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14 December 2019

• 08:1208:12, 14 December 2019 diff hist +477 N File:Snow - Comphers' Crossroad Inn Motel.jpg Comphers' Crossroad Inn Motel...photo taken around 1988. Photographed by and copyright by Rhonda Rooney Scott W Stauffer: All of us, Gail Hunter, Ann Forth, Terry Schwinn, Vic Barker, John Moore, and a great school teacher now would pool our money an... current
• 08:0708:07, 14 December 2019 diff hist +183 N File:Snow - View of Short Hill Mountain in Virginia Circa 1960s.jpg View of Short Hill Mountain in Virginia and the tracks from New York Hill after a snow in the 1960s. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
• 08:0508:05, 14 December 2019 diff hist +35 File:Snow - 332 West Potomac street in the early '60s.jpg No edit summary current
• 08:0508:05, 14 December 2019 diff hist +618 N File:Snow - 332 West Potomac street in the early '60s.jpg After a snow on the sidewalk in front of 332 West Potomac street in the early '60s. From left are Barbara Lynn Streight with brothers Mike, Steve and devoted dog Sputnik, whom Barbara told this about: "He became a hero, who woke my grandmother out of...
• 08:0108:01, 14 December 2019 diff hist +359 N File:Snow - First block of E Potomac Street - February 2010.jpg First block of E Potomac Street - February 2010 L to R - Orange building used to be Ephraim's Liquor Store, green building was at one time Dr. Meadows' office and later Dr. Rojewski's (the vet), the long red building was People's Home Furnishings and l... current
• 08:0008:00, 14 December 2019 diff hist +35 File:Snow - Car Wreck photo was dated December 23, 1963.jpg No edit summary current
• 07:5907:59, 14 December 2019 diff hist +467 N File:Snow - Car Wreck photo was dated December 23, 1963.jpg According to Sherry, this photo was dated 12/23/1963, but no location was provided. Needless to say, this was not a good day for the Litten's Road King, which is the overturned vehicle in the foreground. Can anyone identify where this accident happene...
• 07:5807:58, 14 December 2019 diff hist +314 N File:Snow - Bill Gladhill family Circa 1960s.jpg The Bill Gladhill family on a snowy day in the late 1960s in front of their home near the Farmers' Woods. (L-R) Gail, Janet, Tim, Bill with Holly in front (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Pub... current
• 07:5607:56, 14 December 2019 diff hist +35 File:Snow - in the backyard of 1316 Petersville Road.jpg No edit summary current
• 07:5607:56, 14 December 2019 diff hist +420 N File:Snow - in the backyard of 1316 Petersville Road.jpg Snowman directed by, but not necessarily built by Lila Wenner with a Bill Wenner hat & scarf in the backyard of 1316 Petersville Road during the Winter months of early 1972. This was before the shopping center was built up on Souder Road & N. Maple Av...
• 07:5507:55, 14 December 2019 diff hist +66 N File:George Heffner of North Maple.jpg Jknight moved page File:George Heffner of North Maple.jpg to File:Snow - George Heffner Circa late 50s to 60s.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 07:5507:55, 14 December 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Snow - George Heffner Circa late 50s to 60s.jpg Jknight moved page File:George Heffner of North Maple.jpg to File:Snow - George Heffner Circa late 50s to 60s.jpg current
• 07:5407:54, 14 December 2019 diff hist −11 File:Snow - George Heffner Circa late 50s to 60s.jpg No edit summary
• 07:5207:52, 14 December 2019 diff hist +191 N File:Blizzard of 1966 - George and Gertrude Harrington's family home.jpg George and Gertrude Harrington's family home at 607 N Maple Avenue on Wenner's Hill after the blizzard of 1966. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
• 07:5107:51, 14 December 2019 diff hist +945 N File:Sledding - Sled riding on North Maple Avenue Circa 1960s.jpg Sled riding on North Maple Avenue was a time-honored winter traditiion for local kids on "Wenner's Hill". This is another snow picture from the early-1960s. The OK Market, owned by "Skeets" Kline and better known to all as "Stuffy's" because of the fa... current
• 07:4607:46, 14 December 2019 diff hist +424 N File:Blizzard 0f 1966 - drifts on North Maple Avenue.jpg Snow drifts on North Maple Avenue after the Blizzard of 1966. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Ronnie Pearl: Oh how I remember that storm I started at home on 407 west Potomac St. Shoveled snow all day to Grandmother and Grandfather at 319 east A St mad... current
