User contributions for HistoryCommission2

17 December 2019

• 11:2611:26, 17 December 2019 diff hist +964 N File:Canal - March 1954 U.S. Supreme Court justice and conservationalist William O. Douglass.jpg The Baltimore Sun reported in 1994, "it's hard to imagine a two-lane layer of asphalt smothering the ribbon of dirt that is the C&O Canal towpath." In March 1954 U.S. Supreme Court justice and conservationalist William O. Douglass used shoe leather to... current
• 09:5909:59, 17 December 2019 diff hist +609 N File:Canal Mule Driver John H. Moore and wife, Margaret in 1974.jpg John H. Moore and wife, Margaret in 1974. John was a mule driver on the C&O Canal at the age of 9. He later worked for the B&O RR, but had to retire early due to health reasons, but stayed active in Brunswick. He served on the Brunswick Town Council f... current
• 09:5809:58, 17 December 2019 diff hist +1,405 N File:Canal Towage Barge No 49 in 1923.jpg Taken in 1923, the B&O's Capitol Limited passes Canal Towage barge No. 49 near Sandy Hook. This photo underscores the competition of the railroad versus the canal, which train transportation eventually surpassed with the promise of quicker, easier deli... current
• 09:5509:55, 17 December 2019 diff hist +864 N File:Canal Lock 30 The grain elevator (left) and flour mill (right).jpg The grain elevator (left) and flour mill (right) at Lock 30, c. 1900. The lock is behind these structures. The ramp leading to the old Brunswick Bridge is visible to the right. The mill was run by B.P. Crampton & Co. at this time. Prior to that, it wa... current
• 09:5409:54, 17 December 2019 diff hist +1,273 N File:Canal barge heading into the Brunswick Lock 30.jpg Canal barge heading into the Brunswick Lock 30 with the old mill to the left and the Brunswick Roundhouse in the background. Canal water was an important ingredient in the production of "C.F. Wenner's Choice Family Flour." Brunswick businessman Charle... current
• 09:2409:24, 17 December 2019 diff hist +255 N File:Canal - Broken gate next to the lockhouse..jpg Broken gate next to the lockhouse. Hard to tell when it was taken. Late 1930s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
• 09:2309:23, 17 December 2019 diff hist +421 N File:Canal at Lock 30 in 1906 looking toward the Potomac Water Gap.jpg Beautiful view of the C&O Canal at Lock 30 in 1906 looking toward the Potomac Water Gap. (Photo courtesy of Phil Graves) Tom Simpson: Lock 30 is Brunswick. As no bridge showing this must be just West, upstream. Of the lock itself. The canal itself wa... current
• 09:2009:20, 17 December 2019 diff hist +712 N File:Canal Lock 30 (Brunswick) was one of three locks extended upstream in 1875.jpg Lock 30 (Brunswick) was one of three locks extended upstream in 1875 to permit two boats to pass through a lock simultaneously. When both locks were in operation, there would have been a set of lock gates at the upper end of the extension, near where t... current
• 09:1909:19, 17 December 2019 diff hist +401 N File:Potomac River Bridge beside the new, Wenner's Mill.jpg From Reuben Moss: "Photo from the front cover of the Bridge Dedication booklet. Clearly seen highlights include the old bridge beside the new, Wenner's Mill, the YMCA, Karn's Lumber, the horseshoe fields behind the American Legion, the stores across fr... current
• 09:1709:17, 17 December 2019 diff hist +669 N File:Potomac River Bridge Overhead View with a view of Brunswick.jpg Commenting on this photo, Reuben Moss wrote: "An overhead view of town, from the back cover of the Bridge Dedication Program. At the top where the high school now stands, E.W. Sheer Stadium is visible, on High School Hill all that can be seen are the... current
• 09:1509:15, 17 December 2019 diff hist +255 N File:River Bridges from the Brunswick Diamond Jubilee Book.jpg From the book: "Brunswick Diamond Jubilee Celebration: Historical notes on our community". Best to download to your desktop or printer to enlarge and read. (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
• 08:5708:57, 17 December 2019 diff hist +203 N File:Potomac River Bridge under construction with the old bridge to the right.jpg Another view of the current Potomac River Bridge under construction with the old bridge to the right (Photo courtesy of Bill Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
• 08:5608:56, 17 December 2019 diff hist +705 N File:Potomac River bridge under construction in the early 1950s next to the old 1890s bridge..jpg The current Potomac River bridge under construction in the early 1950s next to the old 1890s bridge. The then new bridge was built as part of President Eisenhower's Interstate Highway program, but a strong assist was accorded to Maryland Governor Prest... current
• 08:5408:54, 17 December 2019 diff hist +106 N File:Potomac River Bridge construction in the early 1950s looking across the water to Brunswick. See the old 1893 bridge to the right. Photo Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg Jknight moved page File:Potomac River Bridge construction in the early 1950s looking across the water to Brunswick. See the old 1893 bridge to the right. Photo Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg to [[File:Potomac River Bridge looking across the water t... current Tag: New redirect
