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10 April 2022
- 18:1618:16, 10 April 2022 diff hist +410 N File:Old High School 1964-65.jpg Always a crowd pleaser for those of us who remember. The old Brunswick High School as it was captured on top of the 4th Avenue hill in it's final school year of 1964-65. The beloved old school fell into disrepair after it was abandoned in the years until it was finally razed in 1976. (Photo from the 1965 BHS Railroader Yearbook courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Smoketown Schools current
- 18:1418:14, 10 April 2022 diff hist +149 N File:Sandy Hook MD 1.jpg A timeless photo of Sandy Hook by the tracks taken in the past 10 years. (Photo source unknown) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
- 18:1018:10, 10 April 2022 diff hist +1,047 N File:Marker-Freed Store Locust Valley.jpg This was the old Marker family store, the South Mountain Hennery Company, in Locust Valley near Burkittsville. At its heart is the historic general store building. William C. Marker erected the store in the early 1900s. This photo was taken in 1933 when it was still under the operation of Dora Marker soon before it was sold to Edwin and Mary Freed. The Marker Family farmed the adjoining land and William's son, Dora managed the store. Dora's wife, Mabel Fern Marker was a school teacher at... current
- 17:5617:56, 10 April 2022 diff hist +802 N File:1956-57 4th grade BES.jpg Part of the BHS Class of 1965 in their 4th grade group photo from Brunswick Elementary School. Photos were taken during the 1956-57 school year. The children are: Top row: John Younkins, Linda Lowery, Brenton Barger, Mrs. Frances Manuel, Billy Rhinemon, Miriam Arnold, James Reynolds, Nancy Grams (McBride) 2nd row: Mary Jane Frocke?, Mike Kronk, Becky Danner, Mary Margaret Lloyd (Slagle), Wayne Gosnell, Peggy Rhinemon 3rd row: Gil Caniford, Carolyn Gaynor, Paul Lake, Linda Barnhart, James... current
20 March 2022
- 17:2417:24, 20 March 2022 diff hist +199 N File:Baptist Children.jpeg This appears to be a Vacation Bible School class at the First Baptist Church circa 1960. (Photo courtesy of Michelle Lynn Osborne Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
19 March 2022
- 19:2519:25, 19 March 2022 diff hist +208 N File:Engine entering turntable.jpg B&O Pacific #5007 entering the turntable. Date is believed to be 1950 in the last days of steam locomotives. (Photo by Bob Flack. Potomac Chapter, NRHS Archive) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:2419:24, 19 March 2022 diff hist +207 N File:Engine at Coal Tipple.jpg B&O Pacific 5007 at the coaling station. Date is believed to be 1950 in the last days of steam locomotives. (Photo by Bob Flack. Potomac Chapter, NRHS Archive) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:1919:19, 19 March 2022 diff hist +208 N File:WB Tower looking west.jpg Interesting westward view of the WB Tower with the Red Men's Hall towering above on the right. The photo dates to 1906-07 (Photo courtesy of W. Frank Mathers) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
- 19:1819:18, 19 March 2022 diff hist +287 N File:Roby's out for a drive.jpg Looks like a Sunday drive? Tete Roby in back, James Roby driving a vintage Ford (female in front seat is hard to identify due to the glare on the windshield). Note the 1917 Maryland license plate. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Beginnings current
- 19:1719:17, 19 March 2022 diff hist +237 N File:Fireman's Parade Uniform.jpg This man is wearing a Brunswick Fire Company Parade Uniform. The background was used in Ocean City during annual fire conventions. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Keenan Wagner) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 19:1519:15, 19 March 2022 diff hist +286 N File:Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Haller .jpg An old photo from the early 1900s of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Haller in Brunswick. Mr. Haller was wearing his Red Men's Club uniform. Mr. Haller was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Redman. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Keenan Wagner) Category:Smoketown Organizations current
- 19:0819:08, 19 March 2022 diff hist +347 N File:1936 Flood Harpers Ferry 3.JPG A photo of Harpers Ferry in the Great St. Patrick's Day flood of March 17-19, 1936. The rivers rose to 36.5 feet--an all time record high. The Bollman Highway and Shenandoah Bridges were washed away. Many lower town businesses were left in ruins. (Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Museum) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
- 19:0719:07, 19 March 2022 diff hist +347 N File:1936 Flood Harpers Ferry 2.JPG A photo of Harpers Ferry in the Great St. Patrick's Day flood of March 17-19, 1936. The rivers rose to 36.5 feet--an all time record high. The Bollman Highway and Shenandoah Bridges were washed away. Many lower town businesses were left in ruins. (Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Museum) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
