The Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry carried cars and passengers from Annapolis, Maryland to Claiborne, Maryland from 1919 to 1952 when the Bay Bridge opened! It’s hard to imagine how busy Claiborne must have been when the ferry terminal was there! 1938 photo from the Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection. Contact: Cathy Hill cvhill13@yahoo.com to share your old photos and purchase our collections photos. Comment, Like our page and join the Talbot Historical Society.
Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: It’s All Happening at the YMCA
Project Rewind-Talbot County: Can you help identify any of these c 1958-1967 young Easton, Maryland YMCA members? At that time the YMCA was at the Calvary Methodist Church on Washington Street where the old Safeway building is now. The YMCA moved to the new PeachBlossom Road location in 1967. Thanks to the YMCA for sharing your photo collection with the Talbot Historical Society!
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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Let’s Go to the Waterfowl Festival
This photograph, found in the Talbot Historical Society Collection, possibly shows Richard Lloyd Tilghman in a sink box in the Eye River around 1910 to 1920. The six cast iron “wing ducks” are being used to ballast the sink box to water level. The Talbot Historical Society is open! Our hours are Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 3pm. Our exhibit and office space is located in downtown Easton at 25 S. Washington Street.
Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Reading Time at the Library
The old Music Hall to the left of the Talbot County Courthouse on Washington Street Easton, Maryland was purchased by the County in 1941 and it was remodeled with a colonial appearance. The first floor became the Talbot County Free Library and this Talbot Historical Society Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection photo is of the inside of that Library in 1957. The Library remained there until the present Talbot County Free Library was completed in 1976. Can you identify any of the children or the woman in the photo?
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Poplar Island: An International Model of Innovative Reuse
Kristina Motley
Learn about Poplar Island’s unique story and continuing habitat successes at this talk given by Kristina Motley, Senior Environmental Specialist, from Maryland Environmental Service. Poplar Island is an environmental restoration project located in the Chesapeake Bay in Talbot County, Maryland. The beneficial use project, started in the 1990’s, relies on dredged material collected from the approach channels to the Baltimore Harbor to restore lost remote island habitat within the Chesapeake Bay. The project partnership between Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Maryland Environmental Service has been in place for over 20 years and has seen the restoration of almost 400 acres of wetland habitat. Upland habitat and additional wetland habitat are planned and the island is slated to be completed in the 2040’s. Over 400 different species of wildlife have been documented and over 30 different birds have been confirmed as nesting onsite.
The Talbot Historical Society’s “A Date with History” lecture series about Poplar Island, November 9th, 2022 at 1 pm. Location: The Denton Extended Museum and Hill Research Center, located at 25 S. Washington Street, Easton, Maryland. Reservations are required and the cost is FREE for THS members and $5 for non-members. If you have any questions or wish to sign-up please contact the Talbot Historical Society at 410-822-0773 or email kaylaw@talbothistory.org
Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Joining the Halloween Parade
Halloween is just a few days away! This 1946 Washington Street Easton, Maryland parade photo offers a few clues that it was taken at this time of year! Notice the “Oct.” in the upstairs window and also it’s dark outside! Some of the children standing in front of Read’s Drug Store appear to be dressed in costume. A little boy is wearing a cowboy outfit, the child to his right appears to have a soldier outfit on and the little girl to his right is wearing a crown? Also the Shannahan & Wrightson 70 Years of Service float features people wearing sombreros! Maybe you can pick out other clues? Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection.
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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Time to Volunteer in Easton
A special thanks to the Easton Volunteer Fire Department for sharing their 1950’s scrapbook with the Talbot Historical Society! Can you help identify any of these firemen who are standing in front of an Easton Fire Department truck? Maybe you recognize where that Sunoco Gas Station and the “Salva?” Business were located?Contact: Cathy Hill cvhill13@yahoo.com to share your old photos and purchase our collections photos. Comment, Like our page and join the Talbot Historical Society!
Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: Meet Me at the Avon
In 1891 a new Easton, Maryland hotel was built on the present Tidewater Inn Harrison and Dover Street corner location. At the time it was destroyed by fire in 1944 it was known as the Avon Hotel. In 1947 A. Johnson Grymes began the construction of the Tidewater Inn and it opened its doors for guests September 3,1949. Facts: tidewaterinn.com . This Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise Collection photo is of the Tidewater Inn and Restaurant c.1950’s. This area is now Hunter’s Tavern!
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Talbot Historical Society Project Rewind: The Big Sound from St. Michaels
This Talbot Historical Society Collection photo was taken at St. Michaels Day in 1972! Do you recognize any of the musicians that performed in St. Michaels, Maryland that day? Maybe the name of the Band is Everybody’s Choice? Contact: Cathy Hill cvhill13@yahoo.com to share your old photos and purchase our collections photos. Comment, Like our page and join the Talbot Historical Society!
Talbot Historical Society Lecture Series Featuring Prof. Michael Olmert
The Talbot Historical Society will have “A Date with History” lecture series featuring Prof. Michael Olmert. October 13th at 1 pm at THS: The Denton Extended Museum and Hill Research Center, located at 25 S. Washington Street, Easton, Maryland.
Reservations are required and the cost is FREE for THS members and $5 for non-members. Please RSVP by October 12th.
Prof. Michael Olmert
Professor Olmert will be speaking on “Ink, Paint, Bricks: Intention & Ambiguity in Art”.
This illustrated talk will cover Easton’s own Neall house (1804-10), Scottish painter Henry Raeburn’s “The Skating Minister” (1795), and an 1819 poem by John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (1819). The talk will be based on Olmert’s forthcoming book, which is to do with intention, interpretation, and meaning in writing, painting, and buildings. The book will have ten chapters, each covering one building, one book or poem, and one painting.
Prof. Olmert has been teaching Shakespeare and drama at the University of Maryland English Department for 36 years. He spoke at THS last September on “The Invention of Colonial Williamsburg.” He also wrote The Smithsonian Book of Books (1992), Milton’s Teeth & Ovid’s Umbrella (1996), and Kitchens, Smokehouses, & Privies (2009). His TV writing has won three Primetime Emmys. He’s written 80 television documentaries, as well as 4 books, 7 plays, 3 feature films, an IMAX film, and 200 articles, essays, and reviews. In 2005, he was inducted into the University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame.