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• 17:24, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gathland Postcard.jpeg (This old postcard depicts the estate of George Alfred Townsend adjacent to the War Correspondents' Arch that he built in 1896. Townsend wrote under the pen name "Gath", which was derived by adding an "H" to his initials, and inspired by the biblical passage II Samuel 1:20, "Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askalon." The backstory is that in 1884, Townsend began building this baronial estate in the Catoctin Mountains called "Gapland," near Burkittsville. Gapland was built...)
• 17:21, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Ceres Bethel AME Church 1975.jpg (The Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1975. Was it still in operation then? The old church is located above Burkittsville just before you reach the War Correspondent's Arch in Gapland. Situated next to a vineyard, the site includes a church and a cemetery. Graves in the cemetery date from 1870-2010 and it is the final resting place for some prominent African-Americans from Frederick County. (Photo courtesy of South Mountain Heritage Society) [[Category:Smoketown Afr...)
• 17:19, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:White's Ferry.jpg (An old photo of White's Ferry. White's Ferry was the last remaining cable ferry service that carried cars, bicycles, and pedestrians across the Potomac River between Loudoun County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland. The location offered fishing services and water recreation including canoeing. It transported approximately 600 customers daily until closing in 2020. The Ferry had a very long term lease with the landowner on the Virginia side. When it came time to renew the new the le...)
• 17:16, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 17:14, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 17:10, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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...)
• 16:56, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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...)
• 14:50, 10 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Patty Ventimiglia obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 8, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:40, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 48, January 29, 1892.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 21:38, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 47, January 22, 1892.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 21:37, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 46, January 15, 1892.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 21:35, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 45, January 8, 1892.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 21:34, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 44, January 1, 1892.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 21:28, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Historic WB rail tower being moved 2022, The Frederick News-Post, March 29, 2022.pdf ("Historic West Brunswick rail tower being moved," by Patrick Kernan, The Frederick News-Post, March 29, 2022. Category:Railroad)
• 21:19, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Governor budgets $1.5 million to replace Brunswick water lines, The Frederick News-Post, March 30, 2022.pdf ("Local projects included in Hogan supplemental budget," by Jack Hogan, The Frederick News-Post, March 30, 2022. Category:Public Works)
• 21:16, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Drunk driving on moonshine on Petersville Road in 1922, The Frederick News-Post historical reprint, April 1, 1922.pdf (Category:History of Brunswick)
• 21:13, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Frank DuVal remembered at Delaplaine Arts Center, The Frederick News-Post, March 31, 2022.pdf (Category:Art Category:People)
• 21:10, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Lacrosse Brunswick boys beat Walkersville 11-6, The Frederick News-Post, April 2, 2022.pdf (Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 21:06, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Jordan Conner obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 1, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:03, 3 April 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Robert Spring obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 29, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:51, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Shanine Lawson obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 26, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:49, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Evelyn Himes obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 26, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:46, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Ronald Boyce obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 24, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:43, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Victoria Laster obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 23, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:40, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Charlotte Pearl Hicks obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 23, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:38, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:William Longerbeam obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 22, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:35, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Linda Hoffman obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 22, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:32, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Evelyn Wilson obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 21, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:21, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Frank Stroup dead from drinking moonshine in 1922, The Frederick News-Post historical reprint, March 27, 1922.pdf (Category:History of Brunswick)
• 14:20, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Lacrosse Brunswick boys beat Thomas Johnson 8-6, The Frederick News-Post, March 23, 2022.pdf ("Roaders hold off Patriots," by John Cannon, The Frederick News-Post, March 23, 2022. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 14:18, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Cassidy Rhodes named Athlete of the Month, The Frederick News-Post, March 26, 2022.pdf (Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 14:14, 27 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Baseball Brunswick defeats Smithsburg 6-5, The Frederick News-Post, March 26, 2022.pdf ("Roaders pick off dramatic win," by Greg Swatek, The Frederick News-Post, March 26, 2022. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 16:24, 20 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 15:07, 20 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Two men arrested for stealing 300 pairs of pantyhose from a freight car in 1921, The Frederick News-Post historical reprint, November 16, 1921.pdf ("George Grove, about 47 years old, and Brown Turner, about 20, both of Brunswick, were arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Morgan Runkles and B. and 0 . Detective Axline, charged with stealing about 300 pairs of women's woolen hose from a freight car, and lodged in jail. About one hundred pair of the stolen hose were found sewed in pillow cases at the homes of the two men." Category:History of Brunswick)
• 14:55, 20 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 43, December 25, 1891.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 14:55, 20 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 42, December 18, 1891.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 14:53, 20 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 41, December 11, 1891.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 14:51, 20 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:The Brunswick Herald Vol. 1 No. 40, December 4, 1891.pdf (Category:The Brunswick Herald Newspaper (1891-1910))
• 14:45, 20 March 2022 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Brenda McFadden obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 14, 2022.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 18:25, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:24, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:19, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:18, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:17, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:15, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:08, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:07, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:06, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:04, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 18:03, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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...)