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26 November 2019

• 21:2921:29, 26 November 2019 diff hist +200 N File:Maple Avenue towards the square corner and the First Baptist Church..jpg Early 20th Century view, looking up Maple Avenue towards the square corner and the First Baptist Church. (Photo credit to Brunswick Railroad Museum) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 21:2621:26, 26 November 2019 diff hist +142 N File:Main St.(1st Block of W Potomac St) around the turn of the last century.jpg Photo courtesy of David Cage Reuben Moss: View from just outside of Red Man's Hall (Museum) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 21:2421:24, 26 November 2019 diff hist +491 N File:Mulkey's gas station - Ralph Mulkey late 1920s.jpg Ralph Mulkey outside his service station on W. Potomac Street in the late 1920s. Mulkey's gas station was a storefront on the western-most side of Hudson Row. He later ran a successful Maytag repair business on E. Potomac Street across from the YMCA.... current
• 21:2221:22, 26 November 2019 diff hist +668 N File:Schnauffer family Garage on North Maple Avenue and A Street.jpg Brunswick Garage was owned and operated by the Schnauffer family for generations at the corner of N. Maple Avenue and A Street. Dr. William Schnauffer originally opened his hospital above the garage before he built a new building on the corner of W. B... current
• 21:1821:18, 26 November 2019 diff hist +359 N File:A&P on West Potomac Street.jpg This photo was taken at the A&P in Brunswick, which was one of many supermarkets that operated downtown on W. Potomac Street. The Acme food chain competed for business across the street before they moved to a modern facility on New Addition in the late... current
• 21:1721:17, 26 November 2019 diff hist +1,926 N File:Hemp's Meat & Groceries (circa 1920).jpg This is a picture of Hemp's Meat & Groceries (circa 1920) that was located in the eastern storefront of the Hovermale building on West Potomac Street. The store was later occupied by Roelke & Dixon's Market and finally, the combination of Harrington's... current
• 21:1221:12, 26 November 2019 diff hist +481 N File:Smith & Carlisle General Store 1907 - S. Maple Avenue.jpg Smith & Carlisle General Store 1907 - S. Maple Avenue (where My Sister's Place and Mommer's Restaurant used to be) Pictured are Dr. Wade B. Watson (dentist) and Luther B. Darr (store clerk) among others including Smith & Carlisle. We know for sure tha... current
• 21:1121:11, 26 November 2019 diff hist +416 N File:Darr's Confectionery, 5 East Potomac Street cireca 1908.jpg Soda fountain at 5 E. Potomac Street circa 1908. Ed and Lucas Darr bought this business in 1914 and operated it as Darr's Confectionery until after the repeal of Prohibition in 1930. At that time, the business became known as Darr's Tavern. Pictured he... current
• 21:0221:02, 26 November 2019 diff hist +426 N File:Jacob Ephraim's clothing store on the Square Corner.jpg Jacob Ephraim's clothing store on the Square Corner of E. Potomac Street & S. Maple Avenue was destroyed by fire in December, 1917. Sign hanging over the front door offered free trousers with every suit purchase. Prices started at $13.50!! His son Irv... current
• 21:0021:00, 26 November 2019 diff hist +569 N File:East Potomac Street near the location of the Potomac Street Grill.jpg Early 20th Century photo of downtown Brunswick from East Potomac Street near the location of the Potomac Street Grill. As the Horine building is visible on the left, this shot was taken after 1910. Note the bridge over the creek that runs under the ma... current
• 20:5820:58, 26 November 2019 diff hist +1,440 N File:Red Men's Hall, 40 W Potomac Street Around the Turn of the 20th Century.jpg Red Men's Hall, 40 W Potomac Street, soon after it was built around the turn of the 20th Century. The initials IORR that are seen on the building between the 2nd and 3rd floor windows, stand for Improved Order of Red Men. The organization traces its or... current
