User contributions for HistoryCommission2

30 June 2020

• 06:3606:36, 30 June 2020 diff hist +40‎ N File:Student 2020 - Mia Martinez from The Frederick News-Post, June 30, 2020.jpg ‎ Category:High School current

29 June 2020

• 15:3515:35, 29 June 2020 diff hist +336‎ N File:Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer Retire in 1969.jpg ‎ Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer of Brunswick takes one last look around the courtroom in the old Frederick County courthouse in 1969 on his retirement day. Judge Schnauffer served on the Circuit Court for 27 years. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick, MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown People current
• 15:3315:33, 29 June 2020 diff hist +230‎ N File:An old banjo string purchased from Horine's Drug store, likely in the late 1930.jpg ‎ An old banjo string, still in package that was purchased from Horine's Drug store, likely in the late 1930s. Owner was Howard Taulton of the C Street Ramblers. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Taulton) Category:Business current
• 15:3215:32, 29 June 2020 diff hist +1,001‎ N File:S.W. George & Co Hardware on the southwest corner of West Potomac Street and Delaware Avenue.jpg ‎ Inside S.W. George & Co hardware at its then new location on the southwest corner of W. Potomac Street and Delaware Avenue. According to Robin Heaton, who owns the original, the photo was taken in 1910. The business opened in 1907 and was owned by 3 generations of the George family for 66 years. From left are Harry George Sr, his father Samuel W. George and Sydnor Bennett. Note the horse collars hanging on the upper right and the coal-fired heating stoves on the right side of the floor. Ac... current
• 15:2915:29, 29 June 2020 diff hist +360‎ N File:Brunswick Hardware at 302 W Potomac Street in 1978.jpg ‎ Brunswick Hardware at 302 W Potomac Street in 1978 when it was owned by Leroy Strawsburg and Melvin Taylor. Strawsburg later bought out Taylor and operated the store until his recent retirement. His daughter Abbie Ricketts owns Brunswick Sports & Apparel at this location today. (Photo courtesy of Phil Lowery) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 15:2815:28, 29 June 2020 diff hist +860‎ N File:Potomac Furniture at 310 West Potomac Street.jpg ‎ The former Home of Potomac Furniture at 310 West Potomac Street is an apartment building today. This photo appears to have been taken in the early years of the business. According to the "Images of America" book on Brunswick by Mary Rubin, a furniture store was first opened here in 1913 by Theodore Siehler, who owned the business until his death in 1981. His daughter, Joann Siehler Durst closed the store in 1984. George Bennett, whose wife Doris taught 5th grade at BES, was the longtime mana... current
• 15:2715:27, 29 June 2020 diff hist +1,128‎ N File:Old mill in the 1930s when it was known as the Co-op.jpg ‎ Here's a photo of the old mill in the 1930s when it was known as "the Co-op", located at Lock 30 of the C&O Canal at Brunswick. Note the rail siding in front of the building that accommodated freight to be offloaded. Founded by the Wenner family to take advantage of the milling trade that had sprung up in local communities along the canal, the mill was built in the 1850's and operated during the Civil War, principally by C.F. Wenner. It was later known as BP Crampton & Co. and finally the So... current
• 15:2615:26, 29 June 2020 diff hist +319‎ N File:Old mill along the towpath at Lock 30.jpg ‎ The backside of the old mill along the towpath at Lock 30 before the 1955 Potomac River Bridge was built. See the canal all grown up in weeds. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
• 15:2415:24, 29 June 2020 diff hist +271‎ N File:Eastbound Hump Tower.jpg ‎ This photograph shows the Eastbound Hump Tower. Workers in this tower directed the switching of cars to be reclassified for their new Eastbound destination. The tower was located in the receiving classification yard. Category:Castle Collection Railroad current
