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26 December 2021
- 19:0719:07, 26 December 2021 diff hist +43 N File:Fall Greentop Photo.jpeg Pwenner moved page File:Fall Greentop Photo.jpeg to File:Greentop Fall Photo.jpeg current Tag: New redirect
- 19:0719:07, 26 December 2021 diff hist 0 m File:Camp Greentop Fall Photo.jpeg Pwenner moved page File:Fall Greentop Photo.jpeg to File:Greentop Fall Photo.jpeg
- 19:0319:03, 26 December 2021 diff hist +338 N File:Camp Greentop Fall Photo.jpeg This beautiful Fall photo was taken at Camp Greentop in 1969 and graced the spine of the inside back cover of the BHS yearbook. The couple with their backs to the camera, who were probably camp counsellors in their senior BHS year, are unidentified. (Photo from the 1970 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Schools
- 19:0019:00, 26 December 2021 diff hist +452 N File:Connie Grams.JPG Connie Taylor Grams with her daughter Jean posing in front of a beautiful 1954 Buick Roadmaster. Her husband Garland Grams sold Buicks at the family service station on Petersville Road. Mrs. Grams' brother-in-law Bill "Gumps" Grams took over the station and auto service business following Garland's untimely death, circa 1960. Mrs. Grams passed away recently at age 91. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category:Smoketown People current
- 18:5818:58, 26 December 2021 diff hist +249 N File:Rev. Thomas West Claggett III.jpg The Rev. Thomas West Claggett, III February 20, 1938 - December 7, 2021 He served the Lord, his church and community with humor, humility and grace. (Photo courtesy of Grace Episcopal Church) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 18:5218:52, 26 December 2021 diff hist +1,084 N File:The Littlest Angel.jpg Here is the angel chorus of "The Littlest Angel", which was played by 1st graders largely from what became BHS Class of '76. This play was performed during the Christmas season of 1964. Please feel free to share memories of this production. Which teacher directed the play? Cast members were as follows: Front Row: Marty Smith, Cathy Heffner, Tim Dawson, Paula Sigler, Tim Phillips, Frank Strakonsky, Chris Weitzel, Pat Miglio, Tina Wheeler, Vince Sigler, Phil Lowrey Second Row: Valerie Zombro... current
- 18:4018:40, 26 December 2021 diff hist +41 File:Lila Wenner conducting Sunday school.jpg No edit summary current
5 December 2021
- 20:2520:25, 5 December 2021 diff hist +240 N File:1958 Mid-Air Collision Citizens .jpg Local citizens on their way to the crash site of a military jet and commercial airliner on 30 May, 1958. near Point of Rocks off 464. (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:2020:20, 5 December 2021 diff hist +526 N File:1958 Mid-Air Collision 2.jpg On May 30, 1958, a horrific air crash between military and jet airliners collided in mid-air between Brunswick and Point of Rocks. It was a long-fought legal case that led to stronger federal air traffic controls. Using binoculars, mill operator Walker Smith watched the surviving pilot descend by parachute. He drove to the crash site and took this photo of what appears to be part of the fusilage of the military jet (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) [[Category:Smoketown Police - Fir... current
- 20:1720:17, 5 December 2021 diff hist +468 N File:1958 Mid-Air Collision 1.jpg On May 30, 1958, a horrific air crash between military and jet airliners collided in mid-air between Brunswick and Point of Rocks. It was a long-fought legal case that led to stronger federal air traffic controls. Using binoculars, mill operator Walker Smith watched the surviving pilot descend by parachute. He drove to the crash site and took a few pictures. (Photography by Walker R. Smith of Doubs) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:0720:07, 5 December 2021 diff hist +329 N File:Western Gentlemen in the 1970s.jpg If it's Saturday night, it's time for some music from The Midnight Express. Members of this band played in other tri-state area groups ranging from Bill Peer and the Melody Boys (and Girls), The Boppers, The Western Gentlemen and The Country Giants. (Photo courtesy of Joe Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown Music current
