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11 December 2019

• 20:3820:38, 11 December 2019 diff hist +286 N File:Community dinner in the old fire hall in the late 1960s..jpg At a community dinners in the old fire hall in the late 1960s. Phil Childs, Emory & Elizabeth Frye, Wayne Hill. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Parade... current
• 20:3620:36, 11 December 2019 diff hist +50 File:Anniversary Celebration - Mr. and Mrs. John Graham.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:3620:36, 11 December 2019 diff hist +307 N File:Anniversary Celebration - Mr. and Mrs. John Graham.jpg Mrs. Dorothy Moss with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Graham at their 50th anniversary party. It was held at what is now the Masonic Lodge in the old West Brunswick Elementary School. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Li...
• 20:3520:35, 11 December 2019 diff hist +366 N File:Anniversary Celebration - Bob & Lula Foster in 1959.jpg 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Bob & Lula Foster in 1959. It was a buffet supper at the old Social Club of Brunswick park. (L-R) Mary Foster Cage, Lula Foster, Bob Foster, Bill Cage (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Co... current
• 20:3320:33, 11 December 2019 diff hist +338 N File:Anniversary for Will and Grace (Bingham) Holder's 1966.jpg Will and Grace (Bingham) Holder’s 50th Wedding Anniversary at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in Frederick in 1966. Their children (left to right) Amelia aka Peate George, Louise Virts, Belle Gaver, Bill Holder, and Elaine Womeldorph. (Photo courtesy of... current
• 20:3220:32, 11 December 2019 diff hist +449 N File:Christmas Party at the Rod & Gun Club Circa late 1950s.jpg Men's Group Christmas Party at the Rod & Gun Club on Rosemont. - Late 1950s? Who can you recognize? The library has identified Mike Dallas is 4th from the left in back, Bob Caniford is 6th from the left and Gene Bowers to his right. Richard Bowers is... current
• 20:3020:30, 11 December 2019 diff hist +50 File:Birthday Celebration - Luther Brunswick Darr and Lula Brunswick Darr McMurray 1951.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:3020:30, 11 December 2019 diff hist +548 N File:Birthday Celebration - Luther Brunswick Darr and Lula Brunswick Darr McMurray 1951.jpg Brunswick's first native born twins, Luther Brunswick Darr and Lula Brunswick Darr McMurray at their 60th birthday party on April 24, 1951. The party was held at the Rod & Gun Club on Rosemont. Pictured here from left to right are believed to be KK Ca...
• 20:2820:28, 11 December 2019 diff hist +215 N File:Grams Family Moment.jpg Grams Family Moment: Thelma Grams holding Terri White Walker. In background are Shelly Dawson, Ricky Dawson and Todd Grams. (Courtesy of John Brubaker) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 20:2720:27, 11 December 2019 diff hist +201 N File:Potomac River Days Festival 1969 - Margaret Moss.jpg Margaret Moss at City Park with Smokey Bear during the Potomac River Days Festival in 1969) Photo courtesy of Mary Bohrer (Mary Sue Moss) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 20:2620:26, 11 December 2019 diff hist +449 N File:Potomac River Festival Circa late 1960s - Colleen Selby, Raymond Barger, Bowie George.jpg Colleen Selby, Raymond Barger and Bowie George at the Potomac River Festival in the late 1960s. Mr. Barger was an accomplished sculptor, whose piece "the Warped Wheel" sits in front of the Brunswick Community Library. He donated it in honor of Brunswic... current
• 20:2220:22, 11 December 2019 diff hist +389 N File:Potomac River Festival 1969 - Donald Dar and Merle Anderson.jpg Donald Darr (right) with Merle Anderson before the 1st annual Potomac River Festival in 1969. Mr Darr ran Brunswick Florist Shop for years downtown and in other locations. Does anybody know what the bird was about? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collect... current
• 20:2020:20, 11 December 2019 diff hist +268 N File:Potomac River Festival 1969 - Fran New and Jim McKnight.jpg Jim McKnight with Fran New at the 1st Potomac River Festival in 1969. Can anyone identify him? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations
• 20:1920:19, 11 December 2019 diff hist +73 N File:Fran New.jpg Jknight moved page File:Fran New.jpg to File:Potomac River Festivals (No Date Given) - Fran New.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 20:1920:19, 11 December 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Potomac River Festivals (No Date Given) - Fran New.jpg Jknight moved page File:Fran New.jpg to File:Potomac River Festivals (No Date Given) - Fran New.jpg current
• 20:1820:18, 11 December 2019 diff hist +31 File:Potomac River Festivals (No Date Given) - Fran New.jpg No edit summary
• 20:1520:15, 11 December 2019 diff hist +345 N File:Potomac River Festival 1971 - Mary Margrabe.jpg Potomac River Festival - 1971 Long time BHS teacher and community activist Mary Margrabe on the left. The other ladies are (L-R) Sue and JoAnna Proudfoot, Geraldine Virts. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Fred... current