• 08:5408:54, 17 December 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Potomac River Bridge looking across the water to Brunswick. 93 bridge to the right..jpg Jknight moved page File:Potomac River Bridge construction in the early 1950s looking across the water to Brunswick. See the old 1893 bridge to the right. Photo Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg to [[File:Potomac River Bridge looking across the water t... current
• 08:5308:53, 17 December 2019 diff hist +182 File:Potomac River Bridge looking across the water to Brunswick. 93 bridge to the right..jpg No edit summary
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• 08:5108:51, 17 December 2019 diff hist +69 N File:Bridge workers high above South Virgina Avenue in the early '50s. Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg Jknight moved page File:Bridge workers high above South Virgina Avenue in the early '50s. Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg to File:Bridge workers high above South Virgina Avenue.jpg current Tag: New redirect
• 08:5108:51, 17 December 2019 diff hist 0 m File:Bridge workers high above South Virgina Avenue.jpg Jknight moved page File:Bridge workers high above South Virgina Avenue in the early '50s. Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum..jpg to File:Bridge workers high above South Virgina Avenue.jpg current
• 08:5008:50, 17 December 2019 diff hist +152 File:Bridge workers high above South Virgina Avenue.jpg No edit summary
• 08:4808:48, 17 December 2019 diff hist +248 N File:Potomac River Bridge construction about the tracks looking eastward.jpg Potomac River Bridge construction starting to come together above the tracks looking eastward. See the old Gross store on the left. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
• 08:4708:47, 17 December 2019 diff hist +399 N File:Potomac River Bridge Construction in the early '50s.jpg Beautiful photo during the construction of the Potomac River Bridge in the early '50s between Brunswick and Lovettsville with a backdrop of the water gap. This is reminiscent of the famous photos of New York City construction workers building skyscrape... current
• 08:4508:45, 17 December 2019 diff hist +452 N File:Price Electric factory on the north side of High School Hill.jpg This photo was taken in the early 1950's at the old Price Electric factory on the north side of High School Hill of employees assembling relays. According to Ronnie Pearl, who contributed the photo: "This was in '50s when mom and other family members w... current

16 December 2019

• 21:5921:59, 16 December 2019 diff hist +461 N File:Potomac River from the Virginia Side Early 1960s.jpg This color photo of Brunswick taken from the Virginia side of the Potomac River is from the early 1960's in the summertime when the trees were in full bloom. From left to right, you can see the steeples of the old Reformed Church, First Methodist, Firs... current
• 21:5721:57, 16 December 2019 diff hist +426 N File:Potomac River View from Eagle Rock on the Virginia side.jpg Nice black & white photo taken of Brunswick in the wintertime from Eagle Rock on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in the early 1950's. See the old river bridge in the lower left. Most of the churches and downtown businesses, including the square... current
• 21:5521:55, 16 December 2019 diff hist +53 File:Potomac River Bridge was constructed by the Youngstown Bridge Company.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:5521:55, 16 December 2019 diff hist +734 N File:Potomac River Bridge was constructed by the Youngstown Bridge Company.jpg The old river bridge was constructed by the Youngstown Bridge Company of Ohio for the Berlin & Lovettsville Bridge Company between 1893-98, from the Virginia side. The West End of Brunswick and surrounding farms are visible to the left. (Photo courtes...
• 21:5221:52, 16 December 2019 diff hist +1,380 N File:Potomac River Bridge Looking towards the east end of Brunswick.jpg Looking towards the east end of Brunswick from the hills of Loudoun County, VA. See the toll house at the entrance to the old Potomac River bridge on the Virginia side. The structure of the bridge leveraged the foundation of the original bridge that wa... current
• 21:5121:51, 16 December 2019 diff hist +9 File:Potomac River and Islands Circa 1900.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:5021:50, 16 December 2019 diff hist +41 N Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection " current
• 21:5021:50, 16 December 2019 diff hist +347 N File:Potomac River and Islands Circa 1900.jpg Potomac River and Islands, Brunswick, MD looking east from the Brunswick Bridge. This postcard, published by L & M Ottenheimer, Baltimore, MD from the early 1900s, only required a one cent stamp (Post Card courtesy of Joe Stine, Past and Present Anti...
