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22 November 2019

• 08:3108:31, 22 November 2019 diff hist +1,148 N File:Kaplon Family 1895.jpg From the Kaplon's exhibit at the Brunswick Heritage Museum. Note the family history in the card at the bottom of photo. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Suzette Richwagen: Some old timers have told me that Fannie went to New York on... current
• 08:2508:25, 22 November 2019 diff hist +338 N File:38 The Town Between the Tracks.jpg View of Berlin looking west. Westbound train station is on the right. These were the final remains of the town between the tracks as the B&O railroad yards expanded in the 1890s. Many of the buildings were being demolished in this photo. (Photo court... current
• 08:2308:23, 22 November 2019 diff hist +206 N File:37 The Town Between the Tracks.jpg George's hardware store in the old Brunswick "between the tracks. Note the loading zone next to the rails. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 08:2208:22, 22 November 2019 diff hist +284 N File:36 The Town Between the Tracks.jpg George's General Store Note the horse collars hanging on the right. Harry Y. George, Sr. is on the left. This store was another ancestor of the modern department store. (Photo and information courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) [[Category:Smok... current
• 08:2008:20, 22 November 2019 diff hist +136 N File:35 The Town Between the Tracks.jpg George's Store between the tracks. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 08:1808:18, 22 November 2019 diff hist +222 N File:34 The Town Between the Tracks.jpg Original Horine's Drug Store - Between the tracks All houses & businesses were torn down between the tracks to make room for railway expansion. (From the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current

21 November 2019

• 16:5916:59, 21 November 2019 diff hist +54 N File:Horine's Drug Store between the tracks. The man on the right appears to be Dr. Arlington G. Horine 1863-1956. Photo Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg Jknight moved page File:Horine's Drug Store between the tracks. The man on the right appears to be Dr. Arlington G. Horine 1863-1956. Photo Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg to File:33 The Town Between the Tracks..jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 16:5916:59, 21 November 2019 diff hist 0 m File:33 The Town Between the Tracks..jpg Jknight moved page File:Horine's Drug Store between the tracks. The man on the right appears to be Dr. Arlington G. Horine 1863-1956. Photo Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg to File:33 The Town Between the Tracks..jpg current
• 16:5816:58, 21 November 2019 diff hist +13 File:33 The Town Between the Tracks..jpg No edit summary
• 16:5616:56, 21 November 2019 diff hist +1,028 N File:32 The town between the tracks.jpg The Gross General Store pictured here was located on S. Maryland Avenue in the old "town between the tracks". Like many general stores in Frederick Co and beyond, Gross's sold a wide variety of merchandise on the 1st and 2nd floors, including ladies'... current
• 16:5216:52, 21 November 2019 diff hist +251 N File:Trains - Engine 1256 - 1910 or 11.jpg Engine 1256 - 1910 or 11 Engineer Jasper Harrison, AH (Dick) Danner, Fireman Boyd Rockwell, Clerk Herschel Holland, J. "Salty" Lincks, Guy "Bubby" Dean (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 16:5116:51, 21 November 2019 diff hist +394 N File:B&O Railroad Yard 1910.jpg Jackie Bushouse says this photo was taken in 1910 and is the B&O Railroad yard on the East bound hump. Her grandfather, John Johnson is the one standing up on the upper level of the train in front of the light. John was married to Elizabeth Arnett, the... current
• 16:4916:49, 21 November 2019 diff hist +98 N File:Trains - Engine 1266, Engineer Crowl.jpg (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 16:4916:49, 21 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Trains - engine next to the Coal Tipple.jpg No edit summary current
• 16:4816:48, 21 November 2019 diff hist +206 N File:Trains - engine next to the Coal Tipple.jpg Another early Brunswick train memory of an engine next to the Coal Tipple. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)
• 16:4716:47, 21 November 2019 diff hist +367 N File:Trains - Engine in front of the original Brunswick Roundhouse.jpg Engine in front of the original Brunswick Roundhouse around the turn of the last century. The old roundhouse was built early in the yard construction around 1890 and was removed in 1917 and rebuilt. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and... current
• 16:3816:38, 21 November 2019 diff hist +29 File:Main Street 2019 Annual Meeting, Diane Ellis (l) Main Street Volunteer of The Year 2019.jpg No edit summary current
• 16:3816:38, 21 November 2019 diff hist +186 N File:Main Street 2019 Annual Meeting, Diane Ellis (l) Main Street Volunteer of The Year 2019.jpg Diane Ellis the 2019 Volunteer of the Year for Brunswick Main Street. Here Diane is with Main Street Board Chair Julie Julie Martorana and Main Street Manager Sophia Smith
• 07:0907:09, 21 November 2019 diff hist +27 File:Latin Club 2000 - Advisor and student members.jpg No edit summary current
• 07:0907:09, 21 November 2019 diff hist +956 N File:Latin Club 2000 - Advisor and student members.jpg This photo from the 2000 yearbook shows the Advisor and student members of the BHS Latin Club. In hope of understanding the relationship between Roman Times and today, students in the Latin class pursued this goal by becoming members of the school’s...

