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| 20:00, 19 February 2024 | Bill Peer & Melody Boys & Girls with Patsy Cline.jpg (file) |  |
46 KB | Pwenner | Bill Peer and the Melody Boys and Girls, circa 1954. Bill Peer is standing on the left holding his guitar. Future country music legend Patsy Cline is seated 3rd from left. Patsy (nee Virginia Hensley) joined the band after an audition at the Brunswick Moose lodge on September 27, 1952 after an audition. Bill hired her on the spot and convinced her to change her name to "Patsy", which was short for her middle name Patterson. She married Gerald Cline in December, 1952. Patsy Cline was a membe... | 1 |
| 19:56, 19 February 2024 | Reed Canal Boat.jpg (file) |  |
177 KB | Pwenner | Here we see the Reed, a canal boat that was typical in the late 19th Century. African Americans worked as deck hands on canal boats, but were banned from owning their own until after the Civil War. There were black boat captains during the 1870s. By the final years of the canal, however, only one African American canal boat family was still listed. Once boatbuilder Canal Towage began supplying the canal boats, the days of each boat having a unique name like the Reed faded into the past. Inst... | 1 |
| 19:54, 19 February 2024 | Victor-Kaplon-and-Family.jpg (file) |  |
371 KB | Pwenner | This formal photo shows a prosperous young Kaplon family, circa 1895. From left (we believe) are daughter Fanny, wife Ida, daughters Annie and Elizabeth (sitting), sons Myer and Abraham or Amos. Victor Kaplon escaped from Russia with his brother on a ship hidden under a load of hay and came to America in the 1880s. He started as a peddler carrying his pack, a walking department store, selling his wares in Virginia and Washington County, Maryland. Eventually, Victor and family owned and oper... | 1 |
| 19:51, 19 February 2024 | Christmas Tree A Street Veterans Pk.jpg (file) |  |
192 KB | Pwenner | Lighted Christmas tree at night in Veteran's Memorial Park on A Street where there has long been a Christmas display of some kind. We believe this was taken sometime in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 21:09, 18 February 2024 | Sports Awards Old Fire Hall.png (file) |  |
2.47 MB | Pwenner | This photo, which we guess was taken in the late-1950s, shows a young man at a podium at the old fire hall with several sports trophies to be awarded. The men in the audience are believed to be Bob Derflinger and Bob Grams, sports cartoonist for the Baltimore News American. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Parades and Celebrations | 1 |
| 21:05, 18 February 2024 | Basketball Boys Old High School Gym.jpeg (file) |  |
326 KB | Pwenner | A basketball game at the old high school gym on 4th Avenue in late 1950s. Jenifer Kidwell Looks a lot like Tony Walker behind the player going up for the tip off. Nancy Ferrell Piper #9 Bobby Mullins? Jennifer I agree on your Dad (Tony Walker) and jumper John Good? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Sports | 1 |
| 21:01, 18 February 2024 | Souder & Chick Dairy Milk Bottle Processing.jpeg (file) |  |
191 KB | Pwenner | Here's a scene of milk bottles being processed at the old Souder & Chick Dairy on Brunswick Street. These bottles were delivered directly to the doors of people in and around Brunswick. Alice Wiles My dad delivered Milk for them. Loved the chocolate milk in glass bottles. Garland Young I remember as an elementary student we were given a tour of the dairy and how it operated. Richard Bowers My grandparents (Paul & Viola Koogle) lived across from the dairy. We would go over and watch the b... | 1 |
| 20:55, 18 February 2024 | Mr. & Mrs. Charles Magalis.jpeg (file) |  |
331 KB | Pwenner | The library identified the folks in this lovely portrait as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Magalis. Showing off a new grandchild perhaps? The photo appears to have been taken in the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown People | 1 |
| 20:45, 18 February 2024 | Frozen River 1985.JPG (file) |  |
582 KB | Pwenner | This dramatic photo shows a frozen Potomac River on January 24, 1985. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal | 1 |
| 20:39, 18 February 2024 | East End School 1930s class photo.jpeg (file) |  |