• 20:5620:56, 26 November 2019 diff hist +1,722 N File:Horine Building drug store and residence in 1910.jpg Having established his first pharmacy "between the tracks" in 1890, Dr. Arlington G. Horine built his signature drug store and residence in 1910 as the railroad yard expanded and forced merchants to move the business district up the hill to Potomac Str... current
• 20:5120:51, 26 November 2019 diff hist +733 N File:Brunswick Savings Bank on the square corner 1906.jpg Another in the series of photos commissioned in 1906 by Mayor A.G. Horine shows the then Brunswick Savings Bank on the square corner where City Hall is located today. It was built in 1900. Flanking it was what appears to have been a retail & wholesale... current
• 20:4920:49, 26 November 2019 diff hist +810 N File:East Potomac Street looking west in 1906.jpg East Potomac Street looking west in 1906. A flourishing downtown had started taking shape farther away from the flood plain around the turn of the century. The tall Victorian Meadows Building on the left still stands today where Smith & Carlisle had a... current
• 20:4220:42, 26 November 2019 diff hist +48 N File:Lenna Belle, Earles Barger.jpg Jknight moved page File:Lenna Belle, Earles Barger.jpg to File:Lenna Belle Earles Barger.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 20:4120:41, 26 November 2019 diff hist +177 File:Lenna Belle Earles Barger.jpg No edit summary
• 20:3820:38, 26 November 2019 diff hist +64 N File:Hamilton Theodore Earles photo taken 1895 Photo from Becky Kagey Engels.jpg Jknight moved page File:Hamilton Theodore Earles photo taken 1895 Photo from Becky Kagey Engels.jpg to File:Hamilton Theodore Earles photo taken 1895.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 20:3820:38, 26 November 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Hamilton Theodore Earles photo taken 1895.jpg Jknight moved page File:Hamilton Theodore Earles photo taken 1895 Photo from Becky Kagey Engels.jpg to File:Hamilton Theodore Earles photo taken 1895.jpg current
• 20:3820:38, 26 November 2019 diff hist +55 File:Hamilton Theodore Earles photo taken 1895.jpg No edit summary
• 20:3620:36, 26 November 2019 diff hist +295 N File:William Henry and Mary Elizabeth Care with their granddaughter Ida Mae Care..jpg The Brunswick people in this early 20th century photo are believed to have been William Henry and Mary Elizabeth Care with their granddaughter Ida Mae Care. It was taken in front of the Care's home on 906 East C Street (house is no longer there). [[Ca... current
• 20:3420:34, 26 November 2019 diff hist +413 N File:Clarence D Shewbridge home at 16 N Virginia Avenue in Brunswick.jpg The CD Shewbridge home at 16 N Virginia Avenue in Brunswick. According to Kermit Frye, "I believe that is my Mother's sister, Geraldine (Shewbridge) Jones sitting with my cousin Ken Jones in the stroller. Perhaps my Mother's youngest sister, Elinor, wh... current
• 20:3220:32, 26 November 2019 diff hist +685 N File:Clarence Daniel Shewbridge family of 16 N. Virginia Avenue in Brunswick, circa 1910.jpg The Clarence Daniel Shewbridge family of 16 N. Virginia Avenue in Brunswick, circa 1910. The patriarch, CD Shewbridge, who was the longtime telegrapher at the WB Tower in Brunswick is on the left, his wife Ella Ellsworth Cole Shewbridge is on the righ... current
• 20:3120:31, 26 November 2019 diff hist +1,533 N File:B&O Doctors & Nurses circa 1924.jpg B&O Doctors & Nurses circa 1924: Dr. Levin West, Dr. Harry Slicer Hedges, Mrs. Suter, Manager RC Davis, Mrs. Crim, Mrs. Nicodemus Railroad work was dangerous. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Donna Lyn Phillips: Have learned some in... current
• 09:0609:06, 26 November 2019 diff hist +131 N File:Swimming Team 2019.jpg Addie Remsburg, Hailey Sofranko, Analise Falcone, Kelly Craemer, Ciara Scafide, Hank Mschen Category:High School current
• 08:1808:18, 26 November 2019 diff hist +46 N File:MD Senatre President On Brunswick Walking Tour from The Federick News-Post, November 26, 2019.jpg Category:City of Brunswick current

