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9 November 2019

• 14:3314:33, 9 November 2019 diff hist +158 N File:High's in the early '70s with Ritchie Boone (BHS Class of '73) behind the counter in Brunswick, MD.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 14:3114:31, 9 November 2019 diff hist +91 N File:Lynne Boone BHS Class of '72.jpg Jknight moved page File:Lynne Boone BHS Class of '72.jpg to File:High's, Brunswick's 1st modern convenience store in the early 1970s..jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 14:3114:31, 9 November 2019 diff hist 0 m File:High's, Brunswick's 1st modern convenience store in the early 1970s..jpg Jknight moved page File:Lynne Boone BHS Class of '72.jpg to File:High's, Brunswick's 1st modern convenience store in the early 1970s..jpg current
• 14:3014:30, 9 November 2019 diff hist +661 File:High's, Brunswick's 1st modern convenience store in the early 1970s..jpg No edit summary
• 14:2614:26, 9 November 2019 diff hist +161 N File:High's in the early '70 Betsy Powell and Sam Rife behind the counter.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 14:2314:23, 9 November 2019 diff hist +158 N File:Servicing Coke machines in a photo dated in 1958.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 14:2214:22, 9 November 2019 diff hist −15 File:Souder & Chick Dairy, Woody Souder.jpg No edit summary current
• 14:1214:12, 9 November 2019 diff hist +1,636 N File:Shell station located on the corner of Maryland Avenue and Potomac Street (101 W. Potomac) for many years..jpg For relative newcomers to Brunswick, this was the Shell station located on the corner of Maryland Avenue and Potomac Street (101 W. Potomac) for many years. This was a busy corner at one time with Kaplon's department store directly across the street an... current
• 14:0514:05, 9 November 2019 diff hist +92 N File:Kaplon's stork from the baby department.jpg (Courtesy of the Brunswick Railroad Museum) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 14:0214:02, 9 November 2019 diff hist +1,020 N File:Kaplon Building - 2007.jpg (photo courtesy of Peter Wenner) Jacquelyn Ebersole: Father Kaplon had the home on Maryland Avenue built and the family lived there: excerpt from Maryland's157 The Incorporated Cities and Towns published in 2000 "Several of the homes are of architect... current
• 13:5813:58, 9 November 2019 diff hist +1,239 N File:Harmon Building on West Potomac Street.jpg The old Harmon Building on W. Potomac Street dates to the early 20th Century. It was originally the site of the L.S. Harmon's Cigar Store, owned by the one-time mayor of Brunswick. Later, it was home to the original JJ Newberry's in town before it mov... current
• 13:4413:44, 9 November 2019 diff hist +419 N File:JJ Newberry's Building in 2007.jpg Former site of JJ Newberry's in 2007 Betty Hardy: I worked there in the 60's with Helen Cooper, Betty Hahn, Gloria Merriman. Mrs Kuabat, Rosie Moss. Gene Dagenhart: Worked there in high school days for Manager Jeff Caully. Bobby George: I remember a... current
• 13:1313:13, 9 November 2019 diff hist +42 N File:Main Street Pop-Up Shops 2019.jpg Category:Organizations current
• 11:3911:39, 9 November 2019 diff hist +832 N File:The Cincotta Building. Former site of Roelke's Market and previously, the Acme (American Store) - November 2007.jpg Mary Jo Brown Yes, Jeanette still lives there. Joe Stine has now opened his shop since Jerry went to Petersville Road. This is the only place in Brunswick were the front of the building is made out of iron. Mary Jo Brown (March 2010): Jeanette still... current
• 11:3411:34, 9 November 2019 diff hist +730 N File:Potomac Street looking west towards Kaplons.jpg Potomac St looking west towards Kaplons. From left to right, i remember Peg's Cab, Jerry's Pool Hall, Jerry's Liquors, Roelkes, J.J. Newberry's (The Dime Store), The Red Man's Hall (Eagles then the Museum) and Watson's Cut Rate (Bob Moler's/Prescriptio... current
