Old photo albums from the early 20th Century donated by Malcolm Hathaway decades ago were recently found in our archive section of our collections vault and the album photos have now been entered and scanned into our Museum Past Perfect database. This 1913 photo is of Captain Law, Elizabeth J. Hathaway, and F. Rosalind Spring enjoying a golfing day at the Talbot Country Club on Old Country Club Road in Easton, Maryland. The corner of the old Talbot Country Club Club House on the right verified the location. The Talbot Country Club was founded on December 12, 1910 explaining the lack of trees on the 9 hole course in the background that opened for play in 1911. It must have been challenging for the ladies to play golf wearing those long dresses!

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Easton Elementary School held this Flower Show for their students in early to mid 1950’s. These students are wearing sashes that appear to say “ Flower Show Committee “ so maybe they judged the flower arrangements that the students created?  Love the automobile in the background! Can you help identify the teacher or any of the students in this Talbot Historical Society Laird Wise Collection photo?

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Today marks 59 years of welcoming guests to CBMM! 

On May 22, 1965, we opened our doors after two years of planning. More than 10,000 guests visited in the first six months to view exhibitions in the Dodson House. The rest is history!

Thanks for all your support as we approach six decades of preserving and exploring the history, environment, and culture of the entire Chesapeake Bay region and making this resource accessible to all!

CBMM’s first sign. Photograph by C.C. Harris, c. 1965. bit.ly/CBMMsign

It’s baseball season, and this Talbot Historical Society Laird Wise Collection photo is of the Tilghman Lions Club Baseball Team in 1949! Can you identify any of the players or gentlemen in this picture? Perhaps Tilghman, Maryland’s Lions Club members, are in the back of the room and invited the team for a meal?

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The Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic railroad ran from Baltimore by ferry to Claiborne and then to Ocean City, Maryland. A charter for the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad Co. was obtained in the Maryland legislature by Claiborne’s General Joseph B. Seth on April 1, 1886. The assets of the B & E S line were purchased by John E. Searles in 1894, and the railroad line then became the B, C, & A on September 1, 1894. This April 18, 1921 photo of the Royal Oak Station is found in the Elizabeth Swaine Collection at the Talbot Historical Society and is a treasure! The Royal Oak Station was near the railroad crossing at Oak Creek. Facts: “ Rails Along The Chesapeake A History of Railroading on the Delmarva Peninsula 1827-1978” by John Hayman 1979.

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Local professional photographer Laird Wise must have taken this photo for C&P Telephone Company, advertising their newly installed outdoor phone at the intersection of Rt. 50 and Matthewstown Road! The automobile has been tentatively identified as a 1959 Chevrolet. Can you help identify the pretty model and the two gentlemen? Remember Ayers Diner visible to the left? Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s Laird Wise Collection.

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Exciting time at the Avalon Theater on Dover Street Easton, Maryland in 1950! The movie “ Stars in My Crown” was a Western Drama released in 1950 and starred Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell, Amanda Blake, who played Miss Kitty on the TV show “ Gunsmoke”, and James Mitchell B. 1920 D. 2010! Evidently James Mitchell was in Easton for the premiere showing! Mitchell was a broadway and film actor and dancer who also played the roll of Palmer Cortlandt on the TV Soap Opera “ All My Children” from 1979 to 2009! Facts: Wikipedia.

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

Professional photographer Laird Wise from Trappe, Maryland, took many c. 1950s photos of baseball players at Federal Park Baseball Stadium, which was located between Federal and Bay Streets in Easton, Maryland. Can you identify either of these baseball players? Maybe you have information about the A’s on their uniforms? Which team did they play for?

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!

The Railroad Station of Royal Oak pictured here was established near the railroad’s crossing of Oak Creek where it empties into the Miles River. The Station was actually a mile or more from the town of Royal Oak, Maryland at a place now called Newcomb, Maryland. Newcomb was named after Robert Newcome who owned property near there and died in 1790! Facts: “ Rails Along the Chesapeake” by John C. Hayman 1979. Photo recently donated to the Talbot Historical Society by John Dodson. 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!

The sign held by the little boy in the front row identifies this as the Wye Mills School on May 29, 1923! This appears to be the whole school, with many ages represented. Do you know where this wooden school was located in Wye Mills, Maryland? Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s H. Robins Hollyday Collection.

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