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• 18:43, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Lion's Club Scholarships.jpg (Brunswick Lions Club sponsorships from the Spring of 1966. As many of us know, Kathy Crone went on to a distinguished teaching career and was a beloved teacher at Brunswick Elementary School. Unfortunately, we don't know what became of Sylvia's career path. (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 18:43, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Lion's Club Scholarships.jpg (Brunswick Lions Club sponsorships from the Spring of 1966. As many of us know, Kathy Crone went on to a distinguished teaching career and was a beloved teacher at Brunswick Elementary School. Unfortunately, we don't know what became of Sylvia's career path. (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 18:36, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Tri-State View 2021.jpg (A beautiful, timeless view of where 3 states come together--West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia. (Photo courtesy of Kace McField) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 18:36, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Tri-State View 2021.jpg (A beautiful, timeless view of where 3 states come together--West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia. (Photo courtesy of Kace McField) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 18:31, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Washington Monument Postcard.jpg (Here is an undated postcard of the Washington Monument outside Boonsboro. Judging from the attire of the people on the top of the monument, especially the ladies, the photo likely dates to the turn of the 20th Century or earlier. Built in 1827, the original tower was the first monument dedicated to George Washington to be completed. Although it was a popular meeting place for the citizenry of Boonsboro, weather and vandalism reduced the monument to rubble. In that condition, it was used by th...)
• 18:31, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Washington Monument Postcard.jpg (Here is an undated postcard of the Washington Monument outside Boonsboro. Judging from the attire of the people on the top of the monument, especially the ladies, the photo likely dates to the turn of the 20th Century or earlier. Built in 1827, the original tower was the first monument dedicated to George Washington to be completed. Although it was a popular meeting place for the citizenry of Boonsboro, weather and vandalism reduced the monument to rubble. In that condition, it was used by th...)
• 18:30, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:War Correspondents Arch Postcard.jpg (An old postcard of the War Correspondents Arch, located just over the Frederick County border in Washington County, Maryland, on the top of South Mountain at Gathland State Park on old Route 40. This is the only monument in the world dedicated to the memory of war correspondents. This unusual piece of masonry was erected by George Alfred Townsend, who was a famous author and war correspondent himself. The notation on the back of the postcard said that it is visited annually by thousands. is...)
• 18:30, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:War Correspondents Arch Postcard.jpg (An old postcard of the War Correspondents Arch, located just over the Frederick County border in Washington County, Maryland, on the top of South Mountain at Gathland State Park on old Route 40. This is the only monument in the world dedicated to the memory of war correspondents. This unusual piece of masonry was erected by George Alfred Townsend, who was a famous author and war correspondent himself. The notation on the back of the postcard said that it is visited annually by thousands. is...)
• 18:28, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Tri-State Postcard.jpg (This is the inscription on the back of this undated postcard about this focal point of the tri-state area: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Where Three States Meet One of the most picturesque spots in this locality is Harpers Ferry, often termed the "Switzerland of America". Steep wooded mountains surround the town and the waters of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers divide Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia at this point. Historically important because it was the scene of John Brown's rai...)
• 18:28, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Tri-State Postcard.jpg (This is the inscription on the back of this undated postcard about this focal point of the tri-state area: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Where Three States Meet One of the most picturesque spots in this locality is Harpers Ferry, often termed the "Switzerland of America". Steep wooded mountains surround the town and the waters of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers divide Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia at this point. Historically important because it was the scene of John Brown's rai...)
• 18:24, 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...)
• 18:24, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 18:21, 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...)
• 18:21, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 18:19, 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...)
• 18:19, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 18:16, 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)
• 18:16, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 18:14, 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)
• 18:14, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 18:10, 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...)
• 18:10, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 17:56, 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...)
• 17:56, 10 April 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 17:24, 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)
• 17:24, 20 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:25, 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)
• 19:25, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:24, 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)
• 19:24, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:19, 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)
• 19:19, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:18, 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)
• 19:18, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:17, 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)
• 19:17, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:15, 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)
• 19:15, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:08, 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)
• 19:08, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:07, 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)
• 19:07, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:06, 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)
• 19:06, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:04, 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)
• 19:04, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 19:03, 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...)
• 19:03, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 19:01, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded 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)
• 19:01, 19 March 2022 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)