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May 30, 2023

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Taking the Ferry to Trappe

May 26, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society Leave a Comment

Thanks to Genevieve Townsend we have this wonderful photo. Does anyone remember when bananas were a treat? “Steamboat “Dorchester” that stopped at wharf in Windy Hill, MD to pick up apples and peaches from local orchards. Remember my grandmother bought bananas when the boat came down.

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Shedding a Tear in Wye Mills

May 19, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society 3 Comments

The Wye Oak at Wye Mills, Maryland was believed to have germinated in the 1500’s! The Wye Oak held the title of the largest white oak in the United States since the American Forestry Association began it’s contest in 1940! On June 6, 2002 the Wye Oak’s massive trunk collapsed during a severe thunderstorm! Facts: dnr.Maryland.gov. This Talbot Historical Society Collection photo was taken shortly after it had fallen!

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Catching the Last Ferry

May 12, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society

 

The Chesapeake Bay Ferries ran from 1919 to 1952! This Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection photo is of a ferry arriving at the dock in Claiborne, Maryland with a Mom and two children watching! Did you ever ride on one of the Chesapeake Bay Ferries? Contact:

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Getting the Tractor Worked On

May 5, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society

Hard to believe this Ford automobile and tractor Dealership was on Dover Street in Easton, Maryland where Hill’s Drug Store recently was! Now the building is being renovated by Shore United Bank. This July 5, 1920 Talbot Historical Society photo shows a Fordson tractor in the middle of the front room and shelves filled with parts. The Fordson Tractor was very successful in North America and Europe from 1917 to 1928 when Ford of the U. S. left the tractor business. The first genuine Ford tractor was called Fordson because there was also a Ford Tractor Company at that time that was not related to Henry Ford! Facts:”Ford N-series tractor” Wikipedia.

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Judith and David Visit Goldsborough Street

April 28, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society

The Judith Goldsborough Oates photo Collection is from a c.1910-1923 Goldsborough Photograph album that was donated in 2004 to the Talbot Historical Society. The captions in the album identify this photo as being taken near 203 Dover Street in Easton, Maryland which is catty-corner to Easton’s present Post Office. It’s amazing to only see a horse named “Lulu” and a buggy on the streets of Easton! Judith and David are perfectly dressed for a ride!

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Looking for a New Family Car

April 21, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society

This Talbot Historical Society Laird Wise Collection photo is of the Tidewater Motor Company on Goldsborough Street Easton, Maryland. Maybe you can identify the year and makes of the automobiles that were sold there? Do you have any memories of this dealership? The building is now Easton Cycle and Sport where you can purchase Bicycles, kayaks, and other sporting goods!

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Seeing a Man about a Cow

April 14, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society

There is more to this idyllic dairy farm scene than appears! Maryland Governor William Preston Lane, Jr. was responsible for 1947 legislation authorizing the building of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and with that project came a $175 million plus bridge-highway bond package. In 1953 this beautiful Planson family farm near Chapel Road Easton, Maryland was divided forever by the new Route 50 dual highway headed to Ocean City, Maryland! Facts: “ Easton Album” 1986. Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise Collection.

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Planning Easton’s Growth

April 7, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society

 

What an amazing 1929 aerial view of Easton, Maryland looking north from Idlewild Park and the Five Corners area of town! Note the dirt streets! The oval tree line lower right shows where the Idlewild Fairgrounds Racetrack used to be! Idlewild Easton High School opened in 1929 and you can see the new small shrubs and tree plantings around the school. To the right you can see where the Claiborne, Maryland to Ocean City, Maryland line and the Clayton, Delaware to Oxford, Maryland train lines intersected! To the left note the way the old Easton Emergency Hospital looked before it’s many additions! Professional Photographer H. Robins Hollyday and his aviator friend Malcolm Hathaway left Talbot County a wonderful documentation of our area in the late 1920’s!

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Checking Out the New Port Street Project

March 31, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society

This Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection Easton, Maryland Easton Point photo was recently scanned in from a group of 1929-1935 8”x6” glass plate negatives!! So many things have changed in this area, many houses have disappeared! Love the schooner on the left! The Steamboat wharf on the dock at the end of Port Street was very active with Steamboat travel from the 1820’s to the 1920’s! Facts: “ Easton Album” by Norman Harrington 1986.

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Grabbing a Burger at Windy’s on Route 50

March 24, 2023 by Talbot Historical Society

1961 EHS Yearbook Ad:  “When I tell people that we used to go to Windy’s after Jr Class Play practice they assume I mean Wendy’s. Windy’s was owned by Mr. Windmiller and had great fast food before Easton had the big fast food chains. Hardees came to Route 50 in 1973 and McDonalds in 1974. I think you could gain 5 pounds in Windy’s parking lot just inhaling the vapors.” Submitted by S. Michael Mielke
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