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18 December 2019

• 08:5908:59, 18 December 2019 diff hist +1,183 N File:Jim Eury, photographed in front of Kaplon's.jpg Jim Eury, photographed in front of Kaplon's, date unknown. 1960s? Mr. Eury farmed for merchant William B. Wenner on the last 25 acres of the original C.F. Wenner farm in Brunswick, MD. This farm once spanned over 500 acres in the early-20th century, e... current
• 08:5708:57, 18 December 2019 diff hist +540 N File:Cattle and milk barns on the Wenner farm.jpg This photo shows the cattle and milk barns on the Wenner farm where the Brunswick Community Library now resides on North Maple Avenue. We're not sure when the barn was built, but it was farmed by 2 generations of the Eury family (Jim and Charlie) for... current
• 08:5508:55, 18 December 2019 diff hist +561 N File:Peach Orchard Lane on the old Wenner farm..jpg At this time, this stretch of North Maple Avenue was referred to as Peach Orchard Lane on the old Wenner farm. It ran along the crest of the hill where the shopping center, bank and other businesses are today as it intersects with Souder Road. It was u... current
• 08:5208:52, 18 December 2019 diff hist +523 N File:William Waltman Wenner farmland and barn.jpg This 1862 view of Berlin after the original wooden Potomac River Bridge was burned by the Confederate army during the Civil War shows the William Waltman Wenner farmland and barn (through the trees) on the western side of town. What is now incorporate... current
• 08:5008:50, 18 December 2019 diff hist +361 N File:Country butchering Circa 1950s.jpg Country butchering on local family farms often took place the day after Thanksgiving as many farm families prepared food for the less fortunate.. This photo was likely taken sometime in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswic... current
• 08:4908:49, 18 December 2019 diff hist +484 N File:Country butchering George Lakin, Tom Arnold, Paul Wickham.jpg Here's another country butchering photo from the Farmer's Woods. From left to right in the foreground: George Lakin, Tom Arnold and Paul Wickham. Across the way at the other table in the background, the second man with his back to the camera in the pl... current
• 08:4708:47, 18 December 2019 diff hist +346 N File:Country butchering at the Farmers Woods in Petersville.jpg Country butchering at the Farmers Woods in Petersville. (L-R) Tom Arnold, Glenn Pearl, Charlie Smith (in the dark hoodie), Roland Biser, Woodie Price, ??, Donald Shaffer, Tom Souder (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Li... current
• 08:4408:44, 18 December 2019 diff hist +505 N File:Potomac Edison operated for years in 2 locations.jpg Potomac Edison operated for years in 2 locations, starting with this one in the 1950s and '60s on W. Potomac Street across from the old dime store J.J. Newberry's. It housed a showroom that sold household appliances, including stoves and refrigerators.... current
• 07:3307:33, 18 December 2019 diff hist +74 N File:Guy Lombardo, Mr and Mrs. H.C. Bodie and Mayor James E. Cummings from the Blade-Times, May 7, 1960.jpg Clipping courtesy of Caroline Mansfield Category:People current

17 December 2019

• 21:4321:43, 17 December 2019 diff hist +293 N File:Tractor by Barn.jpg Kaplon photo from a Summer or Fall's past. Hard to tell what the year was or which farm.. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) — at Brunswick and surrounding areas. [[Category... current
• 21:4221:42, 17 December 2019 diff hist +307 N File:Cattle crossing. 180 going west towards Petersville.jpg Cattle crossing. 180 going west towards Petersville or Knoxville going up to the Hawaiian in the late 1940s, we believe. Please help us confirm. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Librari... current
• 21:4121:41, 17 December 2019 diff hist +76 N File:Farmer's Woods Sign, Petersville - April 2011.jpg (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Farm Community current
• 21:4021:40, 17 December 2019 diff hist −4 File:Petersville Farmers Club, Inc. - April 2011.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:4021:40, 17 December 2019 diff hist +41 N Category:Smoketown Farm Community Created page with "Category:Smoketown History Collection " current
• 21:3921:39, 17 December 2019 diff hist +80 N File:Petersville Farmers Club, Inc. - April 2011.jpg (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown History Collection
• 21:3721:37, 17 December 2019 diff hist +123 N File:Fire - Brunswick Sheetz store demolition (2) - May 22, 2018.jpg Fire - Brunswick Sheetz store demolition - May 22, 2018.jpg Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:3621:36, 17 December 2019 diff hist +64 N File:Fire - Brunswick Sheetz store demolition - May 22, 2018.jpg Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:3421:34, 17 December 2019 diff hist +51 File:Fire - Brunswick Sheetz store and Gas Station fire, May 2, 2018.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:3421:34, 17 December 2019 diff hist +150 N File:Fire - Brunswick Sheetz store and Gas Station fire, May 2, 2018.jpg On May 22, 2018, demolition of the Sheetz store and gas station began following the 5/2 fire. A new one will be under construction soon.