1.86 MB | Pwenner | A 1930s photo of students at the old East Brunswick Elementary School. We believe Teeny Wenner (Phillips) was seated 3rd from right in the front row. Gloria Moore Crowl: "Teacher could possibly be my Aunt Frances Moore Burgee, depending on the year. I know she taught Third Grade." Patricia Marsh Patricia and Joan Brengle 3rd and 4th from left in front row. (Photo courtesy of Marsha Sutfin from the Teeny Phillips Collection) Category: Smoketown Schools | 1 |
| 20:36, 18 February 2024 | Snowy Westbound Yard 1960.jpeg (file) |  |
3.53 MB | Pwenner | This Winter view of a largely inactive westbound yard was part of a 1960 article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". While ironic in retrospect 64 years later, it was in many ways prescient. At the time, the U.S. economy was in recession and the westbound hump operations had been moved to Cumberland. Yet some furloughed car repair workers expected to be recalled as snowy conditions created extra maintenance jobs. Mayor James Cummings and Bank of Brunswick executive Emory Frye were optimistic... | 1 |
| 20:33, 18 February 2024 | Point of Rock Original Station.JPG (file) |  |
140 KB | Pwenner | This photo, which may date to the 1890s or early 20th Century, shows the original train station in Point of Rocks that serviced the old mainline trains. Art Reid believes the location was "down towards the current park where the other houses and businesses were located track side." We don't know when this station opened, but according to the B&O Railroad timeline, the line reached Point of Rocks in April, 1832. Matt Watson documented that The Eli Mercier flour mill visible on the left was lis... | 1 |
| 20:27, 18 February 2024 | English Bell Choir.jpg (file) |  |
159 KB | Pwenner | The English Hand Bell Choir performed at the New York Hill Methodist Church in the Christmas season, circa 1964. (Blade-Times clipping courtesy of Kim Myers) Category: Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 20:25, 18 February 2024 | Brunswick Boys Sledding.JPG (file) |  |
517 KB | Pwenner | Some Brunswick boys get set to sled down the hill between the old Harrington shoe shop and Hudson Row off W. Potomac Street, circa 1966. From left are Phil Lowery, Jackie Minnick, Terry Staubs, Junior Lowery and Bobby Conner. To try to date the photo, this was between the time the grocery store closed and the Berlin Restaurant opened in the old Mace Building where King's Pizza is today. (Blade-Times Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Category: Smoketo... | 1 |
| 20:04, 18 February 2024 | Guy Lombardo Sonny Cannon.jpg (file) |  |
299 KB | Pwenner | At one of his many appearances with The Royal Canadiens at the ballroom above the old Brunswick fire hall on W. Potomac Street, bandleader Guy Lombardo (right) poses with (from left) Fire Chief H.E. "Sonny" Cannon, Brunswick City Councilwoman Nellie Roby and business leader Harry Nicholson. Lombardo and the band played at least seven Easter Sundays in a row in the 1950s and '60s, according to Cannon in a 1967 Washington Post interview. According to Wayne Smith: "I'm not really sure of the ye... | 1 |
| 09:38, 8 February 2024 | B&O Railroad Steam Engines Lined Up in Baltimore.png (file) |  |
1 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Category:Railroad Obtained by David McIntosh from the B&O Railroad Museum. | 1 |
| 09:36, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 13 - Harper's Ferry.jpg (file) |  |
11.67 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:35, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 12 - Sandy Hook.jpg (file) |  |
15.05 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:34, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 11 - Weverton.jpg (file) |  |
15.39 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:33, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 10 - Knoxville.jpg (file) |  |
13.96 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:32, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 9 - Extension of Brunswick West Yard.jpg (file) |  |
17.6 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:31, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 8 - Brunswick West Yard.jpg (file) |  |
19.59 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:29, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 7 - Brunswick Roundhouse and Coal Tipple.jpg (file) |  |
