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5 November 2019

• 20:4120:41, 5 November 2019 diff hist +37 N File:Ruth Stone Obituary from The Brunswick Citizen, October 3, 2019.jpg Category:Obituary current
• 20:3820:38, 5 November 2019 diff hist +40 N File:Community Show 2019 How It Gets Set Up from The Brunswick Citizen, October 3, 2019.pdf Category:High School current
• 20:3120:31, 5 November 2019 diff hist +42 N File:Smoketown Rotary 2019 Staffs Strudel Station from The Brunswick Citizen, October 3, 2019.jpg Category:Organizations current
• 20:2820:28, 5 November 2019 diff hist +35 N File:Brunswick Group at Lovettsville Oktoberfest from The Brunswick Citizen, October 3, 2019.jpg Category:People current
• 20:2520:25, 5 November 2019 diff hist +40 N File:Track 2019 Cross Country Girls Wildcat Invitational from The Brunswick Citizen, October 3, 2019.jpg Category:High School current
• 07:0707:07, 5 November 2019 diff hist +2,563 N File:Walter Lee Baihly Obituary from the Frederick News-Post, November 5, 2019.jpg Walter "Lee" Baihly of Harpers Ferry, WV suddenly and tragically passed from our lives on November 1, 2019. Lee led a full and consequential life that touched many lives. Born to George and Marion Baihly in Rochester, MN, July 28, 1941, Lee Baihly gr... current

4 November 2019

• 21:0321:03, 4 November 2019 diff hist +488 N File:Brunswick Florist Shop E. Donald Darr waiting on a customer.jpg E. Donald Darr waiting on a customer in his Brunswick Florist Shop when it was located across from JJ Newberry's in the mid-1970s. The customer appears to be Miss Patty Wenner. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library;... current
• 20:5720:57, 4 November 2019 diff hist +687 N File:People's Home & Auto Promotional Event.jpg Looks like a promotion on stage at either the old high school or Brunswick Elementary School in the mid-1950s. Partners Nat Winters (far left next to the girl) and Irv Kolker (foreground handing a prize to the lady) from People's Home & Auto are on sta... current
• 20:5520:55, 4 November 2019 diff hist +1,480 N File:People's Home & Auto in the old Swank Hardware Building..jpg This is the original People's Home & Auto in the old Swank Hardware Building. Irv Kolker is on the right with a customer. According to the Brunswick Citizen when People's Home Furnishers closed in the Spring of 1990, "the People's business grew from a... current
• 20:5120:51, 4 November 2019 diff hist +1,174 N File:West Potomac Street with Tar Machine.jpg Not sure when this picture was taken, but it shows an old tar machine used for patching roads on West Potromac Street. See White's Grocery Store, People's Bank and Swank Hardware as you look up W. Potomac Street on the north side. Downtown Brunswick wa... current
• 20:4720:47, 4 November 2019 diff hist +807 N File:Farmers & Mechanics Bank staff - 1973.jpg Farmers & Mechanics Bank staff - 1973 (l-r) Lee Smith, Artie Fauble, Jo Ann Thompson, Diane Wiggington Dawson, Ethel Strailman, Mary Catherine Moore, Dorothy Moss. (In front) Hazel Bartlett (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection courtesy of the Brunsw... current
• 20:4320:43, 4 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:People's National Bank on West Potomac Street, Mervin Hurst.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:4220:42, 4 November 2019 diff hist +803 N File:People's National Bank on West Potomac Street, Mervin Hurst.jpg Mervin Hurst at the old People's National Bank on West Potomac Street. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Patricia Moore Snoots: Mervin Hurst was my Uncle. He took me to the b...