• 07:4407:44, 14 December 2019 diff hist +138 N File:Snow - WWII Tank on East A Street Circa 1960s.jpg WWII Tank on East A Street after a snow in the early '60s. (Photo courtesy of Marsha New) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
• 07:4207:42, 14 December 2019 diff hist +242 N File:Snow - on A Street in early 1960.jpg After a snowstorm on A Street in early 1960. See the platform for the World War II tank as well as the spires of Bethany Lutheran and the First Baptist churches. (Photo courtesy of Frances New) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
• 07:4107:41, 14 December 2019 diff hist +336 N File:Snow - cat out on Rosemont high-stepping through the snow.jpg A cat out on Rosemont high-stepping through the snow, probably taken in the 1950s. This photo was taken in front of the Schnauffer residence. Across Petersville Road was Dr. & Mrs. Strother's bungalow on the left and Mrs. Waltz's house on the right. (... current
• 07:2507:25, 14 December 2019 diff hist +37 N File:Anna Elizabeth Lowe Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, December 14, 2019.jpg Category:Obituary current

13 December 2019

• 20:0020:00, 13 December 2019 diff hist +35 File:Snow - Haze Halley on the snowplow digging out.jpg No edit summary current
• 20:0020:00, 13 December 2019 diff hist +408 N File:Snow - Haze Halley on the snowplow digging out.jpg Haze Halley on the snowplow digging out the Gross’s driveway next to Myer Kaplon's "iron house" on Rosemont, which he bought at the 1939 World's Fair. Haze Halley was a dealer in sales & service of Esso oil burners in different locations in and arou...
• 19:5719:57, 13 December 2019 diff hist +586 N File:Snow Rosemont, most likely in the early 1950s.jpg Big snow out on Rosemont, most likely in the early 1950s given the vintage Chevy Truck parked on Petersville Road. That appears to be the same Litten's truck we posted a photo of during the Christmas season of 2015. The photo was likely taken in Mr. Ka... current
• 19:1919:19, 13 December 2019 diff hist +244 N File:Snow in Rosemont, MD.jpg Fresh snow in Rosemont. This photo was likely taken by Myer Kaplon from his driveway. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
• 19:1819:18, 13 December 2019 diff hist +595 N File:Snow at Charles Fenton Wenner Home.jpg The farmhouse in the distance was a home of farmer & miller Charles Fenton Wenner. It was occupied twice during the Civil War. The fields around the shopping center were full of hospital tents after a skirmish near the corner of Petersville & Souder Ro... current
• 19:1619:16, 13 December 2019 diff hist +381 N File:Snow on the Wenner farm in the 1940s.jpg This photo is of the Wenner farm in the 1940s after about 6 inches, looking up Souder Road toward the corner of Maple Avenue. in September 1862, this field was full of hospital tents for soldiers wounded in a skirmish near what is now Petersville Road... current
• 19:1419:14, 13 December 2019 diff hist +292 N File:Snow Rosemont at the corner of Petersville & Souder Road around 1942.jpg A view of Rosemont at the corner of Petersville & Souder Road around 1942. Ann Wenner poses on her sled with her dog Reds in the front yard of the family home. Note how barren Rosemont looked at the time. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) [[Cate... current
• 19:1219:12, 13 December 2019 diff hist +407 N File:Snow graters Circa late 1950s.jpg Remember the sound of these old snow graters? This photo appears to have been taken out in Rosemont in the late '50s or early '60s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) John V.... current
• 19:1019:10, 13 December 2019 diff hist +274 N File:Snow on Rosemont Drive Circa 1950s.jpg The consensus on this location is that this photo was taken on Rosemont Drive before homes were built in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Big... current
• 19:0819:08, 13 December 2019 diff hist +577 N File:Snow in the 1930s North Virginia Avenue.jpg Big snow in the 1930s looking south from the Shewbridge home on North Virginia Avenue toward the old Potomac River bridge entering Brunswick from Loudon County. See the geometric outlines of the roofs as they slope down from the City Meat Market on th... current
• 19:0619:06, 13 December 2019 diff hist +240 N File:Winter Day - Walter Ridenbaugh.jpg Walter Ridenbaugh improvising with rags for boots on a Winter's day in Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
• 19:0519:05, 13 December 2019 diff hist +223 N File:Sledding - Gloria Streight Caniford with her son Greg Circa 1950s.jpg Gloria Streight Caniford sledding with her son Greg in the backyard at 332 West Potomac Street in Brunswick back in the late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Streight Felix) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