- 20:0220:02, 5 December 2021 diff hist +196 N File:Sunday School Grace Church.jpg Sunday School class taught by Lila Wenner in the undercroft at Grace Church sometime in the '80s. (Photo courtesy of Rebecah Staup Daggett) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
28 November 2021
- 18:2318:23, 28 November 2021 diff hist +33 N File:Default-35.jpg Pwenner moved page File:Default-35.jpg to File:Beer Party.jpg current Tag: New redirect
- 18:2318:23, 28 November 2021 diff hist 0 m File:Beer Party.jpg Pwenner moved page File:Default-35.jpg to File:Beer Party.jpg current
- 18:2218:22, 28 November 2021 diff hist +415 N File:Beer Party.jpg Photo of a party way back when, maybe the 1940s. Assuming from other photos we have that appear to have been shot at the same time, it was a crab feed. Some guesses are that it was held at the Farmers Woods or Rod & Gun Club in Petersville. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations
- 18:1818:18, 28 November 2021 diff hist +296 N File:Butchering.jpg Country butchering at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Virginia. This photo was likely taken in the early 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Farm Community current
- 18:1018:10, 28 November 2021 diff hist +178 N File:Crane Operator.jpeg Unidentified crane operator in the Brunswick yard. Photo taken in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 17:2517:25, 28 November 2021 diff hist +98 File:Trackman.jpg No edit summary current
- 17:2117:21, 28 November 2021 diff hist +221 N File:Benny Harsh.JPG Benny Harsh with his children Galen and Nancy pose outside their house on N. Maple Avenue before a Veterans' Day Parade circa 1969. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 17:1617:16, 28 November 2021 diff hist +114 N File:KarlShewbridge.jpg Karl Shewbridge - WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 17:1617:16, 28 November 2021 diff hist +123 N File:Robert Carter.jpg Robert Carter - Vietnam War Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers current
- 17:1417:14, 28 November 2021 diff hist +38 File:Richard Hebb.jpg No edit summary current
- 17:1417:14, 28 November 2021 diff hist +79 N File:Richard Hebb.jpg Richard Hebb -- WWII Veteran (Photo courtesy of Kay Hebb Carter)
- 17:0617:06, 28 November 2021 diff hist +171 N File:Dorothy Shewbridge Frye.jpg Dorothy Shewbridge Frye poses in front of her family home on N. Virginia Avenue in the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People current
- 16:4716:47, 28 November 2021 diff hist +97 File:Gertrude Garrott.jpeg No edit summary current
- 16:4116:41, 28 November 2021 diff hist +876 N File:Teeny Garrott.jpeg Ernestine "Teeny" Garrott standing outside the family home and boarding house on W. B. Street next to the funeral home. The home was known to the family as "The Junction" because of its proximity to the bridge and entrance to Brunswick. She was a daughter of Dr. John E. Garrott of Burkittsville, who along with their grandfather Dr. John D. Garrott treated wounded Union troops in field hospitals after the Battle of South Mountain. Their grand nephew, Judge Bill Wenner told the story that t... current
- 16:3616:36, 28 November 2021 diff hist +801 N File:Gertrude Garrott.jpeg Gertrude Garrott standing outside the family home and boarding house on W. B. Street next to the funeral home. The home was known to the family as "The Junction". She was a daughter of Dr. John E. Garrott of Burkittsville, who along with their grandfather Dr. John D. Garrott treated wounded Union troops in field hospitals after the Battle of South Mountain. Their grand nephew, Judge Bill Wenner told the story that the Garrott ladies once operated a store out of the ground floor of this ho...
