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4 November 2019

• 14:0614:06, 4 November 2019 diff hist +356 N File:Litten's West End Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership, Marty Blessing and Gene Bowers.jpg Marty Blessing and Gene Bowers outside Litten's West End Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership on W. Potomac Street in 1941. This view of the block looks largely the same today. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Genie Bowers and his twin brother Ric... current
• 14:0214:02, 4 November 2019 diff hist +309 N File:Littens' show room in the mid-1950s, Richard Mann.jpg Richard Mann in the Littens' show room in the mid-1950s. (Photo and information courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix) Janiece Mann: My dad, his birthday was Friday June 9th. He passed away July 13, 2015. He would have been 83. Love you dad. I miss you... current
• 13:5813:58, 4 November 2019 diff hist +580 N File:Jim Haley's Chevrolet--Oldsmobile Inc - 600 W. Potomac St. Formerly Litten's Chevrolet.jpg Jim Haley's Chevrolet--Oldsmobile Inc - 600 W. Potomac St. Formerly Litten's Chevrolet. Mr. Haley bought the dealership from Russell Litten when he retired around 1970. (Photo courtesy of Rhonda Rooney & 1972 BHS Yearbook) Phil Lowery: This brings b... current
• 13:5113:51, 4 November 2019 diff hist −7 File:Darr's Tavern, Ginny Streight, Bobbie Moore, Erma House Merriman, Nina Harrison..jpg No edit summary current
• 13:4513:45, 4 November 2019 diff hist +512 N File:Darr's Confectionery circa 1935.jpg Darr's Confectionery circa 1935. Annie Suter and Billie Munday are behind the bar. Spike Shivers is 2nd from the right, but all others are unidentified, unless you can. Lute Darr's was great because you could get an ice cream soda or ammonia Coke, bee... current

3 November 2019

• 20:4720:47, 3 November 2019 diff hist +87 File:Business, First Block of East Potomac Street in the mid-1960s, 1920 to 1960.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:3620:36, 3 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:S & N Katz - East Potomac Street.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:3620:36, 3 November 2019 diff hist +486 N File:S & N Katz - East Potomac Street.jpg S & N Katz - E Potomac St Jewelry Store operated by Frank Migilio This building at one time housed the Chessie Credit Union at the side of the building. Later became part of Brunswick Seafood Restaurant which was destroyed by arson. Now the location of...
• 20:3220:32, 3 November 2019 diff hist +1,100 N File:Downtown Brunswick - 1960's.jpg Downtown Brunswick - 1960's Phillips Insurance Co, Burn's Liquor Store, Payne's Rexall Pharmacy, S&N Katz, Darr's Tavern, Coffman & Fisher ("The Lace Store"), Ephraim's Liquor Store, People's Home Furnishings, Metropolitan. Not sure which business occu... current
• 20:2820:28, 3 November 2019 diff hist +438 N File:Square Corner, north side in the late 1930s.jpg Great view of the north side of the square corner in the late 1930s. From the west, you can see Barnett's Drug Store, the original Bank of Brunswick, the Triangle Food Store and Darr's Tavern & Confectionary. That's a young Sonny Cannon, future Brunsw... current
• 20:2520:25, 3 November 2019 diff hist +275 N File:Horine's Drug Store breakfront.jpg With the announcement in the Brunswick Citizen that Book Crossing will soon close, let's take a look at the beautiful woodwork inside of old Horine's Drug Store. We might not see it for a while. (Photo credit - Peter Wenner) [[Category:Smoketown Bus... current
• 20:2420:24, 3 November 2019 diff hist +274 N File:Horine's Drug Store woodwork.jpg With the announcement in the Brunswick Citizen that Book Crossing will soon close, let's take a look at the beautiful woodwork inside of old Horine's Drug Store. We might not see it for a while. (Photo credit - Peter Wenner [[Category:Smoketown Busi... current
• 20:2220:22, 3 November 2019 diff hist +622 N File:Horine's Drug Store and Bertha's Corner in November, 2007..jpg Former home of Horine's Drug Store and Bertha's Corner in November, 2007. At the time, the Book Crossing business operated in the storefront. Horine's original drug store was founded by Dr. Arlington G. Horine between the tracks. The small white struc... current
• 20:1820:18, 3 November 2019 diff hist +69 N File:Buddy Anderson back in the 1950's sitting on metal boxes of film taking a smoke break in the Imperial Theater projection room. Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery..jpg Jknight moved page File:Buddy Anderson back in the 1950's sitting on metal boxes of film taking a smoke break in the Imperial Theater projection room. Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery..jpg to File:Imperial Theatre, Buddy Anderson in the 1950s..jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 20:1820:18, 3 November 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Imperial Theatre, Buddy Anderson in the 1950s..jpg Jknight moved page File:Buddy Anderson back in the 1950's sitting on metal boxes of film taking a smoke break in the Imperial Theater projection room. Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery..jpg to File:Imperial Theatre, Buddy Anderson in the 1950s..jpg current
