Frederick County: Then and Now

Jun. 7—Get comfy, and take in our local community in photos, then and now.

spires

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Frederick's downtown spires today.

Staff file photo by Bill Green

Spires

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Frederick's downtown spires as seen in the 21st century.

Staff file photo by Bill Green

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A gang of men with picks and shovels, circa 1910, dig up the intersection of Patrick and Market streets in downtown Frederick as a large crowd looks on. A young dandy wearing a tie with his white shirt poses with his umbrella.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

Frederick County — Market/Patrick

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Weekend visitors walk through that same intersection at Market and Patrick streets, the center of downtown Frederick, on June 4. A day prior, the street was packed with cars and people during the First Saturday event throughout town.

Bill Green

Frederick County — Market/Patrick 2

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Weekend visitors to downtown Frederick in June at the intersection of Market and Patrick streets.

Bill Green

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North Market and Church streets in Frederick, circa 1900.

Frederick County Public Libraries

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The Ramsburg Fertilizer Co. was located at South Carroll and All Saints streets. Notice the horse and buggy flanked by workers peering from the building toward the photographer.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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Ladies look at a cake display at The Great Frederick Fair.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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A man stands in front of a tractor, holding two huge cabbages, at The Great Frederick Fair.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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A woman poses with two squash at the Frederick Fair.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

Cake Auction (copy)

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Phoebe Spence, of Frederick, shows off her vanilla rainbow surprise cake to buyers at the cake auction held at The Great Frederick Fair in 2022. Spence's cake sold for $125.

Staff file photo by Ric Dugan

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Until 1928, wagons and livestock traveling down Bentz Street in Frederick waded across Carroll Creek, but pedestrians had the "Swinging Bridge." Built around 1875, the wooden-planked bridge was suspended by cables from iron supports. Eventually the bridge was dismantled and replaced with a concrete bridge to serve automobile traffic. The Swinging Bridge found new life when it was reconstructed as a foot bridge over Carroll Creek in Baker Park. Shown here is the original Swinging Bridge. Old Town Mill (a flour and grist mill) can be seen on the left.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

Frederick County — suspension bridge

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The old suspension bridge was relocated from its original location to its current location over Carroll Creek in Baker Park, shown here in June.

Bill Green

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Men dressed in business clothes enjoy the outdoors along a stream in the Yellow Springs area of Tuscarora.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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Volunteers plant trees and shrubs along the Little Tuscarora Creek.

Staff file photo by Dan Gross

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Tivoli Theatre, circa 1945. It is now the Weinberg Center for the Arts.

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The auditorium of what is now the Weinberg Center for the Arts.

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The lobby of what is now the Weinberg Center for the Arts.

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A parade marches through downtown Frederick, passing Tivoli Theatre, which is now the Weinberg Center for the Arts.

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A Brunswick Lions Club float at a parade.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

Veterans Parade in Brunswick (copy)

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Parade-goers wave as the float for the Steadman-Keenan American Legion Post 96 passes by in the 89th Brunswick Veterans Day parade in November 2021. The annual parade happens the Sunday before Veterans Day, and dozens of floats participate.

Staff file photo by Katina Zentz

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Two ladies in the library. At left is Josephine Etchison.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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A scene at the library, when bags cost just 5 cents.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

C. Burr Artz Library — 72 Hrs

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Ed Bodmer, left, speaks with circulation clerk Julie Martin Hayn at the C. Burr Artz Public Library in Frederick on June 5.

Staff photo by Katina Zentz

C. Burr Artz Library — 72 Hrs

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Tiana Massaquoi looks through books at the C. Burr Artz Library in Frederick on June 5.

Staff photo by Katina Zentz

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People in costume — a corn shock, balloon boy, a woman dressed as an organ grinder with a little girl dressed as monkey.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

Costumes and candy (copy)

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Tracy Hicks, left, gives trick-or-treater Kenzie Eckenrode, 3, candy on West Second Street in Frederick on Halloween in 2022.

Staff file photo by Katina Zentz

Costumes and candy (copy)

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Troy Cross, 8, dressed as the Mandalorian, walks down steps while trick-or-treating on West Second Street in Frederick in 2022.

Staff file photo by Katina Zentz

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Hood College girls in bathing suits stand around the pool while one dives in.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland; Linda Warner

Frederick County Swimming Championships (copy)

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Urbana swimmers cheer for their teammates during the 400-yard relay at the conclusion of the Frederick County Public Schools swimming championships in February 2023. The Hawks won both the boys and girls team championships.

Staff file photo by Graham Cullen

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Basketball players at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

Mount Fairfield Basketball Gallery (copy) (copy)

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The Mount's George Tinsley and Fairfield's Supreme Cook at Mount St. Mary's in January 2023.

Staff file photo by Katina Zentz

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Hotel Braddock was built in 1905 in Braddock Heights but burnt down in 1929.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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Brunswick's City Meat Market at Virginia Avenue and 200 W. Potomac St., Brunswick, circa 1956.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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Several postal workers in uniform outside WFMD radio station are on strike. They hold a sign that reads "Walk to DC for Postal Employee's Raise."

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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The Braddock Heights Park Dance Pavilion in Braddock Heights.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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Frederick from above, looking north.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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Frederick looking Northwest from South Carroll Street, with Ramsburg Fert in foreground, formally Gun Factory (John Hanson). Frederick County Farmers Exchange in the foreground.

Collection of Dave Maloney; courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland

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Some of Frederick's fabled spires as seen from the East Patrick Street parking deck on a clear day.

Staff file photo by Skip Lawrence