• 15:2315:23, 29 June 2020 diff hist +1,232‎ N File:Litten's East End Garage 1930's.jpg ‎ This photo was in a clipping from the Blade-Times on May 18, 1967. We believe the caption was wrong, as it said the photo dated to 1920, and as John Roby Morsberger points out below, the cars date to at least the mid-'30s. In any case, the rest of the caption is this: "H.R. Moler climbed the long-gone water tower adjoining the B&O shops and made this view of East Potomac Street. The (former) Moose Club is now located where Litten's Garage is seen at left." According to Jim Dixon: "In about... current
• 15:2015:20, 29 June 2020 diff hist +409‎ N File:Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership on West Potomac Street. Early '50s.jpg ‎ Russell Litten posing with Bill Weller, who just received the keys to a new truck for his radio and TV repair business. This photo was taken in front of Litten's Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership on West Potomac Street. Early '50s? Weller's shop was located on New York Hill next to the market on 9th Avenue in Brunswick. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Richard Bowers) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 15:1915:19, 29 June 2020 diff hist +47‎ N File:Union ribbons were issued by the various railroad trade unions and worn for various occasions (2).jpg ‎ Category:Smoketown Railroad current
• 15:1715:17, 29 June 2020 diff hist +247‎ N File:Union ribbons were issued by the various railroad trade unions and worn for various occasions.jpg ‎ Union ribbons were issued by the various railroad trade unions and worn for various occasions. The black side was worn for funerals and the colorful side was worn for parades and conventions. Category:Castle Collection Railroad current
• 15:1615:16, 29 June 2020 diff hist +359‎ N File:Lyman Crawford struck an 1890s silhouette in a Kaplon's window in 1965.jpg ‎ Lyman Crawford struck an 1890s silhouette in a Kaplon's window in 1965. For the occasion, townspeople grew beards and donned period clothes like this. Mr. Crawford ran the B&O Credit Union in Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
• 15:1415:14, 29 June 2020 diff hist +379‎ N File:Potomac River Festival 1969, Raymond Barger.jpg ‎ From the 1969 Potomac River Festival in the old Kaplon Building, native Brunswick artist Raymond Barger displays one of his sculptures. With him, from the left are Amos Kaplon, Mark New, and Glenn Cooper. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 15:1215:12, 29 June 2020 diff hist +279‎ N File:Follin's Esso was on the corner of Petersville Road and Jefferson Pike.jpg ‎ Follin's Esso was on the corner of Petersville Road and Jefferson Pike across from Luther Chapel. Lynn Follin first opened the station back in 1951. It's now a garage owned by Blue Ridge Automotive. (Photo courtesy of Jim Follin) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
• 15:1115:11, 29 June 2020 diff hist +514‎ N File:Little League Mayor Jim Cummings (2nd from left) takes in a game.jpg ‎ Mayor Jim Cummings (2nd from left) takes in a game with B&O terminal train master Harry Bodie (3rd from left) and Ed Shipley (far right) at the then new BHS diamond. The field officially opened for the MARVA Babe Ruth League on May 1, 1965. The new high school opened in the Fall of 1965. Please let us know if you recognize the other gentleman on the left. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Sports current
• 15:0815:08, 29 June 2020 diff hist +63‎ N File:Potomac River Festival with Freda and Pat Smith.jpg ‎ Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 15:0615:06, 29 June 2020 diff hist +474‎ N File:Karl Metzgaar at Vacation Bible School.jpg ‎ A divinity student (seminarian) fixes Karl Metzgaar's look at the joint Vacation Bible School between Bethany Lutheran and Grace Episcopal Churches in the mid-Sixties. Seminarians taught the joint VBS classes for many years around going back to the Fifties. This photo appears to have been taken at the Lutheran Church. Can anyone identify the other boys? Matthew Roundsley on the right? (Photo courtesy of Sheery Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown People current