• 20:1720:17, 3 November 2019 diff hist +174 File:Imperial Theatre, Buddy Anderson in the 1950s..jpg No edit summary
• 20:1320:13, 3 November 2019 diff hist +99 File:John Spitzer.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:1020:10, 3 November 2019 diff hist +49 N File:Imperial Theatre, A Simplex projector in the 1950's..jpg Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 20:0820:08, 3 November 2019 diff hist +164 N File:Imperial Theatre The film is being strung through the projector..jpg Imperial Theater back in the 1950's. The film is being strung through the projector. Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 20:0620:06, 3 November 2019 diff hist +528 N File:Imperial Theatre Lining up for a movie in the early 1950s.jpg Lining up for a movie at the Imperial in the early 1950s waiting for the ticket lady to get in the booth. That was often Mrs. Cannon. (Clipping from the Brunswick Chronicle) Ruth E. Kennedy: Lines were always like that any given night. Brenton Barge... current
• 20:0220:02, 3 November 2019 diff hist +1,475 N File:Imperial Theater on West Potomac Street was built before World War I..jpg The Imperial Theater on West Potomac Street was built before World War I. It was the venue for first run movies going back to silent films when a local pianist accompanied. At times, smoke effects were blown into the audience to create certain moods. T... current
• 16:3516:35, 3 November 2019 diff hist +17 File:Bill Harrington in his shoe shop on West. Potomac Street..jpg No edit summary current
• 16:3016:30, 3 November 2019 diff hist +1,341 N File:Harrington Shoe Repair Shop when it was originally in the old Swank Building on W. Potomac Street.jpg William E. Harrington at the Harrington Shoe Repair Shop when it was originally in the old Swank Building on W. Potomac Street. That building was razed to make way for the 1955 Potomac River Bridge. It was also home to the Nicodemus News, run by Claude... current
• 16:1916:19, 3 November 2019 diff hist +1,841 N File:Hovermale building across from the old fire hall downtown on W. Potomac Stree.jpg Those of us of a certain age remember this building across from the old fire hall downtown on W. Potomac Street, which was destroyed by fire in 1979. This photo was taken in 1978. Originally known as the Hovermale building because of the pharmacist wh... current
• 16:1316:13, 3 November 2019 diff hist +981 N File:Imperial Theater, West Potomac Street, closed in 1962.jpg Imperial Theater, W. Potomac St The theater was closed in 1962 and was in ruins for a few years before it was razed. Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss Reuben Moss: The remains of the Imperial Theater from before demolition. You can see through the roof a... current
• 16:0616:06, 3 November 2019 diff hist +695 N File:Wenner's City Meat Market looking out on West Potomac Street in 1956.jpg Clerk inside Wenner's City Meat Market looking out on West Potomac Street in 1956. Maybe Teddy Phillips? The store was ravaged by a fire in September, 1959 and later razed. The land was sold to the Ambulance Company by Mrs. William B. Wenner. (Photo... current
• 16:0316:03, 3 November 2019 diff hist +846 N File:Roelke's Market was closing it's doors at 24 W. Potomac Street..jpg It was a sad day when the citizens of Brunswick received this letter informing the public that Roelke's Market was closing it's doors at 24 W. Potomac Street. The business was started in the location across from the old fire hall by Mr. Roelke's father... current
• 15:5915:59, 3 November 2019 diff hist +741 N File:Roelke's Market, Ruby Reed and Mary Kathleen Lowery.jpg Longtime employees Ruby Reed and Mary Kathleen Lowery at Roelke's Market in the Cincotta Building at 24 W. Potomac Street in the mid-1970s. Bill Roelke moved the family grocery business that his father started into this location when the ACME supermar... current
• 15:4715:47, 3 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Roelke's Market, 24 W. Potomac Street, Bill Roelke and Mary Kathleen Lowery.jpg No edit summary current
• 15:4715:47, 3 November 2019 diff hist +618 N File:Roelke's Market, 24 W. Potomac Street, Bill Roelke and Mary Kathleen Lowery.jpg Roelke's Market, 24 W. Potomac Street Top Photo: Bill Roelke Bottom Photo: Mary Kathleen Lowery (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Lou Pineda: I remember shopping with my family at Roelke's Market when I was a kid. Then it was Campbell's Market and then...