20 November 2019

• 20:4720:47, 20 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:31 Weverton Train Station in the early 1900s..jpg No edit summary current
• 20:4620:46, 20 November 2019 diff hist +524 N File:31 Weverton Train Station in the early 1900s..jpg The train station at Weverton in the early 1900s. Howard L. Shewbridge was telegrapher at the Weverton Tower and had a special code with his brothers, who ran the towers in Brunswick, Harpers Ferry and Boyds. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Reuben Mos...
• 20:3820:38, 20 November 2019 diff hist +508 N File:30 Sandy Hook the eastern termina.jpg Sandy Hook was for a time the eastern terminal for the Shenandoah and Washington County Division and Branch Division of the B&O Railroad. When these were shifted from the village in 1921, a large number of Sandy Hook families moved to Brunswick. Sandy... current
• 20:3620:36, 20 November 2019 diff hist +1,141 N File:29 Post office in Knoxville, July 28, 1913.jpg This was the original post office in Knoxville from a "real picture" postcard, postmarked July 28, 1913. The reason this is placed in the "Beginnings" album is because in 1890, when the B&O prohibited the use of intoxicating spirits, and into Prohibit... current
• 20:3420:34, 20 November 2019 diff hist +329 N File:28 Restaurant and watering hole in Berlin, May 3, 1882.jpg Some men and their dogs outside a restaurant and watering hole next to the tracks in old Berlin on what is now S. Virginia Avenue. The photo is dated May 3, 1882. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Community Library; Freder... current
• 20:3220:32, 20 November 2019 diff hist +377 N File:Railroad scene from the early 20th century.jpg This railroad scene from the early 20th century appears to have been out on what is now New Addition. This was one of several photos commissioned by C.M. Wenner, who was very interested in the yard's progress and arranged for a photographer to take a f... current
• 20:3020:30, 20 November 2019 diff hist +297 N File:Brunswick railroad depot.jpg By 1900, the small town railroad depot was the hub for all news, which was conveyed by mail sack on trains and by telegraph from the tower. Brunswick was no different. The calendar says March 1915. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) [[... current
• 20:2920:29, 20 November 2019 diff hist +575 N File:WB Tower probably around 1910..jpg "This is the old WB Tower probably around 1910. The man in the center window is Clarence Daniel Shewbridge who was the telegrapher there for decades. He was one of four brothers who manned towers between Germantown and Harpers Ferry. Apparently they ha... current
• 20:1320:13, 20 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Shewbridge brothers, who were all B&O telegraphers.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:1320:13, 20 November 2019 diff hist +580 N File:Shewbridge brothers, who were all B&O telegraphers.jpg Here are the four Shewbridge brothers, who were all B&O telegraphers around the greater Brunswick area, along with their father and sisters in the early 20's. This was taken at the family home in Harpers Ferry. Standing are Clarence, Pearl, Alfred, Ho...
• 20:1120:11, 20 November 2019 diff hist +73 N File:Ben Sigafoose and Elonza Gosnell.jpg (Courtesy of Robert Day) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 20:0920:09, 20 November 2019 diff hist +314 N File:Brakemen's club.jpg The brakemen's club? Brunswick railroaders with their clubs in an early town photo after the yards were expanded. See the water gap in the background. Question is whether this is from the old bridge or somewhere else? (Photo courtesy of Brunswick Her... current
• 18:5918:59, 20 November 2019 diff hist +1,683 N File:27 Brunswick taken from Virginia.jpg While hazy because of the train smoke, this fascinating photo taken from Virginia shows the Potomac River and islands, the railroad yards, and a fast-growing town sprawling over the hills of Brunswick. If you look closely, you'll see from left to right... current
• 18:5418:54, 20 November 2019 diff hist +405 N File:26 The Town between the tracks.jpg A photo of the original Brunswick "between the tracks", taken from what appears to have been somewhere on the A Street hill. What do you think? It's a hazy photo so you do have to look closely. Kamberger's Opera House, the tall building on the south s... current
• 18:5018:50, 20 November 2019 diff hist +452 N File:25 Moore's Livery located on the south side of the railroad tracks.jpg This is a picture of Moore's Livery, which in the early days of Brunswick, was located on the south side of the railroad tracks where the commuter parking lot is now. The business moved to West Potomac Street around 1904 when the eastbound tracks were... current
