User contributions for HistoryCommission2

18 November 2019

• 14:5514:55, 18 November 2019 diff hist +223 N File:Boogie Snoots in his Brunswick Baseball Club uniform in the 1940s..jpg Darrol Snoots with son Boogie in his Brunswick Baseball Club uniform in the 1940s. The BBC was the forerunner to the Little League. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Moore Snoots) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
• 14:5314:53, 18 November 2019 diff hist +23 File:Baseball 1959, Maryland State League Champion Team,.jpg No edit summary current
• 14:4814:48, 18 November 2019 diff hist +749 N File:Glenn (Red) McQuillen baseball player from Brunswick.jpg Glenn (Red) McQuillen was the only baseball player from Brunswick to reach the major leagues. He played for the old St. Louis Browns, a franchise that later became the Baltimore Orioles. His MLB career spanned from 1938-47, cut short by World War II.... current
• 14:4614:46, 18 November 2019 diff hist +134 N File:Red McQuillen with the Toledo Mud Hens in 1948..jpg (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
• 14:4514:45, 18 November 2019 diff hist +350 N File:Red McQuillen in his St. Louis Browns uniform.jpg Red McQuillen in his St. Louis Browns uniform when the Browns visited the Senators at old Griffith Stadium. This was Red's rookie year in the majors when he batted .284 in 113 ABs. Wonder who this photo belonged to? (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Co... current
• 14:4314:43, 18 November 2019 diff hist +47 N File:Baseball Cartoon by Bob Grams.jpg Category:Smoketown Baseball current
• 14:4014:40, 18 November 2019 diff hist −2 File:Peoples' Home Furnishings - Nat Winters and Irv Kolker.jpg No edit summary current
• 14:3914:39, 18 November 2019 diff hist +107 N File:Officers on the dias at a Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Engineers union dinner.jpg Jknight moved page File:Officers on the dias at a Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Engineers union dinner.jpg to File:Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Engineers Officers on the dias at a union dinner.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 14:3814:38, 18 November 2019 diff hist −3 File:Peoples National Bank Board of Director Photo.jpg No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 18 November 2019 diff hist −3 File:People's National Bank Board of Directors – 1962.jpg No edit summary current
• 14:3714:37, 18 November 2019 diff hist +73 N File:The People's National Bank Board of Directors – 1962.jpg Jknight moved page File:The People's National Bank Board of Directors – 1962.jpg to File:People's National Bank Board of Directors – 1962.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 12:5812:58, 18 November 2019 diff hist +1,305 N File:Bill Wenner squats behind the plate as Alfred Anderson stands in with the bat Circa 1930s..jpg Future Judge Bill Wenner squats behind the plate as Alfred Anderson stands in with the bat sometime in the 1930s. As Doris Kelley Barker can attest, some of the best softball games around town were played on this long lawn at the corner of Petersville... current
• 12:5212:52, 18 November 2019 diff hist +624 N File:Furnace Mountain (VA) County League Baseball Champs from 1936-38.jpg Furnace Mountain (VA) County League Baseball Champs from 1936-38: (Standing L-R) Herbert (Hatchet) Frye, George Heater, Eddie Frye, Henry Athey, Claude Hartman, Calvin Athey, Joe Frye, Johnnie Oden, Dick Arnold, Willie Stocks (Kneeling L-R) Buck Shor... current
• 12:5012:50, 18 November 2019 diff hist +777 N File:Tri-County League 1938, Taken in front of old Eagles Club.jpg Tri-County League 1938 - Brunswick MD. Taken in front of old Eagles Club. Bottom row (left to right) 2nd player is Joe Feaster, 4th is Genie Bowers. Middle row (left to right) 1st on left is Richard Bowers, 4th is John Hammond and 5th is a Hahn. Top... current
• 12:4812:48, 18 November 2019 diff hist +489 N File:American Legion Team (circa 1933).jpg Brunswick American Legion Team (circa 1933) Those identified by the Railroad Museum are: Front row (l-r) ? Ambrose, Yank Dixon, Gordiie Bingham, Ang Norris, Shorty Moore, ??, Billl McLaughlin, ??, ?? Back row (l-r) Charlie Utterback (coach), ??, ??, R... current
• 12:4712:47, 18 November 2019 diff hist +267 N File:The Yales - Brunswick's segregated adult baseball team.jpg The Yales - Brunswick's segregated adult baseball team. The Yales played in the 1920s and were managed by Kenny Lipscomb. This appears to have been taken at Scheer Stadium. (Courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