25 November 2021
- 00:5600:56, 25 November 2021 diff hist +261 N File:Old & New Bridges 1955.JPG Photo juxtaposition of the old and new Potomac River bridges spanning Loudoun County to Brunswick, MD in 1955 sometime after the then new bridge opened. (Magazine clipping courtesy of Frank Noe) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal current
- 00:5300:53, 25 November 2021 diff hist +30 File:Robys in 1930s.jpg No edit summary current
- 00:5100:51, 25 November 2021 diff hist +279 N File:Robys in 1930s.jpg JP & Barbara Ellen Roby pose in front of their home with a view down W. Potomac Street in the 1930s. See the billboard on the side of the Mace Building (now King's) directly behind Mr. Roby. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown People
24 November 2021
- 23:5023:50, 24 November 2021 diff hist +37 File:Zane Hall.jpg No edit summary current
- 23:4723:47, 24 November 2021 diff hist +380 N File:Zane Hall.jpg Z.P. (Zane) Hall was the Chessy System railroad policeman shown in this 1982 photo taken at the foot of S. Maryland. The white building with the window visible to the left of his car was called the “Railroad Track Man’s Headquarters”. It was where workers met in the mornings to get orders for the day. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese)
- 23:4523:45, 24 November 2021 diff hist +316 N File:Trackman.jpg An excellent Blair Harrington portrait of a track department worker in the Brunswick railroad yard with the soft background of the bridge and old Gross store behind the railroader. The photo was taken in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders
- 02:4202:42, 24 November 2021 diff hist +167 N File:Danny Swope.jpg Danny Swope poses in the Brunswick Westbound Station in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 02:3302:33, 24 November 2021 diff hist +126 N File:Vernon Strout.jpg Vernon Strout - 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 02:3102:31, 24 November 2021 diff hist +313 N File:Marianne Weidemann .jpg Marianne Weidemann - 1982 According to Denise Duncan Moore: "She was on the extra list. She worked a lot at WB Tower. Every now and then she would catch a checking job or the booking job at the yard office. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 02:2302:23, 24 November 2021 diff hist +200 N File:Buzzy Darr.jpg Buzzy Darr worked in the track department. He was also a crane operator. He posed here in 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 02:2102:21, 24 November 2021 diff hist +136 N File:Bill Sheckles.jpg Trackman Bill Sheckles in 1982 (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 02:1802:18, 24 November 2021 diff hist +37 File:Robbie Grams.jpg No edit summary current
- 02:0702:07, 24 November 2021 diff hist +181 N File:Dave Waters.jpg This is a portrait of Dave Waters in 1982. He worked in the car department. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 02:0302:03, 24 November 2021 diff hist +135 N File:Jessie Brown.jpg Railroader Jessie Brown-1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 02:0102:01, 24 November 2021 diff hist +37 File:Charles King.jpg No edit summary current
- 02:0002:00, 24 November 2021 diff hist +113 N File:Charles King.jpg Charlie King in the Brunswick yard in 1982. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese)
- 01:5901:59, 24 November 2021 diff hist +168 N File:Charlie Selby-1982.jpg Charlie Selby poses in the Brunswick Westbound Station in 1982. Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
- 01:5701:57, 24 November 2021 diff hist +173 N File:Robbie Grams.jpg Robbie Grams in the railroad parking lot in 1982. At the time, he was Yardmaster and WB Tower operator. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese)
7 November 2021
- 19:3419:34, 7 November 2021 diff hist +243 N File:Reviewing Stand Veterans Park.jpg A ceremony at Veterans' Memorial Park on A Street. Maybe late 1940s? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 19:3319:33, 7 November 2021 diff hist +257 N File:Marching Band W Potomac St.jpg Marching band moves into the crowd of onlookers on W. Potomac Street in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 19:3119:31, 7 November 2021 diff hist +258 N File:Marching Band Florida Avenue.jpg A marching band makes its way from Florida Avenue to W. Potomac Street in the 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:5117:51, 7 November 2021 diff hist +337 N File:WWI Veterans 1968 .jpg Another angle of Brunswick WWI Veterans observing the 1968 Veterans' Day parade. Edward Shipley is the veteran on the far right in the 2nd row, wearing glasses. C (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 17:5017:50, 7 November 2021 diff hist +412 N File:Ayres Fauble Thompson.jpg From a late 1960s parade, it looks like Charlie Flook behind the wheel of a 1929 Chrysler. Among the faces in the crowd from the left are young Tommy Ayres, Russell Fauble, Donald Ayres and then Police Chief Tommy Thompson, in uniform. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current