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• 20:20, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Community Band Circa 1915.jpg (The Brunswick Community Band, circa 1915. Town bands were once commonplace, and many small towns in our region had one. The trombone player on the bottom left is reportedly Grover "Tops" Stewart. Third row back and second from the right holding a trumpet is Frank A. Barker. Charles Booth is believed to have been the last man on the top row holding his tuba. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick" by Mary H. Rubin...)
• 20:20, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Community Band Circa 1915.jpg (The Brunswick Community Band, circa 1915. Town bands were once commonplace, and many small towns in our region had one. The trombone player on the bottom left is reportedly Grover "Tops" Stewart. Third row back and second from the right holding a trumpet is Frank A. Barker. Charles Booth is believed to have been the last man on the top row holding his tuba. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick" by Mary H. Rubin...)
• 20:14, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Amber Dykes Fashion Contest.jpg (Brunswick High's Amber Dykes won fourth place in a statewide clothing design contest in 1987. Amber went on the work wardrobe for Tyler Perry and other prominent entertainers. The Brunswick Citizen, January 22, 1987. (Clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Kids)
• 20:14, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Amber Dykes Fashion Contest.jpg (Brunswick High's Amber Dykes won fourth place in a statewide clothing design contest in 1987. Amber went on the work wardrobe for Tyler Perry and other prominent entertainers. The Brunswick Citizen, January 22, 1987. (Clipping courtesy of City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Kids)
• 20:03, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1924 Flood Aerial View Virginia Side.jpg (This early aviation aerial photo shows the raging Potomac River leaving its banks on the Virginia side of the old bridge. When this photo was taken in May, 1924, the bridge had been ordered closed to all traffic heading to and from Brunswick, which was obviously the right call as it was under deep water. At the approach, we see the old bridge tollhouse on the left that was destroyed by the historic flood of 1936. The section closest to the bridge access ramp was demolished in 1955 when the n...)
• 20:03, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1924 Flood Aerial View Virginia Side.jpg (This early aviation aerial photo shows the raging Potomac River leaving its banks on the Virginia side of the old bridge. When this photo was taken in May, 1924, the bridge had been ordered closed to all traffic heading to and from Brunswick, which was obviously the right call as it was under deep water. At the approach, we see the old bridge tollhouse on the left that was destroyed by the historic flood of 1936. The section closest to the bridge access ramp was demolished in 1955 when the n...)
• 19:59, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Eastbound Classification Yard 1975.JPG (A serene view of the Eastbound Yard in New Addition exists happily in many of our memories. Michael Campbell That is the Classification Yard. If you zoom in, you can see the power poles. They separated the even and odd numbered tracks. The even are where the coal cars are and the odd are the mixed freight cars. Ed Hartman I lived along the the Washington Branch and could lay in my bed and see in the cab of the Engine as it passed. Could also the conductor sitting in the caboose I was always...)
• 19:59, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Eastbound Classification Yard 1975.JPG (A serene view of the Eastbound Yard in New Addition exists happily in many of our memories. Michael Campbell That is the Classification Yard. If you zoom in, you can see the power poles. They separated the even and odd numbered tracks. The even are where the coal cars are and the odd are the mixed freight cars. Ed Hartman I lived along the the Washington Branch and could lay in my bed and see in the cab of the Engine as it passed. Could also the conductor sitting in the caboose I was always...)
• 19:56, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Rt. 180 Little Catoctin Creek.jpeg (Here's a Winter rural scene of Little Catoctin Creek off Rts. 180 and 17 near Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown In and Around)
• 19:56, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Rt. 180 Little Catoctin Creek.jpeg (Here's a Winter rural scene of Little Catoctin Creek off Rts. 180 and 17 near Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category: Smoketown In and Around)
• 19:50, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Garland Grams and Jean.JPG (Garland Grams is shown posing with his daughter Jean in front of a beautiful 1954 Buick Roadmaster. We assume that Mr. Grams got a good deal on the car since he sold Buicks at his service station located on Petersville Road. The photo was taken when the Grams family lived near the Farmers Picnic Woods between the Lutmans and the Mains. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category: Smoketown People)
• 19:50, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Garland Grams and Jean.JPG (Garland Grams is shown posing with his daughter Jean in front of a beautiful 1954 Buick Roadmaster. We assume that Mr. Grams got a good deal on the car since he sold Buicks at his service station located on Petersville Road. The photo was taken when the Grams family lived near the Farmers Picnic Woods between the Lutmans and the Mains. (Photo courtesy of John Brubaker) Category: Smoketown People)
• 19:47, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mary Lou Walker.JPG (Mary Lou Walker delivers a duckpin ball at the old Brunswick Bowling Center on 620 Souder Road in the 1960s. From all reports, Mary Lou was an excellent Tuesday Night league bowler. Janet Roudabousch Biser I would say that Mary Lou was probably the best lady bowler at the Brunswick alley. She was a great bowler. Judy Ware She was one of Brunswick's great bowlers. Anna Rentzel Wow, that brings back a lot of memories, we had a lot of fun in those days. She was hard to beat!!!! (Photo court...)