• 20:1320:13, 11 December 2019 diff hist +224 N File:Potomac River Festival Days Circa 1969 - Margaret Moss.jpg Margaret Moss pictured during the Potomac River Festival Days around 1969. Margaret Moss passed away July 20, 2002 Photo courtesy of Mary Bohrer (Mary Sue Moss) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 20:1220:12, 11 December 2019 diff hist +186 N File:Diamond Jubilee 1965 - Lyman and Katie Crawford.jpg Lyman & Katie Crawford dressed up in 1890s period clothes for the Diamond Jubilee in 1965 (Photo courtesy of Shelley Hebb) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 20:1020:10, 11 December 2019 diff hist +280 N File:Diamond Jubillee 1965 - Jean and Woody Price.jpg Jean & Woody Price in their finest 1890s attire for the 1965 Brunswick Diamond Jubillee. The Price's were good neighbors to many on the top of N. Maple Avenue on Wenner's Hill for years. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) [[Category:Smoketown Parades and... current
• 20:0920:09, 11 December 2019 diff hist +237 N File:New Year's Eve party in the late Fifties - Doris Bennett.jpg Mrs. Doris Bennett in the aftermath of a great party on New Year's morning at the Wenner residence, circa 1959 or 1960. Happy new year! (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 20:0720:07, 11 December 2019 diff hist +381 N File:New Year's Eve party in the late Fifties - Doris Bennett and Bill Deener.jpg Doris Bennett and Bill Deener at the bar at a Wenner New Year's Eve party in the late Fifties. Not sure of the man on the left. Mrs. Bennett taught 5th grade at Brunswick Elementary School and Mr. Deener operated a packaged goods store on New Addition... current
• 20:0620:06, 11 December 2019 diff hist +309 N File:New Year's Eve party fun in the late Fifties - Lila Wenner and jack Brady.jpg Lila Wenner and Jack Brady having some New Year's Eve party fun in the late Fifties at Eleanor Wenner's home on Petersville Road in Brunswick. There was a bar in the basement along with a juke box and piano. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) [[Ca... current
• 19:0619:06, 11 December 2019 diff hist +50 File:Thanksgiving at the Wenner family at the West B Street home.jpg No edit summary current
• 19:0619:06, 11 December 2019 diff hist +491 N File:Thanksgiving at the Wenner family at the West B Street home.jpg Wenner family Thanksgiving in Brunswick at the W. B Street home of E. Virginia "Patty" Wenner in the late 1950s. Clockwise from left are Patty Wenner, William B. Wenner, Edna Holland (serving her fabulous home made rolls), Garrott Hays and Dee Wenner (...
• 19:0419:04, 11 December 2019 diff hist +298 N File:Christmas Time Circa 1972 Postmen Bill Utterback and Jerry Pearrell at the Brunswick Post Office.jpg Postmen Bill Utterback and Jerry Pearrell at the Brunswick Post Office around 1973. Jerry later became postmaster for years. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smok... current
• 19:0219:02, 11 December 2019 diff hist +277 N File:Christmas tree at Phillips Insurance Company - Jo Ann Lewis.jpg Jo Ann Lewis by the Christmas tree at Phillips Insurance Company on W. Potomac Street in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Parades and Cel... current
• 19:0119:01, 11 December 2019 diff hist +1,140 N File:Veterans Day Parade (No Date Given), Roma Cummings Hebb.jpg Roma Cummings Hebb in the Veterans Day Parade. Roma was the daughter of Mayor Jim Cummings and one of life's great characters. She even had a bar named after her at one time, The Roma Inn, which later became the Metropolitan Tavern, Uncle Willie's and... current
• 18:4418:44, 11 December 2019 diff hist +299 N File:Veterans Day Parade Circa 1950s on the corner of Virginia Ave. and W. Potomac St..jpg Probably from the late 50s on the corner of Virginia Ave. and W. Potomac St. Just to the left of the pole are several members of the Shewbridge and Fry families, including Clarence Daniel Shewbridge. (Photo courtesy of Bill Shewbridge) [[Category:Smo... current
• 18:4118:41, 11 December 2019 diff hist +410 N File:Veterans Day Parade Circa 1960s Princesses Float.jpg Wolfsville showing off its princesses in another early '60s Veterans Day Parade in front of the Mace Building where King's Pizza operates today. The message on the float reads: "Let Peace Reign". This was at the height of the Cold War. (From the Myer... current
• 18:3918:39, 11 December 2019 diff hist +361 N File:Veterans' Day Parade Circa 1960s Middletown Knights Marching Band.jpg The Middletown Knights marching band in an early-1960s Veterans' Day Parade on West Potomac Street. George Bringle is the young man on the far left. Jerry Marone was the band instructor. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Communi... current
• 18:3818:38, 11 December 2019 diff hist +326 N File:Veterans' Day Parade Circa 1960s BHS Marching Band.jpg A close-up of the BHS marching band in a mid-1960s Veterans' Day Parade. Photo was taken at the corner of West Potomac Street and North Virginia Avenue. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public... current
• 18:3618:36, 11 December 2019 diff hist +325 N File:Veterans Day Parade (No Date Given) Beverly Hillbillies Car.jpg Wee doggies! It's the Beverly Hillbillies in the parade: Fern Moler (Elly Mae), Betty Jane Cooper (Granny), Raymond Cooper (Jed), Junior Moler (Jethro) (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public... current