• 21:3221:32, 17 December 2019 diff hist +172 N File:Fire - Brunswick Sheetz store fire, May 2, 2018.jpg Another Brunswick fire that will be remembered. On May 2, 2018, the Brunswick Sheetz store went up in flames Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:3121:31, 17 December 2019 diff hist +51 File:Ambulance - Dennis Wenner, Jerry Ebersole, George Lowry.jpg No edit summary current
• 21:3121:31, 17 December 2019 diff hist +82 N File:Ambulance - Dennis Wenner, Jerry Ebersole, George Lowry.jpg Brunswick Citizen clipping from 1985. — with George Junior Lowery.
• 21:2921:29, 17 December 2019 diff hist +64 N File:Ambulance - Company 10 Banquet from the Brunswick Citizen, April 2010.jpg Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:2721:27, 17 December 2019 diff hist +112 N File:Ambulance - Charlotte Barnhouse, Clair Ebersole and Dorothy Moss 2010.jpg (Copied from the Brunswick Citizen - April 2010) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:2621:26, 17 December 2019 diff hist +590 N File:Ambulance - 1961 Superior-Cadillac Ambulance.jpg Not the 1st ambulance in Brunswick, but maybe the best? Seeing the 1961 Superior/Cadillac out in front of the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company on W. Potomac Street was a staple of growing up in Brunswick in the Sixties. The land on where... current
• 21:2421:24, 17 December 2019 diff hist +385 N File:Ambulance - Mary Jane Watson led a drive at Kaplon's for the Brunswick Ambulance Company.jpg Mary Jane Watson led a drive at Kaplon's for the Brunswick Ambulance Company using S&H Green Stamps. Looks like 1960 around the time that the current headquarters on W. Potomac and S. Virginia Avenue was built. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection a... current
• 21:2221:22, 17 December 2019 diff hist +278 N File:Ambulance - new Brunswick Ambulance building May 1961.jpg The BES school band playing at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Brunswick Ambulance building on the site of the former City Meat Market in May 1961. Photo courtesy of Rhonda Rooney Copyright Rhonda Rooney [[Category:Smoketown Police - Fire -... current
• 21:2021:20, 17 December 2019 diff hist +717 N File:Ambulance - City Meat Market on September 13, 1959..jpg News clipping from the Frederick News Post the morning after the fire that gutted the City Meat Market on Sunday night, September 13, 1959. While the photo caption optimistically reported that the store was "probably reusable", it was torn down along w... current
• 21:1721:17, 17 December 2019 diff hist +162 N File:Fire - new Brunswick Fire Hall in Brunswick Crossing..jpg Lurching into the future, here's the new Brunswick Fire Hall in Brunswick Crossing. December 2011 Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:1621:16, 17 December 2019 diff hist +490 N File:Fire - LaFrance Fire Truck 1922 Restored, Brunswick's First Fire Truck.jpg Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co - Potomac St Restored 1922 LaFrance Fire Truck, Brunswick's first fire truck. (2009) Photo courtesy of Jason Russell Jason Russell: I took this picture at RR days 2009. Wade Watson is doing the frame off restoration of thi... current
• 21:1321:13, 17 December 2019 diff hist +270 N File:Fire - 922 LaFrance. Twins Morgan Resoration.jpg Wade Watson restored the old 1922 LaFrance. Twins Morgan and Matthew Watson are on the far right. Firefighter Kenny Nicewarner is in the far left corner of the picture. (Photo courtesy of Lila Wenner - 2007 [[Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulan... current
• 21:1221:12, 17 December 2019 diff hist +239 N File:Fire - Charlie Smith presents a Life Membership to Mrs. Sonny Cannon.jpg Charlie Smith presents a Life Membership in the Brunswick Fire Company to Mrs. Sonny Cannon in March, 1986. In back, Ray Lucas looks on. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:1021:10, 17 December 2019 diff hist +383 N File:Fire - Firefighter Dave Taulton In Memory..jpg Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co. 5 In Memory of Assistant Chief 5, David Taulton (12/23/82) Firemen on Truck (l to r): Denny Moore, Billy Hebb, Dwight Hoffman, Randy Derflinger Photo courtesy of Randy Derflinge Randy Derflinger: Denny Moore, Billy Hebb,... current
• 21:0821:08, 17 December 2019 diff hist +93 N File:Fire - Firefighter Dave Taulton presiding over a display at the Fire Hall..jpg (Photo courtesy of Jim Dixon) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:0721:07, 17 December 2019 diff hist +243 N File:Fire - Firefighter Dave Taulton.jpg Maybe one of the last pictures of Dave Taulton before his death in 1982. Dave was the second Brunswick Firefighter to have died in the line of duty. (Photo courtesy of Jim Dixon) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 21:0521:05, 17 December 2019 diff hist +293 N File:Fire - Gross store was located at the foot of Maryland Avenue.jpg The historic Gross store was located at the foot of Maryland Avenue on the westbound side parallel to the railroad tracks. The fire destroyed the building on April 11, 1999. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen courtesy of BVFD) [[Category:Smoketown... current