28 June 2020

• 16:2516:25, 28 June 2020 diff hist +690‎ N File:Pandemic 2020, COVID-19 Testing June 25, 2020.jpg ‎ The first COVID-19 Testing was done in Brunswick on Thursday, June 25, 2020. From the Frederick County Health Department: Thanks you City of Brunswick, MD for hosting us at your first Brunswick Community COVID-19 Testing Clinic last night! Wait times were longer than usual and despite the fierce thunderstorm and flash flooding situation, we were able to adjust and adapt and continue to test 57 people (even if we got pretty wet in the process)! Thank you to everyone who came out for testing... current

27 June 2020

• 06:3706:37, 27 June 2020 diff hist +40‎ N File:High School Replacement Delayed from the Frederick News-Post, June 27, 2020.pdf ‎ Category:High School current
• 06:2906:29, 27 June 2020 diff hist +42‎ N File:Heritage Museum 2020, Brick by Brick from The Frederick News-Post, June 27, 2020.pdf ‎ Category:Organizations current
• 06:2006:20, 27 June 2020 diff hist +40‎ N File:Graduation 2020 from The Frederick News-Post, June 27, 2020.jpg ‎ Category:High School current

25 June 2020

• 09:0509:05, 25 June 2020 diff hist +1,967‎ N File:Prom 1999 Committee.jpg ‎ Prom is a major social event of any high school and the BHS Prom was no exception. When I first started at Brunswick it was held in the school gymnasium and the transformation of the gym into a decorative venue for dancing was incredible. I'll never forget the first time I saw members of the community, many of them sitting in lawn chairs, form a corridor just off the traffic circle through which students entered into the school. Flashbulbs lit up the evening as if it were the grand opening o... current

24 June 2020

• 14:3514:35, 24 June 2020 diff hist +67‎ N File:Rivers Edge Trails, June 24, 2020 (4).jpg ‎ Photo by Jerry Knight Category:City of Brunswick current
• 14:3514:35, 24 June 2020 diff hist +67‎ N File:Rivers Edge Trails, June 24, 2020 (3).jpg ‎ Photo by Jerry Knight Category:City of Brunswick current
• 14:3414:34, 24 June 2020 diff hist +67‎ N File:Rivers Edge Trails, June 24, 2020 (2).jpg ‎ Photo by Jerry Knight Category:City of Brunswick current
• 14:3414:34, 24 June 2020 diff hist +67‎ N File:Rivers Edge Trails, June 24, 2020 (1).jpg ‎ The outdoor classroom Category:City of Brunswick current
• 14:3214:32, 24 June 2020 diff hist +57‎ N File:Brian Swiger in Brunswick Semi-Pro Players' T-Shirts, June 24, 2020.jpg ‎ From his Facebook page Category:People current

23 June 2020

• 14:2514:25, 23 June 2020 diff hist +42‎ N File:Staff 2020 from the BMS Year Book.jpg ‎ Category:Middle School current
• 10:5410:54, 23 June 2020 diff hist +40‎ N File:Staff 2019 - 2020 from the BHS Year Book (2).jpg ‎ Category:High School current
• 10:5410:54, 23 June 2020 diff hist +40‎ N File:Staff 2019 - 2020 from the BHS Year Book (1).jpg ‎ Category:High School current

