User contributions for HistoryCommission2

19 November 2019

• 13:4313:43, 19 November 2019 diff hist +489 N File:Mary Pauline Brooks and Jim Hardy.jpg Mrs. Mary Pauline Brooks and Jim Hardy. Mrs. Brooks was the daughter of slaves and lived to be 106. She was Maryland's oldest living citizen for a time. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public... current
• 13:4113:41, 19 November 2019 diff hist +696 N File:Hasselbach family burial ground behind the Bishop Claggett Center.jpg The Hasselbach family burial ground behind the Bishop Claggett Center near Adamstown contains the bodies of unidentified slaves. The old Buckingham School and plantation buildings are located on the grounds of the Maryland Episcopal Diocesan Center and... current
• 13:3813:38, 19 November 2019 diff hist +51 File:Sunnyside Church is located on Mountville Road near Jefferson.jpg No edit summary current
• 13:3813:38, 19 November 2019 diff hist +1,644 N File:Sunnyside Church is located on Mountville Road near Jefferson.jpg The Sunnyside Church is located in a beautiful wooded area on Mountville Road, on the sunny side of the mountain past Mar-lu-Ridge near Jefferson. The connection to Brunswick is through the Weedon family, which in the past have made up a large part of...
• 13:2713:27, 19 November 2019 diff hist +985 N File:Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church World War I Gathering.jpg This historic photograph was taken in Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church near Gathland during World War I, a proud display of the men and women who devoted their service in defense of the nation in "The Great War." In those days, the milit... current
• 13:2513:25, 19 November 2019 diff hist +390 N File:Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, side door.jpg The open side door of the Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Fall, 2010. The dilapidated remains of the old church on the South Mountain grade between Burkittsville and Gapland includes a cemetery, which dates back to 1870. The bu... current
• 13:2313:23, 19 November 2019 diff hist +1,255 N File:Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.jpg The Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church sits just outside of Burkittsville just before you reach Gapland. Situated next to a vineyard, the site includes a church and a cemetery. Graves in the cemetery date from 1870-2010 and it is the... current
• 13:1913:19, 19 November 2019 diff hist +1,714 N File:St. Mary's Catholic Church & Rectory - Petersville.jpg St. Mary's Catholic Church & Rectory - Petersville As a part of his will of 1819, Gov. Thomas Sim Lee provided funds for a Catholic church to be named St. Mary at Petersville near his estate, Needwood. He wanted to replace the old log building used as... current
• 13:1413:14, 19 November 2019 diff hist +880 N File:Colored school in Petersville next to St. Mary's Catholic Church.jpg This photo shows the remains of the "colored school" in Petersville next to St. Mary's Catholic Church as it was being demolished in 1977. Associated with the church, which was built between 1826-1828 by slaves and free black laborers from the nearby... current
• 11:2411:24, 19 November 2019 diff hist +230 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. (Courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage current
• 11:2311:23, 19 November 2019 diff hist +299 N File:Gospel choir singing in Brunswick back in the 1950s.jpg A gospel choir singing in Brunswick back in the 1950s. We believe it took place in the old fire hall on West Potomac Street. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smok... current
• 11:2111:21, 19 November 2019 diff hist +634 N File:African Chapel on Rt. 287 in Lovettsville..jpg A photo of the old African Chapel on Rt. 287 in Lovettsville. According to Yetive Weatherly's "Lovettsville: The German Settlement", messrs J.F. Hamilton and F.B. Lewis served as teachers before 1910. "One very outstanding teacher, Mildred Gray, instru... current
• 11:2011:20, 19 November 2019 diff hist +525 N File:Burkittsville Colored School, also known as the Molly Bruner School.jpg "Burkittsville Colored School", also known as the Molly Bruner School after one of its long-serving teachers, was located on Mountain Church Road. It served African American children who lived along South Mountain between Burkittsville and Locust Valle... current
• 11:1811:18, 19 November 2019 diff hist +310 N File:Whalen family from the Burkittsville area..jpg The Whalen family from the Burkittsville area. Mr. George Whalen taught for 36 years at The Horsey school in Coatsville for then-segregated black children. The old schoolhouse on Rt. 17 is now a residence. (Photo courtesy of Artist Carl Butler) [[Ca... current
• 11:1711:17, 19 November 2019 diff hist +502 N File:Horsey School in Coatsville MD on Route 17.jpg This is the Horsey School in Coatsville MD on Route 17 between Brunswick and Burkittsville. The teacher is Mr. George Whalen, who taught there for 36 years. The Horsey School closed in 1959 after Burkittsville Elementary School was integrated. (Court... current
