry Goods Store at 100 E. Potomac Street, circa 1933, according to a clipping of this photo in the Brunswick Citizen. That's owner Himan Werntz on the ladder. Mr. Werntz, a leader in the local Jewish community, was intro...
• 17:2417:24, 2 November 2019 diff hist +2,696 N File:Price Electric Company, the employees were assembling relays..jpg This photo was taken in the early 1950's at the old factory on the north side of High School Hill. At the time, it was operated by the Price Electric Company and the employees were assembling relays. According to Jackie Ebersole, here's the history of... current
• 17:1417:14, 2 November 2019 diff hist +15 File:Wenner's Hill Market in the 1930s.jpg No edit summary current
• 17:0417:04, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,185 N File:Bridge at Christmas season, looking up W. Potomac Street.jpg A view from the bridge at Christmas season, looking up W. Potomac Street toward the water gap, circa 1955. While the north side of the street looks almost the same except for the old miniature golf course in the parking lot by the Mace Building (at the... current
• 16:5616:56, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,554 N File:Imperial Theater, W. Potomac St - late 1940s.jpg Imperial Theater, W. Potomac St - late 1940s Operated by Cook Cannon and then his Brother Fire Chief Sonny Cannon who closed it in 1962. In the photo are Sonny and Jackie Porter. The "moving picture house" dates back over 100 years ago. It was origina... current
• 15:3415:34, 2 November 2019 diff hist +308 N File:Barnett's Pharmacy on W. Potomac Street.jpg Inside Barnett's Pharmacy on W. Potomac Street where the bicycle shop is today. Later pharmacies at this location were operated by the Fribush and Payne families. Photo looks to have been taken in the 1920s. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage... current
• 15:3015:30, 2 November 2019 diff hist +15 File:Gross Brothers Store.jpg No edit summary current
• 15:2715:27, 2 November 2019 diff hist +1,609 N File:Horine's Drug Store soda fountain in the 1920s..jpg An unidentified server at Horine's Drug Store soda fountain in the 1920s. Dr. Arlington G. Horine moved to the Square Corner in 1906 from its original location between the tracks. Today the historic building displays a mural in which Dr. Horine plays... current
• 15:2215:22, 2 November 2019 diff hist +770 N File:A view up Potomac Street looking west in 1949.jpg A view up Potomac Street looking west in 1949. Note the Horine's building on the left. The liquor store is now the home of Public Spectacle. The long-gone businesses on the square corner at the time on the right side of E. Potomac starting with Ephrai... current
• 15:0015:00, 2 November 2019 diff hist +88 N File:(Gilmour Will) and Ollie Myers at 205 East A Street in the 1970s..jpg Jknight moved page File:(Gilmour Will) and Ollie Myers at 205 East A Street in the 1970s..jpg to File:(Gilmore Will) and Ollie Myers at 205 East A Street in the 1970s..jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 15:0015:00, 2 November 2019 diff hist 0 m File:(Gilmore Will) and Ollie Myers at 205 East A Street in the 1970s..jpg Jknight moved page File:(Gilmour Will) and Ollie Myers at 205 East A Street in the 1970s..jpg to File:(Gilmore Will) and Ollie Myers at 205 East A Street in the 1970s..jpg current
• 13:5613:56, 2 November 2019 diff hist +781 N File:West Potomac Street looking East around 1949..jpg A postcard showing the the first block of West Potomac Street looking East around 1949. Note Watson's Cut Rate on the right southeastern corner followed by J.J. Newberry's and the American Store (later known as the Acme) before it moved out to a more m... current
• 13:5313:53, 2 November 2019 diff hist −8 File:Potomac Street circa 1920s.jpg No edit summary current
• 13:5313:53, 2 November 2019 diff hist +41 N Category:Smoketown Businesses Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection " current
• 13:5213:52, 2 November 2019 diff hist +816 N File:Potomac Street circa 1920s.jpg Potomac Street circa 1920s. The first floor of the Red Men's Hall (at the corner) housed the Post office, and in the middle a Piggly Wiggly Grocers. The double doors were the entrance to the stairs and basement which were all used by the Improved Order...
• 13:3913:39, 2 November 2019 diff hist +101 N File:Officer M.E. McGaha from the B&O police on the left with freight agent E.E. Bowers in the car. (May 1952).jpg (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 13:3713:37, 2 November 2019 diff hist +205 N File:Sarge Rooney.jpg Anybody know who this is with Sarge Rooney? (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Here is PapPap on the left Mike RooneyMike Coralgasm~Rhonda Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 13:3513:35, 2 November 2019 diff hist +294 N File:Mervin Joy and Paul Mobus.jpg The Railroad Express Agency or REA Building was on the corner of Maryland Avenue and the tracks. Mervin Joy and Paul Mobus are pictured here. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Brenton Barge:r Mervin Joy Lived on Wenner's Hill. [[Cate... current
• 13:3313:33, 2 November 2019 diff hist +231 N File:Paul E. Bohrer on the railroad in 1979..jpg According to Mary Sue Bohrer: My husband Paul E. Bohrer on the railroad in 1979. We were married on July 2, 1979. (Photo courtesy of Mary Sue Bohrer) (Restoration of photo by RLR) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 13:3213:32, 2 November 2019 diff hist +122 N File:Paul M. Moss around 1961. Mr. Moss passed away Nov. 7, 1962..jpg (Photo courtesy of Mary Sue Bohrer) (Photo restoration by Rhonda Rooney) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 13:3113:31, 2 November 2019 diff hist +275 N File:Ralph Z. White, Telegraph operator & paymaster for the B & O Railroad.jpg Telegraph operator & paymaster for the B & O Railroad, Ralph Z. White, my grandfather. (Photo courtesy of Christina Campbell) Norman Cornelius: I worked with Ralph, Jim and IRA at WB Tower and the station in the mid 1960's. [[Category:Smoketown Rail... current
• 13:2113:21, 2 November 2019 diff hist +84 N File:Sherman Wigfield, Engineer.jpg (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 13:1813:18, 2 November 2019 diff hist +16 File:George Carter, Railroad Breakman.jpg No edit summary current
• 13:1413:14, 2 November 2019 diff hist +3,866 N File:Frank (Smiley) Zientek in his conductor's uniform.jpg Frank "Smiley" Zientek in his conductor's uniform. He began a long career with the B&O / CSX Railroad and retired as a conductor in May 1997. Frank became a mainstay to the many passengers between Brunswick and Washington DC. He knew his passengers by... current
• 13:1113:11, 2 November 2019 diff hist +90 N File:Mark Campbell, conductor for B & O Railroad..jpg (Photo courtesy of Christina Campbell) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
• 13:0713:07, 2 November 2019 diff hist +16 File:Harry Everitts in his B&O conductor's uniform. Mr. Everitts also was known for riding a motorcycle with a sidecar..jpg No edit summary current
• 13:0313:03, 2 November 2019 diff hist +16 File:Bud and Leechel Reynolds pose in front of the railroad mural in Leechel's backyard in the early 1990s.jpg No edit summary current