• 20:3820:38, 4 November 2019 diff hist +965 N File:People's National Bank in Brunswick, MD on West Potomac Street.jpg The former home of People's National Bank in Brunswick, MD on W. Potomac Street, later a branch of Farmer's & Mechanics Bank. The F&M Bank was acquired and merged with PNC Bank. The building dates back to the early 20th century. It is currently occupi... current
• 20:3320:33, 4 November 2019 diff hist +219 N File:Charlie Thornton's CPA office at 326 West Potomac Street..jpg Charlie Thornton's CPA office at 326 W. Potomac Street. This was the site of Hickman's Market, and before that, a store operated by Ralph Fry. (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 16:4616:46, 4 November 2019 diff hist +1,467 N File:Potomac Furniture Company - 310 W. Potomac St.jpg Potomac Furniture Company - 310 W. Potomac St The former Home of Potomac Furniture is an apartment buidling today. It was renovated by Tommy Sigler. According to the Images of America book on Brunswick by Mary Rubin, a furniture store was first opened... current
• 16:3816:38, 4 November 2019 diff hist +68 N File:Gene Breeden at Brunswick Hardware in the 1970s.jpg Jknight moved page File:Gene Breeden at Brunswick Hardware in the 1970s.jpg to File:Brunswick Hardware, Gene Breeden in the 1970s.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 16:3716:37, 4 November 2019 diff hist +70 N File:Gene Breeden.jpg Jknight moved page File:Gene Breeden.jpg to File:Gene Breeden at Brunswick Hardware in the 1970s.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 16:3716:37, 4 November 2019 diff hist +17 File:Brunswick Hardware, Gene Breeden in the 1970s.jpg No edit summary
• 16:3416:34, 4 November 2019 diff hist +77 N File:Brunswick Hardware, Leroy Strawsburg and Melvin Taylo.jpg Jknight moved page File:Brunswick Hardware, Leroy Strawsburg and Melvin Taylo.jpg to File:Brunswick Hardware, Leroy Strawsburg and Melvin Taylor.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 16:3416:34, 4 November 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Brunswick Hardware, Leroy Strawsburg and Melvin Taylor.jpg Jknight moved page File:Brunswick Hardware, Leroy Strawsburg and Melvin Taylo.jpg to File:Brunswick Hardware, Leroy Strawsburg and Melvin Taylor.jpg current
• 16:3416:34, 4 November 2019 diff hist +15 File:Brunswick Hardware, Leroy Strawsburg and Melvin Taylor.jpg No edit summary
• 16:2916:29, 4 November 2019 diff hist +2,201 N File:Brunswick Hardware - 301 W Potomac St, photo taken in 2010.jpg Brunswick Hardware - 301 W Potomac St There are people around Brunswick who still refer to this as George's hardware store. Harry Y. (Junior) George and his father owned a business at this location for most of the 20th century. Harry George, Sr was pr... current
• 16:2216:22, 4 November 2019 diff hist +802 N File:King's Pizza, Adele Scotto,.jpg Adele Scotto, the late owner and proprietor of King's Pizza in her element. She passed away on October 10, 2016 and was just remembered at an event at the restaurant this month. Adele's parents Tony and Mary brought their New York style pizza to Bruns... current
• 16:1816:18, 4 November 2019 diff hist +1,143 N File:Mace Building..jpg King's Pizza today, but known to old timers as the Mace Building. One-time Brunswick mayor Harry Mace owned the building and ran a store here that sold furniture and dry goods until his death in 1954. In the middle 1950s, Judge Wenner's father Bill so... current
• 16:1116:11, 4 November 2019 diff hist +308 File:The Blade Times James L. Bryan, former Editor and Publisher.jpg No edit summary current
• 16:0816:08, 4 November 2019 diff hist +698 N File:John’s Super Market.jpg John’s Super Market was one of many businesses that occupied this storefront next to the People's Bank. This scene in the late 1950s appears to have been after a B&O payday or union gathering. Recognize anyone? We have identified the following railr... current
• 16:0416:04, 4 November 2019 diff hist +1,600 N File:Doris Georgette Carter Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, October 2019.jpg Doris G. Carter 1924 – 2019 Doris Georgette Carter, 95, of Thurmont, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2019. Born January 27, 1924 to the late Willard Lee and Clara M. (nee Woods) Clark. She was the beloved wife of the late Dale F. Carter. Doris gr... current
• 15:5815:58, 4 November 2019 diff hist +969 N File:White's Store, the first self-service grocery store in Brunswick..jpg At the time of this photo, this was White's Store, the first self-service grocery store in Brunswick. This building was also the home of the original City Meat Market for several years before 1930 and Weedy's prior to that. The building was later home... current
• 15:5215:52, 4 November 2019 diff hist +652 N File:Blade Times printing plant - March 2013.jpg The inside of the old Blade Times printing plant - March 2013 (Photo credit - Peter Wenner 3/21/13) Larri Nicoletti: Forgot about Cap Rinker..didn't even know my dad bought the newspaper in 1958 i was only 5 years old.i remember the paper came out on... current
• 15:4815:48, 4 November 2019 diff hist +303 N File:Blade Times early office.jpg This abandoned building on the alley behind A Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues is where Cap Rinker published the Blade Times. Despite being a one-man operation for over 40 years, Mr. Rinker rarely missed a deadline. (Photo credit - Peter Wenner 3/21/1... current