• 19:0319:03, 13 December 2019 diff hist +364 N File:Blizzard of 1966 Pepconian Article.jpg A story was published in the "Pepconian" (PEPCO) about the Blizzard of '66, where my father, Joe Cook worked for 35 years. The photos are from the magazine that was publsihed in March of 1966 highlighting the event. The men shown in the photo were from... current
• 19:0119:01, 13 December 2019 diff hist +256 N File:Blizzard of '66 snow photo.jpg Another Blizzard of '66 snow photo. According to Joan Cook Hale, "I remember my dad driving us through Rosemont and the snow 'tunnel' was several feet above the top of our car." (Photo courtesy of Joan Hale) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
• 19:0019:00, 13 December 2019 diff hist +640 N File:Blizzard of 1966, Blade-Time Article.jpg How many remember the blizzard of 1966? This cover story from the Blade Times included handwritten notes from publisher Jim Bryan on places around town. (copied from the Brunswick Citizen 2/18/10) Ronnie Pearl: In 66 we was living on west Potomac stre... current
• 18:5718:57, 13 December 2019 diff hist +342 N File:Sledding on the Wenner farm in Brunswick - 1944.jpg Sledding on the Wenner farm in Brunswick - 1944 Standing in back are Bubby Eury, W.B. (Bill) Wenner, Billy Wenner, In the sleigh are Eileen House (Jenkins) and Ann Wenner (Osteen). The little boy in the foreground is an unidentified Conner. (Photo co... current
• 18:5418:54, 13 December 2019 diff hist +35 File:Snow on Dayton Avenue and Walnut Street..jpg No edit summary current
• 18:5418:54, 13 December 2019 diff hist +187 N File:Snow on Dayton Avenue and Walnut Street..jpg Nothing like a snow day sledding on the hills of Brunswick. This was taken at the foot of Dayton Avenue and Walnut Street. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum)
• 18:4618:46, 13 December 2019 diff hist −10 File:East End B&O Railroad yards in the Winter of 1899.jpg No edit summary current
• 18:4618:46, 13 December 2019 diff hist +41 N Category:Smoketown Big Snows Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection " current
• 18:4618:46, 13 December 2019 diff hist +248 N File:East End B&O Railroad yards in the Winter of 1899.jpg The busy East End B&O Railroad yards of Brunswick in the Winter of 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown History Collection
• 18:4318:43, 13 December 2019 diff hist +177 N File:The King & I 1972 - Gene Benson and Johnny Kitts.jpg BHS production of The King & I - 1972 Gene Benson as Louis Leonowens Johnny Kitts as Prince Chulalongkorn (!972 BHS Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Performance current
• 18:4118:41, 13 December 2019 diff hist +159 N File:The King and I 1972 - Roger Hatcher.jpg Roger Hatcher as the King of Siam in Sam Huffer's production of "The King and I" (From the 1972 BHS Yearbook Category:Smoketown Performance current
• 18:4018:40, 13 December 2019 diff hist +37 File:Programs for Guys and Dolls 1974 and The King and I 1972.jpg No edit summary current
• 18:4018:40, 13 December 2019 diff hist +309 N File:Programs for Guys and Dolls 1974 and The King and I 1972.jpg Programs for Brunswick High School ("Guys and Dolls" 1974) and ("The King and I" 1972), under the Musical Direction, Produced, Choreographed by Samuel Huffer and Piano accompaniment by Duane Smith (Wife of Lee Smith who was the Principal at BES at one...
• 18:3818:38, 13 December 2019 diff hist +193 N File:The Courtship of Eddie's Father, directed by Sam Huffer 1972.jpg Lynne Boone, Mary Peet, Harry George and Brian Dinkle in The Courtship of Eddie's Father, directed by Sam Huffer. (From the 1972 BHS Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Performance current
• 18:3618:36, 13 December 2019 diff hist +169 N File:The Courtship of Eddie's Father - Lou Ann Dawson.jpg Lou Ann Dawson as Elizabeth in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", directed by Sam Huffer. (From the 1972 BHS Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Performance current
• 18:3518:35, 13 December 2019 diff hist +69 N File:Theatre 1971, Oliver, Sam Huffer and The Workhouse Boys from the cast, 1971.jpg Jknight moved page File:Theatre 1971, Oliver, Sam Huffer and The Workhouse Boys from the cast, 1971.jpg to File:Oliver, Sam Huffer and The Workhouse Boys 1971.jpg current Tag: New redirect
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• 18:3518:35, 13 December 2019 diff hist −25 File:Oliver, Sam Huffer and The Workhouse Boys 1971.jpg No edit summary