• 12:4212:42, 18 November 2019 diff hist +807 N File:Brunswick Football Team 1935.jpg 1935 Brunswick Football Team The picture is taken on the lot across from city park facing Potomac Street on the 50 yard line. Kids in Front Row L/R Unknown, Bill McLane, Scotty Strathern, Charlie McLane Middle Row L/R 1st 2 unknown, Speedy Schamel, H.E... current
• 12:3912:39, 18 November 2019 diff hist +286 N File:Brunswick town football team from the 1930s at Wenner's Field.jpg Brunswick town football team from the 1930s at Wenner's Field on New Addition where the former Acme Market and Dollar Store now stands. Sonny Cannon is 2nd from the left on the first row. Who else can you identify? (Photo courtesy of BVFD) [[Categor... current
• 12:3812:38, 18 November 2019 diff hist +1,985 N File:Brunswick town football team from the 1930s.jpg Brunswick town football team from the 1930s. Roy Grams is circled. Back then, the Brunswick Railroaders town team was the brainchild of Harvey "Sonny" Cannon, who planned and guided the team to fruition. In the beginning, a coach from Shepherd College... current
• 12:3612:36, 18 November 2019 diff hist +557 N File:Brunswick Town Team of the Frederick County League (1930s).jpg Brunswick Town Team of the Frederick County League (1930s) (1st Row L-R) Ronald Moler, Paul Orrison, Corky Virts (Bat Boy), John "Piper"Mills (2nd Row L-R) Frank "Bony"Hartman, Preston "Pres"Phillips, Edgar Burch, unidentified, Lawrence Nelson (3rd... current
• 12:3412:34, 18 November 2019 diff hist +540 N File:Scheer Stadium Baseball Team in the Early 30s.jpg In the early days, a Brunswick baseball team barnstormed around the tri-state area. Among the players identified in this picture at the original Scheer Stadium (where the current high school is located) in the early 1930s are:(first row) Paul Koogle, F... current
• 12:3212:32, 18 November 2019 diff hist +236 N File:Scheer Stadium Railroader Baseball in the 1940s.jpg Some more Railroader baseball in plain clothes in the 1940s at Scheer Stadium. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
• 12:3112:31, 18 November 2019 diff hist +60 File:Railroaders pick up game inthe 1940s.jpg No edit summary current
• 12:2812:28, 18 November 2019 diff hist +236 N File:Railroaders pick up game inthe 1940s.jpg Some more Railroader baseball in plain clothes in the 1940s at Scheer Stadium. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Baseball
• 12:2212:22, 18 November 2019 diff hist +2,014 N File:Scheer Stadium Game in 1929.jpg A game at Scheer Stadium in 1929. This was well-known, marquee Brunswick ballpark with the grandstand and home plate just below the bluff at the intersection of Rt. 464 and Souder Road where the BHS football and lacrosse fields are today. The park wa... current
• 12:1912:19, 18 November 2019 diff hist +407 N File:Scheer Stadium Center field toward 3rd base.jpg The view from center field toward 3rd base at Scheer Stadium. Judging from the Model T cars parked up along the top of the bluff looking towards Rt. 464 and Souder Rd., this appears to be the late 1920s or early '30s. Scheer Stadium opened in 1929. (... current
• 12:1712:17, 18 November 2019 diff hist +630 N File:Scheer Stadium Opening day in the 20s.jpg Opening day photo at Brunswick's E.W. Scheer Stadium in the Model T era. Can you guess the year? As the ballpark was developed by the B&O in 1928, there were likely railroad officials in the picture. This photo is from the collection of Joanne Runkles... current
• 12:1112:11, 18 November 2019 diff hist +853 N File:William Murphrey, Superintendent of the B&O, Baltimore Division threw out the 1st pitch 1959.jpg To commemorate the opening of baseball season, let's flash back to May, 1959 when William Murphrey, Superintendent of the B&O, Baltimore Division threw out the 1st pitch before a game at the old Scheer Stadium where BHS football and other sports are pl... current
• 12:0812:08, 18 November 2019 diff hist +612 N File:Scheer Stadium Entrance.jpg If you're from Brunswick, there's nothing like baseball season. This is the entrance to old Scheer Stadium where the BHS track and football field is today. It appears to have been catty-cornered from Souder Rd. where you enter BHS today. (From the My... current
• 11:2811:28, 18 November 2019 diff hist +264 N File:Scheer Stadium, at the intersection of Rt. 464 and Souder Road.jpg Scheer Stadium, at the intersection of Rt. 464 and Souder Road, was the marquee location for baseball in Brunswick from 1928-1965. The player in the photo may have been Clarence Arvin. (Photo courtesy of David Cage) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
