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July 14, 2025

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Planning to Go to Trinity on Sunday

July 11, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society Leave a Comment

The Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South was built on the North East corner of Goldsborough and Harrison Streets in Easton, Maryland between 1875-1876! It was such an interesting looking church and was later demolished in the 1950’s when St. Mark’s United Methodist Church was built to unite all of Easton’s Methodist churches! Do you have memories of this church?

Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise 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!

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Ready to Celebrate the 4th of July

July 4, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society Leave a Comment

Maybe they are headed out for a July 4th party cruise? This Talbot Historical Society found photo location features men and ladies who are not identified, but the apparel suggests that the picture was taken in the late 1800s or early 1900s. Do you recognize any of the buildings in the background?

Contact Cathy Hill at [email protected] to share your old photos and purchase our collection photos. Comment, Like our page and join the Talbot Historical Society!

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Making Hay in Royal Oak

June 27, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society

A special thanks to Elizabeth Swaine for sharing this June 6, 1942 photo of her father John Swaine Jr. and her grandfather John Swaine Sr. taking up hay on the Swaine farm in Royal Oak, Maryland! Farming techniques have certainly changed since then! That is quite an interesting-looking piece of equipment!

Photo from the Elizabeth Swaine Collection at the Talbot Historical Society. 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!

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Filed Under: 9 Brevities

Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Last One in is a Rotten Crab

June 20, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society

It’s that end of the school time of the year!! Summertime has arrived and this group of children were having fun attending a Farm Bureau Picnic at an unknown location in 1951! Can you help identify any of these children? Or the location? Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise Collection.

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Saints Peter and Paul Opens New School

June 13, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society

This part of Easton, Maryland looked so different in 1969!! There were so many wide open spaces back then!! Saints Peter and Paul Elementary and High School were located on the corner of High Street and Choptank Ave. and now it’s just the Elementary School since the new church and Saints Peter and Paul High School complex have been built at the south end of Easton. The motel with the pool off of High Street has been replaced by the Hampton Inn. Wasn’t there a restaurant somewhere near the north end of that motel? There was no Idlewild Avenue or Bayleigh Chase at that time!! Dutchman’s Lane is in the far distance to the south!!

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: A New Business in the County

June 6, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society

There are a few pictures of this plant in the Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection of photographs from the 1920’s through the 1960’s. Though the location was not identified this appears to be the Hillsboro and Queen Anne, Maryland area on Tuckahoe Creek? Can you share any history about this massive business? What is in this location today?

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Everything Needed for Building

May 30, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society

Do you have any memories of the very popular Adkins building supply store that was off of Brookletts and East Avenues in Easton, Maryland ? Maybe you remember what year it closed? Are any of the many buildings that were part of that business still being used?

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’s!

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Talbot County’s Black Civil War Soldiers: A Legacy of Valor

May 28, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society

The Talbot Historical Society, in partnership with the Talbot County Free Library, is proud to present the next installment in its Date With History lecture series: “Talbot County’s United States Colored Troops: A Story of Valor and Honor” featuring Clara L. Small, Ph.D., Emerita Professor of History at Salisbury University.

Dr. Small, one of Maryland’s most distinguished historians of African American life and culture, will explore the remarkable story of the more than 600 United States Colored Troops from Talbot County—both enslaved and free—who fought with extraordinary courage during the Civil War. Their heroic service not only contributed to the Union’s preservation but also laid the foundation for the historic community of Unionville, established by returning soldiers and their families after the war.

This powerful and inspiring lecture will take place on Tuesday, June 17 at 1:00 PM at the Talbot County Free Library in Easton.

Admission is free, but reservations are encouraged.

A Date With History Lecture Series Presents:
“Talbot County’s United States Colored Troops: A Story of Valor and Honor”
With Clara L. Small, Ph.D.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | 1:00 PM
Talbot County Free Library | 100 W. Dover St., Easton, MD 21601

To reserve a seat or for more information:
Call 410-822-0773 or email [email protected].

 

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: A Nice Place in Easton

May 23, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society

Saint Aubins, 105 Willis Avenue, Easton, MD. Have you ever driven back in the neighborhood across the street from the 7/11 on North Washington St. and seen this lovely home?? “The 1803 farm was founded by Nicholas Hammond, a state senator and the first president of the Farmers Bank of Maryland, Eastern Shore branch, who named it after his ancestral home on the Isle of Jersey.” Facts: “Where Land and Water Intertwine” by Christopher Weeks.

Photo from the H. Robins Hollyday Collection at THS. Contact: Cathy Hill [email protected] to share your old photos. Comment, Like our page and join THS

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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Ride ’em Donkeys

May 16, 2025 by Talbot Historical Society

The question is what were a group of men and seven donkeys doing on the baseball field at Easton, Maryland’s Federal Park? Possibly Donkey Baseball?? Donkey Baseball gained popularity during the Depression years in the mid-1930’s. The players, except for the pitcher and the batter, rode donkeys. The fielders often had to dismount to catch the ball and then remount to throw it! Have you heard stories that you can share proving donkey baseball was played in Easton? Can you identify any of these men? Seven of the men have the same hats on. Perhaps they belonged to the same organization in Talbot County?

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!

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