24 November 2019

• 08:3708:37, 24 November 2019 diff hist +37 N File:Richard Gary (Dick) Musser Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, November 24, 2019.jpg Category:Obituary current
• 08:2808:28, 24 November 2019 diff hist +48 N File:Ebenezer AME Celebrates 115 Years from The Frederick News-Post, November 23, 2019.pdf Category:Ebenezer AME Church current

23 November 2019

• 09:3609:36, 23 November 2019 diff hist +67 N File:Brunswick Sunrise, November 23, 2019.JPG Photo by Jerry Knight Category:Brunswick Scenery current

22 November 2019

• 09:1809:18, 22 November 2019 diff hist +368 N File:B&O hospital next to the YMCA Circa 1900.jpg Influenza staff. We're guessing this was taken in front of the B&O hospital next to the YMCA in the early 1900s or 19-teens. Dr. Levin West & Dr. Harry Slicer Hedges are seated to the left, respectively, on the front row. Lena Troxell is standing with... current
• 09:1409:14, 22 November 2019 diff hist +59 N File:Lena Troxell on Potomace River Bridge.jpg Jknight moved page File:Lena Troxell on Potomace River Bridge.jpg to File:Lena Troxell on Potomac River Bridge.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 09:1409:14, 22 November 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Lena Troxell on Potomac River Bridge.jpg Jknight moved page File:Lena Troxell on Potomace River Bridge.jpg to File:Lena Troxell on Potomac River Bridge.jpg current
• 09:1409:14, 22 November 2019 diff hist +138 File:Lena Troxell on Potomac River Bridge.jpg No edit summary
• 09:1209:12, 22 November 2019 diff hist +256 N File:B.F. and his wife, Laura Sigafoose.jpg Railroader B.F. and his wife, Laura Sigafoose. They raised a large family that have remained prominent in Brunswick for generations, including descendant and current Mayor Jeff Snoots. (Courtesy of Bob Day) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 09:1109:11, 22 November 2019 diff hist +235 N File:Charles Newton Trundle.jpg From the Dixon family collection, this is an early 20th Century Brunswick photo of Charles Newton Trundle, who was a cousin of Margaret Eagle Dixon. (Photo courtesy of Carol Wheatley) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 09:0909:09, 22 November 2019 diff hist +245 N File:Margaret Eagle Dixon Collection around the early part of the last century.jpg Another photo from the Margaret Eagle Dixon Collection around the early part of the last century. Can anybody identify? Maybe a young Pete Dixon or the right? (Photo courtesy of Carol Wheatley) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 09:0809:08, 22 November 2019 diff hist +221 N File:Margaret Eagle Dixon Collection.jpg Another photo from the Margaret Eagle Dixon collection from around the turn of the last century. Can anyone identify this stylish woman? (Photo courtesy of Carol Wheatley) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
• 09:0709:07, 22 November 2019 diff hist +879 N File:Peter Dixon, Lloyd Roelke, katie Eagle Roelke, Margaret Eagle Dixon.jpg An early Brunswick family tintype from the early 1900s. According to the family, the man on the lower right is a young Pete Dixon. The man sitting on the stool to the left is believed to be Lloyd Roelke, followed by Katie Eagle Roelke, unknown woman in... current
• 09:0309:03, 22 November 2019 diff hist +383 N File:Isaac Carter Jr. and his sister.jpg This is Isaac Carter Jr. and his sister in Brunswick in the early 1900s. According to Keith Carter, Isaac Carter Sr. came from Virginia during the Civil War to buy land in Maryland. It was a bold move in that the family's migration crossed confederate... current
• 09:0109:01, 22 November 2019 diff hist +420 N File:George Washington and Elizabeth Hester Ann Forrest Harrington and their granddaughter Mabel Carr..jpg In this portrait from the early days of Brunswick, circa 1900, are George Washington and Elizabeth Hester Ann Forrest Harrington and their granddaughter Mabel Carr. Mabel's mother died when she was just a year old and her father, Samuel, drowned in the... current
• 08:5808:58, 22 November 2019 diff hist +1,570 N File:Charles Malcolm and Edna Garrott Wenner family around 1895.jpg Charles Malcolm and Edna Garrott Wenner family around 1895 with 5 of what eventually grew to 8 children. From left to right, the children are Charles Malcolm Jr (Mack), Charles Fenton (Fent), E. Virginia (Patty), Ann and Ed. Bill, Dick and Margaret wer... current
• 08:5408:54, 22 November 2019 diff hist +662 N File:Reverend Luther Martin was organizer of the first Boys Scouts of America troop i n Brunswick. In 1907.jpg Reverend Luther Martin was organizer of the first Boys Scouts of America troop i n Brunswick. In 1907 he built and presided over the Presbyterian church at 404 A Street. After the Church disbanded in 1918, Reverend Martin continued to preach at the YMC... current
• 08:5208:52, 22 November 2019 diff hist +1,464 N File:39 John L. Jordan was Brunswick's first mayor.jpg John L. Jordan was Brunswick's first mayor. His first term was 1890-92 and second was 1898-1900. Known as Judge Jordan, he also served as county clerk from 1891-1897 and as justice of the peace. The Jordan House (1855) remains on half of Lot 47 behind... current
• 08:4808:48, 22 November 2019 diff hist +774 N File:Himan N. (Harry) Werntz, a leading Brunswick merchant.jpg Early photo of Himan N. (Harry) Werntz, a leading Brunswick merchant and member of the local Jewish community for several generations. This is his early 20th century passport application for a trip to visit his parents in his native Lithuania or as it... current
• 08:4108:41, 22 November 2019 diff hist +36 File:Mollie Rolnick (Mrs H.N. Werntz).jpg No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 22 November 2019 diff hist +2,146 N File:Mollie Rolnick (Mrs H.N. Werntz).jpg This store wasn't in early Brunswick; it was in Annapolis. So why are we posting it? The reason is that this is the house and store in which Mollie Rolnick (Mrs H.N. Werntz) grew up with her brother Malachi (Mutt) Rolnick, who lived in Brunswick in th...
• 08:3908:39, 22 November 2019 diff hist +551 N File:Kids and merchants on the 100 Block of East Potomac Street in the early 1900s.jpg Kids and merchants on the 100 Block of East Potomac Street in the early 1900s. The water treatment plant would be just a couple dozen feet past the two water towers seen in the background. Its obvious looking at old photos that Potomac Street here was... current
• 08:3708:37, 22 November 2019 diff hist +746 N File:Howard Marvin Jones (1874-1955).jpg Howard Marvin Jones (1874-1955) came to Brunswick in 1896 and established a dry goods store on East Potomac Street in partnership with Austin Robinson, eventually expanding his business to Charles Town, Winchester, and Frederick. In 1908, Jones was app... current
• 08:3608:36, 22 November 2019 diff hist +910 N File:Jones & Robinson staff on E. Potomac Street.jpg Here is a promotional photo of the Jones & Robinson staff on E. Potomac Street across from the old YMCA. The building is still standing. We think the photo is from the late 1890s. Howard M. Jones appears to be the well-dressed young man seated on the... current
• 08:3208:32, 22 November 2019 diff hist +158 N File:Tom Burke inside Kaplon's department store.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current