• 11:2711:27, 18 November 2019 diff hist +4,849 N File:Frederick County League was formed in 1920 and lasted until 1938..jpg The Frederick County League was formed in 1920 and lasted until 1938. Brunswick won 7 straight pennants at one point. This is one of the first teams with pitcher Amos Kaplon 2nd from left and George "Babe" Wenner 5th from the left in the back row. Jim... current
• 11:2411:24, 18 November 2019 diff hist +1,184 N File:Brunswick Baseball Traveling Team 1909-11.jpg The team pictured here was maybe of the greatest town team in Brunswick baseball history from 1909-11. Amos Kaplon, who was once offered a contract as a pitcher from Calvin Griffith of the original Washington Senators, managed this traveling team whic... current
• 11:2011:20, 18 November 2019 diff hist +280 N File:Boy Scout baseball team run by the Reverend Luther Martin.jpg Early Brunswick Boy Scout baseball team run by the Reverend Luther Martin of the First Baptist Church (in back in suit & tie). Rev. Martin wrote the poem "Going Back to Brunswick". (Photo Courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) [[Category:Smoket... current
• 11:1811:18, 18 November 2019 diff hist +97 N File:Paul Taylor and Jackie Merriman on West Potomac Street in front of Kaplon's. We think this was around 1960..jpg Jknight moved page File:Paul Taylor and Jackie Merriman on West Potomac Street in front of Kaplon's. We think this was around 1960..jpg to File:Paul Taylor and Jackie Merriman simulating their wind ups on a Spring day..jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 11:1811:18, 18 November 2019 diff hist −17 File:Paul Taylor and Jackie Merriman simulating their wind ups on a Spring day..jpg No edit summary
• 11:1611:16, 18 November 2019 diff hist −10 File:Brunswick American Legion uniform from the 1930s.jpg No edit summary current
• 11:1511:15, 18 November 2019 diff hist +41 N Category:Smoketown Baseball Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection " current
• 11:1511:15, 18 November 2019 diff hist +186 N File:Brunswick American Legion uniform from the 1930s.jpg (Exhibit courtesy of the Brunswick Railroad Museum) Jeff Taulton: We actually had "Pink" ones in 1977! Pink with Red pinstripes. Category:Smoketown History Collection
• 11:1011:10, 18 November 2019 diff hist +428 N File:Masons - Brother Donald H. (King) Campbell is presented with his 50 year service pin and certificate 2014.jpg Brother Donald H. (King) Campbell is presented with his 50 year service pin and certificate at the Masons' 126th anniversary dinner. Grand Inspector Scott Cameron (left) and Worshipful Master Robert Brown made the presentation. (Clipping from the Brun... current
• 11:0811:08, 18 November 2019 diff hist +1,064 N File:Masons honor William L. Grossin 1987.jpg William L. Gross, longtime Brunswick magistrate, businessman and raconteur was honored by the local Masons in 1987. From left: Grand Insp. Bernard Reynolds, Brunswick lodge secretary Doug Wetnight, Judge Gross, Worshipful Master Kenneth "Poppy" Lewis.... current
• 11:0511:05, 18 November 2019 diff hist +262 File:KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS AND PYTHIAN SISTERS OF MARYLAND circa 1999.jpg No edit summary current
• 11:0111:01, 18 November 2019 diff hist +358 N File:Red Hat Choo Choo Dames attended Tea Party at Cozy Inn..jpg Brunswick Red Hat Choo Choo Dames attended Tea Party at Cozy Inn. (L-R Standing) Lorraine Williams, Charlotte Watson, Nancy Shank Smith, Virginia Dinterman, Susan Dinterman Mann, Judy Myers Bramhall, Pat Hallic, Jackie Ebersole Center/Seated "The Queen... current
• 11:0011:00, 18 November 2019 diff hist +129 N File:Moose senior regent - Gertrude Thomas.jpg Gertrude Thomas, as the Moose senior regent. (Photo courtesy of Clay Thomas) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
• 10:5910:59, 18 November 2019 diff hist +212 N File:Moose Ladies Auxiliary in 1985.jpg Moose Ladies Auxiliary in 1985. Carol Ann Kersey, Joann Thompson, Gert Thomas, ?? , Beverly Decker, ?? , Catherine Castle (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
• 10:5710:57, 18 November 2019 diff hist +397 N File:Moose - Women of the Moose in the 1940s.jpg The Women of the Moose in the 1940s. These ladies were active in the Brunswick community and were tapped by Mayor Stanley T. Virts to run the town for a day right after World War II. It was a long time ago, but who can you recognize? (From the Myer K... current
• 10:5410:54, 18 November 2019 diff hist +39 File:Moose Lodge -1582 in 1971.jpg No edit summary current
• 10:5410:54, 18 November 2019 diff hist +374 N File:Moose Lodge -1582 in 1971.jpg Loyal Order of Moose #1582 Brunswick Lodge in 1971 (From ad in 1971 BHS Yearbook) Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) For all the kids, the Moose is built on the land where Litten's had an east side Chevy dealership in addition to the better remembere...