- 19:0619:06, 19 March 2022 diff hist +345 N File:1936 Flood Harpers Ferry.JPG Photo of Harpers Ferry in the Great St. Patrick's Day flood of March 17-19, 1936. The rivers rose to 36.5 feet--an all time record high. The Bollman Highway and Shenandoah Bridges were washed away. Many lower town businesses were left in ruins. (Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Museum) Category:Smoketown Great Floods current
- 19:0419:04, 19 March 2022 diff hist +357 N File:Nursemaid.jpeg Baby Ann Wenner in the arms of a "nurse maid" in 1934. We think the lady was Helen Twyman, who worked for the Wenner family for years in Brunswick and Ocean City. The photo was taken behind the Wenner home on the corner of Petersville and Souder Roads. (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage current
- 19:0319:03, 19 March 2022 diff hist +605 N File:Harrises.jpg Alfred and Estelle Harris, who resided at 209 East A Street. Mr. Harris was mayor of Brunswick from 1938 to 1942. He was an engineer on the B&O. According to Kim Myers: "Mrs. Harris was a housewife and music teacher. The couple never had children. Mr Harris passed away in 1950. Mrs Harris continued to live in the family home until her passing in 1960. I have very fond memories of her and would spend time in the evenings on the swing with her on her front porch telling her stories that I w... current
- 19:0119:01, 19 March 2022 diff hist +318 N File:Westbound Station desk.jpg A photo of Blair Harrington's desk in the Westbound Brunswick train station in 1982. Mr. Harrington was the Station Agent. He sold tickets for passenger trains. He also passed out railroader pay checks every payday. (Photo by Blair Harrington courtesy of Laura Alcarese) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
6 March 2022
- 18:2418:24, 6 March 2022 diff hist +923 N File:Nancy Virts BES Class.jpeg Mrs. Nancy Virts's combined 3rd-4th grade Brunswick Elementary School class from the 1965-66 school year. For the first half of the year, Mrs. Shirley Colvin taught the class before she was elevated to Assistant Principal under Principal Lee Smith. These students comprised the BHS classes of 1974 and 1975. Here's who we can identify: Front row: Johnny Kitts, Keith Mann, Drew Hawes, Billy Roelke, Galen Harsh, David Pearrell Second row: Kathy Corso, Susan Stauffer, Jeani Wolfe, Wendy Himes,... current
- 18:2018:20, 6 March 2022 diff hist +486 N File:SW George Employees 1960.jpeg Inside the S.W. George hardware store circa 1960. The business dates back to the early days of Brunswick with a store "Between the Tracks" and later on 302 W. Potomac Street from 1907 when the business was sold by the Georges to Leroy Strawsburg. Is this is the oldest business in a single location in Brunswick? From left-to-right are Harry George Jr, Betty Moyers (Brooks) and Sydnor (Sid) Bennett. (Photo courtesy of Randy George) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
- 18:1818:18, 6 March 2022 diff hist +448 N File:Swank & Son tag.jpeg Swank & Son luggage tag. Date unknown. Swank & Son Hardware operated out of a big building on W. Potomac Street to the left of People's Bank (later Farmers & Mechanics) that was razed for the right-of-way to the present Potomac River bridge. It was briefly home to People's Home & Auto after the Swanks went out of business in the post World War II era. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Merchant Langley) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 18:1418:14, 6 March 2022 diff hist +301 N File:Myers-Coffman Families.jpeg Myers & Coffman families pose while out for a drive in the country in the 1920s. From left to right are Oliver Myers, Mary Myers, Catherine Coffman and Russell Coffman. The children in back are Austin Myers and Burke Coffman. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown People current
26 February 2022
- 19:4719:47, 26 February 2022 diff hist +689 N File:Ethel & George Chick Portrait.jpeg Ethel and George Chick were married for 68 years until Mrs. Chick's passing in 1992. They went into the milk business together in 1928 when they purchased the Waterman Dairy business from Ethel's grandparents. Mr. Chick lived to ripe age of 101 in 2005. Here is a link to several stories on the Chick's life in the local milk production and delivery business in and around Brunswick, including one in Mr. Chick's own words: https://www.brunswickmdhistory.com/images/8/8c/Distinguished_Citizen_20... current
- 19:4419:44, 26 February 2022 diff hist +154 N File:City Bottling Works.jpeg Beautifully detailed old bottle from City Bottling Works in Brunswick (Photo courtesy of Asher Adelman) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 19:3219:32, 26 February 2022 diff hist +241 N File:Titus & Chick Bottle.jpeg Titus & Chick milk bottle. This partnership lasted from 1928-1943 before George Chick went into business with Woody Souder. This bottle is dated from 1933. (Photo courtesy of Asher Adelman) Category:Smoketown Advertising current