• 11:1511:15, 19 November 2019 diff hist +637 N File:Madeleine Butler (left) and Clarice Henderson.jpg Madeleine Butler (left) and Clarice Henderson pose next to portraits of Mrs. Butler's father- and mother-in-law George and Achier Butler. The pump organ on which the portraits are placed in the Butler home in Coatsville is a family heirloom. Mrs. Butle... current
• 11:1411:14, 19 November 2019 diff hist +743 N File:Coatsville, an eclectic mix of farmers, immigrants and slave descendants.jpg This is the entrance to Coatsville, a quiet village just south of Burkittsville in the shadow of the South Mountain ridge. A July 2013 article in the Frederick News-Post, in which longtime residents Claire Henderson, Madeleine Butler and Richard Pry we... current
• 11:1111:11, 19 November 2019 diff hist +3,353 N File:Lincoln High School in Frederick, 1923.jpg Lincoln High School in Frederick, 1923. Prior to 1920, there was no high school for African-American students in Frederick County. After the seventh grade, they had three options: 1) Seek jobs in community as farm hands, janitors, domestics, waiters o... current
• 11:0811:08, 19 November 2019 diff hist +431 N File:Segregated school on Wenner's Hill. Grades 1-7 Circa 1920.jpg A school photo circa 1920 at the old segregated school on Wenner's Hill. Grades 1-7 were taught here. Students who wished to continue their education had to travel to Frederick, many by train, to attend segregated Lincoln High School. (Photo and infor... current
• 11:0511:05, 19 November 2019 diff hist +413 N File:Segregated school on Wenner's Hill is now a residence..jpg The old segregated school on Wenner's Hill is now a residence. (Photo by Peter Wenner) Joan Hardy Morris: I attended fourth through seventh grades in this building 1945-48, then graduated from Lincoln High School June 1954. We had cold running water... current
• 10:1810:18, 19 November 2019 diff hist +753 N File:Segregated school on Wenner's Hill..jpg Prior to the Brown vs. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court to integrate public schools in 1954, Brunswick's African American students attended segregated classes on Wenner's Hill. The first segregated classes were held in a corn crib on t... current
• 10:1510:15, 19 November 2019 diff hist +438 N File:John Howard browses the window display at Kaplon's.jpg John Howard browses the window display at Kaplon's. The house reflected in the window across the street was at times a boarding house for railroaders that was operated by Bob & Lula "Sis" Foster. Mr. Howard worked at Litten's Chevrolet-Olds dealership... current
• 10:1410:14, 19 November 2019 diff hist +516 N File:George Butler worked on the railroad.jpg Mr. George Butler worked on the railroad in Brunswick and later owned a 206 acre farm with his brother in law William Holland, a photographer in Washington DC. (Photo and information courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Artist Carl Butler: The... current
• 10:0710:07, 19 November 2019 diff hist +5 File:African American contribution to the railroad by Carl Butler.jpg No edit summary current
• 10:0710:07, 19 November 2019 diff hist +41 N Category:Smoketown African American Heritage Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection " current
• 10:0610:06, 19 November 2019 diff hist +536 N File:African American contribution to the railroad by Carl Butler.jpg This commissioned painting by Carl Butler for the Brunswick Heritage Museum was inspired in part to honor his grandfather George Butler, a stationary firemen on the B&O Railroad in Brunswick. It is still on display in the museum, hanging on the 2nd Flo...
• 09:5809:58, 19 November 2019 diff hist +64 N File:Juice Foreback.jpg Jknight moved page File:Juice Foreback.jpg to File:Juice Foreback in his room Christmas 1993.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 09:5709:57, 19 November 2019 diff hist −33 File:Juice Foreback in his room Christmas 1993.jpg No edit summary
• 09:5309:53, 19 November 2019 diff hist +180 N File:Scott and Kathy Haley Christmas Season 1970s.jpg Scott and Kathy Haley at their home in Brunswick during in a mid-70s Christmas season. (Photo courtesy of Katherine Haley Rudeseal) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
• 09:5109:51, 19 November 2019 diff hist +274 N File:Michelle Lipscomb posing in front of her tree.jpg Michelle Lipscomb posing in front of her tree in the living room of her home on Shady Lane, Petersville. Mid-'70s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Chr... current
• 09:5009:50, 19 November 2019 diff hist +440 N File:Karen Lipscomb (left) and Mrs. Kathleen Lipscomb with their Christmas tree 1970s.jpg Karen Lipscomb (left) and Mrs. Kathleen Lipscomb with their Christmas tree on Shady Lane in the 1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Candace Jones: We still celebrate Chr... current