• 11:3111:31, 9 November 2019 diff hist +327 N File:Square Corner in Brunswick, MD.jpg Square Corner...Just imagine S&N Katz, Darr's Tavern, the Lace Store. Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner Candy Poole: I remember going in Darrs Tavern to get ice cream sundaes and italian ice. When I was sick my mother would buy coke syrup from Darr's Ta... current
• 11:2911:29, 9 November 2019 diff hist +272 N File:Sewing factory near the old high school - March 2013.jpg The old sewing factory near the old high school - March 2013 Jeanell Morsberger Willis: My Aunt Darlene Morsberger worked there as well, Sis Foster used to take the scraps and crochet braided rugs with them. She taught me. [[Category:Smoketown Busine... current
• 11:2711:27, 9 November 2019 diff hist +1,478 N File:Old factory not sure of use.jpg Jacquelyn Ebersole Building was originally built and named Hosiery Building. Ladies stockings, then a series of uses; among them, sewing sponsered by Singer Sewing Machines of Frederick Maryland run by Addy Harner, the Poland & Katz of Baltimore had th... current
• 11:2311:23, 9 November 2019 diff hist +496 N File:Coach's Drive In in 1965.jpg Vivian and Herb Daugherty at Coach's Drive In in 1965. Coach is wearing an 1890s beard in preparation for Brunswick's Diamond Jubilee 50 years ago. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libr... current
• 11:1911:19, 9 November 2019 diff hist +990 N File:Hahn's Cafe 1940s.jpg Hahn's Cafe 1940s - Hahn's was a popular eatery and saloon located at the corner of West B Street and Petersville Rd. Operated by Harry and Bessie Hahn, the cafe was constructed from wood salvaged from buildings that had been between the tracks in Old... current
• 11:1211:12, 9 November 2019 diff hist +49 N File:Feete's Funeral Home - Petersville Rd.jpg Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 11:1011:10, 9 November 2019 diff hist +529 N File:Pumphouse gang on Petersville Road - 1977.jpg Pumphouse gang on Petersville Road - 1977 See the "Help Keep Brunswick Clean" sign through the garage door windows. In the photo are: 1st row, Jack Brawner, Chisel Hahn, Henry Conner, Bob Eagle 2nd Row Buck Conner, Mark Webber, Bub "Jug Head" Hahn, Ro... current
• 11:0811:08, 9 November 2019 diff hist +178 N File:Lowry's Farm Market in the Christmas season 2011.jpg Lowry's Farm Market in the Christmas season 2011. The site of the old Swing Inn on Petersville Rd. (Photo credit - Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 11:0711:07, 9 November 2019 diff hist +590 N File:Professional building on Petersville Rd with Dr. Pruitt's office on the 1st floor.jpg This was once a professional building on Petersville Rd with Dr. Pruitt's office on the 1st floor, left side. Susan Alexander: My brother, Tom Waters, occupied the space across from Dr. Pruitt's office. Tom's Dance Studio was the first room on the ri... current
• 11:0211:02, 9 November 2019 diff hist +1,891 N File:Pool hall (left) operated by Ed Payne and Shelley's Cleaners (right) owned and run by Shelley Dawson..jpg We old timers remember these 2 buildings on Petersville Road as the pool hall (left) operated by Ed Payne and Shelley's Cleaners (right) owned and run by Shelley Dawson. The pool hall is now a residence and Shelley's is the home of Braddock Mountain O... current
• 10:5210:52, 9 November 2019 diff hist +348 N File:Ice house on Petersville Road.jpg As of 2018 it is Hive Bakery Lou Pineda: When my family moved to Brunswick back in 1972, our landlord was Mr. A. Edwin Sparks. His real estate office was in this building. Hannah Pogue: It was called dairy barn at one time...after baseball games we... current

8 November 2019

