Thanksgiving week is a travel time for many Talbot Countians! These two elegantly dressed ladies were standing at the Easton, Maryland Railroad Station c. 1890’s! Bob Shannahan, grandson of the photo’s photographer William B. Shannahan, has identified the lady on the left as Lottie White. Perhaps that is Wrightson Cannery visible in the background?

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There was a time when most of the Thanksgiving grocery shopping in Easton, Maryland, was done in this area of North Washington Street! The A&P and the Acme Market were across from each other on North Washington Street! The Acme was right next to the Calvary Methodist Church, which was the home of the Easton YMCA, when this picture was taken by professional photographer H. Robins Hollyday. Mr. Hollyday lived in the house next to church so this picture may have been taken from his upstairs window! The Talbottown Shopping Center which was dedicated in 1957 is visible in the distance. The photo is from the Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection.

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This Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise Collection photo is of a group of Easton Memorial Hospital employees from the past! Can you identify anyone in this picture and share an approximate date that it was taken?

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It’s Waterfowl Festival Weekend in Easton, Maryland and the Talbot Historical Society’s “ Outlaw Gunner” exhibit is on the Waterfowl Festival’s Schedule! Come and visit us Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10am-3pm! Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s C. C. Harris Collection of Mr. Valliant with his waterfowl kill of the day on December 23, 1920!

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The Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday photo Collection has many aerials that have no identification so are a mystery! Do you have any knowledge about the Quality Ice Cream Co.? The large plant on the right is surrounded by farmland somewhere most likely on the Eastern Shore? I have memories of a yummy ice cream place outside of Denton, Maryland. Maybe the ice cream was made at this plant back in the 1950s and 1960s?

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The Talbot Historical Society Past Perfect Museum database information identifies this location as Fikes Orchard. Can you identify the man and woman who are collecting the year’s apple harvest ? Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise Collection.

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Local photographer H. Robins Hollyday took a number of pictures of Oxford, Maryland’s Premier Sailmaker Downes Curtis and his brother Albert. Downes learned sailmaking from working with English Sailmaker Dave Pritchett who moved to Oxford and died in 1936. The brothers made and repaired sails for over 50 years in a loft on Tilghman Street in Oxford. Downes Curtis died in 1996 at 85 years of age. Facts: “encoresustainablearchitects.com” “The Sail Artist” April 15, 2021. 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!

Interesting that the that the 1920’s Federal Baseball Park was still on Bay Street after the old Safeway was built! The Calvary Methodist Church was sold in the late 1950’s and was the Easton YMCA until the new YMCA was built in 1967 on its present PeachBlossom Road Easton, Maryland location. The church was then torn down to make room for Safeway and its parking lot. Thus this Talbot Historical Society H. Robins Hollyday Collection photo was taken in the late 1960’s or early 1970’s. Do you know who played baseball at Federal Park at the time this photo was taken?

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What a lot of fun a Washington Street Halloween Parade provided for everyone! The Easton Point float has a row boat on it with lots of fishermen and even has a fish hanging over the side! Can you date the automobile in this Talbot Historical Society Laird Wise Collection photo? Maybe c. late 1940’s? Happy Halloween tomorrow!!

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