• 21:4621:46, 16 December 2019 diff hist +227 N File:Brunswick kids skating by the old Canal Lock in early 1980.jpg Brunswick kids skating by the old Canal Lock in early 1980. This photo was from the Brunswick Citizen on February 7, 1980. (Courtesy of City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids current
• 21:4521:45, 16 December 2019 diff hist +246 N File:Clyde Reed giving hair cut to his daughter Connie.jpg We believe this is Clyde Reed in his barber shop in Harpers Ferry with his daughter, Connie. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids current
• 21:4121:41, 16 December 2019 diff hist +424 N File:Roving photographer Bill Cauley.jpg Roving photographer Bill Cauley captured by the master cameraman Myer Kaplon in 1977 at the old fire hall on W. Potomac Street. Bill took over Brunswick baseball reporting duties for the Brunswick Citizen from Garel Hauver upon the late Mr. Hauver's r... current
• 21:4021:40, 16 December 2019 diff hist +407 N File:Sally Wenner at an art sale.jpg Great photo of Sally Wenner at an art sale in the old Kaplon Building around 1975. Sally is the great-granddaughter of Ellen Brady Wenner, Berlin's first schoolteacher and George (Babe) Wenner, who hit the longest home run in Brunswick baseball history... current
• 21:3921:39, 16 December 2019 diff hist +400 N File:Linda Moss at Myer Kaplon's home.jpg Beloved Brunswick Elementary School teacher Linda Moss at Myer Kaplon's home on Rosemont as a teen in the 1970s. She was there to interview him on a school history project for the library. See the cassette tape recorder on the sofa beside Linda. (From... current
• 21:3821:38, 16 December 2019 diff hist −18 File:Nancy and Cindy Childs with Lassie.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:3621:36, 16 December 2019 diff hist +404 N File:Charles & William Galloway.jpg Charles & William Galloway, grandsons of Charles and Faye Gross in a tree beside the Gross's house next door to the Kaplons on Petersville Road in the mid-1970s. Charles was the brother of Bill Gross, who together ran the family business in Brunswick.... current
• 21:3621:36, 16 December 2019 diff hist +315 N File:Bryan and Jeanne Green Circa 1970s.jpg Staying out on Petersville Road in Rosemont in the 1970s, here's intrepid junior fireman Bryan Green, who's now a race car driver. Sister Jeanne is chasing him. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick Count... current
• 21:3421:34, 16 December 2019 diff hist +407 N File:Green's vegetable stand Petersville Road.jpg The Green's vegetable stand in their front yard on Petersville Road in Rosemont back in the good ol' summertime - mid-1970s. (l-r) Jeanne Green (Brandenburg-Smith), Bryan Green, Pam Green (Jamison), Mary Beth Green (Swartz-Beijers) Kelli Garvin (Airis... current
• 21:3321:33, 16 December 2019 diff hist +469 N File:Another shot of the fellas on the front lawn of the Wenners in September, 1969..jpg Another shot of the fellas on the front lawn of the Wenners in September, 1969. Left to right are Peter Wenner, Boogie Hawes, Chris Weitzel in his beloved Camp Manadokan sweatshirt, Drew Hawes, Mike Salmon (hidden at center), David Hamilton up over th... current
• 21:3121:31, 16 December 2019 diff hist +614 N File:Gridiron action in the Wenner's front yard.jpg A little gridiron action in the Wenner's front yard on Petersville Road in Brunswick in September, 1969. Thanks to Drew Hawes's block that leveled Marty Cusack, Kenneth "Boogie" Hawes rushes the ball to the end zone after eluding fellow redhead David... current
• 21:3021:30, 16 December 2019 diff hist −40 File:Grace Church youth outing in the Fall of 1970.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:2821:28, 16 December 2019 diff hist +282 N File:Eleanor Wenner Kerr with Billy the Dog.jpg Eleanor Wenner Kerr with Billy the Dog in our backyard at 1316 Petersville Rd. See the barren field behind the house looking toward Souder Rd. This was long before Roy Rogers and the shopping center. (Photo courtesy of Bill & Lila Wenner) [[Category:... current
• 21:2721:27, 16 December 2019 diff hist +76 N File:Billy Roelke (tattooed man) & Eileen Rounsley (tramp).jpg (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Kids current
• 21:2621:26, 16 December 2019 diff hist +75 N File:Jan Grams, Eleanor Wenner, Susie Stauffer, Vicki Huffer, Billy Roelke.jpg (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Kids current
• 21:2521:25, 16 December 2019 diff hist +152 N File:Jan Grams, Eleanor Wenner, Susie Stauffer, Vicki Huffer.jpg Jan Grams, Eleanor Wenner (gypsy), Susie Stauffer, Vicki Huffer (ballerinas) (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner Category:Smoketown Kids current
• 21:2421:24, 16 December 2019 diff hist +76 N File:Pete Cage was the Lion Trainer.jpg (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Kids current
• 21:2221:22, 16 December 2019 diff hist +183 N File:Michael Salmon and Galen Harsh..jpg Cowboy Michael Salmon and clown Galen Harsh. Looks like the clown is packing a grenade on his right side! (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Kids current
• 21:2121:21, 16 December 2019 diff hist +485 N File:Debbie (Cookie) Roelkey.jpg This Kaplon photo is from the mid- to late-'70s. Debbie "Cookie" Roelkey, BHS Class of 1970. is pictured with her baby and dog on the porch of her home, which appears to be the old Gross family residence on South Maryland Avenue in Brunswick next to th... current