• 15:4215:42, 3 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Acme in the Cincotta Building, Dot Price Caniford.jpg No edit summary current
• 15:4215:42, 3 November 2019 diff hist +469 N File:Acme in the Cincotta Building, Dot Price Caniford.jpg Dot Price Caniford weighing produce at the old American Store (Acme) in the Cincotta Building on 24 W. Potomac Street. Note the similar angle at Roelke's years later in the next photo. Bill Roelke moved his store here in 1958 when the Acme built a mode...
• 15:3815:38, 3 November 2019 diff hist +393 N File:Acme Store on 24 W. Potomac Street, Meat Counter.jpg The meat counter in the old Acme Store on 24 W. Potomac Street - Early 1950s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Doug Heffner: I can only remember 1 meat cutter, Bill Carter.... current
• 15:3515:35, 3 November 2019 diff hist +1,083 N File:Acme Supermarket (first branded the American Store) in the Cincotta Building.jpg The storeroom at 24 W. Potomac St looks familiar to baby boomers because it was the future home of Roelke's Market in the 1960s. It has for many years been the home of Past & Present Antiques. This post World War II photograph was taken in the origina... current
• 15:3215:32, 3 November 2019 diff hist +438 N File:Acme Supermarket Christine Eagle Won $100.jpg Looks like this lucky lady, Christine Eagle, won herself $100 at the original Acme Supermarket on 24 W. Potomac sometime in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Susan... current
• 15:2915:29, 3 November 2019 diff hist +333 File:Ham Hahn and Harry Barnhouse.jpg No edit summary current
• 14:5614:56, 3 November 2019 diff hist +489 N File:Acme or American Store Looking through the window.jpg Looking through the window of the old Acme or American Store downtown at the original location at 24 W. Potomac Street in the late 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Na...
• 12:4112:41, 3 November 2019 diff hist +339 N File:Kaplon's Going Out of Business sale in the Spring of 1967.jpg Kaplon's "Going Out of Business" sale in the Spring of 1967. It was a sad time when Brunswick's legendery flagship retail business ceased to exist. Who remembers this final sale? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Libra... current
• 12:4012:40, 3 November 2019 diff hist +310 N File:Kaplon’s big sale in the 1960s.jpg Looks like a big sale at Kaplon's in the 1960s. Going out of Business sale? See the S&H Green Stamp sign in the upper left. Can you still get those? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Li... current
• 12:3712:37, 3 November 2019 diff hist +450 N File:Kaplon’s at Christmas Time, 1956.jpg Christmas Time at Kaplon's - 1956 left to right Ollie Brown, Dixie Woernle, Nellie Smith, Mary Myers, Kim Myers, James (Juggy) Donovan. (Courtesy of Kim Myers) Mary Lee Cossairt: Mom bought all her nylons from Kaplons. I should know, she use to send... current
• 12:3112:31, 3 November 2019 diff hist +158 N File:Kaplon - Checking out the merchandise on the main sales floor at Kaplon's way back when.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 12:3012:30, 3 November 2019 diff hist +275 N File:Kaplon - Warren and Camile Magalis pose next to the Hallmark Cards rack inside Kaplon's Department Store in the early 1960s.jpg Warren and Camile Magalis pose next to the Hallmark Cards rack inside Kaplon's Department Store in the early 1960s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Bus... current
• 12:2712:27, 3 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Kaplon - Browsing the men's department in the early 1960s..jpg No edit summary current
• 12:2712:27, 3 November 2019 diff hist +195 N File:Kaplon - Browsing the men's department in the early 1960s..jpg Browsing the men's department at Kaplon's, early 1960s. ID not known. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)
• 12:2512:25, 3 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Kaplon's - Doll Wilklo from Lovettsville at the checkout counter, Early '60.jpg No edit summary current
• 12:2512:25, 3 November 2019 diff hist +203 N File:Kaplon's - Doll Wilklo from Lovettsville at the checkout counter, Early '60.jpg Doll Wilklo from Lovettsville at the checkout counter in Kaplon's - Early '60s (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)
• 12:2312:23, 3 November 2019 diff hist −16 File:Clarence Miller at Kaplon's on West Potomac Street.jpg No edit summary current
• 12:2012:20, 3 November 2019 diff hist +206 N File:Kaplon's shopper once upon a time..jpg A satisfied Kaplon's shopper once upon a time. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 12:1912:19, 3 November 2019 diff hist +11 File:Lena Troxell.jpg No edit summary current
• 12:0612:06, 3 November 2019 diff hist +21 File:New Hope Methodist Church Steeple, November 3, 2091.jpg No edit summary current