• 21:3521:35, 8 November 2019 diff hist −7 File:Cook and Bus Cannon.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:3121:31, 8 November 2019 diff hist +715 N File:Gram's Auto Service on Petersville Rd. in 1947..jpg Original Gram's Auto Service on Petersville Rd. in 1947. At the time, the station was owned and operated by Garland Grams, who also sold Buicks here. Garland died around 1960 and left the business to his wife, Connie. Garland's younger brother Bill man... current
• 21:2821:28, 8 November 2019 diff hist +605 N File:Kehne's(Keen Eye's) - 12 S. Maple Ave.jpg Kehne's(Keen Eye's) - 12 S. Maple Ave Later became Country Tom's Commuter Lounge(1980's) - Brunswick Commuter Lounge - My Cousin's Pub - Emerald Garden Chinese Cookhouse(2007-2008) - Sloppy Taco(2009- Closed) Another Restaurant then Towpath Creamery (2... current
• 21:2321:23, 8 November 2019 diff hist +335 N File:Kehne's - 12 S. Maple Ave.jpg Kehne's - 12 S. Maple Ave Owned by Cameron Kehne and was known as Keen Eye's. Served very good seafood. Was also Country Tom's Commuter Lounge - Brunswick Commuter Lounge - My Cousin's Pub - Emerald Garden Chinese Cookhouse - and now is Sloppy Taco P... current
• 21:1921:19, 8 November 2019 diff hist +247 N File:Cameron Kehne (Keen Eye) tending bar at his tavern and pool hall on S. Maple Avenue, formerly the Commuter Lounge..jpg (Photo courtesy of Alice and Carroll Kehne.) Debra Sterling Hewett: Grew up in that bar! John Robinson: deb you an me both my dad an him was best of friends been to his river camp many many times. Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 21:1621:16, 8 November 2019 diff hist +432 N File:Corner Pocket pool room across from the YMCA..jpg Paul Merriman lines up a shot at the Corner Pocket pool room across from the YMCA. Wayne Springs is watching in the blue shirt. (courtesy of Curt Webber) Robert Foster: The Pool Hall was right on the Corner as you rounded the turn towards the front o... current
• 21:1321:13, 8 November 2019 diff hist +249 File:Pete Cheney at his garage.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:0821:08, 8 November 2019 diff hist +796 N File:Wenner's Hill Market in the early Sixties, Mrs. Mary Phillips.jpg Mrs. Mary Phillips standing in front of Wenner's Hill Market in the early Sixties. She was the familiar face behind the counter at Eleanor Wenner's store on the corner of N. Maple Avenue & G Street for several years until it closed around 1967. Strong... current
• 21:0321:03, 8 November 2019 diff hist +549 N File:OK Market on Wenner's Hill, better known as Stuffy's.jpg OK Market on Wenner's Hill, better known as 'Stuffy's" - Maple Ave...Stuffy's real name is James William Rooney Jr. — at 706 North Maple Avenue, Brunswick, Maryland. James B Simpson Jr: I remember it was such a big deal to get a striped gumball out... current
• 20:5720:57, 8 November 2019 diff hist +405 N File:Hoffmaster's Store on Wenner's Hill in the 1950s..jpg This looks to be Hoffmaster's Store on Wenner's Hill in the 1950s. Things go better with Coca Cola! (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Brenton Barger: Mr Hoffmaster had two ch... current
• 20:5520:55, 8 November 2019 diff hist +625 N File:Hoffmaster's store on Wenner's Hill (Maple Avenue),.jpg Site of Hoffmaster's store on Wenner's Hill (Maple Avenue), which is now a residence. Kara HubbleTthis was my home! My mom, grandmother, brother and I lived here from 95/96? Not long, actually whenever we had that blizzard. I even buried a "time capsu... current
• 20:5120:51, 8 November 2019 diff hist +1,556 N File:New York Hill Market - 9th Avenue, Red Moler First Owner.jpg New York Hill Market - 9th Avenue Red Moler was the first owner/operator of this store followed by Paul Harrison, Donald Woods and Frank and Gloria Sousa. Photo courtesy of David Cage & Brunswick Citizen 9/24/1998 History Commision Files. Candace Bl... current
