On August 11, 1954 at 3 am, a fire flared up behind the People’s Meat Market on the south side of Goldsborough Street near Washington Street in Easton, Maryland. The fire destroyed stores on Goldsborough Street and McCrory’s which had entrances on both Goldsborough and Washington Streets. This Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday photo is of the interior of McCrory’s 5 & 10 after the fire. Facts: “ Easton Album” by Norman Harrington 1986.

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Can you identify this Log Canoe? The buildings on the shoreline behind the racing Log Canoe identify its location and a possible date estimate. The building shapes and sizes mirror postcards that we have of the W. H. Valliant Packing Company in Bellevue, Maryland! So the race was at Oxford, Maryland’s Tred Avon Yacht Club on the Tred Avon River. The Packing Plant began packing oysters, crabs, and vegetables about 1899. In 1924 a fire destroyed the plant but W. H. Valliant rebuilt it and it didn’t shut down permanently until 1946! In the 1960’s the Bellevue Landing was purchased by Talbot County and the area was improved to include rented boat slips, a boat ramp, and other amenities. This photo was probably taken in the 1930’s or 1940’s! Facts: talbotcountymd.gov. Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection .

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The Tred Avon Yacht Club was founded in 1931 in a Bath House near the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry Dock. It was originally called the Kap-Dun Club and when membership rose it became the Tred Avon Yacht Club. This first Club House was built on the point where the present new Tred Avon Yacht Club was opened in 2001. The yearly Tred Avon Yacht Club/ Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club Sailboat Regatta is being held this weekend August 10-11, 2024. Facts: TAYC.com.

Can you explain how this piece of equipment at the Fox Canning Company in Queen Anne, Maryland, worked? We wish the two men could be identified. The year is not given for this Talbot Historical Society Laird Wise Collection photo but in researching the Fox Canning Company an August 1967 Salisbury, Maryland “ The Daily Times” article explained the shortage of labor challenges for Frederick Fox that summer. Fred Fox said, “he needed several hundred people to pick corn because the wind and heavy rain that year made it impossible for a mechanical harvest. “ Things were so desperate labor wise in 1967 Fred Fox said “ he appealed to Gov. Spiro T. Agnew for prison labor to help with the corn harvest.”

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Our archivist Patti Rockwell recently found this gorgeous H. Robins Hollyday Log Canoe photo in a scrapbook in our archive room in the Talbot Historical Society’s Collections vault. Maybe our Log Canoe experts can identify her? Such a massive amount of sail area on a run, she must have been flying downwind!

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This picture shows the winning knights and their ladies at the 1897 St. Joseph’s Jousting Tournament at Cordova, Maryland! Larry Hitchens shared both the photo and an October. 16, 1960 Sunday Magazine article about the Jousting event in 1897. The woman at left with the bouquet is identified in the article as Gussie McGinney and her champion, wearing the sash, Gus Callahan. Gussie later married her champion! According to the article the August Jousting Tournament started with a family style picnic at noon, the Tournament at 2, and another family picnic at dusk to end the special day! Do you have memories of attending St. Joseph’s Jousting Tournament that was held for decades?

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The bathing attire in the late 1890’s is on full display in this Talbot Historical Society William B. Shannahan Collection photo! This boating party took place on PeachBlossom Creek outside of Easton, Maryland. Among those on the “ Bessie” right to left were on the bow Blanche K. McNeal, second from right Harry White and third from right Eleanor Shannahan. Great summer picture for the upcoming 4th of July week!

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This Talbot Historical Society Laird Wise Collection photo was taken off the corner of Main Street and Maple Street in Trappe, Maryland, decades ago! The gas station and Corkran’s General Store are no longer visible today. The signage reads, “ Atlantic Gasoline” and “ C. Hughlett Pocket Billiards.” Mamma Maria’s is currently in the building on the left!

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In 1885 Easton became the site of an annual Talbot County Fair that was acknowledged as one of the best in Maryland. Earlier Fairs had been staged at “Hole-in-the -Wall” before being moved to Idlewild Park south of Easton. The Talbot County Fair Association built a racetrack, grandstand, and other buildings where the two Talbot County Railroads lines intersected. The four day fair was held in August and 4,000 people attended daily. This photo was recently found in the Lowndes/ Johnson families photo album located in the archive section of the Talbot Historical Society’s Collections vault. The photo is of Miss Marnie Lowndes with her friends in 1898 enjoying oysters“ in any style” under the grandstand at Idlewild Fairgrounds. Facts: “ Easton Album” by Norman Harrington 1986.

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