• 18:4718:47, 20 November 2019 diff hist +457 N File:24 Brunswick when it was in the flood plain.jpg Old Brunswick when it was in the flood plain. See the tall building over the white house, which is believed to have been George's original hardware store. Can you guess where the photo was taken? (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Smo... current
• 18:4518:45, 20 November 2019 diff hist +730 N File:23 The town between the tracks.jpg A group photo outside Frank Alder's store on Middle Street in the "town between the tracks", circa 1895. It was also known as known as F.D. Alder's Bargain House!. In addition to the usual offerings of a general store, Alder's carried jewelry and conf... current
• 18:4218:42, 20 November 2019 diff hist +1,364 N File:22 The town between the tracks.jpg ccording to James R. Castle in his new book listed below, William Lynch Gross purchased land from Sarah Birmingham at the bottom of S. Maryland Avenue and built a store in 1893. It was a prime retail location in the "town between the tracks." See the b... current
• 18:3818:38, 20 November 2019 diff hist +1,286 N File:21 The town between the tracks.jpg Old Brunswick (“The town between the tracks”) - Kamberger's Opera House was the tall building on the south side of the tracks. Also pictured is the original Victor Kaplon department store and the City Hotel. The mortar and pestle in the lower right... current
• 18:3618:36, 20 November 2019 diff hist +616 N File:20 Town Between the Tracks.jpg Another view of the "Town Between the Tracks". The crosswalk across the rails is seen to the right of the man in the foreground. The original depot is on the left, the opera house opposite. View is to the southeast. (Photo and information credit - Br... current
• 18:3518:35, 20 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:19 canal and railroad town in the late 1890s.jpg No edit summary current
• 18:3418:34, 20 November 2019 diff hist +767 N File:19 canal and railroad town in the late 1890s.jpg Back when Brunswick was both a canal and railroad town in the late 1890s.. See the old mill and river bridge in the background. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Ray Danner Sr: I remember crossing on that old wooden bridge. It was qui...
• 18:3118:31, 20 November 2019 diff hist +242 N File:18 1873 plat of Berlin.jpg 1873 plat of Berlin within the Petersville Election District. See the railroad and canal at the bottom. (Courtesy of Robert Day) Wade Watson: This is 1873. From the atlas of Frederick County. Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 18:2818:28, 20 November 2019 diff hist +291 N File:17 Union wagon train forming in Berlin.jpg Another view of the Union wagon train forming in Berlin to pursue Lee into Virginia in 1863. Look closely and you can see trains, canal boats and the foundation of the covered bridge that was destroyed by the Rebels. (Courtesy of Robert Day) [[Catego... current
• 16:0716:07, 20 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:16 Berlin (now Brunswick), Md. in 1863 by Alexander Gardner.jpg No edit summary current
• 16:0716:07, 20 November 2019 diff hist +689 N File:16 Berlin (now Brunswick), Md. in 1863 by Alexander Gardner.jpg A view of Berlin (now Brunswick), Md. in 1863 by Alexander Gardner. See the dual pontoon bridges and ruins of the stone bridge. In the scene, a Union wagon train is forming to pursue Lee into Virginia. The Army of the Potomac crossed here twice. Once...
• 16:0416:04, 20 November 2019 diff hist +672 N File:15 Pontoon Bridge looking across the Potomac River from Virginia.jpg A view of the Pontoon Bridge looking across the Potomac River from Virginia into what was then Berlin in 1862. In November of the same year, during the Civil War, the pontoons were removed and transported to Fredericksburg, VA for use in crossing the R... current
• 16:0116:01, 20 November 2019 diff hist +652 N File:14 Looking toward Berlin October 1862.jpg This scene dates to October 1862 looking toward Berlin. The Library of Congress caption reads as follows about this Alexander Gardner image: "Photographed from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862." Here you... current
• 15:5915:59, 20 November 2019 diff hist +339 N File:13 Scouts and guides of the Army of Potomac, Berlin, Maryland.jpg October 1862 photo by Alexander Gardner shot of scouts and guides of the Army of Potomac, Berlin, Maryland. This was essentially the spy corps. Interesting to think about them sneaking into Northern Virginia from our side of the Potomac. (Photo & inf... current
• 15:5715:57, 20 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:12 Pontoon bridge and ruins of the stone bridge across the Potomac (destroyed in 1861).jpg No edit summary current