- 19:2719:27, 26 February 2022 diff hist +422 N File:BHS Fire Rebuilding Commences.jpg Frederick News article from March 1, 1928 on the plans to rebuild Brunswick High School using the existing walls, which were found by inspectors to have been in satisfactory condition. The school reopened in September, 1928 with the addition of an auditorium to the rear of the school, which also served as a gymnasium. (News clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 19:2519:25, 26 February 2022 diff hist +333 N File:BHS Fire Baltimore Sun.jpg Baltimore Evening Sun report on the devastating fire that engulfed the original Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue on January 31, 1928. According to the article, it was thought to have been caused by "defective electrical wires." (News clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
21 February 2022
- 20:2320:23, 21 February 2022 diff hist +194 N File:BHS Fire 9.jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:2220:22, 21 February 2022 diff hist +194 N File:BHS Fire 8.jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:2120:21, 21 February 2022 diff hist +194 N File:BHS Fire 7.jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:2020:20, 21 February 2022 diff hist +228 N File:BHS Fire 6 (1).jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. See the twisted desks and chairs. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:1920:19, 21 February 2022 diff hist +243 N File:BHS Fire 5.jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. This is a view of the south side of the school. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:1820:18, 21 February 2022 diff hist +227 N File:BHS Fire 4.jpeg Aftermath of the devastating fire of the first Brunswick High School on 4th Avenue in January 1928. This is a view of the back side. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance current
- 20:1620:16, 21 February 2022 diff hist +986 N File:BHS Fire 3.jpeg On a January night in 1928, horrified Brunswick residents witnessed the high school on 4th Avenue engulfed in flames. After the fire and during the subsequent renovation, makeshift classes were held in the First Methodist Church and in the old Red Men’s Hall, which was then occupied by the Eagles. Manual training classes were held at Karn’s Lumber Yard. Shorthand and typing classes were held on the 3rd floor of the Orrison Building. When time came to change classes, students did so by walking... current
- 00:2000:20, 21 February 2022 diff hist +549 N File:Early Brunswick House-Wenner's Addition.jpeg A photo of one of the many houses in what was then known as "Wenner's Addition" in the 1890s. It would be great to know exactly where this house was located and see what this house looks like today, if still standing Landowner William Waltman Wenner Jr. sold a big portion of his farmland in the West End of Brunswick to the B&O to build homes for railroaders and a school to educate their children. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode... current
- 00:1600:16, 21 February 2022 diff hist +313 N File:Lutheran Sunday School 19290s.jpeg Lutheran Sunday School photo, circa 1920: Back row (l to r): Millie Barger, Daisy Harrington, Lillian Taylor (Tater) Rosen, who worked for years at Wenner's store on N. Maple Avenue. Front row: Phyllis and Donald Harrington. (Photo courtesy of KIm Myers) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship current
- 00:1300:13, 21 February 2022 diff hist +451 N File:Dintermans.jpeg Mabel "Ginny" & Willie Dinterman at home on 4th Avenue or “High School Hill” in the 1940s. Mrs. Dinterman, who was active in community groups, lived to the ripe old age of 100. She was presented with a certificate of recognition by Mayor Jeff Snoots proclaiming "January 22, 2020 as Mabel Virginia Dinterman Day" shortly before her passing in April of that year. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown People current
- 00:0500:05, 21 February 2022 diff hist +276 N File:Rhythm Rails Brady & Coffman.jpeg Ronald Brady and Sally Coffman were part of the BHS "Rhythm Rails" back in 1951, when the school was located on 4th Avenue or "High School Hill". (Photo from the Joanne Runkles collection; Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Performance current
20 February 2022
- 23:4423:44, 20 February 2022 diff hist +575 N File:Miglio in Katz office.jpeg Frank Miglio in his element at S. and N. Katz on the square corner in Brunswick. Mr. Miglio was a longtime town councilman and business leader, having run the Katz jewelry store and watch repair shop on N. Maple and E. Potomac St., for years until it closed. As it's critical for trains to run on time, the watch business was big in Brunswick. He was made a Distinguished Citizen of Brunswick in 2018. Hard to tell what year the photo was taken despite the calendar. Looks like June 1974. (Cli... current
