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Summary

Mrs. Medora Elgin Brady posed for Mr. Kaplon in her beautiful fur coat, hat and gloves sometime in the 1970s. She was active in the community and celebrated on her 90th birthday by the Merryland Tract Homemaker's Club on March 27, 1976. She had been a 30-year member at the time.

She owned an antique store at the intersection of Routes 180 and 79 and also sold antiques from her home.

Randy George Her parents built the Elgin Hotel in Brunswick in the 1890’s.They also owned a General Merchandise Store around the same time. Bought lots and built homes throughout town. Her father started the development of “Ten Row.” Train station had also been on the east end of town then. Medora continued to build houses too. Large apartment building at beginning of north side of 500 block of West Potomac she built and owned. Two houses on north side of the beginning of 600 block of West Potomac Street (across from self storage) she built and owned also. Her house was true Victorian. Huge wide staircase. Beautiful woodwork. Beautiful old furniture. Good neighbor.

Doris Kelley Barker When I first knew her, she was a widow but I remember my parents talking about her & her husband owning a shoe store down from Newberry’s and before Dr. Meadows office and home & before Meadows were in Brunswick. Mrs. Brady’s large home was east of ours on West Potomac Street and hers was really a victorian-type home; she was a good neighbor to all our kids and was well thought of all her years. She was a doer.

Clayton Dalton Into her 90's, she would still get out before sunrise and clean her sidewalk with the hose.

(From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)