19.46 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:16, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 6 - Brunswick East Yard.jpg (file) |  |
17.55 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:12, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 5 - Little Catoctin Creek.jpg (file) |  |
10.93 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:12, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 4 - Catoctin Creek.jpg (file) |  |
11.9 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:11, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 3 - Lock 29.jpg (file) |  |
9.63 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:09, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 2 - Lock 28.jpg (file) |  |
10.17 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 09:07, 8 February 2024 | 1918 B&O Track Map V17.3 1 - Point of Rocks.jpg (file) |  |
14.25 MB | Jcaves | Category:1918 B&O Railroad Track Maps Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
| 18:56, 28 December 2023 | Mar-lu-ridge chapel.jpg (file) |  |
195 KB | Pwenner | The Salem-on-the-Mountain Chapel at Mar-Lu-Ridge with its renowned view of the Potomac River and valley below. BHS alumni fondly remember weeklong excursions to the camp as part of Mr. Frank Mullen's 8th grade science curriculum. Mar-Lu-Ridge was founded in 1959 as the Outdoor Ministry of the Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church. The initial construction efforts included a lodge for dining and four cabins the first year that summer camp was held. In 1962, the chapel was constructed and in 1... | 1 |
| 17:11, 15 December 2023 | E53CA03F-F05B-4AB8-9F0A-B3EFCFABD29E.webm (file) | 23.98 MB | Dhuscha | 1 | ||
| 17:09, 15 December 2023 | B26DF6D4-7BF8-4A6E-B3E0-240961CD181B.webm (file) | 28.31 MB | Dhuscha | 1 | ||
| 17:07, 15 December 2023 | C9686BD6-E80B-44B3-A47C-B3EE45C3A40D.webm (file) | 14.81 MB | Dhuscha | 1 | ||
| 16:56, 15 December 2023 | 5CB93E2F-7F9A-48BC-A2C4-E8D76578D5A7.webm (file) | 15.15 MB | Dhuscha | 1 | ||
| 19:31, 11 December 2023 | Howard Lewis-Champ.png (file) |  |
3.41 MB | Pwenner | The amusing notation at the library for this photo was "Man with Angry Dog". The gentleman has been identified as Rosemont resident and Kaplon neighbor Howard Lewis with his dog Champ. It was likely taken in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People | 1 |
| 19:29, 11 December 2023 | Fire Councilmen-Police.jpeg (file) |  |
361 KB | Pwenner | Brunswick City Councilman Willard "Pickett" Barger and his wife Millie are shown facing the camera at Chief Sonny Cannon's March 9, 1978 retirement dinner at the old fire hall. Fellow councilman Frank Strakonsky was across the table in profile. The two policemen were Officers Miller and McCleaf. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Police - Fire - Ambulance | 1 |
| 19:26, 11 December 2023 | Phillips Insurance Burch-Lewis.png (file) |  |
4.59 MB | Pwenner | Ernestine Burch and Jo Ann Lewis appear to have just finished trimming the Christmas Tree at Phillips Insurance Company on W. Potomac Street in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 19:18, 11 December 2023 | Brunswick Archway.jpg (file) |  |
78 KB | Pwenner | The “Brunswick Archway”is a project of the Frederick Arts Council (FAC) as part of their public art program. The purpose of the gateway arch is to welcome visitors coming to Brunswick, including hikers and cyclists from the C&O Canal towpath, trainriders, campground users andboaters. The arch was designed as a replica of a bridge span from the 1893 iron truss bridge that crossed the Potomac River. That bridge existed until 1955 when it was demolished after construction of the current concret... | 1 |
| 19:16, 11 December 2023 | Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel 2.jpg (file) |  |
309 KB | Pwenner | Another view of the basement tunnel under the Meadows Building. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization | 1 |
| 18:49, 11 December 2023 | Meadows Bldg Old Signs.jpg (file) |  |
291 KB | Pwenner | Found in the basement of the Meadows Building. Large mugs on tap for only 15 cents! These signs may have predated My Sister's Place when the bar was called Beaver's Tavern. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization | 1 |