• 19:47, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mary Lou Walker.JPG (Mary Lou Walker delivers a duckpin ball at the old Brunswick Bowling Center on 620 Souder Road in the 1960s. From all reports, Mary Lou was an excellent Tuesday Night league bowler. Janet Roudabousch Biser I would say that Mary Lou was probably the best lady bowler at the Brunswick alley. She was a great bowler. Judy Ware She was one of Brunswick's great bowlers. Anna Rentzel Wow, that brings back a lot of memories, we had a lot of fun in those days. She was hard to beat!!!! (Photo court...)
• 17:17, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Potomac River Bridge in Snow.JPG (We've seen several photos of the old 1893 bridge looking towards Brunswick, but this snowy view seems rare. No current member of the Brunswick History Commission had seen it before. With the houses on N. Dayton Avenue in view above the old West End Elementary School that were built in 1920, this photo likely dates to the decade of the Roaring '20s. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 17:17, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge in Snow.JPG (We've seen several photos of the old 1893 bridge looking towards Brunswick, but this snowy view seems rare. No current member of the Brunswick History Commission had seen it before. With the houses on N. Dayton Avenue in view above the old West End Elementary School that were built in 1920, this photo likely dates to the decade of the Roaring '20s. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Harsh Baker) Category: Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 17:13, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1924 Flood Tollhouse on Virginia Side.jpeg (This photo shows the toll gates on the Virginia side of the old Brunswick bridge. The tollgate was in use until October 15th, 1934, when the road became part of the Maryland State Road System and became toll free. This image was taken when the May 14th, 1924 floodwaters came right up to the toll gate. The toll house was torn down when the new bridge was completed in 1955. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; Info excerpted from “Images of America: Brunswick”...)
• 17:13, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1924 Flood Tollhouse on Virginia Side.jpeg (This photo shows the toll gates on the Virginia side of the old Brunswick bridge. The tollgate was in use until October 15th, 1934, when the road became part of the Maryland State Road System and became toll free. This image was taken when the May 14th, 1924 floodwaters came right up to the toll gate. The toll house was torn down when the new bridge was completed in 1955. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; Info excerpted from “Images of America: Brunswick”...)
• 17:01, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:West End Receiving Yard Demolition 1989.jpg (Despite the sad circumstances, this is a nice perspective looking toward Weverton Cliffs as the west end of the receiving yard at Knoxville was being dismantled in 1989. The piles of rails were almost surreal. The small pile in the front are angle bars used to connect sections of rail together. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
• 17:01, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:West End Receiving Yard Demolition 1989.jpg (Despite the sad circumstances, this is a nice perspective looking toward Weverton Cliffs as the west end of the receiving yard at Knoxville was being dismantled in 1989. The piles of rails were almost surreal. The small pile in the front are angle bars used to connect sections of rail together. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
• 16:58, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Car Yard Demolition 1.jpg (Here's another sad shot of the Brunswick car yard demolition in 1989. The blue building next to the track is the lumber shed. To the extreme left, you can see the remains of the hump and piles of rails. Beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains toward the gap. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
• 16:58, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Car Yard Demolition 1.jpg (Here's another sad shot of the Brunswick car yard demolition in 1989. The blue building next to the track is the lumber shed. To the extreme left, you can see the remains of the hump and piles of rails. Beautiful view of the Blue Ridge Mountains toward the gap. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
• 16:51, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1920px-Building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street, destroyed by fire.jpg (This old building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street was then home to the A. Hemp Jr. Meat & Grocery Store and MacKenzie's Ice Cream Parlor in the early 20th Century. The folks posing in front of Hemp's are from left, Charles Bowers, Abe Hemp, unknown. Outside MacKenzie's were Paul MacKenzie, future confectionary owner Betz Mills and his brother Howard. Note the dirt street. We believe that the photo dates to the early 1900s since the Mills brothers were born in the 1890s. The building...)
• 16:51, 17 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1920px-Building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street, destroyed by fire.jpg (This old building in the 200 Block of West Potomac Street was then home to the A. Hemp Jr. Meat & Grocery Store and MacKenzie's Ice Cream Parlor in the early 20th Century. The folks posing in front of Hemp's are from left, Charles Bowers, Abe Hemp, unknown. Outside MacKenzie's were Paul MacKenzie, future confectionary owner Betz Mills and his brother Howard. Note the dirt street. We believe that the photo dates to the early 1900s since the Mills brothers were born in the 1890s. The building...)
• 11:24, 17 March 2024 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:African-American History in Brunswick, History Commission presentation given on March 9, 2024.pdf ([[Category:Genealogy] Category:Cemeteries Category:History of Brunswick Category:Schools The slides from a presentation given by Dr. Wayne Allgaier, chairman of the Brunswick History Commission, at the Brunswick Library on March 9, 2024, as part of the library's Black History Month program.)
