Another mystery to be solved! What is this complex of buildings that was built c. 1940s or 1950s? Just found from its high-resolution image at the Talbot Historical Society that the corner sign says Idlewild Ave. and Hanson Street! We know H. F. Hallock was the General Contractor for the project and that it was built at a school crossing. My first thought was the First Baptist Church in Easton, but the building’s roof line, which is built further back, doesn’t match. It also appears that a third big building is being constructed closer to the corner. P.S. From the larger scan, it becomes clear that the framed construction is the central part of the Baptist Church that faces Idlewild Ave.

Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection. Contact: Cathy Hill [email protected] to share your old photos and purchase our collections photos. Comment, Like our page and join the Talbot Historical Society!

This Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection photo was taken probably sometime in the 1930’s or 1940’s? This interesting truck lift was found at the J. McKenny Willis and Son plant on Brookletts Ave. in Easton, Maryland! Do you have any knowledge about what fall harvest crop was being dumped and what happened to it next?

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Talbot County lost one of its most loved residents last Friday morning. The Honorable John C. North II was born on October 16, 1930, at the Memorial Hospital in Easton. Besides his profession as a lawyer and a Judge, Judge North spent his life sailing Log Canoes and restoring vintage automobiles. In later years, he created sculptures out of wood, stone, and metal. In 2018, Judge North released his Eastern Shore Log Canoe history book “Tradition, Speed and Grace Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoes,” which was published by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. This wonderful photo of a young John North working on an automobile is found in the Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection.

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Television Sets have come a long way since this small round Zenith TV c. 1950! The Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise Collection archive envelope this photo was found in has Standard Auto written on it? Do you know where that store was in Talbot County? The first show I remember watching was Howdy Doody which ran from Dec. 27, 1947 until Sept. 24, 1960! Does anyone else remember Bob Smith and Clarabell the Clown and “It’s Howdy Doody Time!”? Also a favorite was The Mickey Mouse Club which ran from 1955 to 1959! Experiments on televisions were first started in the 1920’s and the first electronic transmissions were in the late 1920’s and 1930’s. P. S. The gentleman in the picture has just been identified by his family as Richmond “Dick” Hill. Facts: “History of Television” Wikipedia.

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The Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise Collection has three c. 1949 pictures of the Purity Gospel Pentecostal Mission Church of Ivytown, Maryland in Talbot County.

The society was recently contacted by Bob Croswell who is researching churches in the Trappe area and has pictures that he took of the dilapidated remains of this church on Schwaninger Road just east of Manadier Road in the area called Ivytown ,about 1/2 mile north of the New Queen Esther AME church. The mystery we would all like solved is what happened to this congregation that was so active in the late 1940’s and 1950’s? Do you recognize any of these people or have any information about the church? Did they move to a different location?

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Local photographer H. Robins Hollyday took several aerial photographs of this unidentified complex of waterfront buildings! Do you have any knowledge about what and where this is? Maybe a camp, or conference center? Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection.

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A special thanks to Tyler Horner for sharing your father Bob Horner’s picture of the staff of the T. Earl Ewing Hardware Store of Harrison Street! Tyler added that “the picture was taken between 1963 and 1966. The John Deere lawn tractor in the background was first offered in 1963 and my Dad worked for Ewing as a mechanic in the shop from 1960 until the blizzard of 1966. Pictured on the far right is T. Earl’s nephew and childhood friend, David Watson, along with Mr. Ewing standing next to him. I do not know the names of the other folks in the picture. Since my Dad took the picture with his Yashica camera, he was not in it.” Maybe you can help identify the rest of the staff?

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This Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection photo is not dated and the men holding the beautiful striped bass are also not identified? Can you help identify them? The striped bass minimum is 19 “ and the maximum 24” in Maryland at this time. At least 3 of the Rockfish appear to be way over that length proving the picture was taken at a time when the Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass were thriving better than at the present time.

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