• 15:4615:46, 4 November 2019 diff hist +1,659 N File:Blade-Times editor & publisher Henry (Cap) Rinker at work..jpg A montage of Blade-Times editor & publisher Henry (Cap) Rinker at work. Mr. Rinker operated the Brunswick-based newspaper from 1913-1958. Mr. Rinker took over the Brunswick Herald newspaper from Edward C. Shafer in 1913 at the age of 17 and renamed it... current
• 15:4215:42, 4 November 2019 diff hist +282 N File:Post Office, Mary Webber is sorting the mail..jpg Another excellent Kaplon photo from the post office in the 1970s. Mary Webber is believed to be the lady sorting the mail. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoket... current
• 15:4115:41, 4 November 2019 diff hist +451 N File:Post Office, Harwood (Doc) Watson casing the mail.jpg Harwood "Doc" Watson casing the mail at the post office on Brunswick Street in the early-'70s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Mary Jane Watson: I used to walk with him wh... current
• 15:3715:37, 4 November 2019 diff hist +6 File:Post Office 1970s, Louise Gilbert.jpg No edit summary current
• 15:3615:36, 4 November 2019 diff hist +351 N File:Post Office, Postmaster Jerry Pearrell in the early 70s.jpg Postmaster Jerry Pearrell at the post office in the early-70s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Sandra Cavalier I enjoyed going to the post office and being greeted by Jerry... current
• 14:5114:51, 4 November 2019 diff hist +319 N File:Post Office, Jerry Pearrell (Postmaster), Mary Cook and Bill Utterback..jpg Key players at the Brunswick Post Office in the early-1970s. Jerry Pearrell (Postmaster), Mary Cook and Bill Utterback. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Holly Delauter: That... current
• 14:4914:49, 4 November 2019 diff hist +417 N File:Post Office, Mary Cook at the Brunswick Post Office on Brunswick Street with photos of staff.jpg Mrs. Mary Cook at the Brunswick Post Office on Brunswick Street with photos of staff. (Counter clockwise from top left - Lenwood Moss, Bill Utterback, Nelson (Scotty) Strathern, Ernie Wineholt, Jerry Pearrell, Harwood Watson From the Myer Kaplon phot... current
• 14:4614:46, 4 November 2019 diff hist +105 File:Ernie Weinholt early in his postal career on East Potomac Street in front of the YMCA.jpg No edit summary current
• 14:4214:42, 4 November 2019 diff hist +1,269 N File:J. P. Karn, Inc. - South Maryland Ave in 1966.jpg 1966 photo of J. P. Karn, Inc. - South Maryland Ave This business was established as a lumber yard by Jeremiah P. Karn in 1892. In an 1896 directory, the ad for Karn's indicated they were dealers in "sash, doors, blinds, moulding, framing, flooring, s... current
• 14:3814:38, 4 November 2019 diff hist +2,236 N File:Brunswick Cooperative Association was formed in the summer of 1926.jpg The Brunswick Cooperative Association was formed in the summer of 1926 by farmers in the Brunswick/Knoxville/Lovettsville area who were seeking a means of marketing their grain products, and a dependable source of farm inputs. The first physical plant... current
• 14:3514:35, 4 November 2019 diff hist +903 N File:East Potomac Street & 2nd Avenue - Late '50s.jpg E. Potomac Street & 2nd Avenue - Late '50s? Cage's Garage in the foreground, the Laundromat across the street and Moler's Store. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Darrel Sig... current
• 14:2914:29, 4 November 2019 diff hist +924 N File:Motoguzzi dealership on Petersville Road, Dutch Hailey.jpg Dutch Halley with an Indian Motorcycle outside his Motoguzzi dealership on Petersville Rd. A NAPA Auto parts dealership is on that spot today. The back story about the Indian motorcycle in this photo is that it was bought from a man in Virginia whose... current
• 14:2614:26, 4 November 2019 diff hist +1,541 N File:Litten's East End Garage located where the Moose now is.jpg Litten's East End Garage located where the Moose now is. There were 2 Litten's dealerships in town at the time. The Litten's were known as the place to buy Chevrolets and later Oldsmobile and other GM brands. (John Spitzer photos from BHS Alumni Site)... current
• 14:1714:17, 4 November 2019 diff hist +282 N File:Littens' garage , Renace Painter and Lester Stream in the late 1950s.jpg Renace Painter and Lester Stream at Littens' garage in the late 1950s with the homes and sloped lawns of W. Potomac Street as a backdrop. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Streight-Felix) Peggy Jean Lewis: That's my Uncle Renace Painter!! [[Category:Smoket... current
• 14:1414:14, 4 November 2019 diff hist +150 N File:Littens' Garage, Les Stream doing an honest day's work..jpg Les Stream doing an honest day's work at Littens' Garage. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Streight-Felix) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 14:1214:12, 4 November 2019 diff hist +49 N File:The Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile auto service team behind the business on W. Potomac Street - late 1940s. Photo courtesy of Richard Bowers.jpg Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 14:0814:08, 4 November 2019 diff hist +431 N File:Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile team outside the West End dealership in 1941.jpg Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile team outside the West End dealership in 1941. Front (l-r): Co-owner William Litten, Richard Cage, Marty Blessing, Gene Bowers Rear: Dick Hickman . Mr. Litten was tragically killed at age 44 in 1946 in an automobile accid... current