• 21:0421:04, 17 December 2019 diff hist +417 N File:Fire - First block of East Potomac Street, S & N Katz.jpg S & N Katz - E Potomac St The former jewelry store that was once operated by Frank Migilio. This building at one time housed the Chessie Credit Union at the side of the building. Later became part of Brunswick Seafood Restaurant which was destroyed by... current
• 21:0221:02, 17 December 2019 diff hist +706 N File:Fire - First block of East Potomac Street.jpg First block of E Potomac St Fire started in the corner buildings that were formerly S&N Katz & Darr's Tavern. Both buildings were part of Brunswick Seafood at the time of the fire. This fire was purposely set and people were trapped in the apartments a... current
• 21:0121:01, 17 December 2019 diff hist +312 N File:Fire - S & N Katz Building & Darr's Tavern in ruins 1994.jpg The end of the buildings on the Square Corner. The former S & N Katz Building & Darr's Tavern in ruins after the fire in September 1994. At the time of the fire, Brunswick Seafood Restaurant occupied both buildings. (Photo courtesy of Reuben Moss) [[... current
• 21:0021:00, 17 December 2019 diff hist +426 N File:Fire - Peoples Home Furnishers - Radio Shack.jpg Peoples Home Furnishers/Radio Shack - First Block of East Potomac Street. This fire in September 1994 destroyed the former sites of S & N Katz, Darr's Tavern & Coffman-Fisher(Lace Store). At the time of the fire, this block of commercial buildings hou... current
• 20:5720:57, 17 December 2019 diff hist +209 N File:Fire - YMCA fire - November 7, 1980, end of a landmark.jpg The end of a landmark; B&O YMCA on fire Friday, November 7, 1980, the weekend of the Veterans Day Parade. (Photo courtesy of Dixie Kagey Teagle) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 20:5620:56, 17 December 2019 diff hist +281 N File:Fire - YMCA fire - November 7, 1980.jpg YMCA fire - November 7, 1980. The fire was caused by a spark in the electrical system that ignited in the cloth insulation of the basement walls and quickly spread throughout the building. (Courtesy of Ray Dinterman) [[Category:Smoketown Police - Fir... current
• 20:5520:55, 17 December 2019 diff hist +523 N File:Fire - Cannon Retirement Party, Lola and Don Barnes, John H. Moore.jpg This Myer Kaplon photo was taken at Sonny Cannon's Retirement Party as Chief of the Brunswick Volunteer Fire Department in 1978. Sonny's final few years as chief were stormy, but it was a well-attended send-off at the old Fire Hall on West Potomac Stre... current
• 20:5320:53, 17 December 2019 diff hist +339 N File:Fire - Gary Benett, Mary Etta Webber Jone Draper, Harvey Jones at Cannon Retirement Party.jpg On the left (foreground) is Gary "Webb" Bennett at Sonny's Retirement Party in 1978. The women in white facing at the camera is Mary Etta Webber Jones Draper. The man at the end of the table in the white shirt is her husband Harvey ("Markie") Jones. (... current
• 20:5020:50, 17 December 2019 diff hist +88 N File:Fire - Bud Harrison - Sonny's Retirement Party 197.jpg (Photo courtesy of BVFD) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 20:4920:49, 17 December 2019 diff hist +279 N File:Fire - Connie Nicholson Silliman, Bill & Lila Wenner at Cannon Retirement Party.jpg Connie Nicholson Silliman, Bill & Lila Wenner at Sonny Cannon's retirement party at the Fire Hall - 1978 (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Category:Smoketown Police - Fire... current
• 20:4720:47, 17 December 2019 diff hist +183 N File:Fire - Sonny Cannon, Bill Wenner and George Bennett at Cannon Retirement Party.jpg Sonny's Retirement Party - 1978 (l-r) Unknown, Sonny Cannon, Bill Wenner and George Bennett. (Photo courtesy of BVFD) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 20:4620:46, 17 December 2019 diff hist +166 N File:Fire - Bill Woullard, Sonny Cannon and Ernie Green at Cannon Retirement Party.jpg Bill Woullard, Sonny Cannon and Ernie Green at banquet honoring Sonny on his retirement in 1978. (Photo courtesy of BVFD) Category:Fire Department current
• 20:4520:45, 17 December 2019 diff hist +174 N File:Fire - Chief Sonny Cannon at his retirement party in 1978.jpg (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
• 20:4320:43, 17 December 2019 diff hist +640 N File:Fire - Hovermale Building Shoe Store Fire.jpg A shot of Brunswick firefighters at the shoe store fire which destroyed the Hovermale Building on February 16, 1979. Note Potomac Furniture above the hardware store on the left and the phone booth west of the fire house. (Photo credit Brunswick Volunt... current