• 09:4709:47, 19 November 2019 diff hist +273 N File:Claritha Jackson with her children Mike and Cynthia, Christmas 1970s.jpg Claritha Jackson with her children Mike and Cynthia in their home on Shady Lane at Christmastime in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Chri... current
• 09:4609:46, 19 November 2019 diff hist +267 N File:Tony (Shorty) Jackson next to his Christmas tree 1970s.jpg Mr. Tony "Shorty" Jackson next to his Christmas tree at his home on Shady Lane in Petersville in the 1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
• 09:4509:45, 19 November 2019 diff hist +706 N File:Siblings Heaton Emanuel (Zeke) and Susan Winifred (Fred-Dee Dee) Wenner Christmas 1969.jpg Siblings Heaton Emanuel (Zeke) and Susan Winifred (Fred/Dee Dee) Wenner at their home on W. Brunswick Street in the 1969 Christmas season. Neither ever married and they lived together most of their lives. Zeke was the 2nd baseman on the same great Bru... current
• 09:4009:40, 19 November 2019 diff hist +72 N File:Eleanor Wenner.jpg Jknight moved page File:Eleanor Wenner.jpg to File:Eleanor Wenner makes an entrance. Christmas 1960..jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 09:3809:38, 19 November 2019 diff hist +280 N File:Season's Greetings from Pic'a Wenner Apartments in Ocean City.jpg Season's Greetings from Pic'a Wenner Apartments in Ocean City during the holiday season of 1968. The kids are (clockwise from left): Eleanor Wenner, Joche Wilmot, Peter Wenner, DeeDee and Donna Taylor (Courtesy of Peter Wenner) [[Category:Smoketo... current
• 09:3609:36, 19 November 2019 diff hist +150 N File:Christmas Season 1966 from the Benjamins.jpg From the Benjamins, Christmas Season 1966. They had one son, Jimmy? (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
• 09:3509:35, 19 November 2019 diff hist +267 N File:View up South Maple Avenue on Christmas, 1975..jpg The view up S. Maple Avenue on Christmas, 1975. How about a cold PBR at Kehne Eye's? (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Troy Alan Lloyd: Kehne’s, My Sisters Place, Pegs Cab, The Legion- loved growing up in that town. Category:Smoketown Christmas current
• 09:3209:32, 19 November 2019 diff hist +442 File:Potomac Street in Brunswick looking west from the bridge on Christmas, 1975..jpg No edit summary current
• 09:2709:27, 19 November 2019 diff hist +432 N File:Downtown Brunswick looking east down Potomac Street from the bridge on Christmas, 1975.jpg Old downtown Brunswick looking east down Potomac Street from the bridge on Christmas, 1975. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) Does anyone know if the two houses on the lower right burned down? Kim Myers: Yes, unfor... current
• 09:2309:23, 19 November 2019 diff hist −15 File:Doug Wetnight, Gene Bowers and Dick Hickman 1961.jpg No edit summary current
• 09:2109:21, 19 November 2019 diff hist +469 N File:Christmas tree cutting in the season long ago.jpg Christmas tree cutting in the season long ago. The men were taking this and others to the Litten's Chevy truck in the previous posting. Carrying the tree are Tony Cincotta (back left) and Richard Bowers (back right). George Bowers, Sr. is believed to... current
• 09:1909:19, 19 November 2019 diff hist +263 N File:Lytle Baker and West Claggett taking a break during the Litten's Christmas tree cutting..jpg Lytle Baker and West Claggett taking a break during the Litten's Christmas tree cutting. Lander area? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas current
• 09:1609:16, 19 November 2019 diff hist +448 N File:Christmas tree heading to market in a Litten's Chevrolet truck..jpg Christmas tree heading to market in a Litten's Chevrolet truck. Late 1940s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Ed Waters: Newer residents may not know the dealership is where... current
• 09:1409:14, 19 November 2019 diff hist +607 N File:Christmas season at the old People's Bank in Brunswick in the 1950s.jpg In the Christmas season at the old People's Bank in Brunswick in the 1950s. This photo was taken in front of the board room on the 2nd floor in that beautiful old building. (l-r) Bank president Claude Lutman, Ethel Strailman, Hazel Bartlett and Mervin... current
• 09:1309:13, 19 November 2019 diff hist +305 N File:Christmas photo of the People's National Bank staff in the 1950s.jpg Christmas photo of the People's National Bank staff in the 1950s (l-r) Mervin Hirst, Hazel Bartlett, Jimmy George, Ethel Strailman, Claude Lutman (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libra... current
• 09:1109:11, 19 November 2019 diff hist +70 N File:Summers Family, Holiday Greetings, Jean, Wayne, Mickey, Johnny and Terry (1967) (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull).jpg Jknight moved page File:Summers Family, Holiday Greetings, Jean, Wayne, Mickey, Johnny and Terry (1967) (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull).jpg to File:Holiday Greetings from the Summers family, 1967.jpg current Tag: New redirect