- 23:3923:39, 20 February 2022 diff hist +416 N File:Phyllis & Donald Harrington.jpeg Phyllis and Donald Harrington pose during the post World War I era at the family home on N. Maple Avenue. Phyllis married Leo Peyton and the Peytons eventually moved to Falls Church, VA. Donald moved back to Brunswick from West Virginia to take over Harrington's shoe repair shop on W. Potomac Street after his brother Bill's death in 1964. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Kids current
- 16:4916:49, 20 February 2022 diff hist +298 N File:Roby Family.jpeg Roby Family photo. From left are James P., Frank ("Tete'), James S. Mary (Payne), Barbara Ellen. Helen (Gaither) in front, about 1940. Tete's daughter Phyllis can be seen in the background behind the newspaper. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown People current
- 16:4616:46, 20 February 2022 diff hist +246 N File:Audrey Harrington.jpeg Audrey Harrington with her doll baby outside Conway's store on E. Potomac Street in the 1920s. We believe this store was located about a block east of the old Moose Club. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Kids current
19 February 2022
- 19:4719:47, 19 February 2022 diff hist +211 N File:Snowy Caboose.jpeg A lonely caboose sits in the snowy Brunswick B&O yards in 1899. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and the Brunswick History 101 series, episode 17) Category:Smoketown Big Snows current
- 19:4319:43, 19 February 2022 diff hist +221 N File:CR Shewbridge.jpeg Clarence Reginald Shewbridge cuts a dashing pose on a snowy day in the 1920s. This photo was taken at the family home at 16 N. Virginia Avenue. (Photo courtesy of Kermit Frye) Category:Smoketown People current
- 19:4119:41, 19 February 2022 diff hist +573 N File:Harrington Sisters M&M.jpeg This photo by Phil Peyton shows sisters Eva (standing) and Marie Harrington talking on their porch at the Harrington homeplace on N. Maple Avenue. Both lived there until their deaths in the 1960s. Eva never married and remained home to help her parents raise another 9 children. Marie and sister Maude Custer ran the M&M Market next to Brunswick Florist shop on W. Potomac Street across from the People's National Bank. Their store was known for their excellent homemade fudge and other candies.... current
- 19:4019:40, 19 February 2022 diff hist +392 N File:Peyton-Custers.jpeg isters Phyllis Harrington Peyton, Maude Harrington Custer and Gloria Custer in a photo dated to the mid 1930s. Maude married Raymond Custer in 1929. Gloria was the oldest daughter. Later the couple lived on W. B Street. Raymond worked at Kaplons and Maude operated the M&M market 2 doors down on W. Potomac Street. (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown People current
- 19:3819:38, 19 February 2022 diff hist +635 N File:Bill & Fent Wenner.jpeg Future Judge Bill Wenner gets a horseback ride from his Uncle Fent at the family farmhouse off N. Maple Avenue, circa 1934. The house dates back to around 1840 and still sits back across from the library. Judge Wenner told how Uncle Fent took him to Washington Senators games in the pre-World War II era. For years, Charles Fenton Wenner II was the eastbound trainmaster in the B&O yards in Brunswick. Three generations of Wenners lived in the family homeplace at that time. Fent later lived in t... current
- 19:3219:32, 19 February 2022 diff hist +190 N File:Harrington Sisters.jpeg Phyllis and Audrey Harrington in the early 30s. They lived on N. Maple Avenue, otherwise known as "Wenner's Hill". (Photo courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown People current
- 19:2919:29, 19 February 2022 diff hist +448 N File:Huffman Wedding.jpeg Newlyweds Sharon Porter and Bill Huffman walk down the aisle at Bethany Lutheran Church on June 25, 1955. High school sweethearts, the Huffmans were together for 71 years. Bill was part of some excellent BHS baseball teams in the early 1950s. Several of the players, including Bill, were given tryouts for one of the New York major league teams. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Carlini) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
- 19:2719:27, 19 February 2022 diff hist +1,543 N File:B&O Thoroughfare Town Between Tracks.jpeg This early photo of the Brunswick B&O thoroughfare is believed to date to 1909-11. You can see the WB Tower and an outline of the original roundhouse in the background at around "1 o'clock". What was left of the "Town Between the Track can be seen in the foreground right. According to John Roby Morsberger, here are some notes: 1. At first glance, I thought the platform on the left was concrete, but closer examination appears to be large timbers. 2. A magnifying glass on the original photo... current
- 19:1619:16, 19 February 2022 diff hist +362 N File:Harpers Ferry 1865.jpeg A view of the highly strategic B&O Railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry in 1865. Overall, this B&O route was critical to the Union victory after Western Virginia voted to secede from Virginia in 1861 due to access to the important coal and timber resources of the WVA-Ohio region. (Photo from the Library of Congress) Category:Smoketown Railroad current