• 20:4320:43, 8 November 2019 diff hist +235 N File:New York Hill Market on 9th Avenue, Paul Harrison.jpg Paul Harrison behind the counter at the New York Hill Market on 9th Avenue. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 20:4220:42, 8 November 2019 diff hist +858 N File:Moler's store on E. Potomac Street in its heyday..jpg Junior Moler's store on E. Potomac Street in its heyday. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Lisa Cornelius Soudry: The old wood floors with 'green crumbles' of something? And... current
• 20:3820:38, 8 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Moler's Food Market - East Potomac Street (Early 70's).jpg No edit summary current
• 20:3820:38, 8 November 2019 diff hist +1,520 N File:Moler's Food Market - East Potomac Street (Early 70's).jpg Moler's Food Market - East Potomac Street (Early 70's) Owned and operated by Junior Moler. Going from right to left after Moler's at the time of photograph is the Twigg residence, the laundromat (originally the Whistle Stop restaurant; later Grace Bap...
• 20:3220:32, 8 November 2019 diff hist +507 N File:East Potomac Street from the railroad in the 1920s. The YMCA Hospital Annex, Grace Church, Cage's, Whistle Stop restaurant and the old High School are visible.jpg (Credit Brunswick History Commission) This picture of where Cage's once stood shows the German influence in old Brunswick. It reminds me of pictures a German friend of mine had shown me of houses in her home town. For the people who have no idea where... current
• 20:3020:30, 8 November 2019 diff hist +652 N File:Cage Brothers' Garage 2nd Avenue Side.jpg Joe Breeden on the 2nd Avenue side of Cage Brothers' Garage looking up the hill towards Grace Church in the 1950s. Joe was a mechanic at Cage's. (Photo courtesy of Carolyn Kline Cogle) Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) In 1978 that first door was th... current
• 20:2620:26, 8 November 2019 diff hist +738 N File:Cage Brothers Auto Service on East Potomac Street in what appears to be the late 1930s.jpg Cage Brothers Auto Service on East Potomac Street in what appears to be the late 1930s, judging from the cars. The building across the street was the Whistle Stop restaurant. It was later a laundromat. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Bru... current
• 20:2220:22, 8 November 2019 diff hist +731 N File:Cage's Garage circa 1958.jpg Cage's Garage circa 1958 with Grace Church in the background on the left. Katie Barnard also ran a boarding house here. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Kim Myers: Hugh Cage... current
• 20:1820:18, 8 November 2019 diff hist +526 N File:Noah Conway grocery store at 425 East Potomac Street.jpg Noah Conway with his dog Laddie in front of his grocery store at 425 E. Potomac Street. A notation on the back of the photo indicated this may have been taken in 1920 and that the store was sold by to Buck Harrison in the 1930s. Note the brick sidewal... current
• 20:1520:15, 8 November 2019 diff hist +265 N File:Weil Brothers on East Potomac Street.jpg This service station was on E. Potomac Street on the site of the former post office, which had previously housed the Potomac Shop & The Hotel Potomac (Originally the Yardley.) (From the 1965 Diamond Jubilee Program) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 20:1320:13, 8 November 2019 diff hist +381 N File:Brunswick Gas & Go, which opened in 1961.jpg During the demolition of buildings, including the old post office, across from the YMCA. The site made way for Brunswick Gas & Go, which opened in 1961. It later became Weil Bros service station and currently is LS Fuel. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Co... current
• 20:1120:11, 8 November 2019 diff hist +937 N File:Post office, across from the YMCA..jpg Another view of the late 1950s demolition of buildings, including the old post office, across from the YMCA. The site made way for Brunswick Gas & Go, which opened in 1961. It later became Weil Bros service station and currently is LS Fuel. Among the... current