18 June 2020

• 11:2911:29, 18 June 2020 diff hist +61‎ N File:Rev Vicky Starnes Retires from The Brunswick Citizen, Vol 47, No 3, January 23, 2020.pdf ‎ Category:New Hope United Methodist Church current
• 10:4410:44, 18 June 2020 diff hist +36‎ File:Virginia Avenue and Potomac Street Fire, June 5, 2020 (2).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 10:4410:44, 18 June 2020 diff hist +35‎ N File:Virginia Avenue and Potomac Street Fire, June 5, 2020 (2).jpg ‎ Photo by Jerry Knight
• 10:4310:43, 18 June 2020 diff hist +36‎ File:Virginia Avenue and Potomac Street Fire, June 5, 2020 (1).jpg ‎No edit summary current
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• 10:4010:40, 18 June 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Virginia Avenue Ave and West Potomac Street Fire, June 4, 2020 (1).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 10:3710:37, 18 June 2020 diff hist +206‎ N File:Counselor Kathleen Kleca (in purple).jpg ‎ Brunswick Elementary School Counselor Kathleen Klecan has been recognized as the Maryland School Counselor Association 's Maryland School Counselor of the Year! Category:Elementary School current
• 10:3410:34, 18 June 2020 diff hist +699‎ N File:Potomac Street Grill December 2019.jpg ‎ Hello everyone!! As the holidays are upon us, we wanted to take a minute and thank everyone for your continued support of the Grill. We have recently went through some changes but wanted to assure all of you that we are dedicated to providing quality food, service and a family atmosphere for our customers. We will be bringing affordable weekly specials as well as our diverse menu into 2020. Abed will be returning to the kitchen beside Eduardo creating new specials and continuing to provide h... current
• 10:2810:28, 18 June 2020 diff hist +547‎ N File:Grove's on East Potomac Street.jpg ‎ In 1910, when this ad was published in the Brunswick Herald, streets were dirt and certainly muddy when it rained. Wooden plank boards were placed in front of the businesses and some advertisements touted their location along "the Boardwalk in Brunswick". This advertisement was for Grove's, a "first class confection" offering soda water, ice cream, crushed fruit sundaes, and soft drinks of all kinds. The business was located on East Potomac Street across from the Brunswick B&O RR YMCA. [[C... current
• 10:2610:26, 18 June 2020 diff hist +358‎ N File:S. J. Thomas a jewelry Repair store near the railroad depot in the early 1900's.jpg ‎ This rare ink blotter is from S. J. Thomas who had a jewelry Repair store near the railroad depot in the early 1900's. This business would have been located in the "Old Berlin" section. This jewelry repair shop would have specialized in the maintenance of pocket watches for early Brunswick Railroaders. Category:Castle Collection Business current
• 10:2510:25, 18 June 2020 diff hist +309‎ N File:Jacobs & Ephraim, 24 West Potomac Street around 1909..jpg ‎ This rare advertising piece is a shoe horn from Jacobs & Ephraim who operated a clothing store at 24 West Potomac Street around 1909. Ironically I purchased this item from Joe Stine who operated Past & Present Antiques, located at 24 West Potomac Street. Category:Castle Collection Business current
• 10:2210:22, 18 June 2020 diff hist +279‎ N File:H.N. Werntz in Brunswick, MD, Red Goose Shoes.jpg ‎ H.N Werntz operated a store on East Potomac Street. Beginning as a grocery and dry goods store, clothing was later added. Pictured is an advertising pocket knife for Red Goose Shoes available at H.N. Werntz in Brunswick, MD. Category:Castle Collection Business current
• 10:2010:20, 18 June 2020 diff hist +279‎ N File:H.N. Werntz in Brunswick, MD..jpg ‎ H.N Werntz operated a store on East Potomac Street. Beginning as a grocery and dry goods store, clothing was later added. Pictured is an advertising pocket knife for Red Goose Shoes available at H.N. Werntz in Brunswick, MD. Category:Castle Collection Business
• 10:1810:18, 18 June 2020 diff hist +240‎ N File:Chick's Taxi which operated in the late 1940's and early 1950's.jpg ‎ Brunswick had many cab and taxi services over the years including Chick's Taxi which operated in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Pictured is an advertising matchbook for Chick's Taxi. Category:Castle Collection Business current
• 10:1610:16, 18 June 2020 diff hist +1,373‎ N File:Teachers 1980-81.jpg ‎ These photos are from 1980-81 and shows new teachers who started at Brunswick Middle and High Schools. If I’m not mistaken, the Middle School was called Junior High School and consisted of 7th and 8th grades. At the time BMS and BHS occupied the same building. Jack Law taught World History and U.S. History; Michelle Thornton taught ninth grade Biology; Anne Zumbach taught General Math, Geometry, and Physical Education; Kevin Shellhamer taught both Junior and Senior High Band, Guitar I and II;... current
• 10:1410:14, 18 June 2020 diff hist +42‎ File:Eastbound Station.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 10:1310:13, 18 June 2020 diff hist +365‎ N File:Eastbound Station.jpg ‎ This photograph shows two men standing in front of the Eastbound station. This station was located opposite of the current Westbound station, on the canal side of the tracks. As automobile traffic increased, passenger travel by rail decreased and the building became underutilized and fell into disrepair. After the station burned it was not replaced.
• 10:1210:12, 18 June 2020 diff hist +298‎ N File:Brunswick Garage Ad 1923.jpg ‎ This is a 1923 ad for the Brunswick Garage. The Brunswick Garage is the building that is currently located across from Brunswick City Hall. The business did not have a lot to display cars and that is why all the cars are marked as "delivered". Category:Castle Collection Business current