• 11:24, 17 March 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:African-American History in Brunswick, History Commission presentation given on March 9, 2024.pdf ([[Category:Genealogy] Category:Cemeteries Category:History of Brunswick Category:Schools The slides from a presentation given by Dr. Wayne Allgaier, chairman of the Brunswick History Commission, at the Brunswick Library on March 9, 2024, as part of the library's Black History Month program.)
• 11:11, 17 March 2024 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Forest of Needwood Jennifer Shafer Odom Memorial Race 2024 runners, March 9, 2024.jpg (Category:Events The runners at the start of the 2024 Forest of Needwood Jennifer Shafer Odom Memorial Race on March 9, 2024. The five mile race took place in quite a bit of cold, heavy rain, but the runners stayed cheerful! Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Area Recreation Council (BARC).)
• 11:11, 17 March 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Forest of Needwood Jennifer Shafer Odom Memorial Race 2024 runners, March 9, 2024.jpg (Category:Events The runners at the start of the 2024 Forest of Needwood Jennifer Shafer Odom Memorial Race on March 9, 2024. The five mile race took place in quite a bit of cold, heavy rain, but the runners stayed cheerful! Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Area Recreation Council (BARC).)
• 11:00, 17 March 2024 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Dr. Wayne Allgaier giving a presentation for Black History Month, March 9, 2024.jpg (Category:People Dr. Allgaier, chairman of the Brunswick History Commission, gave a presentation on the history of Brunswick's African American community at the Brunswick Library on March 9, 2024, as part of the library's Black History Month program. Photo courtesy of John Caves.)
• 11:00, 17 March 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Dr. Wayne Allgaier giving a presentation for Black History Month, March 9, 2024.jpg (Category:People Dr. Allgaier, chairman of the Brunswick History Commission, gave a presentation on the history of Brunswick's African American community at the Brunswick Library on March 9, 2024, as part of the library's Black History Month program. Photo courtesy of John Caves.)
• 14:17, 16 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:East End School Miss Carter Early 50s.jpeg (Miss Carter's class at the old East End Elementary School in the early 1950s. It would be BHS Class of 1957. Thanks to Jackie Ebersole for identifying most of the kids: Front row - Janet Anderson, Doreen Brubaker, Glenda Clark, Patsy Thompson, Loberta Bryan, Bonnie Hobson, Rosiland Stone, Shirley MaGaha Second row - Lee Ridgeway, Phillip.Cloby, Lyman Cunningham, David McIntosh, Donnie Hollar, Ray Dockery, Gary Free Third Row - Wayne Arnold, Lanny Harrington ? , Wayne Carter, Ken Jones, Mar...)
• 14:17, 16 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School Miss Carter Early 50s.jpeg (Miss Carter's class at the old East End Elementary School in the early 1950s. It would be BHS Class of 1957. Thanks to Jackie Ebersole for identifying most of the kids: Front row - Janet Anderson, Doreen Brubaker, Glenda Clark, Patsy Thompson, Loberta Bryan, Bonnie Hobson, Rosiland Stone, Shirley MaGaha Second row - Lee Ridgeway, Phillip.Cloby, Lyman Cunningham, David McIntosh, Donnie Hollar, Ray Dockery, Gary Free Third Row - Wayne Arnold, Lanny Harrington ? , Wayne Carter, Ken Jones, Mar...)
• 19:00, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bill Peer & Melody Boys & Girls with Patsy Cline.jpg (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...)
• 19:00, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bill Peer & Melody Boys & Girls with Patsy Cline.jpg (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...)
• 18:56, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Reed Canal Boat.jpg (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...)
• 18:56, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Reed Canal Boat.jpg (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...)
• 18:54, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Victor-Kaplon-and-Family.jpg (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...)
• 18:54, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Victor-Kaplon-and-Family.jpg (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...)
• 18:51, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Christmas Tree A Street Veterans Pk.jpg (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)
• 18:51, 19 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Christmas Tree A Street Veterans Pk.jpg (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)
• 20:09, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Sports Awards Old Fire Hall.png (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)
• 20:09, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Sports Awards Old Fire Hall.png (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)
• 20:05, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Basketball Boys Old High School Gym.jpeg (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)
• 20:05, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Boys Old High School Gym.jpeg (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)
• 20:01, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Souder & Chick Dairy Milk Bottle Processing.jpeg (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...)
• 20:01, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Souder & Chick Dairy Milk Bottle Processing.jpeg (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...)
• 19:55, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mr. & Mrs. Charles Magalis.jpeg (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)
• 19:55, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mr. & Mrs. Charles Magalis.jpeg (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)
• 19:45, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Frozen River 1985.JPG (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)
• 19:45, 18 February 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Frozen River 1985.JPG (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)