| 18:27, 11 December 2023 | Meadows Bldg Basement Tunnel.jpg (file) |  |
518 KB | Pwenner | The tunnel under the Meadows Building is a source of interesting speculation. Could it have housed a gambling room or prohibition era speakeasy? The tunnel led from this building to the one next door. Could it have provided as escape route up onto W. Potomac if it were one or the other? It's also possible the reason for its existence was innocent. Gene Fauble I remember that area. Fritz Powers used it for storage for the bar and restaurant back in the early 80s. Taffie Wilson My grandfather... | 1 |
| 18:11, 11 December 2023 | Meadows Bldg Cupola.jpg (file) |  |
316 KB | Pwenner | Inside the cupola of the old Meadows Building during renovations in December 2023. (Photo courtesy of Mayor Nathan Brown) Category:Smoketown Downtown Revitalization | 1 |
| 21:18, 7 December 2023 | Diamond Jubilee Townsmen.jpg (file) |  |
148 KB | Pwenner | In honor of the 1965 Diamond Jubilee Celebration, many local men grew facial hair and donned clothing in 1890s fashion. Here is a full group of the celebrants on the corner of W. Potomac Street and S. Virginia Avenue. We were able to identify: First row: Frank Miglio (1st from left) Middle row: Herb Daugherty (6th from left), Lyman Crawford (10th), Lynn Follin (13th), Ted Lackey (15th), Linwood Moss (16th on the end) Back row: Red Phillips (7th) (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick... | 1 |
| 21:09, 7 December 2023 | Christmas Tree Cutting Mace-Bowers-Schnauffer-Baker.jpeg (file) |  |
499 KB | Pwenner | Some Brunswick Rotarians out in search of Christmas trees to chop down. From left are former mayor and furniture store owner Harry Mace, Littens' Chevrolet-Olds key salesman and community leader Richard Bowers, garage owner West Schnauffer (Corner of A Street & S. Maple Avenue) and Lytle Baker, whose back was to the camera (Insurance Broker). (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Christmas | 1 |
| 21:04, 7 December 2023 | First Methodist Fellowship Hall Pastor Bennett.jpeg (file) |  |
304 KB | Pwenner | First Methodist minister Reverend George Bennett and his wife Sadie are shown facing the camera at a church celebration. We believe this was the late 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship | 1 |
| 21:01, 7 December 2023 | Country Butchering Farmers Woods in shadows.png (file) |  |
2.18 MB | Pwenner | Country butchering at the Farmers Woods. Maybe late 1960s? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown Farm Community | 1 |
| 20:57, 7 December 2023 | Cummings Funk McKeldin.jpeg (file) |  |
377 KB | Pwenner | Brunswick Mayor James E. Cummings listens as Maryland State Roads Commission Chairman John B. Funk makes a point to Governor Theodore R. McKeldin. A clue to what they may have been discussing is that Mr. Funk served as Chairman from 1959-66. Maybe the construction of a new Rt. 340? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Politics and Public Works | 1 |
| 20:50, 7 December 2023 | Country Butchering-Hog Killing at Browns.jpg (file) |  |
230 KB | Pwenner | Big kettles heating up during a country butchering a long time ago. These community events often took place on Thanksgiving morning or the day after as many farm families and organizations prepared food for the less fortunate. From other photos we have, this butchering appears to have taken place at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Lovettsville in the 1950s. What's going on here appears to be a hog killing operation. According to Ronald Carbaugh: "The five gallon bucket h... | 1 |
| 20:42, 7 December 2023 | Country Butchering Hog Killing.jpg (file) |  |
102 KB | Pwenner | Big kettles heating up during a country butchering a long time ago. These community events often took place on Thanksgiving morning or the day after as many farm families and organizations prepared food for the less fortunate. From other photos we have, this butchering appears to have taken place at the Ida and Lev Brown farm on Quarter Branch Road in Lovettsville in the 1950s. What's going on here appears to be a hog killing operation. According to Ronald Carbaugh: "The five gallon bucket... | 1 |
| 20:34, 21 November 2023 | Close-up of roundhouse area from 1918 track map.jpg (file) |  |
1.82 MB | Jcaves | Category:Maps of Brunswick Provided courtesy of David McIntosh. | 1 |