• 18:3518:35, 11 December 2019 diff hist +358 N File:Veteran's Day Parade Circa 1950s, This Ol House Float Circa.jpg Here's an unusual Veteran's Day parade float. Circa 1950s. The startled-looking shorter girl in the front is Aloma Kidwiler and Cookie Virts Huffman is to her left in the darker coat. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community L... current
• 15:5415:54, 11 December 2019 diff hist +628 N File:Veterans' Day Parade Circa 1950s on East Potomac Street.jpg View of another past Veterans' Day Parade from what might have been the porch of the Metropolitan Tavern or YMCA. We have another one from what appears to be the same vantage point. See below in the comments. What are your thoughts on that and the dat... current
• 15:5215:52, 11 December 2019 diff hist +303 N File:Veterans' Day Parade 1939 corner of Maryland Avenue and West Potomac Street.jpg Here's a scene from 80 years ago--the 1939 Veterans' Day Parade taken from the corner of Maryland Avenue and West Potomac Street. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category... current
• 15:5015:50, 11 December 2019 diff hist +313 N File:Veterans' Day Parade 1939 B&O Tribute.jpg Kicking off Veterans' Day Parade week in Brunswick, here's one of the 1939 parade with a B&O tribute in front of Kaplon's Department Store. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)... current
• 15:4915:49, 11 December 2019 diff hist +453 N File:Veterans' Day Parade 1939 Kaplon's Float.jpg Kaplon's float at the rainy 1939 Veterans' Day Parade on the 50th anniversary of their business in Brunswick. World War II was just getting underway in Europe. When this photo was taken, Europe had been at war since September and we were a little over... current
• 15:4715:47, 11 December 2019 diff hist +332 N File:Veteran's Day Parade in the 1940s looking west up Potomac Street.jpg Veteran's Day Parade in the 1940s looking west up Potomac Street possibly taken from the porch above what was then The Roma Inn, now the Potomac Street Grill. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community library; Frederick County... current
• 15:4615:46, 11 December 2019 diff hist +341 N File:Veterans Day Parade Circa 1960 Opening Ceremony.jpg Opening ceremony at the reviewing stand of a Veterans Day Parade at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and W. Potomac Street. This was likely taken in the early '60s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederic... current
• 15:4515:45, 11 December 2019 diff hist +257 N File:Veterans Day Parade (Year not Given) - The Shelton's and Sigafoose's.jpg Veterans Day Parade Front row (L-R) Bessie Shelton, Albert & Grace Sigafoose Back row ((L-R) Edgar Shelton, ?? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Parades current
• 15:4215:42, 11 December 2019 diff hist +65 N File:Autumn scene on Rosemont Drive.jpg Jknight moved page File:Autumn scene on Rosemont Drive.jpg to File:Halloween - Autumn scene on Rosemont Drive.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 15:4215:42, 11 December 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Halloween - Autumn scene on Rosemont Drive.jpg Jknight moved page File:Autumn scene on Rosemont Drive.jpg to File:Halloween - Autumn scene on Rosemont Drive.jpg current
• 15:4015:40, 11 December 2019 diff hist +239 N File:Veterans' Day Parade, Kids on West Potomace Waiting for the parade to begin..jpg Kids on West Potomac Street waiting for the Veterans' Day Parade. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 15:3915:39, 11 December 2019 diff hist +291 N File:Halloween celebration at the Imperial Theater.jpg Sonny Cannon at the mic at a Halloween celebration at the Imperial Theater. See the baby with her mother in the mask. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown P... current
• 15:3715:37, 11 December 2019 diff hist +257 N File:Halloween in Brunswick way back when.jpg This is what Halloween looked like in Brunswick way back when. Can you guess when? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 15:3515:35, 11 December 2019 diff hist +314 N File:Halloween - Jack O' Lanterns on Parade on Maryland Avenue.jpg Jack O' Lanterns on Parade on Maryland Avenue across from the Cut Rate; Late 1940s? See the sign pointing to Knoxville and the dirt street. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)... current
• 15:3415:34, 11 December 2019 diff hist +432 N File:Halloween stage-bandstand at the bottom.jpg Happy Halloween! This was the stage/bandstand at the bottom of the West B Street hill before this area was bulldozed for the right of way to the 1955 Potomac River Bridge. The town Christmas tree, carnivals and other community events were held in this... current
• 15:3215:32, 11 December 2019 diff hist +404 N File:Halloween - Autumn scene on Rosemont Drive.jpg An Autumn scene on Rosemont Drive? We think this was John Graham placing the pumpkin on the stack. Can anybody confirm? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) (From the Myer Kaplo...
• 15:3115:31, 11 December 2019 diff hist +276 N File:Games - Lady Bridge players in Brunswick.jpg Lady Bridge players in Brunswick. Can you help identify them? In the middle front row are Sara Smith and Mary Myers, Ethel Barlow is in the middle (3rd from left) of the back row. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) [[Category:Smoketown Parades and Cele...