This picture of the Tri County Allstate Pony League Team at Easton, Maryland’s Federal Park c. 1955. It was donated to the Talbot Historical Society by Larry M. Wood in 2010. Many of the players were identified at that time. On the first row left to right: Ronnie Moore, Bob Ritter, Ed Morris, Ormand Birmingham, Bill Chance, John Trax, Bill Ozman, Jimmy Price, and Bill Norris. Second row left to right: Lester Gibson , Manager, Larry Wood, Eddie Prager, Wayne Lewis, John Hurt, Larry Hoffman, Irvin Gadow, Coach Mr. Charlie Caulk and an unidentified Coach.

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This 1930 photo was donated to the Talbot Historical Society by David Kirby Metz. Two of the three aviators are identified at the top of the picture as Kirby Metz and Buddy Taylor. The biplane was either at Easton’s first airport at the Ratcliffe Manor field or at Webb Field off of Dover Road at Black Dog Alley. Easton area’s second-largest airport, Webb Airport, was built in 1930 on Mr. Dorsey Webb’s farm. Dorsey Webb owned a crop duster and flew at various air shows. Facts: “ Airfields That Once Were” March 1, 2024 “ Shore Home & Garden Magazine”.

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The beautiful racing Log Canoes in our area have a very large sail area in comparison to the size of their hulls! If a strong gust of wind hits sometimes a capsized log canoe is the result! These unidentified seven men are working to get the sails down and upright the Log Canoe. The photo date and photographer are not identified. The background looks like St. Michaels, Maryland on the Miles River?

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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!

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?

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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!

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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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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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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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?

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