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Berlin - Ayes Creek, 1909
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Berlin - Fire Company, 1920s
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Berlin - GenesarLocated on Sinepuxent Neck west of Berlin, Genesar was built in about 1732 by Maj. John Purnell. This picture is from the HABS survey and is from about 1970. Its condition has only further deteriorated since then and today, it is little more than a ruin.
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Berlin - Genesar Historical Marker
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Berlin - Man with Ox Cart, 1910
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Berlin - Trappe MillTrappe Mill stood on the western bank of Trappe Creek SE of Berlin town, south of the intersection of Assateague Road (376) and Harrison Road.
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Berlin - Trappe MillTruitt and les Callette called the Trappe Mill site the oldest in the county, successor of Powell's Mill mentioned in the 1698 will of Walter Powell, then a resident of Somerset County. Powell left to his daughters Elizabeth and Mary Evans "Powell's Mill Pond", 250 acres and the tract "Hilliard's Discovery on the seaboard side". The authors of WCMA, p. 288, believed that Powell's Mill developed into Trappe Mill. The village of Buckingham was in the upper seaside region at a gristmill on Trappe Creek. After the main highway bypassed the location, the settlement declined and was superseded by the village near Burley Inn (i. e. Berlin); the old mill continued as the Trappe Mill.
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Berlin Base Ball Club, 1908
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Bivalve - Corny MessickCornelius Messick, Cabinetmaker and Undertaker, Bivalve, Wicomico County - Photo, circa late 19th century
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Bivalve Harbor
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Bivalve Methodist ChurchHistorically known as the Waltersville Methodist Protestant (M.P.) Church, dated to 1886 by a marble cornerstone. The town of Bivalve was once called Waltersville.
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Chance - Rock Creek Methodist Church
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Chance - Rock Creek Methodist Church CemeteryLocated in Chance, north of Deal Island Road (MD 363) by about 1 1/2 city block, apparently the property of Rock Creek United Methodist Church located on the main road
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Clara School, about 1900
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Crisfield
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Crisfield - Col. Isaac H. Handy Discharge Certificate, U.S. Colored Troops, Civil WarDischarge certificate of Isaac H. Handy, Corporal, Company K, 9th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Handy, a Somerset County native and farmer, enlisted November 26, 1863, and was honorably discharged at New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 26, 1866, after three years of Civil War service.
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Crisfield - Corner of Somerset and Asbury
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Crisfield - Corner of Somerset and Asbury Avenue, 1913
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Crisfield - Cove and Somerset Streets
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Crisfield - Housing for Workers at the W. T. Handy Packing House, 1944
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Crisfield - Immanual Methodist Church, 1909
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Crisfield - MakepeaceAs the oldest home in Crisfield, Makepeace is an enduring example of mid-18th century vernacular architecture on the Eastern Shore. The house was likely built by Jacob Cullen shortly after 1740 on a patent called Cullen’s Lott near Johnson’s Creek.
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Crisfield - Repairing Oyster Boats
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Crisfield Sea CaptainAzariah Nelson
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Crisfield: 1907 Crisfield Times ad for Briddell Oyster Tongs of Marion Station in Somerset County
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Deal Island - African-American Farmhouse, 1940... the home of one of Roger Spence's married sons
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Deal Island - CemTrek 2001CemTrekkers in 100° heat in front of the Joshua Thomas Chapel, Deal Island. Front, L to R: Donna Wendt (HI), Shari and Leah Handley, Lindsey VanAssche (all MI), Lucinda Williams (NY), Margaret Robinson (DE). 2nd row, Paul Willing (MD), L. Paul Morris (PA), Jill Pevear (MD), Ida Waters Cheek (PA). 3rd row, Penny White (far left, from Nottingham, England), Linda Fiorini (middle, MD), Donald Cheek (far right, PA). Back, Ralph Willing (CT), Helen Insley and Henry Alsruhe (both VA), Ashley McDonnell (MD)
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Deal Island - Great Shoals LighthouseLocated near the mouth of the Wicomico River, this was a screwpile light built in 1884. It was abandoned and dismantled in 1966.
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Deal Island - Main Street
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Deal Island Methodist Churchback view with cemetery
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Deal Island Methodist Churchfront view
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Delmar - W.W. Whayland Building
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Eden - Bounds LottThe exact date of construction is unknown, but likely occurred ca 1710 during the time of the Quaker Richard Stevens or his daughter Sarah who married James Bounds. Richard and Sarah patented Sarah's portion of her inheritance along the Wicomico River as Bounds Lott in 1735. Their son Jonathan Bounds likely built the new addition. The home remained in the Bounds family until after the American Revolution, and fortunately has been little altered by subsequent owners. This is a pre-renovation pic.
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Eden - Bounds Lottshown in its current, renovated condition
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Eden - Bounds Lottrestored
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Eden - Romani Girl, 1940Farm Security Administration photo of a "gypsy" girl whose family lived on U.S. 13 about 5 miles south of Salisbury.
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Ewell - SkipjackA skipjack at anchor in the harbor at Ewell, Smith Island. This famous style of sailing vessel plied the waters of the Chesapeake Bay country since the latter part of the 19th century. It was a work boat used in the seafood industry and is also a popular entry in annual sailboat races in the Bay area.
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Fruitland - Siloam Camp MeetingPhoto taken circa 1900 at Siloam Camp Meeting, Wicomico County, Maryland. Methodist camp meetings were very popular gatherings for social, as well as religious purposes.
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Fruitland - Strawberry Harvest
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Fruitland - William S. MoorePictured, left to right, are Laura Griffin Moore (wife of Wm S), her father, John H. Griffin, unnamed son of Wm and Laura, William Sampson Moore (Wicomico County Sheriff from 1873-1875), and the unnamed son of the Moore's cook, Aunt Annie Griffin. Their home was in Fruitland at Moore's Corner on West Main Street just west of Camden Ave.
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Green Hill - CemTrek 2002Here they are standing in front of the Green Hill Church 4 Aug 2002. The CemTrekkers, shown left to right, are: Lindsey VanAssche, Shari Handley, Roy Lesher, Leah Handley, Paul Willing, Ralph Willing, Joyce Crouch and Ted Lokey. Another unbelievably hot CemTrek day. Actually, it would be *more* unbelievable if it were cool, I guess. :)
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Green Hill Church (St. Bartholomew's Episcopal)Green Hill was the original parish church of Stepney Parish, which was laid out in 1692. In around 1694, a log church building was constructed here, replaced in 1733 with this current brick building. Though there are no regular services conducted here, the church is reopened every year in August for the annual St. Bartholomew's Day celebration and worship service. Three local Episcopal churches participate in this service: St. Mary's in Tyaskin, St. Phillip's in Quantico, and St. Paul's in Salisbury.
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